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Dr. Albertus C. Van Raalte was in chair for this meeting of the executive committee of the Council of Hope College. The members said that "we see the necessity of having more teaching force in our Grammar School and also of providing instruction for girls such as are usually found in the intermediate department." Abel T. Stewart, E. C. Oggel, and Bernardus Ledeboer were the other members present. Pres. Phelps was not present.
Date
4-4-1870
City
Holland, Michigan
Source
The original documents are held in The Joint Archives of Holland.
Rights
This digitized material is intended for personal research/study only. The original documents may not be reproduced for commercial use in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from The Joint Archives of Holland.
Recommended Citation
Stewart, Abel T., "Executive Committee of the Council of Hope College Minutes" (1870). Van Raalte Papers: 1870-1879. 9.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1870s/9
Notes
Description of the document and reference to The Joint Archives of Holland by Dr. Elton J. Bruins.
About the collection:
Elton J. Bruins, long-time professor in the Department of Religion at Hope College, spent years collecting documents by and about Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of Holland, Michigan and early patron of Hope College. Documents were gathered from dozens of public and private collections, making a nearly exhaustive collection of Van Raalte's writings and reflections. It is these documents that make up the "Van Raalte Papers."
Digitizing the Van Raalte papers was supported by the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. The project was done in partnership with Heritage Hall at Calvin University, which also digitized its Van Raalte collections.