W88-1246.5. Permanent Committee on History and Research.
Records, 1725-1975. 7.00 linear ft.

Abstract

Microfilm of records held at New Brunswick Theological Seminary and deposited at the Western Theological Seminary for preservation and access to records from the Reformed Church in America (RCA). The collection contains microfilm which include pre-Revolutionary documents, original correspondence of missionaries to China, India, Arabia, Japan, particular synod and classical minutes, and records of local churches.

Accession No.:W88-1246.5
Donor:Western Theological Seminary
Processed by:Geoffrey D. Reynolds, July 1999

History

Concerned with the gathering, preservation, and access of historical materials related to the Reformed Church in America, the Committee on History and Research elected to microfilm many valuable documents held at New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1963. A copy of this microfilm was placed at Western Theological Seminary for researcher access and eventually was deposited at the Joint Archives of Holland in 1988.

Scope and Content

The collection contains microfilm copies of pre-Revolutionary documents, original correspondence of missionaries to China, India, Arabia, Japan, particular synod and classical minutes, and records of local churches held at New Brunswick Theological Seminary.

Container List

Box 1

Complaints against Frelinghuysen, 1725
Coetus Controversy—Leydt vs. Ritsema, 1760-1765
Gedenk-Boek Van’t Coetus der Nederduidshe, n. d.
The Palatine Emigrants, 1709-1717
Van Santvoord’s Defence, 1726
General Synod Papers, 1782

Box 2

General Synod Papers (cont.)
Correspondence, 1841
Part. Synod Organiza. Changes, 1849
Communications, 1860
Correspondence, 1869
Financial Papers, 1875
Correspondence, 1881

Box 3

General Synod Papers (cont.)
Judicial Business, 1886
Communications, 1895
Judicial Business, 1905
Communications, 1912
Stenographic Reports, 1915
Stenographic Reports, 1917

Box 4

General Synod Papers (cont.)
Stenographic Minutes, 1918
Rules of Order & Business, 1921
Communications, 1943
Communications, 1952
Particular Synod of Albany, 1800-1829
Particular Synod of Chicago
Minutes, 1857-1877

Box 5

Particular Synod of Iowa
Minutes, 1919-1964
Particular Synod of New York
Minutes, 1800-1824
Classis of Albany
Minutes (Vols. 2, 4, 5), 1818-1822, 1829-1899 Minutes (Vol. 6, 7), 1899-1962
Classis Bergen
Minutes (Vol. 1), 1800-1835
Minutes (Vol. 3 cont.), 1849-1870
Classis of Newark, Feb. 17, 1859

Box 6

Classis of Newark (cont.)
(Vol. 6) 1909-1921 Minutes
Annals of Classis
(Vol. 9) 1951-1955 Minutes
South (Vols. 1-4) 1862-1934
(Vol. 5) 1934-1957
Cascades (Vols. 1-3) 1912-1962

Box 7

Classis of Cayuga
Minutes (Vol. 1), 1873-1889
Classis of Chicago
Minutes (Vol. 1, 2), 1917-1954
Classis of Columbia-Greene
Minutes (Vol. 1), 1957-1964
Classis of East Sioux
Minutes, 1953-1963
Classis of Grand Rapids
(Defunct Minutes), 1923-1954
Classis of Grand River (Vols. 1-4), 1869-1903

Box 8

Classis of Grand River (cont.)
Minutes (Vols. 5-7), 1903-1922
Classis of Greene
Minutes (Vol. 1), 1834-1855
Minutes (Vol. 2), 1855-1878
Classis of Hackensack
Minutes (Vol. 1), 1771-1800
Classis of Hudson
Minutes (Vol. 1), 1845-1872
Minutes (Vol. 2), 1895-1914

Box 9

Classis of Hudson (cont.)
Minutes (Vol. 5-6), 1939-1957
Classis of Kalamazoo
Minutes (Vol. 1), 1923-1937
Minutes (Master Negative), 1937-1951
Minutes (Positive Copy), 1937-1951
Classis of Kingston
Minutes (Vol.1), 1773-1799
Minutes (Vol. 1 & 2) 1856-1898

Box 10

Classis of Kingston (cont.)
Minutes (Vol. 3), 1898-1922
Classis of Long Island
Minutes (Vols. 1-4), 1813-1843
Classis of Long Island, North
Minutes (Vols. 1-3), 1843-1888
Minutes (Vols. 4-7), 1888-1935
Classis of Long Island, South
Minutes (Vols. 1-3), 1843-1892
Minutes (Vols. 4-5), 1892-1904

Box 11

Classis of Long Island, South (cont.)
Minutes (Vols. 6-8), 1905-1926
Minutes (Vols. 9-10), 1926-1949
Minutes (Vol. 11), 1949-1960
Classis of Michigan
Minutes, 1922-1923
Classis of Monmouth
Minutes (Vols. 1-2), 1854-1889
Minutes (Vols. 2-3), 1890-1939

Box 12

Classis of Montgomery
Minutes (Vols. 1-2), 1800-1829
Minutes (Vol. 2 cont.), 1820-1841
Minutes (Vol. 5), 1882-1894
Minutes (Vols. 7-8), 1907-1928
Classis of Muskegon
Minutes (Vol. 1), 1923-1933
Minutes (Vol. 2), 1933-1943
Journals, 1928-1948
Classis of Newark
Formula, Rules, etc.

Box 13

Classis of New Brunswick
Minutes (Vols. 2-3), 1811-1842
Minutes (Vol. 4), 1842-1853
Minutes (Vol. 6), 1882-1914
Classis of New York
Subscription Book
Minutes (Vols. 1-6), 1771-1839
Minutes (Vols. 7-10), 1839-1887

Box 14

Classis of New York (cont.)
Minutes (Vols. 11-13), 1887-1910
Minutes (Vols. 14-18), 1910-1958
Classis of Oklahoma
Minutes (Vol. 1), 1906-1911
Subscription Book, 1906-1911
Classis of Orange
Minutes (Vols. 1-4), 1833-1895
Minutes (Vol. 5), 1895-1911

Box 15

Classis of Paramus
Minutes (Vols. 1-6), 1800-1898
Minutes (Vols. 7-12), 1899-1937
Classis of Passaic
Minutes (Vols. 1-2), 1839-1874
Minutes (Vol. 3 destroyed by fire), 1875-1890
Minutes (Vols. 4-6), 1891-1931
Minutes (Vols. 7-9), 1931-1950
Classis of Pella
Minutes (Vols. 1-2), 1904-1946
Minutes (Vol. 3), 1946-1951

Box 16

Classis of Philadelphia
Minutes (Vols. 1-5), 1814-1942
Classis of Pleasant Prairie
Minutes (Vols. 1-4), 1892-1939
Minutes (Vols. 5-6), 1939-1955
Classis of Poughkeepsie
Minutes (Vols. 1-2), 1908-1951
Classis of Raritan
Minutes (Vols. 1-2), 1859-1919
Minutes (Vols. 3-6), 1919-1959

Box 17

Classis of Raritan
Minutes, 1960-1966 (Positive Copy)
Classis of Rensselaar
Minutes (Vols. 1-4), 1800-1878
Minutes (Vols. 5-7), 1879-1957
Classis of Saratoga
Minutes (Vols. 1-3), 1857-1930
Classis of Schenectady
Minutes (Vols. 1-2), 1826-1887
Minutes (Vols. 3-4), 1887-1947

Box 18

Classis of Schenectady (cont.)
Minutes (Vol. 5), 1947-1963
Classis of Schoharie
Minutes (Vols. 1-2), 1826-1875
Minutes (Vols. 3-5), 1875-1946
Classis of Ulster
Minutes (Vols. 1-3), 1800-1861
Minutes (Vols. 4-5), 1862-1901
Minutes (Vols. 6-8), 1901-1959

Box 19

Classis of Washington
Minutes (Vol. 1), 1836-1857
Classis of Watervliet
Minutes (Vol. 1), 1845-1857
Classis of Westchester
Minutes (Vols. 1-4), 1851-1928
Classis of Wisconsin
Minutes, 1854-1890 (Vol. 2 missing 1869-1872)
Minutes, 1890-1907
Minutes, 1922 only

Box 20

Missionary Society of Dutch Reformed Church- Board of Managers
Minutes, 1822-1840
Board of Domestic Missions
Papers. August 1830-August 1831
Correspondence, January.-July 1836, July-December 1840
Treasurer’s Report, 1842
Correspondence, July-December 1845

Box 21

Church at Bloomingdale
Correspondence
1848
1850
1851, December
1852, November-December
1853, November-December
1855, January-September

Box 22

Church at Bloomingdale (cont.)
Correspondence (cont.)
1856, August-September
1857, April 16-May 31
1858, February-March
1858, November 26-December
Board of Foreign Missions
Letters from Board to Missionaries on Fields
1870-1879
1879-1887

Box 23

Board of Foreign Missions (cont.)
Letters from Board to Missionaries on Fields (cont.)
1888-1890
January 1891-August 1893
September 1893-November 1895
December 1895-June 1897
July 1897-October 1898
November 1898-November 1899

Box 24

Board of Foreign Missions (cont.)
Letters from Board to Missionaries on Fields (cont.)
December 1899-December 1900
January 1901-January 1902
February 1902-December 1902
1903-1907
1906-1909
Correspondence
(Vols. 1-3), 1884-1893

Box 25

Board of Foreign Missions (cont.)
Correspondence (cont.)
(Vols. 4-6), 1893-1897
(Vols. 7-9), 1897-1900
(Vols. 10-12), 1900-1901
(Vols. 13-15), 1901-1902
(Vols. 16-18), 1902-1903
(Vols. 19-21), 1903-1904

Box 26

Board of Foreign Missions (cont.)
Correspondence (cont.)
(Vols. 22-24), 1904-1906
(Vols. 25-27), 1906
(Vols. 28-30), 1906-1907
(Vols. 31-33), 1907-1908
(Vols. 34-36), 1908
(Vols. 37-39), 1908-1909

Box 27

Indian Agencies Correspondence, USA, 1870-1881
Papers, 1868-1879
Arabia Mission. Correspondence From Muscat Station, 1895-1908
Letters to Peter J. Zwemer, 1893-1898
Olcott, A.V.S. Deputation Addresses (Scrapbook)
China Mission
Correspondence, 1856-1872 Box 1
Correspondence, 1872-1889 Box 2

Box 28

China Mission (cont.)
Correspondence, 1889-1895 Box 3
Correspondence, 1896-1900 Box 4
Correspondence, 1900-1905 Box 5
Correspondence, 1906-1910 Box 6
Correspondence, 1911-1914 Box 7
Correspondence, 1931-1949 Box 10 & 11

Box 29

First Reformed Church Gano, Chicago
Consistory Minutes, 1891-1957
Consistory Minutes, 1891-1957 (Master neg.)
Consistory Minutes, 1891-1957 (Positive Copy)
Consistory Minutes, 1957-1966 (Master neg.)
Consistory Minutes, 1957-1966 (Positive Copy)
Consistory Minutes, 1927-1972
Consistory Minutes, 1918-1950 (Master neg.)
Consistory Minutes, 1918-1950 (Positive Copy)

Box 30

South Bushwick Church, Brooklyn, New York
Records, 1851-1966
Gallatin Church, Gallatin, New York
Accounts & Minutes of Church organizations, 1887-1945
Germantown Church, Germantown, New York
Records, 1731-1803
East Millstone Ref. Church, New Jersey
Consistory Minutes, 1915-1961
Records of Marriages, Membership, Baptisms, 1855-1970
Pompton Church, Pompton Lakes, New Jersey
Records & Misc. papers, 1815-1851

Box 31

Reformed Church of Huguenot Park, Staten Island, New York
Records, 1849-1966
Esopus Church, Ulster Park, New York
Records, 1791-1965
1st, 2nd, 3rd Reformed and Baptist Churches, Pella, Iowa
Membership lists, 1847
Museum Archive Papers, Seminary Library Materials
First Ref. Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Church Records
Second Ref. Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Church Records

Box 32

First Ref. Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Church Records
Arabia Missions
Kuwait-miscellaneous materials, 1918-1921
Kuwait-miscellaneous materials, 1921-1929
Kuwait-miscellaneous materials, 1930-1938
Kuwait-miscellaneous materials, 1938-1966
Van Ess, John Stuart
Papers

Box 33

CLASSIS OF AMSTERDAM
Letters from America, Vol. 1, 1700-1730
Letters from America, Vol. 3, 1751-1754
Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in America
Correspondence with American Churches, 1648-1804
Miscellaneous Papers, Memoranda
Acts of Classis of Amsterdam re Ref. Churches in New York & New Jersey 1632-1739, Vol. 1, extracts
Acts of Deputies of Classis of Amsterdam, 1639-1800, extract

Box 34

CLASSIS OF AMSTERDAM (cont.)
Correspondence & Papers, 1621-1764
Calendar of References to American Ministers & Churches, 1639-1800
Correspondence & Papers, 1765-1800
Correspondence & Paper relating to German Ref. Church in Pennsylvania, 1755-1783 (German, Dutch, & Latin text)
SYNOD OF NORTH HOLLAND
Calendar of References to Churches in America, 1621-1810
Extracts from Vol. 1, 1621-1642

Box 35

SYNOD OF NORTH HOLLAND (cont.)
Acts of Synod, 1643-1729, Vols.1-4. Extracts
Acts of Synod, 1684-1810, Vols.4-5. Extracts
NORTH HOLLAND PARTICULAR SYNOD
Minutes, 1763-1785. (Dutch text)
GENERAL SYNOD
Fraternal Relationships Committee
Proceedings, 1785-1788
Colenbrander, H. J. Dutch element in American History
Putnam, Ruth - Dutch element in the U.S.

Box 36

SECOND REFORMED CHURCH, KALAMZAOO, MICHIGAN
Records, 1885-1975
Reel One
History, 1886, 1960, 1973
Constitution, 1885, 1905
75th Anniversary, 1968
Misc. Historical Material
First Cornerstone, October 26, 1886
Consistory Meeting Minutes, June 30, 1885-January 20, 1944
Reel Two
Consistory Meeting Minutes, December 21, 1943-December 24, 1972
Pastor’s Fund Giving Records, 1919-1940, p. 141
Reel Three
Pastor’s Fund Giving Records, 1919-1940, from p. 141 to end
Treasurer’s Book, 1928-1940, 1940-1946, 1947-1958, 1959-1968, 1947-1961, 1961-1966 (July)
Reel Four
Treasurer’s Book, May 1966-1968
Sunday School Accounts, August 23, 1885-December 11, 1898; January 26, 1926-December 1950
Record of Membership, 1885-1900, 1906-1950, 1952
Women’s Foreign Mission Society, 1887-1889, 1889-1894, 1894-1899, 1903-1908, 1908-1912, 1912-1918, 1918-1930, 1930-1934 (thru April 4, 1934)
Reel Five
Ladies Missionary Society, March 1934-May 1951
Young Ladies Mission Band, January 1913-1927
Girls Church League for Service, January 1928-June 1948
Martha Guild, June 1948-June 1951
Girls League, May 1929-December 1942
Ladies Aid Society, September 1907-October 1952
Reel Six
Ladies Aid Secretary’s Book, September 1952-January 1959
Ladies Missionary Society Treasurer’s Book, 1908-1951
Ladies Aid Minutes, 1919-1928
Young Peoples Society for Christian Endeavor
Treasurer’s Books, 1895-1898, 1908-1936
Women’s Adult Bible Class Minutes, 1916-1948
Sunday School Teachers & Officers Minutes, 1933-1969
News Letters to Servicemen, 1943-1946
Reel Seven
Misc. Papers, 1925-1948, 1906-1970
Pastors, Directories, Societies, People: Dame & Wichers, Moses, James
North Community Reformed
Old Church and New
News of People
Reel Eight
News of People
Remodeling
Discussions of Merging
Misc. Programs & Newsletters
Historical Photographs

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