Hope College class of 1967; research assistant to Senator Mark O. Hatfield in foreign
affairs and defense policy, 1969-1975; Editor for Sojourners magazine 1975-
1979; Young Life. Executive secretary for the World Council of Churches, 1982-
1992; Executive secretary of the Reformed Church in America (RCA), 1994-. Collection
includes political documents, correspondence, papers and speeches, articles, newspaper
clippings, photographs, and project materials.
Accession No.: H95-1258
Provenance: Wesley Granberg-Michaelson
Donor: Wesley Granberg-Michaelson
Photographs: 119 images
Processed by: Ena Brooks, September 1997
Biography
Born to Clifford and Marjorie Michaelson on June 14, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois,
Wesley Michaelson went on to graduate from Hope College in 1967, Princeton Theological
Seminary in 1968 and Western Theological Seminary in 1984. He was also ordained by the
Classis of Holland that same year.
In 1969 he went to Washington D.C. as an assistant to Senator Hatfield in foreign
affairs and the defense policy. After leaving the capitol in 1975, he continued his political
involvement while editing for the Sojourners, a peace and justice periodical of the
Evangelical world. He was also very involved in Young Life and took many trips
with those involved. Wesley's area of special interest was always about the church and
politics.
In 1982 Granberg-Michaelson began serving on the staff of the World Council of
Churches (WCC) as executive secretary of its unit on Justice, Peace and Creation,
concentrating on environmental issues. He was stationed in Geneva, Switzerland from 1992
to 1994 at which time he left to take the position of general synod secretary of the Reformed
Church in America, succeeding Rev. Edwin Mulde r.
Scope and Content
The Wesley Granberg-Michaelson collection consists of biographical material,
correspondence, papers and speeches, articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, project
materials, politics and religion. Folders are placed in alphabetical order.
Container List
- Abridgement of Presidential Power by Nixon, and Potential charges
for impeachment; December 6, 1973
"Address to Rhodes Scholar Sailing Party", 1969
"Amendment to End the War, The" by Mark O. Hatfield and others, n.d.
Biblical and Historical views of Church and State, n.d.
Billy Graham, February, 1973
Call of the Andes, July 18, 1969
"Christian Pastoral Care for the Homosexual" by Lars I. Granberg, n.d.
Church and Politics, The; 1978-1979
Churches and the arm Race, 1979
C.I.A., June 1975
"Classified Thinking" Sojourners; June 4, 1979
Community, The and The Servant Community sermons,
1973
Creative Writing: Course requirements, 1965
"De-Americanizing the Gospel". The Future of the Missionary Enterprise,
1976
Doctor James J. Lopach; February 11, 1980
Documents--P.L. 480, 1975 (30/70 Spilt). 1973-1975
Draft for Washington Post Outlook Section, n.d.
Draft of speech for Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, n.d.
Dunamis, 1976
Evangelicals and McGovern, 1972
Food for Peace background; 1974-1975, 1977
Gunderson Family, The; n.d.
Hatfield-McGovern Amendment Plan, 1970-1971
"Historical Perspective of Civil Disobedience within the Church" by Senator Mark
O. Hatfield; December 6, 1971
Hope College, 1963, 1965-1967
Information involving Wes Michaelson, 1968-1971, 1974-1977, 1980
Interview between Joyce Ribbens and Wes Michaelson about Sojourners;
1979
Leaving the Sojourners-responses; 1976, 1978-1981
Legislative Section Organization; 1970, 1973- 1974
Middle East Floor Speech, 1970
Military Spending Committee headed by Hatfield. Congressional
Quarterly, July, 1970
Mark Hatfield letter to Nixon; March, 1971
Mark Hatfield trips to Christian groups, 1974
"Nixon and Vietnam". Ripon Forum, February, 1971
"Nuclear Challenge to Christian Conscience, The". Sojourners
Paris trip on Prisoners of War (POW), 1971
Photographs (41 images)
- United Nations World Food Conference (2 images)
Wesley S. Michaelson trip to Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma... (22
images)
Young Life European Trip (54 images)
Political Trends and the 1972 Election
Politics and Spirituality-given at the Potter's House; October 16, 1973,
April 1974
"Politics of the Gospel". Faith At Work, April 1978
Post-American, 1971, 1973-1975, 1980-1981
"Presidential Piety and the Election". The Church Herald
"Proposal to save money in the current arms race, A". >I>The Wittenburg
Door Oct-Nov, 1979
Public Act 543: The Structure and Strategy of International Communist and
Revolutionary Movements, n.d.
Remarks of Senator George McGovern
Response to tragedy, n.d.
Salt II Treaty, The
"Selected Bibliography" Wesley Granberg Michaelson
Senate debate on ABM (anti-ballistic missiles) issues, 1970
Senator Hatfield misc.
Sermon at the Church of the Savior by Wes Michaealson; September 16, 1973
"Staff Study, Coalition lobby effort fail to yield cuts in defense bill". National
Journal, May 16, 1970
"Two Perspectives on Christian Involvement". Inside; Jan-Feb
1974
U.S. involvement and role in Vietnam: 1954-1963
USSR (Soviet Union) trip, 1969
Vietnam, 1975
Vietnam Reconciliation, 1974-1975
Vietnam Situation and the President Speech, The; May 9, 1972
Wealth, Conservation, and True Politics
Wesley S. Michaelson misc.
Wesley S. Michaelson trip to USSR and Japan; Oct-Nov, 1969
Wesley S. Michaelson trip to Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma, Indonesia, Hong Kong;
December 1970
Young Life and miscellaneous religious notes
Young Life European Trip; n.d.
"Zhivago's Russia continues search for truth". Anchor, Nov. 21,
1969