Inspiration and Innovation: Religion in the American West

Review of: "Inspiration and Innovation: Religion in the American West," by Todd M. Ker-stetter

East Sioux Classis

The East Sioux Classis Archives document the corporate institutional life of a regional classis of the Reformed Church in America based in northwest Iowa in the mid and late twentieth century. The records include the minutes of the classis and related material. Collectively, these archives provide evidence for the historical growth of a multi-generational Dutch-immigrant Protestant denomination in the trans-Mississippi prairies and northern plains over seventy-five years

Germania/North Central Classis

The Germania/North Central Classis Archives document the corporate institutional life of a regional classis of the Reformed Church in America based in northwest Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota in the 20th century. The records include the minutes of the classis, church statistics, financial materials, and clergy records. Collectively, these archives provide evidence for the historical growth over almost fifty years of a multi-generational German-immigrant regional church organization affiliated with a Dutch Protestant denomination in the trans-Mississippi prairies and northern plains

Iowa Classis

The Iowa Classis Archives document the corporate institutional life of a regional classis of the Reformed Church in America based in Iowa in decades surrounding the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. The records include the minutes of the classis, church statistics, financial materials, and correspondence. Collectively, these archives provide evidence for the historical growth of a first- and second-generation Dutch-immigrant Protestant denomination in the trans-Mississippi prairies and northern plains over the span of thirty-four years

Dakota Classis - Disbanded Churches

The Dakota Classis Disbanded Churches Record Group documents the corporate institutional lives of various small congregations in Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Nebraska in the late nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. The records typically include the minutes of the consistory and membership books. Occasionally, other materials are also included, such as treasurer’s records, young people’s society records, clippings, letters of reminiscence, and photographs. Collectively, these archives provide evidence for the history of rural and small town religious life in the trans-Mississippi prairies and northern plains over the span of a hundred years

George R. Heusinkveld Diaries

The George R. Heusinkveld diaries document the life of George R. Heusinkveld through his graduation from Northwestern Junior College (NWJC). The diaries also provide information and perspective into Heusinkveld’s family, his friends, NWJC, and the public schools, Reformed churches, farms, and towns of Sioux County. Collectively, these diaries provide detailed evidence of Dutch-American Reformed Church in America (RCA) life in Sioux County, Iowa in the 1920s and 1930s from the vantage point of a curious and articulate male teenager

Northwestern Classical Academy

The Northwestern Classical Academy (NWCA) subgroup of the Northwestern College Record Group (NCRG) documents the life of the earliest NWC institution. The records include various founding documents, catalogs, sermons, addresses, photocopies of newspaper articles, and photographs. Also included are anniversary materials and histories of the academy in particular. Collectively, these archives provide evidence for the origins and developments of faith-based education in the Dutch American settlements of northwestern Iowa, southwestern Minnesota, Nebraska, and the Dakotas, including the educational vision and commitments of the Dutch Reformed colonists

Transplanters on the Grasslands and the Fruits of Chain Migration

Review of: Transplanters on the Grasslands and the Fruits of Chain Migration, by Brian W. Beltman

Hendrik P. Scholte: His Legacy in the Netherlands and in America

Review of: Hendrik P. Scholte: His Legacy in the Netherlands and in America , by Eugene P. Heideman