Dutch International Society Collection, 1957-[ongoing] | Heritage Hall, Calvin University's Hekman Library

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Collection Overview

Abstract

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: [General Material]

Box 1

Folder 1: Legal papers

Folder 2: By-laws

Folder 3: Minutes --- 18 Mar 1957 - 03 Jul 1979

Folder 4: Minutes --- 1963-1970

Folder 5: Minutes --- 1971-1973

Folder 6: Minutes --- 1974-1976

Folder 7: Minutes --- 1977-1984

Folder 1-9: Correspondence --- 1950-2003

Box Vault

Item 1: Minutes --- 18 Mar 1957 - 01 Aug 1995

Box 2

Folder 1: Minutes --- 1985-1989

Folder 2: Minutes --- 1990-1995

Folder 3: Minutes --- 1995-2000

Folder 4: Minutes --- 2001-2005

Box 3

Folder 1: Administration; committee meetings --- 1973-1981

Folder 2: Agenda of Annual Meetings [3 microfilm reels] --- 1961-1973

Folder 3: Finances --- 1964-1980

Folder 4: Annual Reports --- 1963-1975

Folder 5: Voting materials --- 1971-1976

Folder 6: Correspondence with John Steketee and the Netherlands Consul --- 1963-1971

Folder 7: Correspondence of John Witte --- 1966-1975

Box 4

Folder 1: Charters and Scholarships Correspondence re: flights --- 1964-1983

Folder 2: Correspondence to Dutch International Society --- 1969-1971

Folder 3: Correspondence to Dutch International Society --- 1972-1977

Folder 4: Scholarships given --- 1967-1972

Folder 5: Scholarships given --- 1973-1980

Box 5

Folder 1: Concerts: printed programs --- 1963-1983

Folder 2: Dutch organists --- 1971-1984

Folder 3: Residentie Mannenkoor Concerts --- 1970,1973, 1984-1985

Folder 4: Concerts: St. Pancratius, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Band

Folder 5: Concerts: Ankreinders, Paula Schuting, Haags Matrozenkoor, Children's Choir, Exchange of Choirs

Folder 6: Wheelchair basketball --- 1988

Folder 7: Concerts: Deo Contemus Choir, Carl Van Oostenburg Travelogue, 7th Army Soldiers Choir, Viking High School Choir, US Metropolitan Choir of Praise

Folder 8: Hope-Calvin Concert Tour --- 1982

Folder 9: Correspondence re: Tours to the Netherlands --- 1963-1973

Box 6

Folder 1: Brochures

Folder 2: Questionnaires --- 1974

Folder 3: 25th and 40th Anniversaries of the Freeing of the Netherlands --- 1970, 1985

Folder 4: Queen Juliana's 25th Anniversary --- 1972

Folder 5: Heart of Europe Tour --- 1970

Folder 6: Geven voor Leven --- 1974

Folder 7: Geven voor Leven Correspondence --- 1974

Folder 8: Geven voor Leven Pictures

Folder 9: Combined board meetings, US and Netherlands

Folder 10: Anniversary pictures --- 1975

Folder 11: Miscellaneous materials

Folder 12: Miscellaneous photos

Box 7

Folder 1

Item 1: Dutch Promotions: Travelogue --- 1965

Item 2: Dutch Promotions: Toledo Museum --- 1966

Item 3: Dutch Promotions: Rembrandt Exhibit --- 1970

Item 4: Dutch Promotions: Holland Show --- 1970

Folder 2

Item 1: Landscapes from the Golden Age --- 1972

Item 2: Holland’s three golden ages

Folder 3

Item 1: Dutch Promotions:  Christmas around the World --- 1972

Item 2: Dutch Promotions: Doll Exhibit --- 1972

Folder 4: Polish-Dutch Celebration minutes and miscellaneous --- 1976

Folder 5: Polish-Dutch Celebration correspondence and finances --- 1976

Folder 6: Dutch flyers --- 1979-1980

Folder 7: Clippings

Box 8

Folder 1: Financial statements --- 1967-1969

Folder 2: Financial statements --- 1971-1974

Folder 3: Financial statements --- 1975-1985

Folder 4: Financial statements --- 1986-1989

Folder 5: Financial statements --- 1990-1993

Folder 6: Executive Declaration of Dutch-American Heritage Day

Folder 7: DIS Magazine Index --- 1970-1988

Folder 8: DIS Magazine --- May 1970-Dec. 1971

Folder 9: DIS Magazine --- March 1972-Dec. 1973

Box 9

Folder 1: DIS Magazine --- March 1974-Dec. 1975

Folder 2: DIS Magazine --- March 1976-Dec. 1977

Folder 3: DIS Magazine --- March 1978-Dec. 1979

Folder 4: DIS Magazine --- March 1980-Dec. 1981

Folder 5: DIS Magazine --- March 1982-Dec. 1983

Folder 6: DIS Magazine --- March 1984-Dec. 1985

Folder 7: DIS Magazine --- March 1986-Dec. 1987

Folder 8: DIS Magazine --- March 1988-Dec. 1989

Box 10

Folder 1: DIS Magazine --- March 1990-Dec. 1991

Folder 2: DIS Magazine --- March 1992-Dec. 1993

Folder 3: DIS Magazine --- March 1994-Dec. 1995

Folder 4: DIS Magazine --- March 1996-Dec. 1997

Folder 5: DIS Magazine --- March 1998-Dec. 1999

Folder 6: DIS Magazine --- March 2000-Mar. 2002

Folder 7: DIS Magazine --- June 2002-Mar. 2003

Box 11

Folder 1: DIS Magazine Publication Committee minutes --- 1974

Folder 2: Correspondence with the Netherlands Information Service --- 1972-1974

Folder 3: Correspondence re: DIS Magazine --- 1972-1975

Folder 4: Telegrams re: 25th Anniversary DIS, --- Nov. 1975

Folder 5: Correspondence re: Jubilee Celebration --- Nov. 1974-July1975

Folder 6: Jubilee Committee minutes --- Jun-75

Folder 7: Miscellaneous re: Jubilee Celebration --- 1975

Folder 8: Materials re: DIS Magazine --- 1986-1990

Folder 9: Materials re: Publication of Commemorative DIS Magazine for Liberation Anniversary --- 1970

Folder 10: Correspondence re: 25th Anniversary of Netherlands Liberation --- 1970

Folder 11: Materials re: Rep. Semanoff Meeting with Dutch Queen --- 1970

Folder 12: Miscellaneous materials re: Publication of DIS for 25th Liberation Anniversary --- 1970

Folder 13: Minutes, Meeting between DIS and PHS --- 1975

Folder 14: Poem, "The Society"

Folder 15: Talent contracts and information for program --- Aug. 1975

Folder 16: DIS and PHS Celebration Programs --- 1975-1976

Folder 17: Correspondence re: Professor Gerald De Jong concerning slide show presentation --- Oct. 1975-July 1976

Folder 18: Correspondence re: Netherlands' Museums concerning Art Exhibit --- March-Sept.1975

Folder 19: Meeting Minutes and Budget Reports, --- Apr 1975

Folder 20: Correspondence re: State of Michigan concerning Art Exhibit --- Jan. 1973-April 1975

Folder 21: Correspondence re: U.S. Museums concerning Art Exhibit

Folder 22: Art Exhibit Press Release --- Jan. 1976

Folder 23: Miscellaneous material --- May 1976

Box 12

Folder 1: DIS Bicentennial Committee minutes --- Jan. 1975-Nov. 1975

Folder 2: Participation of the Netherlands in the Bicentennial Celebration --- April 1974-April 1976

Folder 3: Brochures and correspondence re: DIS Bicentennial Committee plans --- Jan. 1975-Feb. 1976

Folder 4: Grand Rapids Bicentennial-Sesquicentennial Committee --- Feb. 1975-Feb. 1976

Folder 5: Painting brochure requests --- 1975-1976

Folder 6: Descriptive stories of paintings --- 1975

Folder 7: DIS Bicentennial Painting Committee minutes --- June 1975-Jan. 1976

Folder 8: Painting Presentation at White House --- Feb. 2, 1976

Folder 9: Miscellaneous re: Bicentennial Painting Project --- 1975

Folder 10: DIS 25th Anniversary Celebration Guest List --- 1975

Folder 11: DIS 25th Anniversary Celebration news releases

Folder 12: DIS 25th Anniversary Celebration program

Folder 13: Painting costs and list of sales --- 1976

Box 13

Folder 1: Bicentennial Commission newsletter --- 1981

Folder 2: Holland Herald, volume 11, no. 1 and 7

Folder 3: Amity Trust Bicentennial Celebration Commemorative Magazine issues --- March 1982

Folder 4: Bicentennial postage stamp proposal

Folder 5: Materials re: 200 Years Relation between Netherlands and US --- 1982

Folder 6: Materials re: The Hague Philharmonic

Folder 7: News briefs re: Netherlands and America 200 --- Dec. 1981-Mar. 1982

Folder 8: National Itinerary, Netherlands-American Bicentennial --- Nov. 1980-March 1982

Folder 9: Dutch Organization Information Sheet --- July 1980

Folder 10: Correspondence re: Netherlands-American Amity Trust --- Jan.-Dec. 1981

Folder 11: Newspaper articles re: Netherlands-American Bicentennial --- Jan. 1981

Folder 12: Material re: Dutch Roots in America --- Dec. 1981

Folder 13: Miscellaneous Material re: 200 years Amity Celebration --- 1981

Folder 14: Queen Beatrix visit to West Michigan, itinerary --- 1982

Folder 15: Queen Beatrix and Price Claus visit to Michigan --- June 25-27,1982

Folder 16: Photographs, Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus

Folder 17: "40 Years DIS" committee minutes --- March 1989-July 1990

Folder 18: 40th Anniversary slide presentation

Folder 19: Anniversary celebration invitations and flyers

Folder 20: Former board member contact list

Folder 21: 40th Anniversary Celebration budget materials --- 1990

Folder 22: 40th Anniversary Celebration program materials

Folder 23: 40th Anniversary Celebration, miscellaneous

Folder 24: 40th Anniversary press releases and articles

Box 14

Folder 1: Former DIS board member photographs

Folder 2: Photographs from Wim Vander Panne

Folder 3: "Snip and Snap" program photographs

Folder 4: KLM - Royal Dutch Airline photographs

Folder 5: Oil Pipeline photographs from Netherlands

Folder 6: Office personnel photographs

Folder 7: Miscellaneous photographs - people

Folder 8: Model puppet display photographs

Folder 9: Photographs of "Landscapes from the Golden Age" exhibit at Grand Rapids Art Museum

Folder 10: Miscellaneous photographs

Folder 11: Miscellaneous photographs

Box 15

Folder 1: Winter landscape photographs

Folder 2: Windmill and DIS exhibit photographs

Folder 3: Concert photographs

Folder 4: Photographs, South Africa

Folder 5: Miscellaneous concert photographs

Folder 6: Correspondence re: Snip and Snap Show

Folder 7: "Lest We Forget," remembering the World War II veterans - correspondence, programs, official proclamations --- 1995

Box 16

Folder 1: "Dutch Psalms and Hymns" by the Grand Rapids Dutch Immigrant Choir, record

Box 17

Folder 1-10: DIS Magazine --- Jun 2006 - March 2016

Box 18

Folder 1: DIS Magazine --- June 2016 - Spring 2020

Folder 2: DIS Magazine --- Summer 2020 - Winter 2023