COLL/256 Guide to the Marten Ten Hoor Collection Ten Hoor, Marten Collection

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Guide to the Marten Ten Hoor Collection 1917/1967 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Marten Ten Hoor Collection 1917-1967 COLL/256 Ten Hoor, Marten, 1890-1967 1.15 2 Boxes Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Hekman Library 1855 Knollcrest Circle SE Grand Rapids, MI, URL: http://archives.calvin.edu Email: crcarchives@calvin.edu Phone: 616-526-6913 Fax: 616-526-7689
Dean of the College of Arts and Science of the University of Alabama, and professor of philosophy at Tulane University. The collection includes: articles and translations of articles published in the Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant, June 1963, dealing with aspects of American life; translations of poems by Antoon Coolen; correspondence; and a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, addresses, programs, and newspaper pictures relating to ten Hoor's academic career.
Biographical Information:

Marten Ten Hoor was born on April 21, 1890 in Franeker, Netherlands. In 1896 the Ten Hoor family immigrated to the United States. Ten Hoor attended Calvin College, graduating in 1909. From 1909 to 1911, Ten Hoor worked as a private tutor. In 1918 Ten Hoor became an American citizen as well as entered the U.S. Army to serve in WWI. In 1920 Ten Hoor married Marie Magdalen Schanz. With the short break of military service, Ten Hoor had taught at several universities such as Michigan, Illinois, and Tulane from 1911 to 1944.

In 1944, Ten Hoor accepted the positions of professor of philosophy and dean of College of Arts and Science at the University of Alabama. He would serve the university until his retirement in 1960. Ten Hoor also was a member of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies where he served as a chairman and on the board of directors. Over the course of his career, Ten Hoor had written a number of publications such as The Problems of Thinking and Knowing, 1933 and The Role of Music in Culture, 1961. In 1963 Ten Hoor received the honor of a building named after him on the University of Alabama's campus called Ten Hoor Hall. On October 10, 1967 Marten Ten Hoor passed away.

Arrangement of Materials:

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Detailed List of Contents id35872 Papers 1917-1967 id35873 1 id35874 1 1 Article, "Awareness and Inference" 1936 id35875 1 2 Article, "Medievalism in Contemporary Political Thought" 1938 id35876 1 3 Article, "Meaning of Culture" 1941 id35877 1 4 Article, "Dutch Colonists and American Democracy" 1947 id35878 1 5 Clippings, Radio Address to Indonesia by Queen Juliana 1949 id35879 1 6 Newsletter, Rotary-News Letter [1949?] id35880 1 7 Clipping, Speech, "Your Side, My Side and the Right Side," by Derk Uipo Stikker 1949 id35881 1 8 Translation, "Christmas Rose," by Antoon Coolen 1952 id35882 1 9 Article, "Education for Privacy" 1953 id35883 1 10 Translation, "The Golden Webs of Antoon Coolen" 1953 id35884 1 11 "Libertad Limitada" 1958 id35885 1 12 Article, "View from Olympus" 1961 id35886 1 13 Lecture, "The Role of Music in Culture" 1961 id35887 1 14 Handbook for Teachers in Hospital Schools 1962 id35888 1 15 Article, "Why the Humanities?" 1963 id35889 1 16 Translations, "De Nieuwe Roterdamse Courant," "Cultural Phenomena in America" 1963 id35890 1 17 Correspondence 1965 id35891 1 18 Resolution 1967 id35892 1 19 Commonplace Book, A Last Look at Some Hardy Perennials 1967 id35893 1 20 Het Boek der Psalmen nevens de Gezangen bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland, [Gift of Prof. Marten Ten Hoor] [undated] id35894 2 Scrapbook with clippings, addresses, programs, and newspaper pictures relating to ten Hoor's academic career 1917-1964
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