For just a few times since its pillars were first installed in 1912, the Hope College arch is conspicuously missing from its place outside Graves Hall. The Hope College arch is a landmark around campus. Its brick pillars were donated by the Class of 1912, and the decorative metal arch, which includes the words Hope …
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The Holland Area Historical Society will host the program “History of Herrick District Library” on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, at 7:30 p.m., at the Maas Center Auditorium, Hope College, 264 Columbia Avenue, Holland, Michigan. This program is free to the public. The City of Holland opened its first library in 1867 to serve the intellectual …
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We’re increasingly cataloging our lives online, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, seemingly endless YouTube videos. It’s a digital-first and often digital-only world. The advantages of this unlimited digital storage seem obvious, but how permanent are some of those records? How do we preserve digital history?Internet history is fragile. This archive is making sure it doesn’t disappear.
The Joint Archives will be closed for the holidays beginning Friday, December 23. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 3. Merry Christmas!
Many Hollanders, including the presenter, spent lots of their winter season leisure time at Carousel Mountain and have fond memories of the former Laketown Township ski resort. Presenter Robert Sligh will help us remember that magical time from 1963-1973 through his memories, interviews with the founder’s daughter and local skiers, and archival documents, artifacts, and …
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Read about the Holland’s Great Fire of 1871 and the Hope College Student Church in the latest issue of the Joint Archives Quarterly: http://digitalcommons.hope.edu/jaquarterly/98/
Tomorrow, June 9, is International Archives Day and worthy of noting as the Joint Archives of Holland will celebrate 28 years of service to researchers from around the world in October. Here is a recently published history about the people who made the Joint Archives of Holland the international research center it is today. Enjoy! …
Read about the history of the first president of Hope College, Rev. Dr. Philip Phelps Jr., and the first graduating class of 1866, in the latest issue of the Joint Archives Quarterly newsletter: http://digitalcommons.hope.edu/jaquarterly/97/
The Holland Area Historical Society will host a program titled “The Trajectory of Hope” on Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. The presentation will be held in the Maas Auditorium, Maas Conference Center, Hope College, Holland, Michigan. Maas Auditorium is located at 264 Columbia Avenue on the Hope College campus. The public is invited, and admission is free. Hope …
The Digital Holland Committee at Hope College will be hosting “Holland History Harvest” on April 15, from 6:00-7:30 p.m., at Winants’ Auditorium, Graves Halls, Hope College, Holland, Michigan. This will be a time for community members with relics, documents, etc. about Holland’s church history to come and share about their artifacts in a very casual open …
