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Heritage Hall Archives
Generally open 9:00am to 4:30pm, but hours can fluctuate.
Heritage Hall is the official archive of the Calvin University, Calvin Theological Seminary, and the Christian Reformed Church.
It also has some 600 collections of personal papers and records of other organizations.
It specializes in Dutch North American history and Reformed Christianity and offers rich material for genealogical research and topics in social, cultural, and political history.
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- E-mail crcarchives@calvin.edu
The H. Henry Meeter Center
Contact staff for hours, as they fluctuate due to vacancies.
The Meeter Center houses one of the world’s largest collections of materials on John Calvin, Calvinism, the Reformation and early modern studies.
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- E-mail meeter@calvin.edu
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