Document Type
Finding Aid
Publication Date
2023
Abstract
The De Beer/De Boer Family Collection spans 130 years of family history in Sioux County, Iowa. The De Beer/De Boer families are descendants of the pioneer E. J. G. Bloemendaal. The collection highlights Christian educational materials, both in schools and churches. It also includes a scrapbook about a serviceman’s military career during World War II, as well as the progression of land ownership by farmers in Sioux County. Family photographs depict day-to-day 19th-century farm life, especially children playing outdoors. There are also 18 personal letters written by Gerhard and Ann Scholten (in Dutch) from Chicago in 1883.
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