Archive Prof.dr. F. R. J. Knetsch

Brief overview

Name of the archive: Archive Frederik Reinier Jacob Knetsch

Provenance: Heirs of F.R.J. Knetsch

Dated: 1947-1999

Size: 35 cm

Language of the materials: Dutch

Summary:

Personal archive containing (among others) correspondence, lecture notes, transcripts of speeches, drafts of articles, and the dissertation of professor Knetsch, Professor of Dutch church history at the University of Groningen.

Collection number: UBG023

Institute: University Library Groningen

Retainer: University Library Groningen

Provenance and acquisition

Biography

Freek Knetsch was born in Leiden 24 June 1924. He is the son of Alida de Vries and Adriaan Knetsch. In 1961 Freek married Annie M. Taanman. The couple divorced in the early 1970’s. In 1977 Freek remarried, this time to Margreet Reidel, who had 2 children already.

From 1947 until 1956, Knetsch studied theology at the University of Leiden. After this, he became a teacher in high school of religious studies and philosophy of life. He taught at the ‘Christelijk Lyceum’ in Delft and the ‘Koningin Wilhelmina College’ in Culemborg. At the same time, he was working on his dissertation entitled Pierre Jurieu, theoloog en politikus der Refuge, which passed in 1967. In 1969, Knetsch was named a lecturer in Dutch church history, the encyclopedia of religious studies and introduction to theology at the University of Groningen. This position was upgraded to a full professorship just a year later. Besides his teaching duties, Knetsch was the dean of the faculty and a member of the faculty board. Furthermore, he was a member of the ‘Onderwijsraad’, an advisory board to the government. Partly in thanks to this he was named a ‘Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw’ in 1989, a royal decoration. Besides this, he was part of the board for the ‘Vereniging voor Nederlandse Kerkgeschiedenis’ and an editor for the Documentatieblad van de Nederlandse kerkgeschiedenis na 1800 as well as the Biografisch lexicon voor de geschiedenis van het Nederlandse protestantisme and the periodical In de waagschaal. In 1989, Knetsch retired, but kept publishing at an impressive rate. His main areas of research interest were French Protestantism (Hugenot refugees in the Netherlands), the 16^th century church offices and the history of the diaconate.

A selection of published works

• Church ordinances and regulations of the Dutch Synods ‘Under the Cross (1563-1566) compared with the French (1559-1563). In: James Kirk (ed.), Humanism and Reform: The church in Europe, England, and Scotland, 1400-1643. Essays in honour of James K. Cameron. (Subsidia; 8). Oxford / Cambridge MA: Blackwell, 1991, p. 187-205.

• Hugenottische Denker in Exil. In: Jean-Pierre Schobinger (Hrgb.), Die Philosophie des 17. Jahrhunderts. II: Frankreich und Niederlande. Basel: Schwabe, 1993, p. 987-1004.

• De predikant Jacques Gousset, Jacobus Gussetius, 1635-1704. In: Bulletin van de Nederlandse Hugenoten Stichting, 25(1), december 2000, p. 1156-1210.

• Diakonaat als Ambtelijke Armenzorg? II. Vragen uit Friesland. In: Nederlandsch archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis 81 (2001), p. 168-184.

• A French bible reproduced in the Netherlands: La Sainte Bible par David Martin, pasteur Wallon à Utrecht, in: A.A. den Hollander en M. Lamberigts (red.), Lay Bibles in Europe 1450-1800 (Betl 189). Leuven: Peeters, 2007, p. 279-296.

Acquisition

The collection was given to the University Library by F.R.J. Knetsch’s widow in 2008.

Future additions

No future additions are expected.

Contents and collation

The collection contains letters, notes and transcripts among others.

Instructions for users of the archive

Accessibility

The collection is accessible for research purposes. To look at the collection, a University Library Access Pass is required.

Limitations to use

The materials in this collection are available for viewing only. They cannot be borrowed. When consulting this collection, the rules set out in the Reglement voor de gebruikers van de Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit Groningen apply. Reproductions, insofar as they are allowed are to be made in line with the rules set out in the Tarieven en diensten Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

The copyright is held by the heirs of F.R.J. Knetsch. As the owner of the collection, the University Library Groningen has the right to publish (parts of) the archive.

Accessing the collection

An inventory of the archive is available.

Citations

When referencing (materials from) this archive, the following information must be provided in full at least once. After this, an abbreviated citation suffices.

• Archive: University Library Groningen, Archive Frederik Reinier Jacob Knetsch

• Individual items: UB Groningen, Knetsch [number]

Requests

Materials from this archive can be requested by sending an email to Special Collections department.

Other access ways

Most of Knetsch’s published works are available at the University Library Groningen. These works can be requested through the catalogue.

Appendix

Literature

• Frederik Reinier Jacob Knetsch. Leiden 24 juni 1924-Eelde 4 september 2006, in: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde te Leiden 2005-2006 (Leiden 2007) p. 65-75.

• Derk Jansen & Jacob van Sluis, In memoriam dr. Frederik Reinier Jacob Knetsch 24 juni 1924-4 september 2006, in: Documentatieblad voor de Nederlandse kerkgeschiedenis na 1800. (2006) nr. 65, p. 1-3.

Further bibliography F.R.J. Knetsch, 1991-2007, put together by Jacob van Sluis in: UB Groningen, Knetsch 28.