Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1920-1940 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
0.45 Cubic Feet
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
from Gameo:
<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Jacob ter Meulen, b. 3 December 1884, at The Hague, Holland, a Dutch Mennonite, married to Wilhelmina Bosboom, studied history and was librarian of the Peace Palace at The Hague 1924-1952. He is particularly known for his publications on the Dutch Pacifist Hugo de Groot (Grotius), collaborating with P. J. J. Diermanse in publishing Bibliographie des écrits imprimés de Hugo Grotius (The Hague, 1950). He was one of the first Dutch pacifists and an active member of the Mennonite Peace Association (Arbeidsgroep tegen de Krijgsdienst). Jacob ter Meulen is the son of François Pieter ter Meulen (1843-1927) and Augusta Wijnaendts. François Pieter ter Meulen, after studying Latin and Greek, lived at The Hague and became a painter; he was an active president of the painters' association Pulchri Studio.
<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.1875px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Jacob ter Meulen d. 12 August 1962.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
presumably acquired somehow by Cornelius Krahn
Content and structure area
Scope and content
various notes and correspondence, appears to be related to his peace activities
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
unprocessed
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
open for research
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- Dutch