This collection is described in collection guide Arend van den Brandhof Archive (KITLV) (ubl305)
Van den Brandhof Papers (KITLV)
Archive of Arend van den Brandhof (1796-1863)
Plan of settlement, D H 824-18
Map of the Suriname river and Para creek, D H 824-55
Map of the Suriname river and Para creek, D H 824-55
'Lijst der vijftig huisgezinnen', D H 824, 84
'Lijst der vijftig huisgezinnen', D H 824, 84
Map of the Suriname and Commewijne rivers, D H 824-56
Map of the Suriname and Commewijne rivers, D H 824-56
Van den Brandhof Papers (KITLV)
Arend van den Brandhof (1796-1863) began studying theology in Utrecht in 1813 and was one of the three pastors who drew up a plan to emigrate some 300 agricultural workers from Groningen and Gelderland to Surinam. In 1845 this plan was carried out: they settled on the former plantations Voorzorg and Mijn Vermaak. It was not a success. In the first year, a considerable number of the immigrants died or left. Anna Pannekoek, the wife of Arend van den Brandhof, also died soon after arrival. The situation stabilised somewhat after the survivors settled across the Saramacca river in the village of Groningen.
From 1849 onwards, the survivors moved in small groups to Kwatta and Uitvlugt, in the Paramaribo area, where there was a larger market for agricultural products such as milk. The descendants of these emigrants are known in Suriname as the boeroes. Van den Brandhof himself, together with his seven children, returned to the Netherlands in 1853.
This collection was donated to the KITLV by N.W. van den Brandhof in 1961 and 1963. Together with the KITLV collection, the collection was transferred to Leiden University Libraries in 2014.