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Hermans was allowed to become the librarian of the society. He continued in this position till his death, and as such he was the by far most active member of the society. He collected all the history and literary works which he deemed necessary. In 1840 the library counted 1,440 books, in 1848 5,000,
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Hermans was also responsible for the archaeological collections and the coin collections, and their expansion. In this capacity
Hermans made many purchases, and got many gifts for the archaeological collections. As a consequence, the society, with its library and archive, also served as a museum. In
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In 1837 the society was founded. There were seven founders: C. R. Hermans; governor Baron
Andreas van den Bogaerde van Terbrugge; Carel Willem Pape, minister, and headmaster of the Latin school of Heusden; Bookseller Hendrik Pallier; and Jacobus Arnoldus Mutsaers, later secretary for the Roman
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In 1834, North-Brabant had been a backward part of the
Netherlands for about 200 years. This was still the case in 1834, but by then it had been free of oppression by the Protestant provinces for about 40 years. However, North-Brabant still had a rather negative image, and the history books of the
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In his doctoral thesis
Hermans promoted the foundation of a Provincial Society for Arts and Sciences in North-Brabant. For writing a history of North-Brabant, two things were needed: A provincial library which would give historians access to the required information; and people to investigate the
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Hermans wrote multiple books and articles, and pioneered in several scientific fields. He left a large correspondence with regard collecting and judging archaeological finds, the decryption of old acts and charters, archeological excavations in North
Brabant, and the quest to expand the society's
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In 1846 Hermans was appointed in an archaeological commission instituted by the provincial executive. It got the authority to find antiquities in North-Brabant. Hermans was the first to get involved in North-Brabant archeology in a scientific way, and the first to excavate in the province for a
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was the governor of North-Brabant. Van den
Bogaerde came from Flanders, and was very interested in arts and sciences. He thought that telling history was one of the ways to strengthen North-Brabant. He acquainted Hermans with provincial official Jan Menu, and bookseller and bibliophile Hendrik
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information. For the latter he wanted to create a society of people who would study the language, history and antiquities of North-Brabant. It all led to the foundation of the 'Provinciaal
Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen in Noord-Brabant'.
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Hermans was also involved in the excavation of multiple burial mounds. Here, the focus was on collecting finds. The importance of collecting scientific data like measurements, or the traces of piles, and the concept of
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Catholic religion. Even though he had taken the initiative, Hermans was not allowed to become a member of the board of the society, which soon became prestigious. This might have been a matter of social station.
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In 1841 Hermans became city archivist of 's-Hertogenbosch. He published many acts, letters and others works, and in a few years, he had restored order in the city archives.
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library, coin and medal collections. Hermans also took steps in the history of literature. Many folk tales and legends were preserved, because he recorded them.
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Netherlands were still silent about its past. Hermans would try to change the image of North-Brabant by studying and giving attention to its glorious history.
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1855 the Latin School, which was then called 'Gymnasium', and the
Society were combined in a single new building on the Papenhulst in 's-Hertogenbosch.
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in Oss, the family profession. Herman
Gijsbert was also a member of the municipality and a municipal tax collector. In 1819 Hermans went to the
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Rudolphus Hermans was the oldest of the 18 children of Herman Gijsbert Hermans and Isabella van Goor. His father was a silver- and
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in 's Hertogenbosch. To help the school he did this job for only 100 guilders a year. A third job in education was his office as
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and in 1862 this was over 20,000. In part this was due to Hendrik Palier donating his private library to the society.
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were not yet known. Hermans' significance on this terrain was therefore primarily in the publication of his findings.
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