The archives have approximately the same origin as the library of the Hendrik Kraemer Instituut, i.e. the various missionary societies in the Netherlands whose activities have been taken over by the Board of Mission of the Netherlands Reformed Church in 1951. These are: the Dutch Missionary Society (Nederlands Zendelinggenootschap, founded in 1797), the Dutch Mission Union (Nederlandsche Zendingsvereeniging, 1858), the Utrecht Mission Union (Utrechtsche Zendingsvereeniging, 1859), the Java-Comité (1855), the Sangien Talaud-Comité (1887), the Centraal Comité Depok (1870), and, later, the Cooperating Mission Societies (Samenwerken.de Zendingscorporaties).