[A.N.W.B.] Archive of Edo Bergsma, first chairman of the A.N.W.B.

Archive comprising the correspondence conc. two events related to chairman Edo Bergsma, president of the A.N.W.B. from 1884. (1) A series of 15 letters from 1893 in which various regions and member groups urge Bergsma not to cede the chairmanship, most on stationery of the groups in questions. Incl. the Utrechter Wielrijders-Club, Haarlemsche Velocipede-club, de Amsterdamsche Wielrijders club "Entre-Nous" and several other Amsterdam bicycle clubs, also Rotterdam, Delft, The Hague, Haarlemmermeer, Leiden etc., with hundreds of signatures. With several official documents and contemp. newspaper articles. (2) Extensive correspondence of the plaque of the first president, designed and made by J.C. Wienecke incl. pieces signed by Bergsma, then mayor of Enschede.