Jan Krijff was born in the Netherlands in 1947 and immigrated to Calgary in 1968. After obtaining his B.A. in Economics, he graduated from the University of Leiden with a Masters degree in History. In 1993, Jan published 100 Years Ago, Dutch Immigration to Manitoba in 1893 and in 2003, Een Aengenaeme Vrientschap (An Amicable Friendship). Greetings from Canada: Postcards from Dutch Immigrants to the Netherlands 1884 1915 was published by Granville Island Publishing in the spring of 2013. He currently lives in the Netherlands with his wife, Karen Green.
Herman Ganzevoort is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Calgary. His publications include Letters of Willem de Gelder 1910-13: A Dutch homesteader on the prairies; Dutch Immigration to North America; A Bittersweet Land, The Dutch Experience in Canada, 1890-1980; The Last Illusion, Letters from Dutch immigrants in the Land of opportunity 1924-1930.
