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Six original photographs (w/two copies of car accident) with digitization record.
Printed copies from scans of the eleven glass-plate negatives of Polly the cat, with digitization record.
Folder #1 – Cornelia Clarke’s obituary & will (copies).
Folder #2 – News clippings and articles (copies); publications; copy of Dan Kaiser’s article for Rootstalk (2019); copy of short bio from Grinnell: Our Prairie Town (2016), Wikipedia - Cornelia Clarke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Clarke
Folder #3 – Biography & research by Dan Kaiser (includes emails); Dan’s lists of Clarke’s published photographs.
Folder #4 – Copies of photographs & scanned prints from glass-plate negatives.
Folder #5 ‒ Materials from the Rare Book Showcase (2017): Peter & Polly, including emails, notes, & presentation; Digital Grinnell information for Peter & Polly; information about library holdings for Peter & Polly from Amazon.com; photos of Peter & Polly Tree from DCL’s Festival of Trees, 2017.
Folder #6 ‒ Other Presentations; 2019 Photo Exhibition: Other presentations of Peter & Polly; copy of Photograph Exhibition poster, Stewart Gallery, 2019.
Folder #7 ‒ Materials for Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame 2018 application; update for 2019 application. Copies of 2021 Grinnell Herald-Register articles announcing Clarke’s induction to the Hall of Fame.
Envelope containing original news clippings of announcement.
Folder #8 − Originals and masters; copy of MARC record for the collection.
Folder #9 − Other pictures of cats: historical context.
Folder #10 − Email