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Postcards-5 (3 of campus; 2 of town) Memorabilia of Grinnell High School, including graduation announcements, programs, invitations, Oriole Staff card for 1907-1908 (verso has list of all school faculty,high school courses of study, and school calendar for 1907-1908) The Community Hospital [Grinnell] graduation announcement for May 11, 1908. Ceremony held at Methodist Episcopal Church for five graduates. United Presbyterian Church of Grinnell, Iowa—2 items. 30th Anniversary program for September 14-18, 1932 YPCU: officers and prayer meetings for Fourth Quarter, 1907. Voyage de M. Perrichon par Labiche et Martin. Copyright 1909. Small book owned by Estelle Ricker, classmate of Sara McIlrath’s ,who was deceased by 1918. Both names on front flyleaf. Grinnell College Directory for October, 1910 Program from Alumni Dinner on the occasion of the dedication of the Law Building at the State University of Iowa, February of 1910. Sara’s husband H. J. Maurer was a graduate of SUI. Farm Record Book, undated. Correspondence from The Farmers’ Elevator Co., dated “Xmas, 1916” to customers. On letterhead. Handwritten notes for a talk on local history (two pages) Top half of letterhead for Grinnell State Bank with April, 1926 date. Sketch of original bank building; list of bank officers. Teaching certificates and recommendations for Sara McIlrath-2 envelopes “Minor Botany” notebook belonging to Sara McIlrath of 334 East Street in town. Iowa College items: receipts from college business office; Handbook of Physical Training for Women booklet; Glee Club concert programs; college commencement invitation; Dramatic Club program (1911); college banquet program (1910); “Launching the Ship 1912” program; Quadrangle dinner ticket (1952); 1912 Class Letters booklet (1917). Geography notebook—published pictures pasted in with handwriting. Copy of the Kellogg Enterprise newspaper, dated June 12, 1891 Newspaper clippings from the town Centennial coverage of 1954. Photocopy of “Exploring the History of Iowa” Unit I. Article from the Des Moines Tribune, published May 6, 1964 “A 20-acre Man-made Cavern 90 feet Below Iowa Farm”. Full page coverage with photos. Photocopied. 1912 Cyclone (Sara's junior year), including many notes and clippings about the faculty and students.