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Early College History 1846-1918
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Job Cushman letters. 1855-1879: From Cushman, Kingston, Mass. to Trustees, President, Treasurer; primarily about donations to Grinnell College Davenport property: deed, correspondence with Bishop Lee about sale of property to Griswold College, 1859-1863. Executive Committee of Board of Trustees. Annual reports. 1847-1903, 1905. Reports cover finances, acquisition and sale of property, construction and repairs of college buildings, details of burning of East College (Dec 1871) faculty appointments, and other topics. Faculty committee reports, 1909, 1921. Faculty reports to Board of Trustees, 1848-1889. Annual summaries of curriculum, religion, science apparatus, library, statistics, student discipline, proposals for the future, etc. Some correspondence included from L. F. Parker, von Cuellen, H. W. Parker, S. J. Buck.

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Students' Army Training corps (SATC), World War I.: Correspondence, description of program, policy statements on granting college credit, war service rosters from St. Olaf and Oberlin statistics, newspaper clippings, daily course schedules, etc. Presidents' Reports to Board of Trustees. 1871, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1891, 1894, 1897, 1900, 1903-1906. Rand Gymnasium for Women. Correspondence during construction. Feb. 1897-Feb. 1898. Treasurer's vouchers. 1853-1857. Secretary-Treasurer's Reports. 1849-1880. (incomplete)

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Secretary's Reports: 1903-1916 (financial statements) Special committees of Trustees. Reports. 1854-1873: Includes Examining Committee Reports, Ways and Means, J. B. Grinnell's 1883 report on fund raising to rebuild after cyclone, insurance and rebuilding after 1883 cyclone, committee on relation of Dr. Magoun to college, 1997, Mears Cottage building 1887, telescope, instruction and instructors, Music Department, faculty. Department of Applied Christianity, etc. Trustee Minutes and Resolutions: 1859, 1864, 1872, 1875, 1879, 1887, 1890-1905. Trustee Report to Faculty: 1903, 1904.

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Faculty reports to Board of Trustees, 1890-1906, 1920.  In addition to topics covered in previous reports, these later faculty reports have annual summaries from the various departments, note curricular and faculty changes, athletic activities, needed building repairs and equipment; letter from women faculty requesting endowed chair.

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