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The first radio station at Grinnell College, KGRW, started on December 6, 1948. It was an AM station that broadcast news, interviews, and popular and classical music. By 1961-62 the station needed better equipment, because their existing equipment was obsolete. KGRW also needed to upgrade to a FM frequency, because FM is more powerful and there is little interference. The station broadcast with a closed circuit. At one point, it broadcast illegally outside of campus, and lost its license, so the station had to return to the closed circuit system. Students living in Norris Hall could not listed to KGRW because the dormitory’s electrical wiring interfered with the station’s signal. Students appealed to the Board of Trustees for funding for the upgrade to FM, but the Board did not have the funds at that time. KGRW was shut down and there was no radio station on campus for the next six academic years. During the 1966-67 and 1967-68 years several students, headed by Babak Armajani ‘68, worked to start another station. They were successful, and KDIC began broadcasting on May 20, 1968.In the fall of 1968 KDIC broadcast 121 hours per week, and had eighty-five students on the staff. Forty of the staff were DJs. The station received news from UPI, outside newspapers, and campus reporters. Classical, jazz, rock, and folk music were played. In addition, there were special programs from Radio Netherlands, the French Radio System, and the PAN-American Union.   Content: Contains audio tapes of speeches, performances, symposia, and radio programs taped and/or broadcast by the student staff of the radio station during a time of active student political involvement on the Grinnell College campus. Of special note is the tape of Dean Joseph Wall at a community meeting discussing the proposal for closing the college early in the spring as a result of Kent State (5/8/70). Provenance: Donated to the Archives by Siclinda Canty-Elliott and KDIC staff, September 1998.   Processed by Leslie Czechowski and Emily Burke, September 1998.

Mission Statement: The purpose of the organization shall be: a) To promote international understanding, tolerance, and cooperation among cultures on campus and in the Grinnell community. b) To encourage all students to broaden their horizons and their exposure to international cultures. c) To provide a forum for discussion of current global issues. d) To act as a network group for members during their stay at Grinnell College and elsewhere in the community. Papers span the years of 2001-2004, and will be processed and added to as necessary. Provenance: Transferred to the Grinnell College Archives after 2001.

The Pub Club existed from 1973-1986 as a non-profit private club, located in Main basement adjacent to Gardner Lounge, having the "primary goal of providing a relaxed, social gathering place for members of the College community...providing a soft atmosphere with low-key entertainment... and serving beer and non-alcoholic beverages." Provenance: John Worley, 1988

Materials and recordings of a capella groups, including Con Brio, G-Tones, and Noteworthy

Professor David Jordan organized and directed the project to gather historical information about the college, with special focus on alumni and the influence of Grinnell College on their lives. Students in Mr Jordan's seminars researched college history and conducted oral interviews with alumni who were within geographical areas interveiwers could reach or who came to alumni reunions. This collection consists of the tapes as well as typed transcripts of these interviews arranged alphabetically by alumni names.

Grinnell College's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was established on September 12, 1907.  As the second chapter authorized in the state, it is designated as Beta of Iowa.  This collection includes records, office files, correspondence, and other materials documenting the work of the chapter.  The bulk of the collection covers the dates 1946-1988.

Historical Note: The first Grinnell College yearbook, The Cyclone, was published in 1889. It is named after the cyclone that struck Grinnell on June 17, 1882 killing 39 people, including two college students. As a student wrote in the introduction in the first yearbook explaining the title: "Once before a cyclone struck you, and in a moment all was destruction and sorrow, but out of those ruins of seven years ago our college rose to a new life of usefulness and honor, until to-day we feel that it is stronger for having passed through the storm." Provenance: Donated to the Archives by Tanya Hedges, 1996 yearbook editor, September 1996. Scope and Content Note: The contents include photographs used in the Cyclone Yearbook. Photographs from each yearbook are typically divided into sections: Student Life, Faculty/ Staff, Buildings, Sports, and School-Related Activities. Files are arranged chronologically.

Provenance: Velma Hiser, May 1982.

SPARC oversees student publications and operations of the campus radio station. It serves under the President of the College and is comprised of students, faculty, and ex-officio members functioning in an advisory capacity. The committee is responsible for hiring media staff, budgeting, and oversight of daily media operations. Provenance: Brent Dexter, Chair of SPARC, after consultation with Dean of Students. December 1994.

Also listed in the library catalog with complete contents.