- US-GCS DCL Coll-284 Row A CITY Grinnell Stories-2019-11-19
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Jewel Box Quilters Guild, Records of
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J.B. Grinnell Family Collection
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Folder #1 – J.B. Grinnell Biography
• Portrait and Biographical Record of Johnson, Poweshiek and Iowa Counties containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens (1893) – J.B. Grinnell biography
• Newspaper articles from Grinnell Herald-Register (various years)
• Town signage and plaque information
• Remarks at Rededication Ceremony of J.B. Grinnell Marker by John Andelson Professor of Anthropology at Grinnell College (2019)
Folder #2 – J.B. Grinnell Genealogy
• Grinnell Family Association of America Official Newsletter Volume 10 Number 3 (Fall 1998)
• Family Tree of J.B. Grinnell and DVD The Grinnells of America
• Articles from Grinnell Herald-Register about J.B. Grinnell’s relatives
• Letter from J.B. Grinnell’s relatives (2015) to Grinnell Historical Museum Society
Folder #3 – J.B. Grinnell and Julia Chapin Grinnell
• “The Grinnell-Chapin Connection” by William Deminoff Director of College Relations at Grinnell College, published in the Grinnell Herald-Register (1983)
• Article about J.B. Grinnell and Julia Chapin’s 25th wedding anniversary (1978) published in Grinnell Herald-Register
• Newspaper obituaries for Julia Chapin (1907)
• “Julia Ann Chapin Grinnell: The Mother to a Town” ( 2004) Grinnell Herald-Register
Folder #4 – J.B. Grinnell Family
• Newspaper article about Carrie Grinnell’s wedding (1881) Grinnell Herald
• Transcription of Carrie Grinnell Jones’s journal
• Newspaper articles about Mary Grinnell Mears
• Memorial resolution for Eliot Grinnell Mears, professor at Stanford
Folder #5 – Chapin, Iowa
• “The Town of Chapin” Grinnell Herald-Register (1947)
• Franklin County Settlement Timeline – Ghost Towns
Folder #6 – Underground Railroad
• “Two of Grinnell’s founder linked to Underground Railroad” Newspaper article (2010)
• “Grinnell’s Underground Railroad” pamphlet by Grinnell Historical Museum
Folder #7 – Original documents relating to J.B. Grinnell and family
• Original letter from Mrs. Grinnell Sept 25. 1900
• Original letter to J.B. Grinnell from Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Minnesota Railway Sept 20 1872
• Transcription of 1872 letter by Professor Emeritus of History at Grinnell College Dan Kaiser
• J.B. Grinnell signature
• Silver Wedding Anniversary of Hon. J.B. Grinnell and Wife. Presentation Address: Poems and Responses (1877)
• “In Honor of Josiah Bushnell Grinnell” -- Committee formed to erect memorial upon death of J.B. Grinnell (1891)
• Annals of Iowa: A Historical Quarterly (1896) “Josiah Bushnell Grinnell” by Professor L.F. Parker of Iowa College
Folder #8 - Transcription Project
Handwritten letter of J.B. Grinnell from 1864 transcribed by local fifth graders Malia Parker and Elisa Hansen
Flat Files Drawer 1 - Handwritten letter from J.B. Grinnell
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Box #11Pre-construction documents
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