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Part of RG-S: Students
Correspondence, photocopies of relevant items in the college archives, clippings, articles, biographical notes.
Part of RG-S: Students
Correspondence, photocopies of relevant items in the college archives, clippings, articles, biographical notes.
Renfrow Smith, Edith. Class of 1937.
Part of Biographical Files 1800-
Edith Renfrow Smith (1914- ), class of 1937, is the first Black female graduate of Grinnell College.
Materials include articles about Mrs. Smith and her connection to the college and town of Grinnell, a photo book from the dedication of the Smith Gallery, The Grinnell Magazine Summer 2007 with Mrs. Renfrow Smith on the cover, and the Congressional Record Tribute from 2002 (oversized).
The collection includes nine photographic prints used at the exhibit "The True Grinnellian: An exhibition to honor Edith Renfrow Smith '37" that accompanied the re-dedication of the Edith Renfrow Smith '37 Student Art Gallery on October 28, 2021. Filed in Oversize #1
Part of RG-S: Students
Events for Black Student Organizations
Part of RG-S: Students
Edith Renfrow Smith Black Women's Library
Part of Biographical Files 1800-
The Edith Renfrow Smith Black Women's Library was established in 2019 by student Rayyon Robinson, class of 2019. It is housed in the Conney M. Kimbo Black Cultural Center.
Concerned Black Students (CBS)
Part of RG-S: Students
Mission Statement; The purpose of this organization shall be to develop strategies, implement procedures, and engage in activities that will positively impact the entire Grinnell Black Community and which facilitate the recreation and maintenance of the "sense of community" for persons who reside within the Grinnell community. Papers span the late 1990s, generally from around 1997 -1999, and are for the most part official publications, correspondence, or organizational documents relating to CBS. Related materials may be found if 72.9/pCo1.
Part of Student Life
Anne Abler and Richard Case Woodworth.
Part of Student Life
Part of Student Life
CBS = Concerned Black Students
Burling Library Takeover by Black Students, 1971/1972: Display Materials
Part of Student Life
Part of Student Life
Part of Student Life
Black Cultural Center (BCC) Materials 2019
Part of RG-S: Students
Part of Student Life