Grinnell Town History 1840- 1850-1950
- US US-IaGG Pamphlet/020
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This collection includes newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, memoirs, and other material related to the history of the community of Grinnell, Iowa.
Grinnell Town History 1840- 1850-1950
This collection includes newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, memoirs, and other material related to the history of the community of Grinnell, Iowa.
This collection is nearly entirely made up of correspondence. Some letters include small clippings, pamphlets, or drawings.
Sanderson Family
Consists of treasurer's reports, minutes, clippings, and correspondence of the Elizabeth Earle Magoun Club.
Elizabeth Earle Magoun Club
Mary Gae Wyly Papers on Grinnell Women Faculty 1971-1972
Mary Gae Wyly graduated from Grinnell College in 1962 and served as a librarian from 1968 to 1976. This collection contains documents from her desk files, including one on the hiring of blacks and women, and a survey of women on campus for the improvement of Grinnell.
Wyly, Mary Gae
Henry G. Little Family Scrapbooks 1874-1900
Consists of three record books from the Henry G. Little family of Grinnell. Little was mayor of the town in the last decades of the nineteenth century.
Henry G. Little
Lillian Mattison Papers 1914-1915
Consists primariy of letters written by Lillian Mattison to her family during her senior year at Grinnell College, alumni materials, and a photograph album.
Mattison, Lillian
Mary Ellen Appleby Sarbaugh Papers 1985-1995
Mary Ellen Appleby Sarbaugh, ’42, donated a collection of personal papers, including family memoirs and reminiscences, to the Archives in 1995. The papers were most likely written between 1985-95.
Sarbaugh, Mary Ellen Appleby
John Dashiell Stoops Papers 1890-1973
John Dashiell Stoops was a professor of Philosophy at Iowa/Grinnell College from 1904 to 1943 and Professor Emeritus from 1943 until his death in 1973. This collection of his papers, donated by Rose Stoops, is dated from 1904 to 1950s and includes manuscripts, notes, and correspondence.
Stoops, John Dashiell
Kara Bakken's “What We Remember: An Oral History of Grinnell College 1925-1992" 1925-1992
This oral history collection is a celebration of nearly 70 years of Grinnell College history as told through the words of people who have studied, worked, and played at this institution.
Drawn from interviews with more than 50 alumni, these remembrances tell not only about the specifics of college life, but also about the collective identity of the Grinnell community. These interviews offer insight into the successes and struggles of individuals and into the traditions and values that define Grinnell, whether they occurred in 1925, 1945, 1972, or 1992.
[This note is quoted from the brochure created for the exhibition (photographs and excerpts of the interviews) that was displayed in the Burling Gallery, June 1-September 23, 1995.]
Bakken, Kara
William Salter Papers 1843-1907
The collection contains letters written to Salter and notes written by Salter. The letters include both personal correspondence and that relating to his affairs: church business, business of Iowa College, Salter’s research into the history of the Dodge family, and a variety of other concerns. One letter of note is from James S. Graham in 1884 who recounts his experience watching President Lincoln while he reviewed the 68th Illinois Infantry Volunteers. Also included is a Saloon Passengers’ List and Track Card from an 1881 voyage on the S.S. Bolivia.
Salter, William
The collection is divided into three series: Correspondence & drafts of history; Research materials, notes, etc.; Alumni files arranged chronologically by graduation year.
Harrell, Mary Jane Peck
Edward B. Scheve music compositions 1906-1924
Consists of manuscripts and published musical compositions.
Scheve, Edward B.
Selden Lincoln Whitcomb papers 1883-1906
Seldon Whitcomb spent most of his life in Grinnell, IA. He was born here, graduated from Iowa College in 1887, and returned to teach English from 1895-1905. In this collection are two personal journals, a poetry manuscript, and a notebook of nature observations with a few specimens pressed between the pages.
Selden Lincoln Whitcomb (Class of 1887)
Louis Hartson Memoirs 1904-1919
Louis Hartson received his bachelor’s degree from Iowa College in 1908 and returned to teach psychology from 1911-23. Between the years 1973 and 1976, he recorded his memories of those years and of the following 19 years at Oberlin College. These memoirs as well as several personal letters are held in this collection.
Louis Hartson
There are two pieces to the Irving Hart collection in the Grinnell College Archives. One is a letter that Elizabeth Kelsey (Class of 1898) wrote to Hart in April 1898 as he was leaving Grinnell to serve in the Spanish–American War, and the other is an autograph album with signatures of students and faculty from the 1870s when Irving’s mother, Elizabeth Biggar Hart, was a student.