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Arbor Lake
Armory (921)
Astir-Switzer’s Motel
Best Western Motel
Broad St. (5-201-damaged)
Broad St. Looking North
Broad Street, North from Third Avenue
Broad Street South
Broad Street South from Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn – Birds Eye View (30)
Brooklyn – Opera House (18)
Canning Factory (89)
Catholic Church
Central Park (5)
City Park (759)
City Park, Grinnell (16)
City Park with Spaulding Buggies
Clark Memorial (A914)
Clark’s Memorial Fountain
Colonial Theatre (922)
Community Hospital (A902; 2 copies)
Community Hospital, Grinnell, Iowa - 2
Cong’l Church, School, Grinnell 1869
Congregational Church, Grinnell, Iowa. (color; no number)
Congregational Church (122421 in lower right corner)
Congregational Church & High School
Congregational Church & Public Library (made in Germany)
Congregational Church (927)
Congregational Church (9636)
St. Congregational Church, located on corner of Broad St. and 4th Ave.
Cylinder Motor built 1909 at Grinnell Washing Machine Factory
First Congregational Church (4)
First United Presbyterian Church (920)
Fourth Avenue (B&W)
Fourth Avenue Looking West (918)
Fourth Ave., West
Fourth Street, Grinnell, Iowa (color)
Future First Friends (blue)
Gillespie, Eulalia and Mrs. Shoffner
GC-Administration Bldg. (9)
GC-Alumni Hall Entrance (C374)
GC-Alumni Recitation Hall
GC-Blair Hall
GC-Campus View Looking Northwest (933)
GC-College Library (294)
GC-Darby Fieldhouse and Men’s Gymnasium (13)
GC-Grinnell College (4-view)
GC-Herrick Chapel (8; 2 copies)
GC-Iowa College Campus
GC-Library (12)
GC-Men’s Dormitories (F33)
GC-Men’s Dormitory
GC-Men’s Gymnasium (25)
GC-New Field House and Men’s Gymnasium (22)
GC-The Union (5-204) damaged
Grinnell (Brenton Bank – date:1999)
Grinnell Park , Grinnell, Iowa (heavy white border)
High School
High School (998)
High School (old car in front)
Hotel Monroe, Grinnell, Ia. (made in Germany, 1220)
House (unknown location)
Larsen’s Motel
Mayflower Home
McCoy, Hazel (Miss Hazel McCoy, aged 14 yrs.)
Methodist Church (no printing on face; snow scene)
Methodist Episcopal Church (928)
Nelson’s Sample Day (2 copies)
New Monroe Hotel
New Monroe Hotel (114)
New Monroe Hotel (124)
North Broad Street (2 copies)
Park Street, Grinnell, Iowa
Park Scene (113)
Post Office, Library, Congregational Church ca 1910
Poweshiek County Farm 1921 (w/Grinnell Buildings)
President Woodrow Wilson at Grinnell (Feb 1, ’16)
South Broad Street (20)
South Side School
Spaulding, H.W. Home (Montie and Betty Hammond)
Spaulding Mfg. Co. (San Diego Distributor)
Spaulding Steel Chassis Making Worlds Record (2 copies)
Spaulding Stock Chassis Making World’s Record (4th Ave.)
St. Francis Hospital (9901)
Stewart Library
Stewart Library (34; 2 copies)
Stewart Library (6; 2 copies)
Stewart Library, Grinnell, IA.
Stewart Library, Grinnell, Iowa (3 copies)
Stewart Library Congregational Church (A1774)
Stewart Public Library (75th Anniversary)
Stewart Public Library (926; 2 copies – 1 color, I b&w)
Sugar Creek in Autumn
Union Depot (37)
Wellhouse Studio (Photography)
Wesco & Roby (909 Main St.
White, George
Wilson & Hastings Delivery Wagon
Winter View on North Blood (Broad) Street

Container List:
Folder 1: Grinnell historical overview and Grinnell in the Underground Railroad
4 GH-R and D.M. Union Historical Company articles summarizing early history, plus specific articles:
“Earliest Grinnell Pioneers All Lived in One Building” D.M. Tribune,
“Grinnell history riddled with hard labor, spotted fever epidemic” GH-R
Lectures, communications, and information debunking tunnels, plus specific articles:
“The Underground Railroad: Grinnell’s Part in History”
“Two of Grinnell’s founders linked to Underground Railroad” Poweshiek CR by David Connon,
“Grinnell was among many Iowa towns on the Underground Railroad” Iowa History Journal,

Folder 2: Iowa and the Underground Railroad via articles, book chapters, bibliographies for further study, and teaching materials.
Articles about the Underground Railroad focus on modern research and activity, along with a few general overview articles, sourced from DM Register, Poweshiek CR, GH-R, AP, and a few websites.
Chapters pulled from various journals and books about the Underground Railroad’s history more broadly and in Iowa, including chapters from Annals of Iowa, the Palimpsest, the Hippocrene guide, and others, as well as a paper by Ms. Tommy Haas.

Folder 3: John Brown’s visit in Grinnell and travels through Iowa, as told by newspaper articles and book chapters.

6 GH-R articles
6 DM Register articles
Assorted sourceless articles
14 book sections on John Brown in Iowa
Miscellaneous notes on John Brown and Iowa

Folder 4: Abolitionists of Grinnell: articles and book chapters written by or about Grinnell residents during the Underground Railroad.

Available names: Eliza from “The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa”,
Thomas Brande,
G. W. E. Hill “Underground Railroad Adventures” Midland Monthly,
“A Gamble for Freedom: Frances Overton and the Underground Railroad in Grinnell” by Rebecca Conrad,
E. S. Bartlett,
Henry A. Gleason,
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Clark,
James Fordyce Bailey,
A. P. Cook and Mrs. George Utley,
John Bryan,
Harvey Bliss,
Mrs. Pruden,
“Pioneer Woman…. Joanna Harris Haines” Grinnell Centennial Book + obituary,
Dr. E. H. Haines,
George Hamlin,
Reverend Homer Hamlin,
Wilbur G. Eyestone,
H. L. Triplett,
Jervis Johnson et al,
T. H. Bixby and family,
“Early Reminiscences of Grinnell” by Dr. D. S. Morrison,
Seibert report sections,
“Known Conductors and Agents Underground Railroad – Grinnell”, Edward Delaney

Folder 5: Articles on the anti-abolitionist riot of 1860

“The Underground Railroad in Iowa: Insights from Grinnell” by David Connon,
“Men Were Too Fiery for Much Talk: The Grinnell Anti-Abolitionist Riot of 1860” by Thomas A. Lucas,
“Fugitive slaves in Grinnell school leads to riot” David Connon Poweshiek CR, bibliography

Folder 6: J. B. Grinnell’s involvement in the Underground Railroad, as told through his own writing, newspaper articles, biographical information, and information about his home.

Copies of J. B. Grinnell’s writings:
-letter to William Pen Clarke,
-last will and testament,
-Iowa Path to Freedom article,
-statement in The Republican,
-“Frontier Incidents” from autobiography,
-sections of Men and Events of Forty Years: abolition and appendix of memorial service,
-form from Iowa Legislature,
-Silver Wedding Anniversary program
Five articles about J.B. Grinnell from GH-R and DM Register
Genealogical information and six biographical looks at Grinnell’s life as an abolitionist
Grinnell House: Photos and articles about Grinnell’s house as a stop on the Underground Railroad

Folder 7: Materials about the Underground Railroad in other counties and areas of Poweshiek County.

Two Lewis, Iowa pamphlets, George B. Hitchcock House (Lewis),
Poweshiek census 1856,
“Poweshiek County” by Ina Chatterton Payne,
Chapters from History of Poweshiek County, Iowa by Prof. L. F. Parker + obituary,
Self-Tour Lewelling Quaker Museum (Salem),
Pearson House (Keosauqua),
“Historic Eastern Iowa Church Plan’s 20th God’s Portion Day” (Denmark),
Tabor Historical Society,
Network to Freedom Tabor Cemetery application,
“Early History” and “Underground Railroad” Searsboro,
Josiah Hopkins: Polk County Abolitionist,
Brooklyn articles (4), Brooklyn Historical Society

Folder 8: Network to Freedom application and information for Grinnell’s gravestone

four informational pamphlets,
four articles about the gravesite,
a collection of communications about the research,
US Department of the Interior letters,
National Park Service letters,
2013 Iowa Statewide Underground Railroad Gathering,
collection of photos,
copy of application,
copy of biographical notes,
misc. extra notes,
Certificate of Acceptance (framed, external storage)

Folder 9: Network to Freedom Underground Railroad Locations
In Poweshiek and Jasper Counties

Josiah B. Grinnell Burial Site at Hazelwood Cemetery
Address: 200 First Avenue  Grinnell, Iowa 50112

Newton Union Cemetery (application included)
Address: 1601 W 4th St N  Newton, Iowa 50208

Wittemberg Church and Cemetery
Address: 662 Holly Avenue  Newton, Iowa 50208

Art Department (Art, Art History, and Studio Art)
Print and Drawing Study Room
Gallery
Faulconer Gallery (Museum of Art)
Terrace Gallery
Fine Arts Center and Bucksbaum Center for the Arts
Scheaffer Gallery