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Correspondence (J. L. Hill), ca. 1928 Letters: S. Wolcott to Julius Reed, 1832 (from Hill’s collection?) Letters (from Hill’s collection?) [3 folders] Bill of sale of slaves (from scrapbook) Sale of land, July 18, 1828 (from scrapbook) Items from scrapbook Postal receipts, 1840-42 (from scrapbook) Lyman Whiting correspondence and materials (from scrapbook)

Scrapbook contents: Land grant from Pres. James Monroe to James C. Smith for a tract in Illinois, 1817 [letter in code/shorthand/?] Commission to Samuel F. Cooper as U.S. Consul from Queen Victoria, 1876 Partial record of a minister’s meeting, 1799 New Hampshire Gazette, Oct. 7, 1756 [facsimile], 1856 Shipping document, 1715 Handwritten pamphlets, 1715? Photograph of original of “America” “One of two sermons preached at his own ordination by Nathaniel Sparhawk, Lyn End, Mass., 1720 “And if the righteous scarcely be saved...” [handwritten pamphlet], 1791 Letters tied together/or diary from Newburg Port, 1772-80? Letter to James Cummings from Benjamin Allen, 1821 A bond, Barrow to Fantleroy, 1731 Letter to Rev. Jesse Appleton (Pres., Bowden College?), 1803 Bill of merchandise, 1724 Letter to Wm. Pepperell, 1729 A commercial letter to Wm. Pepperell, 1746 Warrant for wages, 1778? Letter from Joel Barlow, 1785 Receipt, 1805 [Diary, 1766?] Notebook, 1813-40? Letter or notes in code/shorthand/? [Notes], 1729 Handwritten pamphlet, No. 18, 1724 [Rev. Ebenezer Parkman?] Notes of Joseph Buckminster, 1774-80? Notes of Rev. Chas. G. Finney Lancaster: Francis Bailey, 1777. (owned by Lyman Whiting) N.B. The “Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states...” are cataloged and shelved at: KF4508 1777

Letter from administrator of Kemmerer’s estate Expedition (autobiography) Along the Raccoon River (including some corrected pages for typesetting) -- 4 folders A winter’s day (reminiscence) The roundhouse (printed copy of the published story) Marais des cygnes (stories) White clouds (stories) The woodchopper and other stories The flying cloud (poems)

Photographs: Florence Kerr, ca. 1940; WPA projects, 1930s; Robert Kerr; Harry Hopkins; Grinnell alumni, 1962.

Robert Kerr correspondence. ca. 1945-57. Correspondents include Art Kemble, Paul Meyers, F.W. Tomasek, Arthur Kemble, Lee Stewart, Fred and Dorothy __?___, and others. Folder 3: letters from Europe to Mrs. Kerr describing post-World War II conditionsOther Items

Tenth U.S. Census: Town of Grinnell, 1880 Plan of Grinnell, published in Historical Atlas of Iowa, 1875-several oversize copies of Craver, Steele and Austina^?(TM)s Harvester Works-article and sketch, College Newsletter, 1890. Randolph Header Works article Building outlines of Park and First Avenue, 1911 Sectional map of a township-4 photocopies Map of Grinnell, circa 1865 (western half) Photocopy of a partial Sanborn Map of Iowa College (undated) Photocopy of letter from Henry Hamilton to L. F. Parker, December 28, 1904 Partial exhibit pieces of Sanborn maps-copies Photocopies of 1880 map of Grinnell (one copy with red markings by John Kleinschmidt) Photocopy of 1911 Sanborn map of area bordered by 1st Avenue, Broad Street, 2nd Avenue , Park Street. Homeowners as of 1879 noted. Mayflower Home buildings on other half of photocopy. Overlay Mayflower Home buildings onto Sanborn map houses. Photocopy of Poweshiek County town maps (date not determined) Photocopy of map of West Grinnell (c. 1878?). Book 371, page 361. 2 copies Photocopy of Jerusalem plat map bordered by 6th Avenue on north, Commoroo Street on south. Modern map of town of Grinnell, circa late 1980s. (two-sided) Thermofax copy of 1934 Sanborn map of Grinnell. Oversize. Photocopy of 1888 Sanborn map of college area and south. Photocopy of town and gown? poster (dated 1898). Plat map of area surrounding Grinnella^?|no date. Photocopy of Sanborn map, showing Armstrong Hastings Coal Yard near 5th and State. Undated. Photocopy of Des Moines Sunday Register photo and caption about a Chicago and Northwestern locomotive. Six 8 1/2 x 11 photocopies of Sanborn maps, mostly undated, of town. Copy of the Harvey Tribune-Citizen, dated 1902-1903 , featuring manufacturers and businesses in Harvey (Illinois) Oversize copy of Craver and Steele and Austin ad; astronomical clock photo given to college by Corinna Hobart. Folder of oversize photocopies of prints from microfilm about the fires in downtown Grinnell during last part of 19th century. Earl Blair sketches of buildings in Grinnell: 8 x 10s Grinnell General Hospital--photocopy Spencer Building (4th and Main Street)-photocopy Masonic Temple (Main Street-photocopy Spaulding Manufacturing Company Railroad Depot (Union Depot) Sullivan Bank photocopy Lyman-Spencer House at 1206 Broad Spaulding House at 1109 Main Street Citizens Bank,1899 3 photocopies Seaman Building-Commercial Street-four photocopies