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The Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society was founded at Northwestern University in 1918.  In 1929 Grinnell College became the thirteenth college to join the organization and was named the Nu Chapter.  Pi Kappa Lambda represents the field of music as a member of the Association of College Honor Societies (like Phi Beta Kappa).  Activities include an annual initiation service and a Biennial National Convention.  The Nu Chapter at Grinnell College was declared inactive in 1970 due to a lack of interest.

Morris Parslow was born on March 24, 1922, in Williamston, Michigan. He attended Muskegon Junior College for one year and Albion College for one year. He transferred to St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. He was a freshman at St. John's when the U.S. entered World War II. He enlisted in the army in the summer of 1942 and was assigned to the Air Corps. Following his discharge in October, 1945, he resumed his studies at St. John's and received his B.A. in 1948. He went to France and studied French Literature for one year at Grenoble Universit' and for one semester at Strasbourg Universit'. Upon his admittance to Graduate School at Princeton University he returned to the U.S., earning his Ph.D. in 1954.

Dr. Parslow taught at the University of Chicago and at the Oyster Bay branch of New York State University before accepting a position at Grinnell College in 1962. There he rose to the rank of Full Professor and served as Chairman of the French Department, Chairman of the Humanities Division and, for two years, as Chair of the Faculty. He was a member of the Modern Languages Association and of the American Association of University Professors. He retired from Grinnell College in 1992.

Extent: 2 boxes and 6 reel-to-reel tapes.   Contents: Student power, spring 1973 Administrative reorganization, August 1976 Turner's "White Paper," curricular changes, etc., 1976 SGA's request for Dean Frazer's resignation, May 1982 Affirmative Action & Afro-American Literature position, February 1984 Dunner affair papers, 1955-1956, CONFIDENTIAL (permission must be obtained from college librarian)

1 box.  Miscellaneous faculty committee papers and reports, 1975-1984.  Includes reports on:  procedures related to appointments, reappointments, and tenure, 1976; ad hoc committee on faculty development and evaluation, course evaluations, summary, spring 1978; Health Professions Advisory Committee's guide for faculty advisors, 1979; evaluation of teaching, 1993.

Michael Cavanagh (1942-2017) was a professor of English at Grinnell College from 1971 to 2005.

These are the office files generated by Lesley Wright during her tenure as Director of the Grinnell College Museum of Art.

Materials are confidential until 2030.