Office Files: Departmental Self-studies
Arranged alphabetically by department. Confidential reports are interfiled with other materials. Studies of 17 departments may include brief history of the department, course syllabi, faculty vitae, statistical data, evaluators' reports.
Ford Foundation proposal (includes data on college nd faculty) (3 vols.) 1967 Foundation grants (includes Carnegie and Hill Family foundations expenditures), 1963 Avison, Jim. New directions for fund-raising programs (8 p.), 1971 Stauss, James H. Endowment as a source of increased revenue (46 p.) 1969 Salary studies (Grinnell and other colleges), 1972 Bowen, Howard. Efficiency in liberal education (preliminary version of a study on sinstruction costs; 174 p.) 1970 Reports on financing higher education in the U. S. (3 reports), ca. 1969, 1969
Japan Foundation, 1981-1982. Correspondence, reports, grant applications, Professor Ebersole's course syllabi. Kellogg Foundation, 1980-1986. A grant "to increase liberal-arts students' understanding of agricultural issues and concerns." Grant was shared by Luther, Grinnell, Coe and Cornell colleges and supported workshops, symposia, student internships. Correspondence, reports, budgets, proposals, clippings and news releases, conference schedules and reading lists. Reports include "Food and Agriculture at Grinnell", "Consortium on Agriculture and World Hunger" 1983, "The United States, the Soviet Union and the World Grain Economy" 1982. MacArthur Foundation, 1982. Correspondence, grant request. Macy Foundation, 1981. Correspondence, memo.
Board of Trustees meetings, 1960-1961. Reports to Trustees, 1961 Notebooks for Trustees in preparation for board meetings (these may also include notes take by Dean Wall and other additional material). Reports sent to Trustees, 1970 Proposal for revisions of Articles of Incorporation & ByLaws, 1970 Minutes of Board Meeting, Nov. 1-2, 1969 Minutes of Annual Meeting, May 31-Jun1, 1970
Trustee Files and Office Files
Notebooks for Trustees in preparation for board meetins (these may also include notes taken by Dean Wall and other additional materials). Minutes of Board Meeting, June 4, 1972 Office files: Prospective trustees Governance of College, 1970 (39 p. working paper) College organization, 1966-1972 (includes correspondence, memos, worksheets students proposals on faculty and administration organization; notes on campus buildings). Correspondence, 1970-1972 Correspondence with Howard Bowen and others, 1969-1970