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Personal Correspondence, Biographical information

Harriet Nilson correspondence: Cousins. Harriet Nilson Correspondence: Mrs. Christie. Harriet Nilson Correspondence: Sehnaz, Turkish friend. Harriet Nilson Correspondence: Unidentified letter parts Harriet Nilson Correspondence: Mother, 1929-1932 Harriet Nilson Correspondence: Mother, sisters May and Faith, 1932-1934. Writings of Harriet Nilson: Introspective personal writings and assignments for a correspondence course. Paul Nilson Correspondence. Miscellaneous Information about Paul Nilson. Round Robin Documents and Letters.

Personal Correspondence, Biographical information

Nilson Visas and immigration documents. Nilson passports Documents on Harriet's education and Talas American Mektibi. Harriet and Paul Nilson Correspondence, 1915-1916, from Goezne and Adana to Hartford Seminary. Card from Mrs. Christie to Paul Nilson at Hartford, Jan 1916. Note from Harriet Fischer to Mrs. Christie. Paul Nilson on Speaking Trip and correspondence with Harriet from Wheaton. Birth of Faith Elizabeth, 1919. Nilson Address at Grinnell, 1946 Letter to Herman Fischer. 1898: Dewey, Journey back to Mardin. Harriet Nilson Correspondence: Mother and Father. Harriet Nilson Correspondence: Siblings.

Personal and Professional Relationships

Folder 1 HLH Personal Relationships Folder 2 John A. Kingsbury (Assistant to Hopkins at WPA) Folder 3 Harry S. Truman (33rd President of the United States) Folder 4 Richard Law (British Minister of State during WWII) Folder 5 Hap Arnold (General Henry H. Arnold, “Architect of American Air Power”) Folder 6 Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner 1941 (Respected Washington Columnists) Folder 7 Harry C. Butcher Diary (Friend and member of Eisenhower’s Staff) Folder 8 James Byrnes: Supreme Court Justice involved in Lend- Lease. Folder 9 Sidney Hyman Notes (Hired by HLH to sort through his papers after leaving politics) Folder 10 Louise Macy (Married to Hopkins from 1942 until his death). Folder 11 Lorena Hicock (Press Correspondent to and confidant of Eleanor Roosevelt) Folder 12 Henry Wallace (Vice President under Roosevelt from 1940-1944) Folder 13 Jesse Macy (Professor of Political Science during Hopkins’ years at Grinnell). Folder 14 Burns, Cox and Young (worked with Hopkins on developing Lend- Lease). Folder 15 Eleanor Roosevelt (Wife of FDR, worked with HLH on New Deal policy) Folder 16 Franklin Delano Roosevelt (32nd President of the United States) Folder 17 Diana Hopkins (Daughter) Folder 18 John N. Hazard (Worked with Hopkins on Lend- Lease for USSR)

Oversize maps, oversize articles, etc.

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

Oversize Items

Laura's weaving notebook Photo of living room at 1510 East St., Grinnell Recordio Message for 1510 Associates from Laura recorded June 5, 1943 Two unmarked records Recordio Message to D. J. Matlack, Pvt from Laura, postmarked June 18, 1943 The Spoken Theology of Henry Nelson Wieman, a record Copy of Christmas Carol, woodblock by Laura Wedding certificate for Gust C. Johnson and Elma Westgate High school diploma for Gust C. Johnson Photo of MJM by Henry Wilhelm, 1966 Two certificates of Henry's Music composed by Henry Photograph of Grinnell High School class of 1931

Oversize Items

Postcards from 1900s and 1910s to Anna Kiesel (MMK's mother-in-law) and Paul Kiesel (MMK's husband) Oversize File Chart: Food Costs, 1939 Chart: Poweshiek County Social Services Administration, 1930s-40s

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