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The first radio station at Grinnell College, KGRW, started on December 6, 1948. It was an AM station that broadcast news, interviews, and popular and classical music. By 1961-62 the station needed better equipment, because their existing equipment was obsolete. KGRW also needed to upgrade to a FM frequency, because FM is more powerful and there is little interference. The station broadcast with a closed circuit. At one point, it broadcast illegally outside of campus, and lost its license, so the station had to return to the closed circuit system. Students living in Norris Hall could not listed to KGRW because the dormitory’s electrical wiring interfered with the station’s signal. Students appealed to the Board of Trustees for funding for the upgrade to FM, but the Board did not have the funds at that time. KGRW was shut down and there was no radio station on campus for the next six academic years. During the 1966-67 and 1967-68 years several students, headed by Babak Armajani ‘68, worked to start another station. They were successful, and KDIC began broadcasting on May 20, 1968.In the fall of 1968 KDIC broadcast 121 hours per week, and had eighty-five students on the staff. Forty of the staff were DJs. The station received news from UPI, outside newspapers, and campus reporters. Classical, jazz, rock, and folk music were played. In addition, there were special programs from Radio Netherlands, the French Radio System, and the PAN-American Union.   Content: Contains audio tapes of speeches, performances, symposia, and radio programs taped and/or broadcast by the student staff of the radio station during a time of active student political involvement on the Grinnell College campus. Of special note is the tape of Dean Joseph Wall at a community meeting discussing the proposal for closing the college early in the spring as a result of Kent State (5/8/70). Provenance: Donated to the Archives by Siclinda Canty-Elliott and KDIC staff, September 1998.   Processed by Leslie Czechowski and Emily Burke, September 1998.

Includes records of Sigma Delta Chi (men) and Theta Sigma Phi (women), journalistic organizations. Sigma Delta Chi, (1919-1978) professional men's journalistic fraternity, founded at DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1909.  Grinnell Chapter of the national organization was formally installed January, 1919.  Theta Sigma Phi (1923-1973) was also called Women's Press Club, and Women in Communications). Received from Ruth Prescott, Associate Director of College Relations, 1978.

Located at offsite storage. Confidential. The awards provided financial support for selected graduates to engage in a period of service in projects, programs, and organizations that were dedicated to improving the lives of others. Established in 1996 as part of the sesquicentennial celebration to honor the college's 150 years of social responsibility and public service.

Correspondence and subject files.

The files of Jim work 1980-1998 Budgets 1984-1991 Minority Issues Financial Records--Consolidation Analysis Parking Issues 1997-1998 Parking Committee Parking Lot Parking Parking--College Policies Gender Task Force