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1957: MacKinlay Kantor, Alumni-Sernio Chapel address, 8 p. R. Hare, photograph. 1958 Edward R. Murrow address, 4 p. 1960 Baccalaureate address, Lenhart, 10 p. Yntema address, 16 p. C. Benitez address, 12 p. 1961 Alan Nevins address, 5 p. 1962 Alumni awards: press release, biographical notes on recipients; biographical notes on honorary degree recipients. 1963 Press releases for commencement and reunion 1964 Press releases for commencement and reunion. Robert Noyce Phi Beta Kappa address 1966 Evaluation of weekend program, 3 p. 1967 Biographical notes on honorary degree recipients. Glenn Leggett alumni convocation address, 9 p. "Duties of College Marshal":

Arranged alphabetically.  Primarily correspondence with Trustees and donors or correspondence about gifts.

Presidents Bowen's and Leggett's memos to Trustees, many providing background information for the coming meeting; reports; financial statements; minutes of meetings; Trustee by-laws.  Some topics covered include: Admissions Policy (1957), Darby oil properties (ca. 1959), North Central Association accreditation report (March 1958), Faculty salaries (1960), Reserved income Gift Program (tax aspects, 1960), Future physical education program (1960), fund-raising planning (1961), long-range building plans (1961), Science instruction (march, 1962), Faculty Council on Student Affairs report (May, 1963), Carnegie Corp grant application: developments at Grinnell (Jan. 1963), Archambault report on year-round operation (Sept. 1963), Stauss: housing needs (1964), opening academic year statements to aculty and students (1964), women's dormitories (1964), Ford Foundation: report, statistical summary (July, 1966), Enrollment goals and housing memos, reports, recommendations (March, 1966, Oct. 1967, Feb. 1968), Women's dorm hours, )Feb. 1967), "Manual for alumni representatives of Grinnell College" (Nov. 1967), North Central Association accreditation team report (July 1968), "Black student and Grinnell College" (Arpil 1969), Articles about campus disorders (1969), Student participation in college governance, talk by Leggett (Sept 1969), "Small private college" by Leggett (Sept. 1969), Henry Wilhelm libel charge against College (Aug. 1967, 1969), Role of the chaplain at Grinnell College (June 1970), Statements on closing college in May 1970 (Fall 1970), CBS Black student housing proposal (March 1970?), Voertman report on faculty salaries (Sept. 1970), Kleinschmidt report on closing the College (1970), Opening assembly statements by Beryl Clotfelter, Chair of the Faculty, Shelly Floyd, Pres. of SGA (Aug. 1971), Walker, "Financial state of the College" (Sept. 1971), Verrette interim budget priority planning report (May 1971), Synopsis of data on Black Student performance 1964-1971 (report by Voertman (Sept. 1971), Multi-racial community memos and statements (Aug, 1972, June 1972, April 1973), Report on college physical plant by Hawn (Oct. 1972), Administrative structure, chart (Sept. 1972), Dawson, "Student power at Grinnell" (April 1973), College seal (May 1973), Statements on multi-racial community by Kimbo, Reid-Wallace, Lytle, John Okumu, Laura Okumu (June 1973), "Summary description of program to revitalize teaching of humanities" (Aug. 1973).

Correspondence, primarily from Leggett but some from President Bowen, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.  Correspondents include Eugene Breitenback, John Canning, George Champion, Harold Colbert, Gardner Cowles, John Chapman, Chester Davis, Sandra Ehlers, John English, Frank Eyerly, Robert Fell, Roswell Garst, Leggett's remarks at the burial of Harry Hopkins, Sept. 1973, Ernest Jaqua,Randall Klemme, Dwight McCarty, William Murphy, John Musser, Ina Payne, Katherine Perring, Adam Clayton Powell, Bertha Putnam, Orville Routt, John Spence, Ivy Welton, Edith Wentworth, Henry Wieman, Pierce Witmer, Arthur Woodward.

Taxes. 1955-1963 Trustee Gifts. 1957 Tuition Remission. 1952-1953, 1958-1961. Reports. Statistics on employees' childresn Women's Athletic Field. 1956. Memorandum on a five-year plan for capital development. Correspondence about area north of health center. Golf green. Younker Family. Part 1: 1944, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953-1954. Correspondence, Report on Younkers scholars (1943-1944, 1948-1949), Appellant's Brief and Argument, Transcript of testimony on property given to Grinnell College 1943. Younker Family. Part 2: 1941-1943. Correspondence. Younker Hall. 1949-1951. Correspondence on furnishings and building Younker Memorial Health Center. Part 1: 1956-1957. Architect's drawing of exterior, Design for plaque, Dedication program, Correspondence regarding building and furnishings. Younker Memroial Health Center. Part 2: 1955. Correspondence regarding proposed health center. Miscellaneous. Correspondence about and sample letter from the auto-typish machine. Sample deals with fund raising for the library and fine arts center.

I: General file, 1967-1978 Iowa Arts Council, 1978-1979 Iowa College Aid Commission (Higher Education Facilities Commission of the State of Iowa) 1966-1978 Iowa College Aid Commission, 1966-1977 Iowa, State of, 1966-1978 Iowa Coordinating Council, 1978-1979 Iowa Humanities, 1978 Iowa Department of Public Instruction, 1965-1975 ISPIRG, 1976

Faculty-staff size, 1986 Faculty: tenure, 1976, 1982. Includes "Kintner Committee" Faculty: teaching load, 3-2 program, 1979-1988 Federal aid to education, 1983 Ferguson, Pamela, 1991 Finances: appraisal of investments, 1979-1989 Finances: financial planning (including Barboni paper), 1983-1985 Finances: financial statements (accountant's reports, salary data, etc., 1982-1991 (incomplete)

Included are agendas, reports, memos, etc.

President's home (campus planning). 1959-1966 President's reports. 1960, 1963, 1969, 1976 Public Relations Symposium, 1966 Publications; 1956 correspondence re: B. Snelling book, 1971-1972; Includes draft of 1972 staff handbook; manuscript describing college aims, organization, students and faculty, curriculum etc.; wage freeze of 1971; several publication with information about the college Reports from faculty, 1956-1972 Radio station. 1963-1978. License renewal applications, policy statement, reports, correspondence. Radio station (campus planning). 1962-1066. Proposal to establish FM station. Rosenfield lectures. 1969-1977

Religion and Philosophy Department. 1943-1953. Correspondence, inter-office communications, reports (including Uncle Sam Club). Statistics on church preferences of students, 1946. Remedial Reading. 1940-1942. Reports, test results, correspondence. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 1951. Correspondence regarding a cooperative program. "S": Miscellaneous memos and correspondence. 1952-1954. Science Building Fund an Dedication. 1948-1953. Lists of donors, partial list of those invited to dedication. Speech by Oliver E. Buckley at Dedication, March 13, 1953. Correspondence regarding building. Social Science Research Council. 1951. Correspondence regarding research funds. Sociology Department. Corrrespondence. 1947, 1948. Reports on research. Speech Department. Inter-office communications, 1942, 1945, 1953. Memorandum on development in the Department of Speech and Dramatic Arts. College Speech Clinic statistics. 1949-1952. Report on Forensic Program. Statistics. 1942-1946. 1952-1953. Enrollment, grades, personality inventory, scholarships, women students' attitudes correlated with many factors. Students - Problems. 1953 "T": Miscellaneous memos and correspondence. 1946, 1949-1952. Also a list of Grinnell 'traditions' complied by Ina Payne, 1940. Taxes. 1940-1943. Real estate holdings of college in 1941, correspondence, publications dealing with taxes. Teacher Training. 1951. Inter-office communications and proposal regarding institute of teacher training. Teaching Loads. 1943-1944, 1948-1949, 1949-1950, 1950-1951. (Additional material under Registrar) Tenure. Statement of principles, 1940. Report from the Committee on Appointments on Contracts and Tenure, no date. Testing Office and Tests. 1941-1942, 1952-1953. Reports by testing office on Grinnell students tests 1942, 1952, 1953. Inventory of test in office, 1942. Correspondence, tests, test results, student grades in 1941. "V": Miscellaneous correspondence. 1954. World War II. Grinnell casualties. Correspondence. 1944, 1945, 1957. Younkers Dinner. October 30, 1949. Invitations and replies for the Younkers family to have dinner with students receiving Younkers scholarships.

ACM President's Chicago office; Leggett correspondence with ACM President, 1968-1974 Chicago office: correspondence 1971-1974 Executive Committee, 1970-1971 Leggett, Chairman, ACM Board of Directors, 1971: correspondence, memos, reports, to and from ACM members, faculty. Topics include: Washington office, financial statements on ACM programs, GLCA, periodical bank, Single application Method (admissions), budgets; ACM office organization charts.