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Subject Files: Rel - Y

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.

Subject Files: P - Reg

Presents. Correspondence 1948. Psychology Department. 1948-1953. Inter-office communications, correspondence, reports including "Progress report on experiments in the animal laboratory" 1952. Budget estimate for animal colony. Publications. Letter and "statement of 1941 Cyclone finances." Publicity. 1940-1955?. Various brochures published by the college, 1940s and early 1950s. Reports by director of publicity, 1946, 1950. Partial listing of faculty publications. "Q": Miscellaneous memos and correspondence. 1940-1952. "R: Miscellaneous memos and correspondence. 1951-1954. Radio. 1940-1941. Correspondence regarding college station. Script: Iowa's First College. Registrar. 1940-Spring 1950. Some inter-office memos, statistical reports including teaching loads, remedial reading, language deficiencies, grade requirements and distribution, mid-semester grades, probation, withdrawals, church preference, etc. Registrrar. Fall 1950-Spring 1955. Some inter-office memos, statistical reports including teaching loads, remedial reading, language deficiencies, grade requirements and distribution, mid-semester grades, probation, withdrawals, church preference, etc.

Subject Files: G - O

Gates Memorial Lectures and Fellowship conferences. 1941-1955. Correspondence. Programs of conference, 1939-1945, 1948, 1952, 1955. Graduate Record Examiniation Report. 1951. History Department. Inter-office correspondence. 1942, 1944. Report by Charles Payne on the Rosenfield Lecture Series, 1937-1943. Honors College, Wesleyan University. Materials relating to their humanities program. 1943-1950. One letter, 1950. Housekeeping Department. 1942, 1945, 1947-1952. Correspondence, statistics on dorm furnishings and budgets, reports on dorm maintenance and furnishings. (Related material in Ward Jackson, Buildings and Grounds). Housing. 1941-1953. Report on student housing (1941), enrollment statistics by dorm, floor and furnishing arrangements in dorms, other reports, housemothers. Inauguration of Samuel N Stevens. October 25, 1940. Invitation, reply card, Stevens' speech. Infirmary. Reort: Student accidents and Hospital Insurance, 1950-1951 Institute of International Afairs. Correspondence. 1949-1950, 1953-1954. Minutes of its advisory board, March 12, 1950. Ward H. Jackson. 1952. Correspondence pertaining to refurnishing, equipping and repairing buildings. Language and Literature Division. 1943-1955. Correspondence, including Modern Language correspondence and agreement concerning copyright of manuals. Language study of entering freshmen, 1946-1948. Library. 1939-1954. Correspondence, statistics. Mathematics Depatment. Qualification test, courses and requirements, courses 1950-1951. Mid-West President's Conference. 1947-1949, 1951-1954. Correspondence, picture of presidents (?) National Commission on Accrediting. Application for membership. 1950-1951. Navy. 1951, 1953. Organ. 1946-1949. Correspondence, specifications.

Subject Files: Div - F

Divisional Reports. 1952-1953. Drama Department. Correspondence and inter-office communications, 1941-1947. Okoboji Summer Theatre Report 1952. Education. Correspondence and inter-office communications; 1949, 1953-1954. Report on "the nature of 'education' as a discipline and its place in the liberal arts curricu.um." Teaching Vacancies Reported, 1943-1944 [public schools in Iowa?] Educational Policies. Suggested and required policies, do date, 1944. Correspondence with North Central Association of Colleges and others, 1942, 1946, 1954. Papers on Liberal Arts and Eduction. Educational Policies Committee. Minutes, 1953. Memorandums, 1949, no date. English Department. Including Communications courses, 1954. Correspondence and inter-office communications, 1947-1948, 1953-1954. Porposal for reorganization. Executive Committee. Miscellaneous, minutes 1945, 1949-1951, 1953. Also miscellaneous and minutes from the Division Council, 1942-1944, 1947. Faculty Appointments and Salaries, 1950-1951 - 1952/1953. Also miscellaneous and correspondence. Faculty Insturance and Retirement. 1922?, 1936, 1938-1941. Includes correspondence; J. S. Nollen's Insjrance Policy, 1927. Faculty Salaries. 1940-1053. Statistics, comparisons with other colleges. Flying Club and Airport. 1950, 1952, 1953. Leases, correspondence. Food Department - Dining Room Service. 1942-1953. Memorandums, correspondence, inter-office communications, statistics, manuals for waiters and waitresses. Fund for the Advancement of Education. 1950-1954. Correspondence, fellowship reciepients.

Subject Files; Correspondence (M-Z) - Deans

Correspondence, M-Z, 1948, 1950-1957. Council of House Presidents. 1953. Preppeing rules. Summary of discussion between House President and President Stevens. Cowles Family, 1940-1046, 1953, 1955 Cowles Hall. 1942. Correspondence regarding furnishing, blueprints. Darby Estate. 1954 Dean of the Chapel. 1949, 1951-1952. Miscellaneous. Dean of the College. 1947-1954. Interoffice commuications, reports. Dean of Men. 1942-1952. Interoffice communications, reports, statistics. Dean of Women. 1942-1952. Interoffice communications, reports, statistics, correspondence (including allowing alcoholic beverages on campus). Deans - Prospective Candidates. 1954.

Subject Files: Com - Correspondence (A-L)

Commencement. 1944, 1949-1954. Includes scripts of ceremonies. Speech of Harry S. Truman, 1944. Commissions. Reports 1950. Minutes, February 3, 1951. Commission on Admission and Graduation Requirements. Commission on Curriculum (Report and Appendix). Commission on Conditions of Work. Commission on Counseling. Orientation Course for Freshman Students. Review of the Student Personnel Program. Personnel Board. Communications Course. 1951-1952. Advanced Communications Course book of readings: "Critical Issues in the Modern World." Permission Correspondence, Financial Memos, Miscellaneous. Congregational Christian College Council. 1951-1954. Paper by Stevens, 1954. Financial statements. Correspondence 1951-1953. Congregational Christian College Council. 1953-1954. Speeches, correspondence, financial satements. Responses to questionnaires, 1953. Correspondence. A-L, 1950-1956, 1958.

Subject Files: A - Col

Absences from Classes. 1950-1951. Statistics.
Air Force ROTC. Correspondence 1951.
Application and agreement of the Air Force ROTC (1951) Arthur Andersen and Company (Auditors).
Audit of college affairs as of August 31, 1941 and August 31, 1944 and related correspondence, 1941-1944.
Personal correspondence between Mr. Andersen and Dr. Stevens, 1941, 1945. Association of American Medical Colleges. Medical Student Accomplishment Report, May 1954. Athletes. Reports on time distribution for thirty-six Grinnell athletes (no date) and insurance for athletic injuries, 1940? Battle Song. 1946 contest - second prize wond by Milton Dietrich. Big Ten. Letters of appreciation on Dr. Stevens' tenth anniversary, including contributions for the Chips Scholarship Fund. 1950. Biology Department Correspondence. 1944-1945, 1952-1953. Building Program. 1940, 1948. Buildings and Grounds. 1941, 1950-1951, 1953-1954. Reports. (related materials under Housekeeping and Ward Jackson) Campbell Heating Company. Correspondence with E. K. Campbell, 1941, 1950-1955, regarding his gift of ventilation equipment for the Chapel and Darby Gym. Carillon. Correspondence 1952-1953. Gift of Arthur J. Jones. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Correspondence, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1940-1945, 1947, 1948, 1951, regarding payments to various faculty. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Correspondence, 1922-1925, 1928-1931, 1940, 1943. Chemistry Department. Correspondence 1946, 1948, 1953. Equipment estimate, 1949. Roster of Chemistry alumni. Columbia University School of Engineering Two letters regarding aptitude testing. 1952.

Trustee correspondence: Ros - W; Trustee minutes and reports

Joseph Rosenfield. 1940-1955 Albert Shaw. 1940-1944 J. Glen Shifflett. 1940-1951 Bishop Gordon B. Smith. 1950-1951 Rudolph W. Weitz. 1944-1953, 1955 Murray D. Welch. 1940-1942, 1945, 1954-1955 Donald L. Wilson. 1953, 1955, 1959 By-Laws of the Trustees. June 6, 1941. Correspondence regarding acquiring copies of Swarthmore's and Carleton's by-laws, February, 1941. Copy of the "Amended Articles of Incoproration and Reincorporation of the Trustees of Iowa College, January 28,1909.". Copy of the original articles of incorporation (February 24, 1847). Copy of an agreement made between donors and the trustees. Minutes of the Board of Trustees. 1943-1945, 1950, 1952. Also minutes of the Executive Committee, 1943-1944, 1950, 1953. Announcement to students (August 1955) regarding fees for Fall 1955-1956. Letter from R. Hawk to Dr. Stevens, March 22, 1950, regarding funds for construction of Younker Hall. Minutes of the Board of Trustees. 1940-1942. Including those of the Executive Committee. Reports of Dr. Stevens to the Board of Trustees. July 31,1940; December 14, 1940; March 20, 1941.

Trustee correspondence: Her - Rob

Maxwell H. Herriott. 1945-1955 Mrs. Frank P. Hixon (Alice). 1940-1954, 1959. Also synopses of reposts presented at a Conference of the University of Illinois General Advisory Committee, May 25, 1944. Mrs. Leonard Hurtz (Laura). 1951-1953 Stewart R. Kirkpatrick. 1946-1955 Stewart R. Kirkpatrick. 1940-1945 David Kruidenier, Jr. 1953, 1955 Mrs. David Druidenier, Jr. (Florence). 1940-1953 Angus C. McDonald. 1945-1953, 1955. Fred Maytag II. 1944-1955. Also answer sheets for tests given to Robert Maytag regatding intelletual abilities, vocational interests, and personality; and a summary letter from Stevens to Robert Maytag, April 22, 1946. F. Wendell Miller. 1947-1953. Gerard S. Nollen. 1940-1053, 1955 John W. Norris. 195-1953, 1955 Louis V. Phelps. 1930-1043, 1945, 1949, 1950. Includes three letters regarding the appointment of Mrs. Phelps as Acting Dean of Women, 1932, 1933. Fred M. Roberts. 1943-1955.

Trustee Correspondence A - Heath

Robert B. Adams. 1940-1953. Also 1956 news release on his death. W. Harold Brenton. 1943-1956 Edward B. Burling. 1947-1955. Correspondence with concerned persons regarding his gifts and trust fund. Receipts for dividends from Burling's stock in United Drill and Tool Corporation. Donald H. Clark. 1945-1955 George M. Crabb, 1949-1953 J. Fred Darby, 1940-1953 Chester Davis. 1941-1951. Also six addresses given by Mr. Davis in 1942-1943. Donald Evans. 1945-1953. Rev. Judson E. Fiebiger. 1950-1955 John R. Heath. July 1942-December 1955. Also notice of recognition for excellent service as President of Board of Trustees, June 1944, and correspondence with J. E. S. Heath. John R. Heath. June 1940-June 1942

Correspondence Cam - M

Arthur Huntington (Iowa Light & Power). 1933. Letter: socialism in colleges (unknown provenance) George I. Adlen. Summary of correspondence. 1919-1930. 1 sheet Frank A. And Frank F. Almy. 1931. Correspondence concerning illness. American Institute for Endowments. 1935-1939. Correspondence Association of American Colleges. 1935-1940. Correspondence, meeting programs, etc. Lewis R. Barrett. 1936-1938. Correspondence (Missouri Valley Athletic Conference, Leisure Arts building) Charles A. Blossom. Will, Dec. 4, 1923 Board of Educational Examiners. 1934-1939. Correspondence. Board of Trustees and committee meetings. 1931-1940. Minutes. Bond holders. 1927. Louis D. Brandies. 2 letters about Brandeis. Nov. 1937 Carnegie Corporation. 1929-1933. Correspondence (books for college libraries). Carnegie Corporation. 1933-1934. Materials on adult education and teacher education. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. 1931-1940. Correspondence (grants, etc.) Carnetie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and TIAA. 1931-1939. Correspondence (retirement and widows' pensions). Archibald Cattell. 1932-1940. Correspondence. Mrs. H. G. Campbell. 1935-1936. Correspondence (H. G. Campbell memorial for book purchases). Mr. and Mrs. Hohn Campbell. 1920-1033. Correspondence (L. F. Parker Professorship fund).

Correspondence N-R; Trustee Correspondence

Helen E. Chase. 1929. 1 letter. Fundraising Gary Cooper. 1938. Correspondence (premier of Cooper film at Grinnell) Edith P. Cunningham. 1921-1938. Correspondence (Perkins scholarship). Congregational Church. 1927-1940. Minutes of meetings, correspondence, proposed budget 1939-1940, annual reports, brochures. Gardner Cowles and Gardner Cowles Jr. 1933-1939. (Publishers, Des Moines Register) Correspondence (Cowles scholarships, etc.) Curriculum committee. 1930s. Course outlines for music, physical education, teacher training, journalism, drama. General teching load 1935-1936, curriculum at other institutions, booklets, clippings, etc. 1928-1931. J. F. Darby. 1931-1939. Correspondence Jay N. Darling. 1931-1939. Correspondence, photograph Martha Dibble. 1932-1938. Correspondence. Dormitories. 1931-1940. Reports with statistics, operating and business details. Endowments. Endowments of chairs and early endowments. Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Gates. 1928-1936. Correspondence. General Education Board. 1930-1938. Correspondence (endowment), questionnaire. Mrs. N. A Graver, 1931 2 letters re: contribution, Greater Iowa Commission 1936 report. Thomas D. Gregg Fund. 1938. Correspondence, petition, clippings re: estate. Grinnell College Foundation 1931-1934. Correspondence re: Dibble property, minutes of meeting June 3 1932, List of officers and directors. Grinnell in China. 1932-1938. Lists of faculty donations, letters from Alice Reed, H. Belcher, N. W. Wehrhan, pamphlets. Grinnell Institute of International Relations. 1939. Minutes, members comments. Institute of International Education, 1936-1940, Correspondence, pamphlets. Vitae for speakers: Stratton, Crowther, Manniche. E. S. Harkness. 1931-1938. Correspondence with Gertrude Moore re: possible contribution. W. F. Harrah. 1931-1932 (Trustee) Correspondence. Harvard Club. 1939 Correspondence (St. Louis meeting). Harvard Exchange. 1930-1935. Correspondence. (Move to discontinue exchange, Pres. Conard, 1935, etc.) S. H. Herrick. 1930-1934. Correspondence, telefram at death of Herrick, Jan. 16, 1934. Jesse Macy Hall. 1935. Plans, clippings, photo. Herbert Magoun, 1933-1938. Correspondence. Mears family. 1921-1937. Correspondence, clippings, testimonies to Mary Mears.

Correspondence A-Cam

Arthur Huntington (Iowa Light & Power). 1933. Letter: socialism in colleges (unknown provenance) George I. Adlen. Summary of correspondence. 1919-1930. 1 sheet Frank A. And Frank F. Almy. 1931. Correspondence concerning illness. American Institute for Endowments. 1935-1939. Correspondence Association of American Colleges. 1935-1940. Correspondence, meeting programs, etc. Lewis R. Barrett. 1936-1938. Correspondence (Missouri Valley Athletic Conference, Leisure Arts building) Charles A. Blossom. Will, Dec. 4, 1923 Board of Educational Examiners. 1934-1939. Correspondence. Board of Trustees and committee meetings. 1931-1940. Minutes. Bond holders. 1927. Louis D. Brandies. 2 letters about Brandeis. Nov. 1937 Carnegie Corporation. 1929-1933. Correspondence (books for college libraries). Carnegie Corporation. 1933-1934. Materials on adult education and teacher education. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. 1931-1940. Correspondence (grants, etc.) Carnetie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and TIAA. 1931-1939. Correspondence (retirement and widows' pensions). Archibald Cattell. 1932-1940. Correspondence. Mrs. H. G. CAmpbell. 1935-1936. Correspondence (H. G. Campbell memorial for book purchases). Mr. and Mrs. Hohn Campbell. 1920-1033. Correspondence (L. F. Parker Professorship fund).

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