- US US-IaGG MS/MS 01.48
- Collection
The collection is divided into three series: Correspondence & drafts of history; Research materials, notes, etc.; Alumni files arranged chronologically by graduation year.
Harrell, Mary Jane Peck
The collection is divided into three series: Correspondence & drafts of history; Research materials, notes, etc.; Alumni files arranged chronologically by graduation year.
Harrell, Mary Jane Peck
Sara A. McIlrath Papers 1907-1964
The collection consists of invitations, announcements, notes, programs, college publications, notebooks, an issue of a newspaper, certificates and teaching recommendations.
McIlrath, Sara A.
Jack Robertson Photograph Collection 1986
Photographs taken by Grinnell College employee Jack Robertson during the 1986 school year. The majority of the photographs are of teaching faculty members, but many photos are also of students.
Robertson, Jack
Materials from 1952-1956 and subsequent class reunions.
Chrestomathian Society 1853-1924
The collection consists of the secretary's records of the Chrestomathian Society, one of several literary societies operating at Grinnell between 1852 and 1925. The groups were organized in order to hold debates and social events, divided into male and female groups that had a matched pair. The all-male Chrestomathians were paired with the all-female Ellis society. According to the Scarlet and Black, the societies disbanded in 1925, as the social role they once filled was no longer relevant.
This collection includes correspondence from the 1940s, memoirs of Grinnell College in the 1880s, class letters and other related materials.
Harry Downer
Kara Bakken's “What We Remember: An Oral History of Grinnell College 1925-1992" 1925-1992
This oral history collection is a celebration of nearly 70 years of Grinnell College history as told through the words of people who have studied, worked, and played at this institution.
Drawn from interviews with more than 50 alumni, these remembrances tell not only about the specifics of college life, but also about the collective identity of the Grinnell community. These interviews offer insight into the successes and struggles of individuals and into the traditions and values that define Grinnell, whether they occurred in 1925, 1945, 1972, or 1992.
[This note is quoted from the brochure created for the exhibition (photographs and excerpts of the interviews) that was displayed in the Burling Gallery, June 1-September 23, 1995.]
Bakken, Kara
Clara M. Baster's “Books of the Middle Ages” undated
Books of the Middle Ages is a 20-leaf, typewritten manuscript. The leaves have simple borders, one set inside the other by one inch. Between the two borders are hand-drawn decorations of plant and animal life that are subtly water colored. The manuscript is bound in a heavy-weight paper and is tied along the spine with a ribbon.
Baster, Clara M.
John and Louise Nollen Correspondence 1906-1932
The collection consists primarily of letters written to John Nollen from members of his family 1906-32. Correspondents include his parents, his wife, Louise, brother Henry, and his sisters Hanna and Sara. The two sisters taught 1929-33 at Anatolia College, Salonika, Greece. The collection includes their letters to John as well as typed copies of their letters to other members of the family and contain descriptions of their travels during those years.
Nollen, John S.
Mary Gae Wyly Papers on Grinnell Women Faculty 1971-1972
Mary Gae Wyly graduated from Grinnell College in 1962 and served as a librarian from 1968 to 1976. This collection contains documents from her desk files, including one on the hiring of blacks and women, and a survey of women on campus for the improvement of Grinnell.
Wyly, Mary Gae
YWCA Records and Reports 1962-1966
Records, Reports, Official Documents, and Handbooks of the Grinnell branch of the Young Women's Christian Organization.
Philologian Society Records 1879-1887
Ida Weaver Steinmetz Papers 1912-1914
Consists of photographs, programs, and other materials from the Girls Glee Club trip in 1912 and from the Class of 1914 reunion.
Steinmetz, Ida Weaver
The majority of materials are articles and clippings about Cech's career and work that were saved by his parents. Other materials are programs from speeches given, and notices about awards received.
Cech, Thomas R.