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Morris Parslow was born on March 24, 1922, in Williamston, Michigan. He attended Muskegon Junior College for one year and Albion College for one year. He transferred to St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. He was a freshman at St. John's when the U.S. entered World War II. He enlisted in the army in the summer of 1942 and was assigned to the Air Corps. Following his discharge in October, 1945, he resumed his studies at St. John's and received his B.A. in 1948. He went to France and studied French Literature for one year at Grenoble Universit' and for one semester at Strasbourg Universit'. Upon his admittance to Graduate School at Princeton University he returned to the U.S., earning his Ph.D. in 1954.

Dr. Parslow taught at the University of Chicago and at the Oyster Bay branch of New York State University before accepting a position at Grinnell College in 1962. There he rose to the rank of Full Professor and served as Chairman of the French Department, Chairman of the Humanities Division and, for two years, as Chair of the Faculty. He was a member of the Modern Languages Association and of the American Association of University Professors. He retired from Grinnell College in 1992.

Papers were transferred to the college archives from two file drawers in Grant Gale's office in May 1995.  The contents of box 5 were donated by Mark Schneider in January 2002.

2 boxes, donated by James Fudge, August 1999. This collection contains the office files of Dr. Fudge from 1966-1988. Included are letters of correspondence with other schools and directors, schedules, a few programs/fliers, and information about the music department and the singing groups. There is also one folder of miscellaneous off-campus programs and events related to James Fudge and his family. Box 1 contains the files from 1966 to 1985. Box 2 contains the remaining files up to 1988 and the miscellaneous folder.

Located in range 11 at offsite storage. The purpose of the course From Herron to Hopkins was to study the role that the Social Gospel movement played in the shaping of Grinnell College and both its self-image and the image of the college from an outside perspective. The student papers and journals from the social gospel course document the students' reactions to the required course readings and their understanding of the principles in a culminating final paper.

Materials are confidential until 2030. Materials housed at off-site storage.

Materials are confidential until 2030.

Materials housed at offiste storage. Box 10 Confidential.

Materials housed at offsite storage.