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Reappraisal of college property, 1908

Letters mostly concern financial and building matters. Of special interest: J. Guernsey, Aug. 11, 1870: on back of letter is an American Home Missionary Society circular dated Nov. 1, 1869, detailing financial policy of Society. J. Guernsey, Aug. 23, 1870 (?): on typhoid scare. J. M. Chamberlain, Dec. 15, 1871: East College Building burns down. H. S. DeForest, Dec. 28, 1871: on fire: "You must all feel the burden.  Well, one must be as plucky as Chicago is and take hold for a new start". Rev. C. Emerson, Sept. 4, 1872:  interesting letter, urges greater role for women in college education.

George Gates to Miss Meyers, March 21, 1900: student discipline D. Bradley, Feb. 15, 1902: accepts presidency. J. Main. April 30, 1902: accepts Dean of the Faculty. Letter, June 21, 1904: financial state of the college. Adams, Henry C., University of Michigan professor, to J. Main, Jan. 19, 1911: calls the college "a pioneer in the study of political science"; emphasizes "the need of industrial education, that men may attain the highest ideal of citizenship," In "a business world" an institution "cannot overlook the educational needs of business men." James L. Hill to John Main, March 11, 1921: generous pledge to college H. H. Robbins, Nov. 18, 1923: quotes father's diary of 1857 giving college's financial holdings. Harry Downer, 1938: letter concerns Grinnell alumnus, Henry Windsor, who founded Popular Mechanics.

Faculty reports to Board of Trustees, 1890-1906, 1920.  In addition to topics covered in previous reports, these later faculty reports have annual summaries from the various departments, note curricular and faculty changes, athletic activities, needed building repairs and equipment; letter from women faculty requesting endowed chair.

Gifts, pledges, endowments. 1847-1920.

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Alumni Class Letters, 1956-1957: Calsses of 1896, 1916, 1925, 1931, 1936. Bowen's travel schedule to alumni meetings in the East, April 1956. Amerian Foundations Information Service. 1952-1953. President Steens' correspondence. Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Part 1: 1963-1964. Corrrespondence, Memoranda, Reports. Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Part 2: 1960-1962. Correspondence, Memoranda, Reports. Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Part 3: August 1958-December 1959. Correspondence, Memoranda, Reports. Associated Colleges of the Midwest Part 4: Junuary 1956 - July 1958. Correspondence, Memoranda, Reports. Includes report by J. B. Carroll, "Research in Second-Language Learning" Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Part 5: 1957-1964. Minutes.

Associaton of College Admissions Counselors. 1952-1953. Minutes and correspondence from Stevens' presidencey. Bookstore. Blair Hall, 1955-1957, 1959, 1961. Camus Planning. Contents on this subject filed under names of specific places: Blair Hall, Recreation and Stables, Science Building, Stables, Womeb's Athletic Field, Younker Hall, Younker Memorial Health Center. Civil Defense Planning committee. 1961-1963. Correspondence, pamphlet, newspaper articles. Commencement. 1958-1960. Scripts, programs. Commencement, 1955-1957. Scripts, programs. Convocations. 1950-1953. Correspondence from Stevens' presidency. Program of 1950 Des Moines Clearing House Banks. 1957-1960, 1962. Enrollment. Part 1: 1960-1963. Government publications and other published materials. Various statistical reports on enrollment at Grinnell and other Iowa colleges, ACM. Enrollment. Part 2: 1957-1961. Enrollment by states and addresses by city and state of all students. 1958-1961. various statistical reports on Grinnell students. Enrollment. Part 3: 1955-1960. Government publications and other published material. Various statistical reports. Faculty proposals for development. 1961-1964.

Governor's Commission on Economic & Social Trends in Iowa. 1957-1959 (bulk from 1958). Committee membership, correspondence, final report; miscellaneous correspondence, minutes, etc. from 12 committees within the Commission.

Burling Library. Specifications for construction, May 1958. Dormitory (Norris). Proposal, Contract, Bid bond; Revisions to specifications, September 1959, blueprints (in oversize file), addendum no 1-3; Specifications, June 24, 1959; Specifications for Furnishings, March 1960. Fine Arts: Acoustics, 1961-1962: correspondence between Skidmore, Oweings & Merrill and Grinnell College; air conditioning, August-November 1961: correspondence; Budget, September 1958: budget reports, picture of the proposed model; Building Committee, January 1960ctober 1062: information, press releases, financial status, operational policies, building committee meeting minutes; Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1959-1964: business, financial, contracts, orders, punch lists.