Showing 259 results

Transcripts of interviews (cont.): Eggers, Lauretta Parker (‘51) and Delos Eggers (‘50) Ewart, Ruth Empting (‘39) Ferguson, William D. (‘75) Gale, Grant O. Garrett, James A. (‘73) Greener, Jay H. (‘67) Hebbeln, Jack (‘47) Helpenstell, Fred (‘52) and Dean Martin (‘55) Hiser, Velma (‘26) Jones, Alan (‘50) and Jean Jones (‘51) Kaufman, Ruth Hackett (‘44) Koester, Marcia (‘77) Koth, Kent (‘90) and Christine Thorburn (‘92) Kraus, Lyle (‘44) Leggett, Glen McClanahan, Kevin (‘86) McClaurin, Irma (‘73) McCoy, Mary Ann Hursh (‘46) McKee, Rita Rawson (‘90) Mannheimer, Robert (‘39) May, Ann Bacon (‘64) Meacham, Lois Cliffton (‘43) Montgomery, Ruth (‘77) Munley, Mickey (‘87) Newman, Andrea (‘89) Noun, Louise (‘29) Parish, Elizabeth (‘31) and John Parish (‘27) Ramsey, Anna K. (‘30) Rosenfield, Joseph (‘25) Russell, Douglas (‘71) Sauder, Jane Wallace (‘44) Schlanger, Litza Koppelman (‘44) Slugg, Roger H. (‘40) Snook, Donald (‘49) Thiele, Ellen Warren (‘47) Thompson, John (‘48) Wall, Beatrice (‘40) and Joseph Wall (‘40) Welgos, Barbara Wagner (‘44) Wieman, Constance (‘44) Wieman, Laura Matlack (‘35) Wilhelm, Henry (‘68) Zimmerman, Mary Jane (‘56) [There are Deeds of Gift for, but no transcripts for: Kennedy, Nelson, Plummer, Spears]

71 audiotapes of the interviews 19 - 3-1/2" computer disks

Musical scores--Vocal music: Idyll.  Text from John Hawkes’ novel The blood oranges.  [1981] Jazmines.  On a poem by Juan Ramon Jimenez for baritone, harp, woodwind and string quartets.  1979. Oh Millersville! 14 slices of small town life for soprano and piano.  Texts by Fern Gravel (a.k.a. James Norman Hall).  c1990. Oh Millersville! 9 slices of small town life for soprano and orchestra.  Orchestration commissioned by the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra.  [1991] Out of the land, for solo baritone, choir, and organ.  Text from “The past of our college” by Paula V. Smith and George F. Magoun.  1991. The prayer of St. Francis.  1978. Posthumous Orpheus, for mezzo-soprano and lute.  Text by Edward Hirsch.  1995.   Musical scores--Instrumental music: Duo variations.  1991 Fantasy and fugue on Bach, piano trio.  1985. Frenzy, for string quartet (work in progress).  1981/86. Invocation, for harp and organ.  1984. Liberty from the tyranny of 12 equal tones, suite in 19 note equal temperament for 4 synthesized horns.  1989. Triple feature, for chamber orchestra.  1994.   Oversized folder:  Musical score--Instrumental music: Chamber symphony, for 31 instruments.  1983.

Sympathy notes about: Laura W. Matlack (HWM's mother), G. C. Johnson, Henry W. Matlack, Merta J. Matlack, and David J. Matlack

Consumer Purchases Study, 1936 Interim report of plans for a study of consumer purchases Memoranda (6 folders) Reports on sampling and editing Travel Forms, memoranda Montezuma maps and names Poweshiek County map Differential Depression Effects on Families of Laborers, Farmers, and the Business Class a survey of an Iowa Town by Laetitia M. Conard Merta's hospital expense policy

Autograph Album to and about Elma and Merta Johnson Volunteer service medals Notebook of MJM's with botany and a play Remembrance book from MJM's funeral Merta's notebook on government Notebook from Grinnell Financial Journals Audio Recording from 4/2/68 for Entre Nous

Artwork from college Recipes, anecdotes, questions Matchbooks and toothpicks Recollections of My Husband, Henry Nelson Wieman Childhood Awards Weaving Correspondence regarding Mary Matlack Davenport's collection of Edward Gorey works being sold Correspondence with Edith Sternfeld, 1969-88 Weaving correspondence Japanese prints Newspaper clippings Exhibitions, publicity, craft associations Notes (during final illness?)

Calendars: 1975-90, 1992, 94, 1997

Mary M. Davenport Drawings, cards, programs Two travel diaries from Mary M. Davenport Margaret M. Kiesel High school commencement, cards Anna Kiesel (MMK's mother-in-law) Photos and programs Jane M. Rutherford Letters, newspaper article, programs Obituary memorial book for Jane M. Rutherford Helen Constance M. Wieman Letters Stories about birth of Helen C. M. Wieman

Folder 1 Grinnell 1904-1912:  Notes from the Scarlet and Black and Grinnell Herald Register, notes on early family life and move to Grinnell. Folder 2 1908-1910:  Various Scarlet Black articles including “What Grinnell Is; Its Spirit and Life” President Main, December 2, 1908. Various notes on Hopkins taken from SB. Folder 3 1911:  SB articles on Hopkins’ basketball career Folder 4 1912:  “Outline of the Possible Organization and Scope of Work of a Poverty Commission” by John A. Kingsbury. Folder 5 1913:  Notes from Grinnell Herald Register, “Women’s Work Shops” Bailey B. Burritt, Folder 6 1914:  Unemployment Relief Correspondance, “Study of the Methods Employed by the AICP to secure work for unemployed applicants”, notes from the Grinnell Herald Register Folder 7 1915:  “Should the work be continued?”  Confidentional memorandum on the work of the Department of Social Welfare by John A. Kingsbury Folder 8 1917:  United States Civil Service Commission correspondence a propos Hopkins, Board of Child Welfare notes, recommendations for Hopkins’ appointment to proposed Army and Navy War Life Insurance Bureau, Red Cross Gulf Division Annual Report, “Report of the Bureau of Civilian Relief Gulf Division” American Red Cross October- December 1917 Folder 9 1918:  Letter to United States Civil Service Commission from John A. Kingsbury recommending Harry Hopkins. Folder 10 1919:  Red Cross Gulf Division Bulletin, Minutes from the Central Council of the National Assocation of Social Workers, Gulf Division; Red Cross Reports January- September 1919, multiple articles from the Gulf Division Bulletin concerning the future of Home Service, excerpts from Hopkins’ monthly reports Folder 11 1920:  February 1920 American Relief Council correspondence, AMC Gulf Division Bulletin April 1920, Hopkins’ report on trip to Mexico after Vera Cruz Earthquake and Flood, Folder 12 1922: Correspondence regarding Hopkins’ Red Cross and Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor Folder 13 1923:  Minutes from meetings of the American Association of Social Workers Folder 14 1924:  Minutes from meetings of the American Association of Social Workers Folder 15 1925:  Minutes from meetings of the American Association of Social Workers Folder 16 1926:  Letter to Lawson Purdy from Hopkins as the Director of the New York Tuberculosis Association Minutes from meetings of the American Association of Social Workers Folder 17 1927:  Extracts from: Hopkins’ “Consolidating Private Health Work Under One Banner,” Nation’s Health, January 1927, Vol. 9, No. 1. Minutes from meetings of the American Association of Social Workers Folder 18 1931:  Continued correspondence with Lawson Purdy Confidential Memo “Comments on selective rehabilitation of unemployed on the land”, unsigned Red Cross documents concerning the State Unemployment Relief Plan Folder 19 1932:  “A Social Work Study of Federal Aid for Unemployment Relief: Report of the Steering Committee” January 1932. Folder 20 1933:  Minutes from meetings of the American Association of Social Workers; list of Hopkins’ engagements from May 1933 to December 1934; FERA Grant Reports “Outline of Remarks on Occasion of Testimonial Dinner to Mr. Harry Hopkins” June 22, 1933; record of June 1933 FERA Conference Beginning of correspondence with FDR as Federal Relief Administrator

Folder 1 September – October 1935: “Hopkins- Ickes Dispute To Go To President” Baltimore Sun September 11, 1935; “Memorandum of Conference on Status of Emergency Funds…” September 12, 1935 Folder 2 November- December 1935: “The Works Program Situation” Memorandum to the President from Harry Hopkins, November 20, 1935; “Field Report- Regional Adviser Labor Assignment: Ohio” Chester A. Smith, December 10, 1935. Folder 3 January- March 1936: “The Constitution and the New Deal” and “The Price of Failure” Howard Lee McBain; “Meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Stuyd or Relief Procedures and Techniques” January 17, 1935; “Report to Mr. Hunter on the Wisconsin Workers’ Alliance” January 31, 1936; “Conference at the White House Regarding Additional Funds For Work Relief Projects…” February 6, 1936; Nationwide Radio Address given by Harry L. Hopkins March 14, 1936. Folder 4 April – July 1936: WPA and FERA correspondence; Henry Morgenthau Diary Entires Folder 5 August – October 1936: “Conference with the President at Hyde Park” August 19, 1936; “Works Progress Administration Comparative Analysis of Administrative Costs as of August 31, 1936”; “Employment and Relief Policy for 1936 and 1937”; “Relief and Work Relief in Illinois”; “Relief and Work Relief- New York City” September 18, 1936; “Report on Mr. Hopkins’ Western Trip: August 25 through September 29, 1936”; “Conference with the President at Hyde Park” August 4, 1936; Report of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget Folder 6 November- December 1936: “Sponsors’ Fund Procedure in the Operation, Recording, and Reporting of the WPA Program” R. Ecker November 3, 1936; “Deficiency Appropriation for Works Program”; “Conference with the President on Relief, December 30, 1936; “Conference with the President Regarding Additional Funds Needed to Operate the WA and Resettlement Programs from February 1 to June 30, 1937” December 29, 1936. Folder 7 January- April 1937: “Summary and Selected Table Concerning the Investigation into Skills of WPA Brick and Stone Masons, Carpenters and Painters in Seven Cities in January 1937”; “Outlook for Employment, Unemployment and Relief” Division of Research, Statistics, and Records Works Progress Administration February 25, 1937; “How to Prevent Another 1929 in 1940” Harry Hopkins, 1937; “Meeting at 2201 R Street on Selective Federal Expenditures” April 1, 1937; “Conference at the White House” April 19, 1937.

Folder 1 July- December 1940: “Memorandum Regarding Latin America”; “Economic Defence in the British Empire and the Western Hemisphere” Folder 2 January- February 1941: Hopkins’ appointments between January 9 and Febrary 10, 1941. This is during his visit to London; “List of Items Urgently Required From U.S.A”; Several Telegrams to FDR from Hopkins’ regarding British Armament needs. Folder 3 March 1941: “Examples of war-time Increases in Taxation” Hopkins to Morgenthau, March 4, 1941; War Department Reports regarding “Recent Lend Lease Activities”; “Operations Under the Act of March 11, 1941”; “Minimum Legal Steps Required to be Taken In Disposing of Defense Articles Under H.R. 1776” Folder 4 April 1941: “Proposed Public Statement by the President” April 11, 1941; “Lend Lease Aid for Exile Governments” April 14, 1941; “Establishment of British Air Schools in the United States”; “Machine Tools” Folder 5 May 1941: “Some Policy Considerations on Defense” Oscar Cox May 25, 1941; “Proclaiming a Full National Emergency in Order to Meet the Imminent Danger to Our National Security and to Strengthen the National Defense of the United States and of the Western Hemisphere”; “Lend-Lease Agreements” General Burns May 19, 1941; “Future Lend-Lease Operations” Oscar Cox May 30, 1941. Folder 6 June 1941: “First Report Under the Act of March 11, 1941 (Lend-Lease At)”; “Proposed Master Agreement with the British under the Lend-Lease Act” Oscar Cox June 6, 1941; “Subversive Activities” Oscar Cox June 30, 1941; “Reduction of Automobile Production” Oscar Cox June 16, 1941.

Folders in Box 10 contain drafts of several chapters from Harry Hopkins: Ally of the Poor, Defender of Democracy. Folder titles are those of the chapter within. Folder 1 Chapter Outline: Overview of all Chapters Folder 2 London Folder 3 Delivering the Goods Folder 4 Supplies and Strategy Folder 5 Russia Folder 6 Making the Goods Folder 7 Laying the Groundwork Folder 8 No Front Stairs in Washington Folder 9 Casablanca Folder 10 Arcadia Folder 12 Reference: Timelines, Collection References, McJimsey’s research correspondence