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Grinnell College's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was established on September 12, 1907.  As the second chapter authorized in the state, it is designated as Beta of Iowa.  This collection includes records, office files, correspondence, and other materials documenting the work of the chapter.  The bulk of the collection covers the dates 1946-1988.

Admissions brochures; "Our Grinnellian Story" brand-identifying pamphlet; concert, drama, graduation programs; alumni brochures; handbooks; directories; Grinnell Magazines; reports. Includes 9 notebooks covering 1967-1971. Notebooks and Boxes A-Z, F-, G-K and unnamed are located at offsite storage. Includes print samples from 2015-2019.

Consists of historical papers about the College's tutorial program and the details of tutorials from 1986-1997. Also included is background material about academic advising for the 1977 and 1988 NCA self-studies, information about the Academic Advising Conferences sponsored by Grinnell College, and files on the Multicultural Task Force. RG-AL Ser. 1.4 contains additional materials on the Multicultural Task Force.

Members of the SGA transferred papers to the Archives at various times beginning in 1989. Generally the papers were in random order, many undated, in which case they are filed with adjacent papers. Some items may, thererfore, be incorrectly placed; this could be corrected by checking dates when events mentioned in the papers occurred, dates when named people (if any) were enrolled. The collection is arranged in approximate chronological order and by subject with original folder labels (plus dates) where possible.

Eight photograph reproductions of images from the liberation of Belsen, Gotha, Nordhausen, and Buchenwald concentration camps. The photographs are graphic in nature. One photograph is of a F.F.I. (French Forces of the Interior) combatant crouched behind a car with a handgun.

For Faculty Meeting Minutes, see RG-F Series 1.

The Donald L. Wilson Program in Enterprise and Leadership supports opportunities and learning related to business, government, and nonprofit sectors to develop students' leadership skills, innovation, and career development.To accomplish these goals, the program offers courses taught by both faculty and alumni, invites lecturers, and funds internships in the field. The Wilson Program was originally established in 1986 with a generous gift from Donald Wilson '25, former college trustee (1953-1975) and vice president of Lionel D. Edie and Company.

In the fall of 1982 Grinnell College was one of 10 academic institutions to receive a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to establish a program integrating problem solving and technological literacy throughout the liberal arts curriculum. The program consisted of three levels of course work in problem solving, modeling, and technology in any of the academic departments. The program also included an off-campus student/faculty internship program in conjunction with the Washington Center for Learning Alternatives as well as other seminars and internship programs in the summer and during the school year. The chairs of the Sloan Committee have been Elliot Uhlenhopp, Charles Jepsen, and Tom Moore. Technology Studies and Problem Solving continues, with Sloan Foundation support, as a general education quantitate studies program in technology studies . See course catalogs for details.