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RG-T: Treasurer's Office Records 1847-1980
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Correspondence

Correspondence re: women's dorm west of Loose Hall and a central dining facility east of Darby, 1967-1969. Never built. Correspondence, cost estimates, specifications, SOM fees.

Blossom Estate

Consists of papers created in the process of settling the estate of Charles Blossom, a retired banker living in Devner CO, who was killed in an auto-train collision Sept. 1926 near Pierre SD. Blossom had been a banker in Belle Plain IA. He left the estate to Grinnell College in memory of his son, Walter, 1908 graduate, and daughter Louise who had attended the college. Both had died ca. 1918.

Bonds

Bonds for financing construction of building. Correspondence, Arranged in reverse chronological order. Most deals with threatened litigation by bond holders over college's defaulting on payments on the 1924 bonds. Also, brochures, lists of bond holders, deeds of trust, statements of income and expenditures from the property.

Emmet County IA farm (near Estherville)

Arranged in reverse chronological order. Correspondence, primarily with farm manager, Arthur Pitcher, and with banks. Mentions government farm assistance programs; first trial of hybrid corn ("willing to put in ... 7 bu of corn...would like to see this corn tried out alongside seed ...saved for this year", "We have never had any experience with hybred [sic] corn, but are trying it out on half a dozen farms this year for the first time: May 6, 1937, Philps to farm manager); planting trees, Jan 19, 1937; embargo on trucks on farm roads due to mud, April 14, 1936; college's mortgage on the farm; dealing with army worms, June 25, 1932; "If the pheasant season hunting didn't get you down, will you please give us a report on the corn crop..." Nov. 25, 1935; "We have 27 farms under contract for the Corn-Hog Plan..." Phelps to Pitcher, Feb 18, 1935 1 photo Real Estate Register, p. 17 (RG-T Ser. 5.2)

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