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Study by Stuart Yeager conducted under the direction of Professor David Jordan.

Includes interviews with the following alumni: Anderson, Jocelyn Williams, class of 1961 Beyene, Elizabeth Turner, class of 1957 Boone, Lillian Nell, class of 1951 (Hampton Exchange student) Cadwell, Mary H., class of 1952 (Hampton Exchange student) Cannon, Claramarie Colbert, class of 1959 Chavis, Gregory, class of 1978 Farbes, Hubert, class of 1969 Frank, William, class of 1950 (Hampton Exchange student) French, Rebecca, class of 1930 (active in interracial affairs) Gary, Leiana Thomas, class of 1973 Gray, Jon, class of 1973 Green, Deborah, class of 1970 Kaiser, Elayne, Chapman, class of 1954 Kitchen, Gordon, class of 1925 Kpordze, C. S. Kojo, class of 1970 Lamb, Clifton, class of 1931 Lowry, James, class of 1961 Morgan Randall C., Jr., class of 1965 Oskamp, Stuart, class of 1951 (Hampton Exchange student) Piediscalzi, Nicholas, class of 1952 (Hampton Exchange student) Simmons, James, class of 1961 Smith, Edith Renfrow, class of 1937 Smith, Karen P. class of 1969 Steens, Harri Etta, class of 1976 Stewart, Donald, class of 1959 Swansey, Patricia, class of 1974 Taylor, Casey, class of 1973 Taylor, Leslie, class of 1981 Thomas, Frank, class of 1971 Tuck, Constance, class of 1975 Wilson, Marie Brito class of 1949 (Hampton Exchange student) Baker, Lowell, III, class of 1963 Carter, Gwendolyn, class of 1974 Cisco, Narda, class of 1970 Scott, Sybille Y., class of 1975 Smith, Edith Renfrow, class of 1937, (two interviews) Blacks connected with Grinnell: Flagg, Annozean, daughter of Whitefield McKinlay, class of 1882 Renfrow, Alice, sister of Edith Renfrow Smith, class of 1937

Intervidews with alumni from classes 1911-1941. Alumni interviewed: Barnet, Orpah, class of 1927 Beswick, Marguerite, class of 1929 Brogan, Howard O., class of 1936 Bryan, Harold, class of 1913 Campbell, Ruth, class of 1916 Chase, Elmer E.. class of 1927 Clifton, George, Conard, Alfred, class of 1932 Daehler, Effie Maytag, class of 1914 Dewey, Frank, class of 1927 Fellows, Pearl Neel, class of 1914 Fischer, Pauline Bleakney, class of 1932 Fleck, Harold, class of 1919 French, Rebecca Conard, class of 1930 Gelvin, Mildred Granger, class of 1917 Greenwald, Dakotah, class of 1932 Greenwald, William and Lois Raffety, class of 1919, 1918 Harshbarger, H. Clay, class of 1922 Hicks, Herol, class of 1932 Higley, L. Bodine, class of 1922 Hoyt, Helen Hoad and W. Bryan, class of 1919, 1919 James, Clarence, class of 1933 Jenkins, Richard, class of 1939 Johnson, Letha, class of 1927 Lamb, Curtis, class of 1927 MacEachron, Helen, class of 1911 McCarty, Gaylord, class of 1927 McCreary, A. Dewitt, class of 1932 Meacham, E. Donald, class of 1917 Meyer, Carolyn, class of 1927 Moser, Earl, class of 1920 Norland, Blanch Gibbs, class of 1914 Oelke, Martha Jones, class of 1928 Parish, John and ELizabeth Parish, class of 1927, 1931 Pogue, L. Welch, class of 1922 Pye, Hubert, class of 1932 Raffety, LaVerne, class of 1922 Rivers, Ethyl, class of 1918 Russell, Marjorie Rahe, class of 1915 Seeland, Richard C., class of 1927 Stouffer, Elsie, class of 1924 Stronks, James, class of 1909 Swan, Ted and Rex Swan, class of 1913, 1917 Turner, Almira, class of 1927 Turner, George C. class of 1920 Wall, Beatrice, class of 1940 Wall, Joseph, class of 1941 Webber, Edith, class of 1915

Professor David Jordan organized and directed the project to gather historical information about the college, with special focus on alumni and the influence of Grinnell College on their lives. Students in Mr Jordan's seminars researched college history and conducted oral interviews with alumni who were within geographical areas interveiwers could reach or who came to alumni reunions. This collection consists of the tapes as well as typed transcripts of these interviews arranged alphabetically by alumni names.