Elizabeth Patterson Hawtrey Slide Collection 1955-1959
- US US-IaGG MS/MS 01.97
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Consists of approximately 200 color slides taken on the Grinnell College campus between 1955-1959.
Hawtrey, Elizabeth (Betsy) Patterson
Elizabeth Patterson Hawtrey Slide Collection 1955-1959
Consists of approximately 200 color slides taken on the Grinnell College campus between 1955-1959.
Hawtrey, Elizabeth (Betsy) Patterson
This letter, dated May 22, 1992, is form Tony Blair, M.P. in the House of Commons, to Donna Vinter, Director of the Grinnell-in-London program, about the placement of a student. A second letter, dated April 30, 1993, is from Roz Preston, PA to Tony Blair, M.P.
Blair, Tony
Ida Weaver Steinmetz Papers 1912-1914
Consists of photographs, programs, and other materials from the Girls Glee Club trip in 1912 and from the Class of 1914 reunion.
Steinmetz, Ida Weaver
Included are “memories of a Freshman Year”, a reminiscence given at the class of 1940’s 50th reunion dinner on June 2, 1990, as well a “Moments in a Grinnell Experience” given at the Class of 1940’s 55th reunion dinner on June 2, 1995. These typed speeches include photographs of comical sketches of the Grinnell experience as drawn by Wes Davies. In an oversize drawer marked “Moments in a Grinnell Experience”, there are drafts of the sketches, full-sized sketches, and copies of the reminiscences.
Davies, Wes
Sara A. McIlrath Papers 1907-1964
The collection consists of invitations, announcements, notes, programs, college publications, notebooks, an issue of a newspaper, certificates and teaching recommendations.
McIlrath, Sara A.
Dunham/Grinnell photograph collection 1893-1894
Studio photographs of 19 members of Grinnell College class of 1894 including Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, the namesake of the town founder, and one photograph of Alice Dunham Hannay, class of 1893. Also included are short reminiscences written by Marian Dunham regarding Josiah B. Grinnell, Arthur C. Lyon, Dr. Pearl Somers, and Garrett P. Wyckoff, members of the class of 1894. Photographs are identified as: Benjamin F. Arnold, Charles E. Arnold, Geneva A. Bigelow, Harry L. Brown, John Peet Clyde, William R. Gelston, Josiah B. Grinnell, Charles W. Hackler, Joseph H. Hathaway, George E. Hilsinger, Arthur C. Lyon, Margaret A. Pepoon, William R. Raymond, Paul W. Richards, Pearl E. Somers, Ernest Walker, Garrett P. Wyckoff, Joseph Whyte.
Harry Waldo Norris Papers 1920-1931
These papers are notes, reminiscences, and correspondence of Norris regarding science clubs, science teachers, and presidents of Grinnell College.
Norris, Harry Waldo
Clara M. Baster's “Books of the Middle Ages” undated
Books of the Middle Ages is a 20-leaf, typewritten manuscript. The leaves have simple borders, one set inside the other by one inch. Between the two borders are hand-drawn decorations of plant and animal life that are subtly water colored. The manuscript is bound in a heavy-weight paper and is tied along the spine with a ribbon.
Baster, Clara M.
Anton P. Chekhov Letters 1903-1937 1903-1937
The collection consists of a letter from Chekhov’s sister, a replica of Chekhov’s letter (November 2, 1903) to Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre), and a note (June 14, 1985) from Kennan explaining the provenance of the Chekhov letter. Also included are photocopies in Russian.
Consists of 1973 faculty Christmas letter sent by the Alumni Office and 27 responses received by Liberman. Most comment on the May 1970 closing of the college.
Liberman, M. M.
Charlotte Knowles Vandenburgh Papers
The collection consists of a newspaper clipping, concert notice, daybook, 77 photographs and negatives of the Womens' Glee Club trip to California in 1912. The photos are not labeled.
There are two pieces to the Irving Hart collection in the Grinnell College Archives. One is a letter that Elizabeth Kelsey (Class of 1898) wrote to Hart in April 1898 as he was leaving Grinnell to serve in the Spanish–American War, and the other is an autograph album with signatures of students and faculty from the 1870s when Irving’s mother, Elizabeth Biggar Hart, was a student.
Louis Hartson Memoirs 1904-1919
Louis Hartson received his bachelor’s degree from Iowa College in 1908 and returned to teach psychology from 1911-23. Between the years 1973 and 1976, he recorded his memories of those years and of the following 19 years at Oberlin College. These memoirs as well as several personal letters are held in this collection.
Louis Hartson
Selden Lincoln Whitcomb papers 1883-1906
Seldon Whitcomb spent most of his life in Grinnell, IA. He was born here, graduated from Iowa College in 1887, and returned to teach English from 1895-1905. In this collection are two personal journals, a poetry manuscript, and a notebook of nature observations with a few specimens pressed between the pages.
Selden Lincoln Whitcomb (Class of 1887)
Leonard F. Parker. Notes for his book, History of Poweshiek County 1906- 1911 1906-1911
The collection contains “historical manuscripts, notes and correspondence of Professor L.F. Parker in regard to material for his History of Poweshiek County. Most materials are handwritten, although a few of Parker’s manuscripts are typed.
Parker, Leonard F.