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Correspondence, primarily from Leggett but some from President Bowen, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.  Correspondents include Eugene Breitenback, John Canning, George Champion, Harold Colbert, Gardner Cowles, John Chapman, Chester Davis, Sandra Ehlers, John English, Frank Eyerly, Robert Fell, Roswell Garst, Leggett's remarks at the burial of Harry Hopkins, Sept. 1973, Ernest Jaqua,Randall Klemme, Dwight McCarty, William Murphy, John Musser, Ina Payne, Katherine Perring, Adam Clayton Powell, Bertha Putnam, Orville Routt, John Spence, Ivy Welton, Edith Wentworth, Henry Wieman, Pierce Witmer, Arthur Woodward.

Alumni Office handbook, July 1991.
Senior Challenge Photos, 1990; 1992; 2006-2007; Undated.

1 archive box containing 5" x 8" cards, one card for each investment.  Records of interest paid. Arranged by scholarship then by investment.  Scholarships include: Art Center, Blossom, Dibble, Hill annuity, Julia Ford Hill, Loose, Maytag, Rieckhoff, and a general unlabeled section.  (Provenance unknown)

18" x 12" Arranged by fund. Index in front.

CONFIDENTIAL. Materials may be examined only with permission of the Librarian of the College.

9" x 6" volume.

Football centennial, 1989 Programs; clippings; attendance lists. "After the Last Practice" poem by Ed Hirsch. Football monument and time capsule in Rosenbloom Field (design, financing, correspondence, invoices, list of items in time capsule) Career Services networking. 1981-83 Correspondence, reports. More papers in RG-CD, particularly series 1.1. Alumni awards: Lists of recipients, arranged by recipient class year, classes of 1900-91; another list arranged by reunion year, 1967-84. Alumni award nominations from classes of 1910-19 for awards made 1961-82. Papers contain biographical information about nominees. Unsorted.

CONFIDENTIAL. Materials may be examined only with permission of the Librarian of the College. Boxes are located at offiste storage.

Presidents Bowen's and Leggett's memos to Trustees, many providing background information for the coming meeting; reports; financial statements; minutes of meetings; Trustee by-laws.  Some topics covered include: Admissions Policy (1957), Darby oil properties (ca. 1959), North Central Association accreditation report (March 1958), Faculty salaries (1960), Reserved income Gift Program (tax aspects, 1960), Future physical education program (1960), fund-raising planning (1961), long-range building plans (1961), Science instruction (march, 1962), Faculty Council on Student Affairs report (May, 1963), Carnegie Corp grant application: developments at Grinnell (Jan. 1963), Archambault report on year-round operation (Sept. 1963), Stauss: housing needs (1964), opening academic year statements to aculty and students (1964), women's dormitories (1964), Ford Foundation: report, statistical summary (July, 1966), Enrollment goals and housing memos, reports, recommendations (March, 1966, Oct. 1967, Feb. 1968), Women's dorm hours, )Feb. 1967), "Manual for alumni representatives of Grinnell College" (Nov. 1967), North Central Association accreditation team report (July 1968), "Black student and Grinnell College" (Arpil 1969), Articles about campus disorders (1969), Student participation in college governance, talk by Leggett (Sept 1969), "Small private college" by Leggett (Sept. 1969), Henry Wilhelm libel charge against College (Aug. 1967, 1969), Role of the chaplain at Grinnell College (June 1970), Statements on closing college in May 1970 (Fall 1970), CBS Black student housing proposal (March 1970?), Voertman report on faculty salaries (Sept. 1970), Kleinschmidt report on closing the College (1970), Opening assembly statements by Beryl Clotfelter, Chair of the Faculty, Shelly Floyd, Pres. of SGA (Aug. 1971), Walker, "Financial state of the College" (Sept. 1971), Verrette interim budget priority planning report (May 1971), Synopsis of data on Black Student performance 1964-1971 (report by Voertman (Sept. 1971), Multi-racial community memos and statements (Aug, 1972, June 1972, April 1973), Report on college physical plant by Hawn (Oct. 1972), Administrative structure, chart (Sept. 1972), Dawson, "Student power at Grinnell" (April 1973), College seal (May 1973), Statements on multi-racial community by Kimbo, Reid-Wallace, Lytle, John Okumu, Laura Okumu (June 1973), "Summary description of program to revitalize teaching of humanities" (Aug. 1973).

Annuities.  Monthly transactions, arranged chronologically.  One bound volume, 15" x 13".

Donations to Grinnell University & Iowa College. 14" x 9" Arranged by date of the donation. Index in front. Terms of donation for some funds copied into the volume.  Some correspondence inserted.  Consistent handwriting and ink suggest that one person copied documents pledging gifts prior to about the 1880s from the originals into this volume.  Most of the inserted correspondence is from the 1890s; possibley this book was begun and actively used during the 1890s.

v. 1 Journal 1847-1859 (12.5" x 8") v. 2  Journal 1858-1865 (12.5" x 8") v. 3  October 1857- July 1879:  Davenport records: Oct. 1857-Dec. 1858; Grinnell records: July 1865-- July 1979.  Each section opens with "Effects of Iowa Colleg this day as follows:" then lists college real estate, personal property, and other assets. v.4  June 1879 - June 1884 v. 5  July 1884 - Nov. 1887 V. 6  Dec. 1887 - June 1896 v. 7  July 1896 - Dec. 1904 v. 8  Jan. 1905 - Dec. 1906

Jones (Mary G. Jones) Correspondence, etc. 1948-70 Retirement ceremony, 1971, speeches, alumni letters Jones's letter to alumni announcing her retirement, 1970. Davidson (Grace Lang Davidson) Turner position paper alumni conferences, Nov. 1976 Turner position paper alumni conferences, post-conference materials. Davidson termination, 1977.

Prints and negatives, including proof sheets, of pictures used in the book and also prints selected but not used.  Photographic work done by Jack Robertson.  Includes one copy of the published book.

CONFIDENTIAL. Materials may be examined only with permission of the Librarian of the College. Boxes are located at offiste storage.