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Renfrow Smith, Edith. Class of 1937.
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Edith Renfrow Smith (1914- ), class of 1937, is the first Black female graduate of Grinnell College.
Materials include articles about Mrs. Smith and her connection to the college and town of Grinnell, a photo book from the dedication of the Smith Gallery, The Grinnell Magazine Summer 2007 with Mrs. Renfrow Smith on the cover, and the Congressional Record Tribute from 2002 (oversized).
The collection includes nine photographic prints used at the exhibit "The True Grinnellian: An exhibition to honor Edith Renfrow Smith '37" that accompanied the re-dedication of the Edith Renfrow Smith '37 Student Art Gallery on October 28, 2021. Filed in Oversize #1
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Interview transcripts are available in RG-S Ser. 2.1.2 Box 3 (The Black Experience at Grinnell College by Stuart Yeager).
"No one is better than you : Edith Renfrow Smith and the power of a mother's words" by Monique Shore. Library of Congress call number: E 185.97.S64 S56 2023. Iowa Room call number: 52 Sm55s 2023.
"Grinnell Stories: African Americans of early Grinnell" by Daniel H. Kaiser. Library of Congress call number: F629.G77 K34x 2020. Iowa Room call number: 64.2 K12gr 2020.
See Drake Community Library Archives file Series 295 Row B File S3 Ep3.
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- Smith, Edith Renfrow (Subject)
- Getachew, Feven (Subject)
- Beauboeuf, Tamara (Subject)
- Shore, Monique (Subject)