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George Drake Memorial Collection
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- 1934 - 2022 (Creation)
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Quantity: Grey flat document box 10 ¼ W x 12 ¼ L x 5” H
Arrangement: see below
Background Note:
George Drake (1934 – 2022) graduated Grinnell College in 1956, later becoming a Professor of History and member of the Grinnell College Board of Trustees. He served as the tenth President of Grinnell College and first alumnus president from 1979 – 1991. Together with his wife Susan Ratcliff Drake ’58, who worked in the children’s department of Stewart Library, the two campaigned to raise funds for a new public library to be built in Grinnell. The resulting Drake Community Library opened in 2009 and was named in honor of the Drakes.
Document Arrangement:
Folder #1 Naming of Library: George and Sue Drake
Folder #2 Obituary and Grinnell College Communication
Folder #3 Grinnell Magazine “Remembering George Drake”
Seventy Years in Academe: A Memoir by George Drake
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Related archival materials
All Things Grinnell Podcast Episode Season 2 Episode 1 “Congregating at Grinnell” with George Drake
See also Bucket Course video recordings Collection #226
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Prepared by V. Ruse 17 March 2023