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Grinnell’s Voices From the Past: The Depression and World War II
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- Compiled January-September 1992 (Creation)
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5 boxes
Background Note: This collection documents the oral history project sponsored by the Friends of Stewart Library. The project was funded in January 1992 with a $2000 grant from the Iowa Humanities Board and was directed by Valerie Vetter. Community volunteers interviewed twenty Grinnellians about their memories of Grinnell during the depression and war years.
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Donated by: Marvin Foss (21 slides; abbreviated transcript)
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Digital copies of all materials available in Staff Docs/Digital Archives/ORAL Voices from the Past
Recordings, transcripts and photos are also available online in Digital Grinnell https://digital.grinnell.edu/islandora/object/grinnell:phpp-oral-history
VHS in Outdated Media box Row G. Digital copy available in DCL Staff Files/Digital Archives/VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-YmRkBBgJk
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Name of Preparer: Leslie Czechowski; D. Lalonde
Date of Preparation: May 1995; 3/4/2003; 4/1/2011