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Papers detailing the personal and family history of Foster C. Rinefort Jr., Grinnell College class of 1956. Emphasis on athletics.
Foster C. Rinefort Jr.
Papers detailing the personal and family history of Foster C. Rinefort Jr., Grinnell College class of 1956. Emphasis on athletics.
Foster C. Rinefort Jr.
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.
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
Ellis Society Records 1914-1916
One bound volume of the Ellis Society Alumni proceedings.
Forum Society Records 1906-1919
1 bound volume of secretary's records detailing the society's proceedings
Calocagathian Society Records 1876-1924
10 hand-written volumes detailing the meetings of the Calocagathian society over its 48 year existence.
Philadelphica Society Records 1919-1924
2 hand-written volumes of secretary's minutes.
Commencement programs, Grinnell College Directory, Grinnell College Bulletin, photograph.
Grinnell College
Wendell O. Metcalf Class of 1927 Materials
The collection contains a scrapbook, thee editions of "The Malteaser" (March, April, May of 1926), Smith Hall materials, reunion materials, and photographs.
Wendell Oliver Metcalf attended Grinnell College from 1923-1926. He died in 1993.
Metcalf, Wendell
John Bley '47 and Roberta Donaldson Bley '49 Papers
Class and class reunion photos, academic papers and grades, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and correspondance, commencement, scrapbooks
Bley, John
RG-DEV: Development Office Records 1913-1990
The Development Office is responsible for the fund-raising operations of the college. These records document its activities.
History & Background of the Office:
Perhaps the first donation to Grinnell College was in 1846 when J.J. Hill, one of the Iowa Band, made the gift of a silver dollar to challenge his colleagues to endow the College. Since that time, the College has been almost continually involved with fund-raising campaigns. In 1897 a Semi-Centennial Fund was established for enlarging the campus and for adding to the endowment. Four groups were targeted: alumni, trustees, faculty; citizens of Grinnell; Congregationalists of Iowa; and friends of education everywhere. Solicitations were sent out from the Semi-Centennial Committee.
In 1913 the Grinnell College Foundation was established to work with the Trustees of the College to manage and sell real estate, principally farm lands, given to the college under annuity plans. The Foundation financed men's and women's dormitories built in the second decade of the twentieth century. The College also had a number of endowment campaigns after the turn of the century. During the first half of the century, the College Treasurer and Business Officers were involved with development efforts, especially Louis V. Phelps (1915-49) and Charles Kaufman (1948-66). The fund-raising activities of the College were run by the administration, especially the President, and the Trustees for many years. In the late 1950s President Bowen hired the fund-raising counselling firm of Marts & Lundy to study the feasibility of raising substantial funds to meet the ongoing needs of the College. Then early in the 1960s, with the assistance of a matching grant from the Ford Foundation, the College hired its first, senior, fund-raising officer, John McFarland. From that time until 2005, development activities have been run from the Development Office. In 2005, the Development Office, the Alumni Office, and the Office of Communications and Events were combined under one Vice-President for College and Alumni Relations.
Development Officers:
1963-65 John R. McFarland, Jr. Vice President for Development 1966-66 Russell W. Fridely Vice President for Planning and Development 1966-71 James O. Avison Director of Development 1971-73 James O. Avison Vice President for Resources Planning 1973-76 James O. Avison Vice President for Institutional Development 1976-80 David L. Murphy Vice President for Development 1980-82 Richard T. Jenkins Vice President for Development 1982-92 Thomas K. Marshall Vice President for Development 1992-93 Michael S. Bever Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations 1994-96 E. Kevin Cornell Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations 1996-2001 Angela Voos Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations 2001 - 2005 Todd A. Reding Vice President for Alumnit Relations and Development, 2005 - 2010 Mickey Munley, Vice President for College and Alumni Relations
RG-SP: Special Services and Summer Activities Office Records 1983-1996
Consists of Jim Work's office files. Included are files concerning the celebration of the college's sesquicentennial in 1996.
The Summer Programs Office was organized in 1982 by James C. Work. The office coordinated special academic and athletic summer programs and outside groups using campus facilities for conferences. In 1989-1990 the name of the office was changed to Special Services and Summer Activities as additional responsibilities were added. During the college's sesquicentennial celebration, the office coordinated many on-campus and off-campus events. In July, 2001, the office merged with the Office of Public Relations to become the Office of Communications and Events.
Series 1 Summer Program Files: Have not been arranged; they include brochures and schedules from summer activities from 1983-1989.
Series 2 Sesquicentennial Celebration Files: Include memoranda, programs, planning and materials, and budgets for many events on campus and around the country. Also included are audio and video tapes of SQC events. The files are arranged by Grinnell activities and off-campus activities (generally arranged alphabetically by city).
Series 3 Scholars' Convocations: Includes 129 audiotapes of convocations from 1991-1997 and 23 videotapes of convocations, 1996-1997.
Beryl E. Clotfelter Office Files
Parte deRG-F: Faculty and Staff
Materials housed at offiste storage. Box 10 Confidential.
Clotfelter, Beryl E.
Elizabeth Patterson Hawtrey Slide Collection
Consists of approximately 200 color slides taken on the Grinnell College campus between 1955-1959.
Hawtrey, Elizabeth (Betsy) Patterson