- US US-IaGG MS/MS 01.146
- Collection
- 1916 - 1918
One bound volume detailing the proceedings of the Ionian society.
One bound volume detailing the proceedings of the Ionian society.
Harriet Underwood Hamlin Collection of John H. T. Main Material
In this file dated 1917-1931 are newspaper clippings and photographs in a scrapbook about President Main, a short biography of Harriet Hamlin, and the bulk of the collection consists of personal letters between Hamlin and Main.
Hamlin, Harriet
Florence Stewart and Robert Kerr Papers
The collection contains an oral interview with Florence Kerr; photographs, personal correspondence (notably with President and Mrs. Roosevelt), and other items unrelated to her business life; correspondence and other materials relating to her defense activities in 1941; and materials from two productions of the Federal Theater Project.
The bulk of the collection contains correspondence, memos, and reports from her tenure with the Work Projects Administration and includes numerous WPA publications. There are two photograph albums and ten scrapbooks of newspaper clippings regarding her WPA activities.
Also included is correspondence of her husband, Robert Y. Kerr.
Florence Stewart Kerr
Alfred and Erma Heininger Grinnell in China Papers
This collection consists of correspondence, recollections, newsletters, clippings, pamphlets, photographs, and a scrapbook.
Heininger, Alfred
Various publications of Grinnell High School's newspaper, The Grinnellian, The Grinnell College Malteaser, and a cassette tape from the Grinnell College Glee Club in 1949
Consists of notebooks containing records of the books Ryan read. His daughter, Jean, noted: “It shows his thoroughness, organization, and wide range of interest.” Only a few Lesson Plans are included in Ryan’s papers, including some for Fundamentals of Speech, Parliamentary Law, and one of his adult education classes in Des Moines. Correspondence includes two letters from Ryan to his daughter and son-in-law. The letter dated October 22, 1947 was “Ryan’s last letter written from Grinnell after retirement, and just before leaving to live on the West Coast.” [Jean Squires’ note] The typed letter was received after Ryan’s death by his wife from a Des Moines businessman who was a former member of Ryan’s classes there.
Ryan, John P.
John Forrest Chapman graduated from Grinnell College in 1924. He taught 1924-26 in the Grinnell-in-China program at the Porter Middle School near Techow in the northern part of Shantung province and at Anatolia College, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1926-27.
Chapman, John Forrest
Harriet Naumann Class of 1929 Materials
Kara Bakken's “What We Remember: An Oral History of Grinnell College 1925-1992"
This oral history collection is a celebration of nearly 70 years of Grinnell College history as told through the words of people who have studied, worked, and played at this institution.
Drawn from interviews with more than 50 alumni, these remembrances tell not only about the specifics of college life, but also about the collective identity of the Grinnell community. These interviews offer insight into the successes and struggles of individuals and into the traditions and values that define Grinnell, whether they occurred in 1925, 1945, 1972, or 1992.
[This note is quoted from the brochure created for the exhibition (photographs and excerpts of the interviews) that was displayed in the Burling Gallery, June 1-September 23, 1995.]
Bakken, Kara
Lawrence Fox, Class of 1931 Alumni Materials
Fox, Lawrence
Personal and college correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, school paperwork, and small artifacts (class ring, Maltese cross charm, and watch fob).
Beall, Paul
The Harold L. Clapp papers consist of talks; unpublished articles, stories, books, verse, and translations; newspaper clippings about Clapp; and correspondence. One published book is reproduced here; other published works are listed in Appendix A. The papers span the years 1929-61, with the bulk of the material between 1947 and 1961. Mr. Clapp was very concerned about American public primary and secondary education and in teacher training, favoring greater emphasis on basic elementary subjects. Much of the collections records his active work in this area, speaking and writing and working for the Council for Basic Education in Washington, D.C. This interest began with his observations of his sons’ education in Swiss public schools during the family’s year in Geneva, 1947-48. The year is described in detail in letters written by HLC and Laura Clapp and in Laura Clapp’s introductory pages to the letters. All of these are in “Letters from Switzerland,” the first series in the Clapp papers. The Swiss letters also describe living and travel conditions and problems of American students in post-war Europe. Mr. Clapp’s ideas on education are most fully documented I the series Council for Basic Education, Talks, and Published and Unpublished Writings. French Play School shows the practical application of his ideas. His fiction (three books) was satire on American education. Other than the Manual for French A2 the papers contain very little directly relating to Mr. Clapp’s teaching of French at Grinnell College. Laura Clapp transcribed by hand or had typed some of the papers because the originals were difficult to read. She collected and in part arranged the material and appended explanatory notes where she felt they would help a reader better understand her husband’s writings. Excerpts from her letters to her mother (series 10) describe some campus events of the 1940s and ‘50s.
Clapp, Harold L.
The collection contains some of Conard's correspondence and newspaper clippings of articles about him. There are also typed manuscripts of some of his articles, as well as several journals to which he contributed articles.
Conard, Henry S.
This collection includes correspondence from the 1940s, memoirs of Grinnell College in the 1880s, class letters and other related materials.
Downer, Harry