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Title: Alex Moffett Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
Description: Alex Moffett was born in 1905 in Suzhou, China, to missionary parents. He lived in China until 1923 when he attended Washington & Lee in Virginia for college and then went on to Vanderbilt for medical school. He and his wife, Virginia, returned to China in 1935 where they did medical missionary work until 1940, including during the Sino-Japanese war. After returning to the U.S., he had a private practice in Taylorsville, North Carolina, for twenty-nine years. Interview conducted as part of American Beliefs and Cultural Values, an American Studies class taught by Hanna Griff at Grinnell College in 1993.
Date Created: 1993
PID: grinnell:26717

Title: Alison Williams Presley '03
Description: Alumni oral history interview with Alison Williams Presley '03. Recorded May 31, 2013.
Date Created: 2003
PID: grinnell:21205

Title: Andreas Vassilos '78
Description: Alumni oral history interview with Andreas Vassilos '78. Recorded June 1, 2013.
Date Created: 1978
PID: grinnell:21206

Title: Anna Ramsey Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Anna Ramsey, the daughter of Frank and Alice Knight, was born on November 22, 1908. She graduated from Grinnell College in 1930. She married Fred Ramsey and had a son and a daughter. Before retiring, she worked as a secretary at Grinnell College.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23315

Title: Anne Anderson '64
Description: Alumni oral history interview with Anne Anderson '64. Recorded May 31, 2013.
Date Created: 1964
PID: grinnell:21207

Title: Anne Hruska Parsons '58
Description: Alumni oral history interview with Anne Hruska Parsons '58. Recorded June 2, 2013.
Date Created: 1958
PID: grinnell:19524

Title: Aris F. Yanibas '60
Description: Alumni oral history interview with Aris F. Yanibas '60. Recorded May 29, 2015.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:23381

Title: Arthur McDowell Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: One of nine children, Art was born south of Grinnell on June 22, 1902. After graduating from high school and working for three years at the Farmer's Elevator, he began his career in insurance. Upon retirement, he was Secretary-Treasurer of the Poweshiek County Mutual Insurance Company. He and his wife, Mildred, married in 1930, had a son and daughter.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23310

Title: Augusta Pederson Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Since her birth on October 29, 1904, Augusta has lived in or near Grinnell. After her marriage to Leonard Pederson, she was his partner in farming, active in Grange and church work, and a busy homemaker and mother. She was an accomplished cook, baker, and quilter. She and her husband had three children.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23313

Title: Avram Machtiger '74
Description: Alumni oral history interview with Avram Machtiger '74. Recorded May 31, 2014.
Date Created: 1974
PID: grinnell:19514