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Title: Characteristics of the Times and Seasons
Description: Journal kept by Richard Spire from 1894-1918 in which he recorded his observations on weather, crop yields and prices, land values, and a few comments on presidential elections and World War I. Richard Spire farmed in Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, from 1872-1910. He and his wife, Isadora Hatfield, had eight children. He was engaged in several livestock buying partnerships and was a large feeder of cattle. In 1899 he was elected assessor. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection #56.
Date Created: 1894
PID: grinnell:12351

Title: Conversations with Iowa Farmers
Description: Frank Heath, Becca Rae-Holloway, Laurel Tuggle, and Barb Lease interviewed 30 Iowa farmers who grew up on Grinnell, Iowa, area farms in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Those interviewed included Raymond Brown, Burton Cooper and his sister Loretta Burrell, Gary and Susan Davis, Robert Dimit, Stanley Greenwald, Larry Ellis, Jean Hinegardner, Howard McDonough, Henry Harris, Bruce Henriksen, Elsie Johnston, James Harley and Patricia McIlrath, Gene and Ellen Merck, Don Milburn, Mike Mintle, Allan and Shirley Moyer, Bill and Marjorie Rempp, Ronald Riley, Boyd Sparks, Don and Doris Weaver, Frank Wheeler, Lucille Binegar Van Dyke, and Ronald Van Gennep.
Date Created: 2013
PID: grinnell:12986

Title: J.R. Steele Describes Union Twp., J.R. Steele Describes Union Township
Description: Newspaper article written by J.R. Steele and published in the Grinnell Register, on Monday, August 7, 1922, describing life in Union Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Also includes photos of the Steele home, Little Mount Baptist Church, and the J.R. Steele family including Mr. Steele, his daughter (Garnette Mae Steele Wheeler), and his wife (Ruth Mae Davis Steele). Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file. Poweshiek County (Iowa) -- History -- Union Township.
Date Created: 1922
PID: grinnell:13068

Title: Letter from M.A. Sulser to George Hamlin
Description: Letter on Spaulding Manufacturing Company letterhead dated October 4, 1904, in Reardon, Washington, from M.A. Sulser to George Hamlin, Grinnell, Iowa, concerning a sale note that was due on September 27th. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file : Grinnell (Iowa) -- Business & Manufacturing -- Spaulding Manufacturing Company.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:12820

Title: Lorene Alyce Pearce Morrison
Description: Recollections of Lorene A. Pearce Morrison who was born in rural Grinnell, Iowa, in 1925. The locations of many businesses in Grinnell are discussed. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file. Biographies.
Date Created: 2013
PID: grinnell:13067

Title: Peter and Polly
Description: In this book for children, Peter and Polly meet as kittens, play together, go to school, fall in love, marry, have kittens of their own, and grow old together. Accompanying the story of their adventures are colored photographs of the "real" Peter and Polly, who were the pets of nature photographer Cornelia Clarke. As a young girl, Clarke, who grew up on a farm outside of Grinnell, taught herself the photographic arts by taking pictures of her cats with her father's camera. These photographs, which were originally in black and white, represent her early work. Original plate-glass negatives for six of the twenty-four photographs in Peter and Polly are in the Archives at Drake Community Library. Another original glass-plate negative of a photograph in Peter and Polly is housed in the Grinnell Historical Museum. Clarke was a premier nature photographer, well-known for her exquisite photographs of plants, insects, and animals, which were published both nationally and internationally. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Cornelia Clarke Collection. Collection #237.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:18980

Title: Pioneers of Progress
Description: Theater program. Historical pageant of Grinnell performed October 17 and 18, 1929 upon the 75th anniversary of the founding of Grinnell, Iowa, college homecoming and airport dedication. Dialogue written by Robert Y. Kerr. The Pageant of Grinnell presents in dramatic form the history of Grinnell, Iowa. Partial cast: Rev. E.M. Vittum, A.J. Blakely, Richard Phillips, Ralph Longley, Russell Peterson, Dale Smith, Paul Kiesel, Seldon Norris, John Dunham, Ray George, Frank Knapp, Paul Wray, Irving Lemley, David Talbott, Elden Olds, John S. Nollen, Mrs. Grant Ramsey, David E. Peck. Dialogue of play is included in program. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1929
PID: grinnell:6115

Title: Experimental Theatre, Charley's Aunt
Description: Program for Grinnell College's Experimental Theatre production of Charley's Aunt, by Brandon Thomas. Performed on February 15, 1927, by the Grinnell College Faculty Players. Directed by William Angus. The program includes advertising from many Grinnell businesses. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Theatre Productions, Grinnell. Collection #100, Folder #3.
Date Created: 1927
PID: grinnell:17372

Title: Tickets for Gone With the Wind
Description: Tickets for a Monday, April 8, 1940, 8:00 p.m., showing of Gone With the Wind at the Iowa Theatre in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file : Grinnell (Iowa) -- Historic Buildings -- Theatres.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:12823

Title: Union Township Freewill School
Description: Reminiscences of Garnette Steele Wheeler about the Freewill School, an early subscription school in Union Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, compiled by Cecily Unruh. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file. Poweshiek County (Iowa) -- History -- Union Township.
Date Created: 2009
PID: grinnell:13069