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Title
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Arthur McDowell Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23310
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Title
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Baling Hay
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Description
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Harry Ryan baling hay in the mid-1950s in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. He is driving an orange Allis-Chalmers tractor equipped with an umbrella, and it is pulling a hay baler. Barns, outbuildings and a windmill are visible in the background.
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Date Created
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1955
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PID
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grinnell:29796
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Title
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Bert Stemsrud and his Dog
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Description
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Poweshiek County farmer, Bert Stemsrud, and his dog, circa 1980s.
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Date Created
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1980
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PID
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grinnell:20654
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Title
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Christian Breniman
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Description
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Christian Breniman sitting in his backyard in Brooklyn, Iowa.
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Date Created
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1900
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PID
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grinnell:27251
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Title
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Conversations with Iowa Farmers
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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2013
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PID
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grinnell:12986
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Title
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Edwin Parish
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Description
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Black and white photographic portrait of Edwin Parish, seated, wearing a dark suit. This item is labeled "E. S. Parish." Edwin S. Parish (1875-1966) may not be the man pictured based on the assumed age of the photograph.
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Date Created
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1870
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PID
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grinnell:23246
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Title
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Harry Otto and his Horse
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Description
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Harry Otto poses with his horse in front of the barn.
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Date Created
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1930
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PID
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grinnell:27258
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Title
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Harry Ryan
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Description
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Harry Ryan stands on the steps of his Minneapolis-Moline tractor with cab, probably in the 1960s.
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Date Created
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1960
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PID
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grinnell:29801
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Title
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Harvesting Oats
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Description
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Harry Ryan harvesting oats in Chester Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, in the late 1960s.
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Date Created
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1967
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PID
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grinnell:29795