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Title: True Story
Description: Advertisement for a play about the romance between a male Grinnell College history professor and a female Grinnell College English professor performed at the Colonial Theater in Grinnell, Iowa. Probably 1925. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:6114

Title: Bell Straight-Working Panorama Camera
Description: Advertisement for the Bell Straight-Working Panorama Camera which was manufactured in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6066

Title: Carmen
Description: Theater program. Ralph Dunbar Productions, Inc. present The Dunbar English Opera Company in an American production of Bizet's masterful Carmen. Colonial Theatre, Friday, October 7, 1921. Cast: John Knox, James Stevens, Lester Spring, Jack Bean, Lee Bright, Lorna Doone Jackson, Louise Gilbert, Elizabeth Myers, Winifred Wiley, George Shields, Harry Raschig, Gilbert Jackson. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6120

Title: Grinnell Area Rural Schools
Description: Inventory of Grinnell, Iowa, area rural schools conducted in 1958. Information for each school includes a picture of the school, teacher's name (if school is operating), location, general condition of the building, furniture and fixtures, and features of the yard or lawn. Includes schools from Chester, Grant, Malcom, Sheridan and Washington Townships in Poweshiek County, and Richland and Rock Creek Townships in Jasper County.
Date Created: 1958
PID: grinnell:6007

Title: Martha
Description: Theater program. Martha, comic opera in four acts by Fredrich von Flotow. Text by St. George and Friedrich. Tuesday, May 31, 1921, Colonial Theater, Grinnell, Iowa. Given by the Faculty of the Grinnell School of Music, assisted by the Glee Clubs and Orchestra. Benefit of the Endowment Fund. Cast: Jean Young Currie, Mrs. Margery Warner Bouma, Elias Blum, Arthur Faguy-Cote, David E. Peck, L.D. Hartson. Girls' Glee Club and Men's Glee Club. Grinnell College Orchestra, George L. Pierce, conductor. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6117

Title: Penrod
Description: Theater program. The Class of 1923 Grinnell High School presents Penrod, a comedy in four acts adapted for the stage from Booth Tarkington's Penrod Stories by Edward E. Rose. High School Auditorium, Thursday, May 31, 1923, Eight O'Clock. Cast: Marion Kingsland, Mary Cox, Louella Hoyt, Clare Schuyler, Verne Selle, P.J. Edwards, Virginia Swisher, Dayton Barber, Mary Matlack, Foster Rinefort, Glen Pilgrim, Lyle Ewart, Alice Spaulding, Maurice Crabb, Edwin Green, Oscar Davidson, David Talbott, Cleon Russell, Lilly Watson. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1923
PID: grinnell:6113

Title: Red Riding Hood's Rescue
Description: Red Riding Hood's Rescue, or the Dangers of Disobedience by John Astor Broad. Miss M. Verbeck, directress; Stella Westbrook, pianist. Preston's Opera House, Tuesday eve., July 9th, 1878 at 8 o'clock. Cast: Carrie Botelle, Clara Hill, Ervin Ladd, Willie Newman, Lulu Carson, Mabel Worthington, Cora Conner, Susie Bayer, Cora Graham, Jessie Rouse. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1878
PID: grinnell:6111

Title: Countryside Community Theatre, Bulletin no.2, The Pied Piper, The Medicine Show, Mrs. Pat and the Law, The Burglar, Madonna, Miss Civilization, The Wonder Hat, A Tramp and a Night's Lodging, The Will O' the Wisp
Description: Theater program. The Countryside Community Theatre, Grinnell, Iowa. W.H. Bridge, director. Plays produced include: The Pied Piper, by Constance D'Arcy Mackay, The Medicine Show, by Stuart Walker and Mrs. Pat and the law, by Mary Aldis on Friday, July 22, and Saturday, July 23; The Burglar, by Margaret Cameron and Madonna, by George Middleton on Wednesday, July 27, and Friday, July 29; Miss Civilization, by Richard Harding Davis and The Wonder hat, by Ben Hecht and Kenneth S. Goodman on Wednesday, August 3, and Friday, August 5; A Tramp and a night's lodging and The Will o' the wisp by Doris Halman on Wednesday, August 10, and Friday, August 12. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6124

Title: Countryside Community Theatre, Bulletin no. 1, The Princess in the Fairy Tale, The Neighbors, The Dear Departed, The Finger of God, The Fifth Commandment
Description: Theater program. The Countryside Community Theatre, Grinnell, Iowa, an open air neighborhood play house under the management, Kiwanis Club. Twelve plays starting July 4th, 1921. W.H. Bridge, director. Plays produced include: The Princess in the fairytale, by Constance Grenelle Wilcox and The Neighbors, by Zona Gale on July 4, 1921; The Princess in the fairy tale and The Dear departed, by Stanley Houghton on Friday, July 8, and Saturday, July 9, at 8 p.m.; The Finger of God, by Percival Wilde and The Fifth commandment, by Stanley Houghton on Friday, July 15 and Saturday, July 16. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6123

Title: Countryside Community Theatre, Bulletin no. 3, Three Pills in a Bottle, Suppressed desire, The Florist Shop, The Twelve Pound Look, The Pot Boiler, Hearts to Mend, Rosalie, Op O' Me Thumb
Description: Theater program. The Countryside Community Theatre, Grinnell, Iowa. Summer season, 1921. Plays performed include: Three pills in a bottle, by Rachel Lyman Field and Suppressed desires, by Geo. Cram Cook and Susan Glaspell on Wednesday, Aug. 24 and Friday, Aug. 26 at 8 p.m.; The Florist shop, by Winifred Hawksbridge and The Twelve pound look, by J.M. Barrie, with an interlude, Rainbow dance, performed by Alice Spaulding, Henryetta Spaulding, Ruth Somers, Virginia Swisher, and Maxine Abel on Wednesday, Aug. 31 and Friday, Sep. 2 at 8 p.m.; The Pot boiler by Alice Gristenburg and 'Op o' me thumb on Wednesday, Sep. 7 and Friday, Sep. 9 at 8 p.m.; Hearts to mend, by Harry A. Overstreet and Rosalie, by Max Maurey on Wednesday, Sept., 14, and Friday Sep. 16. W.H. Bridge, general director; Hallie Flanagan, Mrs. Arthur Child, Doris Virden, and Joe Kelly, assistant directors. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6122