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Title: Alex Moffett Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values (American Studies class, Grinnell College, 1993, taught by Hanna Griff)
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 Viginia 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.
Date Created: 1993
PID: grinnell:26717

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: Birds Eye View, Brooklyn, Iowa -- 30
Description: Postcard birds-eye view of Brooklyn, Iowa. Postcard is addressed to Miss Elizabeth Schaefer, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is postmarked October 4, 1912, in Brooklyn. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs.Collection 17-7, Poweshiek County -- Other towns.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:13176

Title: C.&N.W.R. Locomotive No. 2209, Chicago and North Western Railway Locomotive No. 2209
Description: Postcard view of C.&N.W. Railway locomotive No. 2209. Velox stamp box with diamonds in the corners. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:27287

Title: C.&N.W.R. Steam Engine, Chicago and North Western Railway Steam Engine
Description: Postcard view of a C.&N.W. Railway steam engine and engineers. Azo stamp box with four triangles pointing up on verso. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:27285

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: Contests in the Counties for Mulct Petition of Consents, Contest in Cities for Renewal of Consent
Description: Pamphlet published by the Iowa Anti-Saloon League concerning saloons in the counties and cities whose licenses were being contested by the League. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 65.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:5592

Title: Correspondence
Description: Correspondence of the Grinnell Political Equality Club with the Iowa Equal Suffrage Association. 2 letters. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 161.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:5260

Title: Correspondence of the Poweshiek County Anti-Saloon League
Description: 1905 letter concerning the organization of the Poweshiek County Anti-Saloon League and 1911 letter sent to local newspapers requesting publication of a notice of an upcoming meeting. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 65.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:5591

Title: D.M. Love Blacksmith & Wagon Shop, D.M. Love Blacksmith and Wagon Shop
Description: View of the D.M. Love Blacksmith and Wagon Shop in Winthrop (Buchanan County) Iowa owned by David M. Love. 1930s automobile and a John Deere tractor are in front of the shop. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:11310