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Title: 818 Elm Street
Description: 818 Elm Street in Grinnell, Iowa. This was the home of Mabel Stemsrud, and it was built by her son, Bert Stemsrud in 1948. The home was ordered from a catalog. Bert drove his tractor and a hay wagon into Grinnell from his Ewart farm and unloaded the house materials from a railway car. Bert and his brothers would bring loads of cobs from corn shelling to Mabel. She used those in her kitchen Home Comfort stove for cooking. She also had a cob fired hot water heater in the basement. Mabel kept a large garden and many fruit trees.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:20681

Title: Aerial View of Bailey Homestead
Description: Aerial view of the James Bailey homestead west of Grinnell, Iowa on Eleventh Avenue. Photo ca. 1960s.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:5830

Title: Aerial View of Downtown Grinnell
Description: Aerial photograph of downtown Grinnell, Iowa, looking southeast from the intersection of 6th Avenue and West Streets in 1967. Lake Nyanza is visible in the upper right corner of the photo.
Date Created: 1967
PID: grinnell:6408

Title: Aerial View of Grinnell College Campus
Description: Color aerial photograph of the Grinnell College campus looking east along 8th Avenue in 1967. The science building is at the bottom center of the photo. To the right of that is the Men's Gymnasium (called Women's Gymnasium after 1942). The east campus dormitories and Saint John's Lutheran Church are visible near the center of the photo.
Date Created: 1967
PID: grinnell:6400

Title: Aerial View of Grinnell Looking North
Description: Aerial photo of downtown Grinnell taken by Dave Heise from a helicopter in July 1967 during Ridiculous Days. This view looks north on Main Street from Commercial Street to 6th Avenue.
Date Created: 1967
PID: grinnell:6231

Title: Aerial View of Grinnell in the 1960s
Description: Aerial view of Grinnell, Iowa, probably in the 1960s. The view is looking to the northwest. The Mayflower Home and the water tower are visible in the lower left quadrant and the majority of the downtown is visible. Photograph by Wellhouse Studio. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:12445

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: Ann Bohstedt
Description: Ann Bohstedt on stage at the Golden Jubilee for Camp Fire Girls in 1960.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:21171

Title: Approaching Grinnell from the South from Highway 146
Description: The entrance to Grinnell, Iowa when approaching from the south on Highway 146. The Iowa Highway Commission garage is visible on the right with four orange cars outside it. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.8, slide 1.
Date Created: 1963
PID: grinnell:19312

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