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Title: Recent Acquisitions
Description: Works of art recently added to the collection through gifts from alumni and friends and purchases made possible by the Marie-Louise and Samuel R. Rosenthal Fund, Clinton A. Rehling `39 Purchase Fund for Art before 1900, Jacque Z. Baruch Memorial Purchase Fund, Christopher McKee Purchase Fund, Rosborough Fund and the Bea `39 and Joe `41 Wall Art Endowment.
PID: grinnell:recent-art-acquisitions

Title: "I'd rather graduate late than compromise my time on campus"
Description: By Abraham Teuber and Wini Austin Amidst the frantic planning, packing and unexpected farewells that came as Grinnell College declared campus was closing due to the threat of COVID-19, Lisette Kelly '22 didn't have time to consider what online classes would be like back home in Michigan. Even her excitement at the news that she had been awarded a prestigious Mellon Mays fellowship, which came just hours after the College announced that the spring semester was effectively ...
Date Created: 2020
PID: grinnell:28630

Title: "One big messy limbo:" International students face housing, job uncertainty after College cuts CA and House Coordinator positions
Description: By Abraham Teuber "It's six grand for the year, it's a lot of money, and everyone is in a tough spot financially right now, so it is crucial money," said Govind Sartaj '21 on the recent loss of his job as a Community Advisor (CA). "It's one big messy limbo we're stuck in." On Friday, June 12, Sartaj and 54 other student staff members received an email from Director of Residence Life Dennis Perkins Jr. notifying them that Residence ...
Date Created: 2020
PID: grinnell:28639

Title: "The Unfortunate Persons from St. Domingo" : Refugees from the Haitian Revolution and the Contradictions of Early American Politics
Description: This essay aims to show how the influx of refugees from the Haitian Revolution into the United States was a factor in changing US policies as they related to the practice of human bondage.
Date Created: 2014
PID: grinnell:31902

Title: 1903 University of Chicago Interscholastic Meet
Description: On June 6, 1903, William S. Hodgdon, a track athlete at Grinnell High School, won the 440 yard dash at the University of Chicago Interscholastic Meet held at Marshall Field in Chicago. Hodgdon set a record with his time of 54.8 seconds. Hodgdon can clearly be seen in white with the Grinnell iron cross on the chest of his shirt in the end of race picture. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1903
PID: grinnell:27274

Title: 1953 Corvette, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: Van Wechel Motor Sales drives a 1953 Corvette in the Grinnell Centennial parade. Band members in uniform line the street behind it. The Corvette was introduced by General Motors in 1953. Van Wechel Motors was located at 1013 Broad Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28728