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Title: Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections and Archives
Description: Digitized copies of materials housed in Grinnell College’s Special Collections and Archives, including photographs, letters, and documents.
PID: grinnell:special-collections

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: "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

Title: 25th Wedding Anniversary
Description: Henry and Edith Smith's 25th wedding anniversary celebration at their home at 8320 South Calumet Avenue in Chicago. Winnie Hancock is to the left of the picture, Edith Renfrow Smith is seated at the piano, and Evanel Terrell is the middle woman on the staircase. Others are unidentified.
Date Created: 1964
PID: grinnell:35488