- Life at Grinnell College (x)
- 1940s (x)
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Margaret Arnold Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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The daughter of Dr. O.F. and Laura Parish, Margaret was born in Grinnell on June 14, 1906. She graduated from Grinnell College and taught fourth grade in Flint, Michigan, for a short time. She owned and operated Arnold's Shoe Store in Grinnell for 53 years and retired in 1989.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23299
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Marian Dunham Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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Born February 10, 1919, two miles north of Grinnell, in a house which had been built by her grandfather, Marian was a relative of J.B.Grinnell for whom the town and college were named. A graduate of Grinnell College, she studied Library Science at the University of Denver. She was the Librarian at Stewart Public Library for 22 years and at the Des Moines Public Library for 19 years.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23304
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Marian Dunham and Dorothy Thomas
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Description
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Marian Dunham and Dorothy Thomas standing by the north fireplace in Stewart Library, Grinnell, Iowa. Marian Dunham was the librarian at Stewart Library for 22 years. Dorothy Thomas was also a librarian. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
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Date Created
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1940
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PID
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grinnell:6450
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Martin Pearce Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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Born February 8, 1916, Martin grew up and farmed in the Westfield area on the farm on which his father and grandfather had lived. For a short time he worked in the meat packing industry in Des Moines, but returned to farming until moving to Grinnell in 1992. He and his wife, Doris, had two daughters, and a son who is engaged in farming.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23312
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Mary Edna Sherman with LaForest
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Description
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Mary Edna Sherman with her son, LaForest, and their new cocker spaniel.
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Date Created
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1942
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PID
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grinnell:17379
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Massey Harris Float in 1949 Grinnell Day Parade
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Description
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The sun sets on Massey Harris Company float in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. The float is orange and yellow with a map of the United States on it and several cut-out suns. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.4, slide 2.
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Date Created
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1949
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PID
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grinnell:19269
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Max Breniman in Costume
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Description
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Max Breniman (age 10 or 11) in costume for his role in the Hartwick school operetta in 1949.
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Date Created
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1949
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PID
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grinnell:27230
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Max Smith Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
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Description
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Max Smith was born in 1918 and raised on the family farm in Marshall County. He graduated from Chillicothe Business College in Missouri before working as a hog buyer for the Rath Packing Company in Waterloo. In 1941 he was drafted into the U.S. Army where he served in the European and North African theatres and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. After the war he completed his bachelors degree at Iowa State University in 1949 and moved to Grinnell in 1950 where he served as President of the Poweshiek County National Bank from 1966 through 1983. He and his wife, Delores, had two children. Interview conducted as part of American Beliefs and Cultural Values, an American Studies class taught by Hanna Griff at Grinnell College in 1993.
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Date Created
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1993
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PID
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grinnell:26715
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McGregor's Furniture Truck in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade
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Description
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McGregor's Furniture truck in the 1949 Grinnell Day Parade in Grinnell, Iowa. There are two people standing in the truck bed with an American flag. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Chamber of Commerce Slides, p.3, slide 12.
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Date Created
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1949
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PID
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grinnell:19256