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Title: Three Images of a Class at School No. 2
Description: Three images of a class from School House No. 2 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, lined up outside the school house and swinging on a swing set in August of 1960. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #24, Rural Schools (including snowstorm).
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:18838

Title: Tricks of the Trade: Getting Going the First Day, Statistics in the Liberal Arts Workshop (SLAW), Technical Report No. 94-003
Description: What can we do the first day of class to give students a feel for what to expect in the course and generate some enthusiasm for learning and statistics? To investigate this question, a number of prominent statistics educators were recently asked "What do you like to do in your first class of the semester"? Their responses and experiences of the author are summarized in this paper to provide a collection of tips, stories, topics for generating discussion, and general advice for getting a course going in a positive direction.
Date Created: 1994
PID: grinnell:26705

Title: Union Township Freewill School
Description: Reminiscences of Garnette Steele Wheeler about the Freewill School, an early subscription school in Union Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, compiled by Cecily Unruh. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file. Poweshiek County (Iowa) -- History -- Union Township.
Date Created: 2009
PID: grinnell:13069

Title: Velma Hiser Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Velma Bissell Hiser, born July 10, 1904, graduated from Dexter (Iowa) High School, attended Grinnell College and graduated from Northwestern University. She received her M.S. degree from the University of Iowa. She taught at Grinnell College from 1937 until her retirement. For a time, she and her husband managed the Monroe Hotel. Breeding and showing of Boxer dogs was a major interest of hers.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23316

Title: View of Grinnell College Campus
Description: A view of the Grinnell College campus taken in 1955 by Max or Dolores Smith from 7 College Park Road looking south to the men's dormitories and the football stadium.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:20224

Title: View of Grinnell Junior High School
Description: View of the south face of the Grinnell Junior High School building looking over the Veterans Memorial Building. Originally built to serve as the community high school, the building later became the junior high school and in 1980 was converted into the Grinnell Community Center. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection 20, Grinnell Schools.
Date Created: 1980
PID: grinnell:6228

Title: View of the Methodist Church and High School
Description: View of the Grinnell, Iowa, Methodist Church and Grinnell High School taken from the porch of the Charles Austin and Nora Belle Palmer home at 932 Park Street in Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1938
PID: grinnell:12013

Title: View of the Southwest Corner of Grinnell Junior High School
Description: View of the southwest corner of Grinnell Junior High School. Congregational Church is visible to the left. Originally built to serve as the community high school, the building later became the junior high school and in 1980 was converted into the Grinnell Community Center. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection 20, Grinnell Schools.
Date Created: 1980
PID: grinnell:6227

Title: Views of Grinnell
Description: Set of cards with views of Grinnell, Iowa, and Grinnell College. The set consists of one large card and four miniature cards. The miniature cards have images printed on both sides. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12251

Title: Walter Rixen Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
Description: Walter Rixen was born in Harlan, Iowa, and graduated from Harlan High School in 1941. He attended Upper Iowa University for one year before serving in the U.S. Army from 1943-1945. Upon returning home he completed his degree at Upper Iowa and then pursued a career in education, teaching and coaching at Waukon, St. Ansgar, and Grinnell. He and his wife, Helen, had one son, Jim. 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:26716