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Title: Davis School Students 1963
Description: Davis School students from Mrs. Salmon's 3rd grade class in 1963. Front row, left to right: Vickie White, Shelly Johnson. Middle row, left to right: Margaret Holcomb, Becky ?, Leila McCully, Patty Beam, Debbie Lowry, Phyllis Vance. Back row, left to right: Patty Wilson, Kay Phipps, Pam Smith, Cheryl Huyser, Susan Kriegel, Susan Johnson.
Date Created: 1963
PID: grinnell:20231

Title: Davis School Teachers, circa 1920
Description: A black and white photograph of what we assume are Davis School teachers. The photograph includes seven women, who are identified on the back of the photograph, one of whom includes Lizzie Davis, the namesake of the school. From the left: Ethel Trotter, Ina Sprague, Bertha Smith, Vesta Atkinson, unknown, Ms. Daggett, Lizzie Davis.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:26624

Title: Demolition of Parker School
Description: Three views of the demolition of Parker School on August 19, 1971, in Grinnell, Iowa. Parker School was built on the southeast corner of Spring Street and Sixth Avenue and named for Professor L.F. Parker, the school district's first superintendent and author of the two-volume History of Poweshiek County, Iowa. An Oberlin graduate, he taught, by himself, all classes from primary through high school during the first year. Parker School replaced the Northwest School , which had been built at the same location in 1882 and was destroyed by fire. As the years progressed the facility became outdated and failed to meet recommended standards. Parker's site area was only 1.2 acres and with an enrollment of 149 students in 1961-62 fell far short of the optimum site area of 6.5 acres. When constructed, it was on the outskirts of town, but the growth of residential areas caused its location to become outmoded and the fact that it was situated on U.S. Highway 6 created safety questions. In 1970 the School Board decided to demolish the building at the end of the school year. The building and land were sold at public auction for $24,000 (Grinnell Herald Register, August 19, 1971) and the building was razed on August 19.
Date Created: 1971
PID: grinnell:12860

Title: Descendant of Slave Girl and French Master Gets Degree
Description: Article written at the time of Edith Renfrow's graduation from Grinnell College in 1937 detailing her family history.
Date Created: 1937
PID: grinnell:12201

Title: Dorm Room Fun
Description: Shane Bellis Cook (left) and Claudette Seymour climbing on the doors in Haines Hall at Grinnell College in 1953. From Joanne M. Bunge's Grinnell College student scrapbook, 1952-1956.
Date Created: 1953
PID: grinnell:12942

Title: Dorm Room, Women's Quad
Description: Dormitory room in the Women's Quadrangle, Grinnell College, ca. 1950-1954.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:5678

Title: Edith Renfrow Eighth Grade Graduation
Description: Photograph of Edith Renfrow taken in 1929 upon the occasion of her graduation from 8th grade in Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1929
PID: grinnell:12197

Title: Edith Renfrow in High School
Description: Portrait of Edith Renfrow taken when she was a student at Grinnell High School in Grinnell, Iowa, about 1933.
Date Created: 1933
PID: grinnell:12180

Title: Edith Renfrow's Graduation from Grinnell College
Description: Edith Renfrow poses in her cap and gown on the day of her graduation from Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, in June 1937.
Date Created: 1937
PID: grinnell:12149

Title: Evanel Renfrow at Florida A&M University
Description: Photograph of Evanel Renfrow taken while she was a student at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida, in the early 1930s.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:12181