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Title: Demolition of Blair Hall
Description: Probably a view of the demolition of Blair Hall on the Grinnell College campus in 1961. Blair Hall was located approximately where the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts stands in 2015. The view is looking to the west southwest. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-5, Views of Grinnell.
Date Created: 1961
PID: grinnell:12232

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 As the years progressed the facility became outdated and failed to meet recommended standards.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: Elementary School Class Planting Shrubs Outside of Davis Elementary School
Description: An elementary school class planting shrubs outside of Davis School in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.18, slide 14.
Date Created: 1988
PID: grinnell:20384

Title: Eugene Henely
Description: Eugene Henely was superintendent of schools in Grinnell, Iowa, for 23 years, from 1905 until his death in 1928. Photo by Child. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-6, People.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:13081