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Title: John Parish Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: The son of Dr. O.F. and Laura Parish, John was born September 23, 1904. After graduating from Grinnell College in 1927, he studied medicine at Harvard and interned at Johns Hopkins. He served in the Navy during World War II. He and his wife, Elizabeth, had three daughters.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23311

Title: John Pfitsch Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
Description: John Pfitsch was born in Miraj, India, and raised in San Antonio, Fort Davis, and Pflugerville, Texas. During his youth he lived for nine years in the Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Fort Davis where his father, Alfred Pfitsch, Jr., was a medical doctor. During the summers from age 8 to 21, John attended a YMCA Boys Camp in Kerrville, Texas, where he progressed from camper to assistant director of the camp. 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:26712

Title: Josephine Hartzell Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: A resident of the Grinnell area her entire life, Josephine was born on November 29, 1902. Until 1980 she worked on the family farm doing chores and taking care of animals. At that time she moved into town, where she enjoyed reading and sewing in her retirement.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23305

Title: Jr. Hi. 8B, Grinnell, Junior High 8B, Grinnell
Description: Group photo of Grinnell (Iowa) Junior High School class 8B taken in May 1935. Photo by Photocraft. Front row, left to right: Clayton Tew, Fay Dunn, Gene McCurray, Robert Marvin, Bob Grandstaff, Milton Berman, Raymond Spencer, Clifford Roberts, Robert Bouma. Second row: Mildred Reynolds, Helen Skidmore, Gene Mills, Gene Slaven, Donald Anderson, James Lincoln. Third row: Georgia ?, Myrtle Smith, Beulah Maytherly, Avis Bakder(?), Mildred Morrisey, Lois Clifton, Beulah Phipps, Alice Neighbors. Back row: Russell Reavis, Dwight Vaun, Mabel Farmer, Janet Brooker, Connie Matlack, Riva Stanley, Eleanor Davis, Virgil Innes.
Date Created: 1935
PID: grinnell:20611

Title: Junior High 7B, Grinnell
Description: Group photo of Grinnell (Iowa) Junior High School class 7B taken in May 1935.
Date Created: 1935
PID: grinnell:20610

Title: Lee and Eva at Home
Description: Lee Augustus and Eva Pearl Renfrow at home at 411 First Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, circa 1936.
Date Created: 1936
PID: grinnell:12146

Title: Leo Flanagan Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Leo was born in Sully, Iowa, on January 19, 1908. He farmed, worked in service stations for 21 years, and in automobile sales and management for 20 years. He and his wife, Blanche, had three children.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23302

Title: Letter from Chicago Producers Commission Association
Description: Letter to Raymond S. Pilgrim of Grinnell, Iowa, from the Chicago Producers Commission Association dated September 19, 1930. The letter is from the Cattle Department and is addressed to those who are feeding steers. It discusses factors in the market and the effect on prices. Contains statistics on the number of carloads of cattle, hogs and sheep that were handled. Includes envelope.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:30046

Title: Letter from Estel Pilgrim to his Mother
Description: Letter to Lillie Carter Pilgrim of Grinnell, Iowa, from her son, Estel Pilgrim dated November 7, 1934, in Ames, Iowa. Estel, a student at Iowa State, talks about homecoming, work, his budget, his grades, and his classes.
Date Created: 1934
PID: grinnell:30044

Title: Letter from Grinnell College Department of Public Relations to Raymond Pilgrim
Description: Letter from Zaneta Eager of the Grinnell College Department of Public Relations to Raymond Pilgrim of Grinnell, Iowa, asking his help in recruiting students to enroll at the college part time. The letter proposes cutting costs for students by allowing them to live at home and promotes a cost of $10 per credit hour. The letter is dated January 11, 1934.
Date Created: 1934
PID: grinnell:30027