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Title: Grinnell Players Present The Braggart Warrior, Braggart Warrior
Description: Program for the play, The Braggart Warrior, staged by James Conover, and performed October 27 and 28, 1955, in ARH Auditorium, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, starring James Stewart, Gordon Packard, David Steiner, Ron Henry and others.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:5651

Title: Lucas Triplets and the Lucas Family
Description: Typescript containing information on the Lucas triplets and the Lucas family of Grinnell, Iowa. Includes many anecdotes on the life of Henry Lucas who was born into slavery in Virginia which was written by his son John Brown Lucas. The typescript contains part of an article that appeared in the Grinnell Herald on May 20, 1932, and additional information.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:12202

Title: Virgil Jones Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Born in Grinnell on September 10, 1912, Virgil graduated from high school and attended Grinnell College for a time. He worked in retail sales and traveled for the Grinnell Shoe Company. After service in the Navy during World War II, he and his wife, the former Ona Whitaker, joined in the operation of the Grinnell Livestock Exchange until 1973.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23307

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

Title: Washington #4
Description: Photograph of Washington School #4, Poweshiek County, Iowa. For more information see Grinnell Area Rural Schools. Drake Community Library Archives, Collection #24.
Date Created: 1958
PID: grinnell:6107

Title: Water Damage in the Children's Room, Stewart Library
Description: Views of water damage in the Children's Room which was in the basement of Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa, probably taken in the 1950s. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-1, Stewart Library.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:6458

Title: York Lumber Company, Grinnell Centennial Parade
Description: The York Lumber Company entry in the parade was a horse drawn wagon full of lumber. There is a girl in dress and bonnet and a boy sitting on the lumber. The driver is obscured. A sign on the side reads, "We like to trade at York's." York's was located at 732 Broad Street. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous Photographs. Collection #17, Box #4.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:28734