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Title: "The Unfortunate Persons from St. Domingo" : Refugees from the Haitian Revolution and the Contradictions of Early American Politics
Description: This essay aims to show how the influx of refugees from the Haitian Revolution into the United States was a factor in changing US policies as they related to the practice of human bondage.
Date Created: 2014
PID: grinnell:31902

Title: A Mother of Color on Raising Children with Both Visible and Invisible Disabilities, Ask the Advocate, Episode 3, Mothers on the Frontline Podcast
Description: An advocate with MomBiz Boss and a mother of children who experience developmental and mental health challenges. She speaks about being a mother of color and the experiences of raising children with both visible and invisible disabilities.
Date Created: 2017
PID: grinnell:23737

Title: American Farmer: Industrialization, Myth, and Autonomy in Iowa’s Corn Belt
Description: Farmers are seen as the ultimate independent agent in American society, but this is not reflected in the reality of modern farming.
Date Created: 2013
PID: grinnell:5753

Title: Big Data under Obama and Trump: The Data-Fueled U.S. Presidency, Data-Fueled U.S. Presidency
Description: The much-heralded use of data, analytics, and evidence-based decisions marks the U.S. presidencies of Obama and Trump.
Date Created: 2018
PID: grinnell:26654

Title: Birth of a Nation as an ‘Educational’ Tool for Racialized Violence
Description: Examines the attempt by the film Birth of a Nation to shape one's perception of American history and culture.
Date Created: 2021
PID: grinnell:29700

Title: Cook correspondence - loose envelopes
Description: Two envelopes, unclear which letters with which they belong. One addressed to Collins Cook, one addressed to Sarah E. Cook.
PID: grinnell:12423

Title: George W. Cook and Electa C. Cook to Sarah E. Cook, February 8, 1858
Description: Electa writes of how she misses Sarah and remembers good times together. George writes of their dog, Caper, and mentions crops.
Date Created: 1858
PID: grinnell:11881

Title: George W. Cook to Collins Cook and Henry W. Cook, August 11, 1858
Description: George writes to his brothers about the railroad vote, and about bonds in Iowa Country and counties west of Iowa County. Land prices are also discussed.
Date Created: 1858
PID: grinnell:12281

Title: George W. Cook to Collins Cook and Henry W. Cook, December 28, 1858
Description: George writes to his brothers about purchasing land, crops (including price of), the railroad, the State University of Iowa, and the State Board of Education.
Date Created: 1858
PID: grinnell:12303

Title: George W. Cook to Collins Cook, April 13, 1858
Description: The results of a vote concerning a loan to the railroad is discussed.
Date Created: 1858
PID: grinnell:12275