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Amy Bliss Tenney '92
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Description
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Alumni oral history interview with Amy Bliss Tenney '92. Recorded June 2, 2012.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:19359
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Title
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Anna Ramsey Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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Anna Ramsey, the daughter of Frank and Alice Knight, was born on November 22, 1908. She graduated from Grinnell College in 1930. She married Fred Ramsey and had a son and a daughter. Before retiring, she worked as a secretary at Grinnell College.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23315
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Title
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April Cottrell Zoll Close '92
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Description
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Alumni oral history interview with April Zoll Close (Cottrell) '92. Recorded June 3, 2012.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:19471
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Arthur McDowell Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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One of nine children, Art was born south of Grinnell on June 22, 1902. After graduating from high school and working for three years at the Farmer's Elevator, he began his career in insurance. Upon retirement, he was Secretary-Treasurer of the Poweshiek County Mutual Insurance Company. He and his wife, Mildred, married in 1930, had a son and daughter.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23310
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Augusta Pederson Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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Since her birth on October 29, 1904, Augusta has lived in or near Grinnell. After her marriage to Leonard Pederson, she was his partner in farming, active in Grange and church work, and a busy homemaker and mother. She was an accomplished cook, baker, and quilter. She and her husband had three children.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23313
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Title
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Dorothy Lannom Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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Born in Cedar Rapids on November 3, 1912, Dorothy Williams came to Grinnell in 1934 as a graduate of Coe College. She taught home economics until her marriage in 1936 to G. Sharp Lannom III. She was interested in politics, and went to the Far East with the Iowa Development Commission and Iowa Governor Harold Hughes. Three of her four sons carried on the family manufacturing business.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23308
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Title
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Frank Douma '92
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Description
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Alumni oral history interview with Frank Douma '92. Recorded June 3, 2012.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:19403
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Title
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Grant Gale Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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Born December 29, 1903 in Prentice, Wisconsin, Grant was educated in Wisconsin and Michigan. He came to Grinnell in 1928, and in 1929, was joined by his bride, Harriet. He was a professor of physics at Grinnell College. An observatory on the campus is named in his honor.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23306
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Title
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John Parish Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23311