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Title
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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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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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Title
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Augusta Pederson Interview, Voices from the Past
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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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Everett Armstrong Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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Born in Chester Township on January 3, 1917, Everett moved into the city of Grinnell in 1930, where he graduated from Grinnell High School in 1935. After returning from a tour of duty in World War II, he founded Armstrong Electric from which he retired in 1980. He represented the Fourth Ward on the City Council from 1949 to 1951. He and his wife, Phyllis, were the parents of a daughter and a son.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23298
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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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Josephine Hartzell Interview, Voices from the Past
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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.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23305
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Josh Burke '92
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Description
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Alumni oral history interview with Josh Burke '92. Recorded June 1, 2012.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:19395