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Title: Campanile, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa
Description: Construction of the Campanile was completed in 1898 in memoriam of Margaret MacDonald Stanton, first dean of women, and the first bells were placed in the Campanile in 1899. Later in 1920, when Mrs. Stanton's husband, Edgar W. Stanton, 4-time acting president of Iowa State University, died, the university installed a musical instrument in the structure known as the Edgar W. and Margaret MacDonald Stanton Memorial Carillon.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14450

Title: Campus drive at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, Union Drive, Iowa State University
Description: View of the Iowa State College campus. Number 105.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13767

Title: County Farm Bureau Dues Receipt
Description: Receipt from the Poweshiek County Farm Bureau (Iowa) to R.S. Pilgrim for membership dues for calendar year 1940 in the amount of $10. Dated January 4, 1940
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:30028

Title: High school, Atlantic, Iowa, Atlantic High School
Description: The Atlantic High School was the second high school building in the town. The first high school was constructed in 1878, and a large addition was constructed in 1912. Population growth and the need for modern facilities necessitated the construction of a new high school. In July of 1935 the school board resolved to apply for a Public Works Administration (PWA) grant. There was a successful campaign for the new high school; in November a $160,000 bond issue was approved. Ground was broken in 1936, and the school was finished in May of 1937, opening in the fall of that year. Located at 1100 Linn Street, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 3772.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14235

Title: M.E. Church, Bloomfield, Iowa, Methodist Episcopal Church, United Methodist Church
Description: The building was completed in 1901 at a price of $13,000. It was made of brick above a stone foundation, trimmed with Louisiana white limestone. Number B-316.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13571

Title: Midwest Distributing Receipt
Description: Receipt from Midwest Distributing Co., Grinnell, Iowa, to Raymond Pilgrim for livestock vaccinations. Dated April 26, 1940.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:30026

Title: Oak Lodge, Bellevue State Park, Bellevue, Iowa
Description: The Oak Lodge was constructed in the late 1920’s by the Bellevue Country Club which oversaw a nine hole golf course adjacent to the park. In 1929, the Board of Conservation took over the Oak Lodge which was available to the public by reservation. In 1972, a new lodge was constructed on the Nelson Unit to replace the old Oak Lodge which, because of its age and deterioration, was not feasible for renovation (it was destroyed by fire in 1973). Number 9105.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14181

Title: Order for John Deere Tractors and Implements
Description: Order form from Farmers Implement Store, Grinnell, Iowa, for a John Deere #5 seven foot sickle mower ordered by Raymond S. Pilgrim on September 10, 1940.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:30053

Title: Overlooking the Mississippi River, Bellevue State Park, Bellevue, Iowa
Description: Looking northeast at the Mississippi River and Bellevue, Iowa, from a hand-constructed stone wall located in Bellevue State Park. Number 9523.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14182