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Title
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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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Grant #1
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Description
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Photograph of Grant School #1, Poweshiek County, Iowa. For more information see Grinnell Area Rural Schools. Drake Community Library Archives, Collection #24.
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Date Created
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1958
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PID
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grinnell:6088
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Title
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Grant #2
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Description
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Photograph of Grant School #2, Poweshiek County, Iowa. For more information see Grinnell Area Rural Schools. Drake Community Library Archives, Collection #24.
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Date Created
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1958
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PID
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grinnell:6089
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Grant #5
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Description
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Photograph of Grant School #5, Poweshiek County, Iowa. For more information see Grinnell Area Rural Schools. Drake Community Library Archives, Collection #24.
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Date Created
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1958
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PID
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grinnell:6090
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Title
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Ledger of the Julia Chapin Grinnell Maternal Association, Julia Chapin Grinnell Maternal Association Ledger
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Description
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The Julia Chapin Grinnell Maternal Association was established in 1902 with membership open to anyone interested in the training of children or in "preparation for motherhood." Meetings and lectures were sponsored with local school teachers and lists of children's names compiled so that the membership might pray for them in their birth months. The Ledger contains the constitution, list of members, and minutes from September 1902 - January 1910. A list of names with years in the back may be the list of children's names described above. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection #76.
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Date Created
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1902
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PID
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grinnell:5212
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Title
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Martin Pearce Interview, Voices from the Past
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Description
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Born February 8, 1916, Martin grew up and farmed in the Westfield area on the farm on which his father and grandfather had lived. For a short time he worked in the meat packing industry in Des Moines, but returned to farming until moving to Grinnell in 1992. He and his wife, Doris, had two daughters, and a son who is engaged in farming.
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Date Created
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1992
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PID
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grinnell:23312
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Title
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Nelson & Sons Sample Day, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Photograph of 816-818 4th Avenue, Grinnell, Iowa, on Nelson & Sons sample day. Goods are piled on the sidewalk. Signs in the windows advertise 5 cent loaves of Liza Jane bread, 5 cent packages of Wrigley's Spearmint Gum, skeins of Ideal Nun's Pearl Luster and items to be given away free on Thursday, April 20. Salesmen and women sitting and standing in the doorways. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 17, Box # 1.
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Date Created
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1900
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PID
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grinnell:5637
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Records of the Grinnell Political Equality Club, Grinnell Political Equality Club
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Description
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Minutes of the Grinnell Political Equality Club from March 15, 1897 - October 8, 1908. The Club was formed on March 15, 1897. Although its avowed purpose was the passage of the 19th Amendment, the club also met to hear and discuss topics of interest and to interview candidates about women's suffrage. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection #161.
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Date Created
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1897
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PID
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grinnell:5219
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Southwest Corner of Broad Street and Commercial Street, Grinnell, Iowa
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Description
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Photograph of the southwest corner of Broad Street and Commercial Street, Grinnell, Iowa, about 1910. Store is home to the W.W. Kimball Piano Co. dealership which is advertising pianos, sewing machines, and organs for sale. Two women in a horse and buggy on the dirt street. Man standing in the doorway of the store. Building block is 1889 Black(?) Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection # 17, Box # 1.
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Date Created
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1910
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PID
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grinnell:5638