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Title: Characteristics of the Times and Seasons
Description: Journal kept by Richard Spire from 1894-1918 in which he recorded his observations on weather, crop yields and prices, land values, and a few comments on presidential elections and World War I. Richard Spire farmed in Sheridan Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, from 1872-1910. He and his wife, Isadora Hatfield, had eight children. He was engaged in several livestock buying partnerships and was a large feeder of cattle. In 1899 he was elected assessor. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Collection #56.
Date Created: 1894
PID: grinnell:12351

Title: Conversations with Iowa Farmers
Description: Frank Heath, Becca Rae-Holloway, Laurel Tuggle, and Barb Lease interviewed 30 Iowa farmers who grew up on Grinnell, Iowa, area farms in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Those interviewed included Raymond Brown, Burton Cooper and his sister Loretta Burrell, Gary and Susan Davis, Robert Dimit, Stanley Greenwald, Larry Ellis, Jean Hinegardner, Howard McDonough, Henry Harris, Bruce Henriksen, Elsie Johnston, James Harley and Patricia McIlrath, Gene and Ellen Merck, Don Milburn, Mike Mintle, Allan and Shirley Moyer, Bill and Marjorie Rempp, Ronald Riley, Boyd Sparks, Don and Doris Weaver, Frank Wheeler, Lucille Binegar Van Dyke, and Ronald Van Gennep.
Date Created: 2013
PID: grinnell:12986

Title: Dale Wolfe Early Life in His Own Words
Description: Autobiographical account of the life of Dale Wolfe from his birth in 1931 in Malcom, Iowa, until 1950 when he was released from the Army. He describes his life growing up during the depression and the various farm jobs he held before he entered the military. Others mentioned in the account are Virgil Taylor, Harold Wallace, La Vern Helm, Ray Puls, and Paul Thomson.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:17376

Title: Letter from H.R. Booknau to G.H. Hamlin
Description: Letter from H.R. Booknau to G. H. Hamlin dated May 9, 1901, in which Mr. Booknau asks Mr. Hamlin to try to acquire a farm for him north of Malcom, Iowa, for $55 per acre. The letter is on letterhead for H.R. Booknau, Dealer in Live Stock and Real Estate. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file.
Date Created: 1901
PID: grinnell:12821

Title: Letter from M.A. Sulser to George Hamlin
Description: Letter on Spaulding Manufacturing Company letterhead dated October 4, 1904, in Reardon, Washington, from M.A. Sulser to George Hamlin, Grinnell, Iowa, concerning a sale note that was due on September 27th. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file : Grinnell (Iowa) -- Business & Manufacturing -- Spaulding Manufacturing Company.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:12820

Title: Lorene Alyce Pearce Morrison
Description: Recollections of Lorene A. Pearce Morrison who was born in rural Grinnell, Iowa, in 1925. The locations of many businesses in Grinnell are discussed. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file. Biographies.
Date Created: 2013
PID: grinnell:13067

Title: Peter and Polly
Description: In this book for children, Peter and Polly meet as kittens, play together, go to school, fall in love, marry, have kittens of their own, and grow old together. Accompanying the story of their adventures are colored photographs of the "real" Peter and Polly, who were the pets of nature photographer Cornelia Clarke. As a young girl, Clarke, who grew up on a farm outside of Grinnell, taught herself the photographic arts by taking pictures of her cats with her father's camera. These photographs, which were originally in black and white, represent her early work. Original plate-glass negatives for six of the twenty-four photographs in Peter and Polly are in the Archives at Drake Community Library. Another original glass-plate negative of a photograph in Peter and Polly is housed in the Grinnell Historical Museum. Clarke was a premier nature photographer, well-known for her exquisite photographs of plants, insects, and animals, which were published both nationally and internationally. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Cornelia Clarke Collection. Collection #237.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:18980

Title: Pioneers of Progress
Description: Theater program. Historical pageant of Grinnell performed October 17 and 18, 1929 upon the 75th anniversary of the founding of Grinnell, Iowa, college homecoming and airport dedication. Dialogue written by Robert Y. Kerr. The Pageant of Grinnell presents in dramatic form the history of Grinnell, Iowa. Partial cast: Rev. E.M. Vittum, A.J. Blakely, Richard Phillips, Ralph Longley, Russell Peterson, Dale Smith, Paul Kiesel, Seldon Norris, John Dunham, Ray George, Frank Knapp, Paul Wray, Irving Lemley, David Talbott, Elden Olds, John S. Nollen, Mrs. Grant Ramsey, David E. Peck. Dialogue of play is included in program. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1929
PID: grinnell:6115

Title: Tickets for Gone With the Wind
Description: Tickets for a Monday, April 8, 1940, 8:00 p.m., showing of Gone With the Wind at the Iowa Theatre in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Pamphlet file : Grinnell (Iowa) -- Historic Buildings -- Theatres.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:12823

Title: West Side of Broad Street between 4th Avenue and Main Street
Description: View of the west side of Broad Street between 4th Avenue and Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Talbott's Drug Store on the corner of 4th and Broad. Building blocks are labeled from left to right (south to north) as: Grinnell Block, Gifford and Manly Block, Child Block (909), Stewart Block (911-913), Morse Block (915), Coutts Building, and Miles Bros./Parker. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #17-2, Grinnell Buildings.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:6485