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Title: Crop Planning Notebook
Description: Hand drawn maps of farm fields (with measurements) of Poweshiek County, Iowa, area farms created by Raymond S. Pilgrim. Indicates crops planted in each field for 1935 and 1936. Farms mapped include the following: Wm. Morrison farms, sec. 24 and 25; Al Martinson; H.W. Erickson, sec. 24; Vaughn; E.M. Hillman (sec. 25); Newton Tyson (Carl Snyder, operator) sec. 23; G.C. Murray (Ellard Broders, operator) sec. 26; Lewis Buchneau; C.M. Pilgrim; Ed Bohstedt; Ed Bohstedt (Taylor Place); Flannagan; Russell Windburn; Harold Renaud (Gun club); Airport farm; Leo Donohoe; Fred J. Anderson; Bledsoe; J.F.R.; Arthur J. Hansen; H.H. Rix; Harold Renaud; E.T. Evans; Lang; C.T. Evans (Frisbie); Paul Ester; B.A. Adams; Kogar; and Renbarger. Some blank pages were not scanned.
Date Created: 1935
PID: grinnell:18904

Title: Don Smith Interview
Description: This is an oral history interview of Mr. Don Smith, Professor Emeritus of History at Grinnell College. The interview, conducted by Ms. Judy Hunter, recalls many of Don's memories regarding the Democratic party and the political climate in Poweshiek County, Iowa, from 1970 to 2013.
Date Created: 2013
PID: grinnell:19501

Title: Farm Bureau Fun Night, Farm Bureau Spirit Song
Description: Program for the Poweshiek County Farm Bureau Fun Night. Lists the cast of the play, "The Nervous Wreck," and includes the text of the Farm Bureau Spirit Song.
Date Created: 1935
PID: grinnell:30031

Title: Geoff Peak Interview
Description: This is an oral history interview of Geoff Peak, a prominent teacher in Poweshiek County school systems and graduate of Grinnell College. The interview, conducted by Judy Hunter, recalls many of Geoff's memories from his days in a one-room schoolhouse and as a middle school, high school, and alternative program instructor.
Date Created: 2014
PID: grinnell:23040

Title: Letter from Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company
Description: Grinnell State Bank, Grinnell, Iowa, condensed statement at the close of business, March 25th, 1931, including assets and liabilities. Raymond Pilgrim is listed as one of the directors of the bank.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:30052

Title: Longley farm home
Description: Black and white photograph of the Longley family farmhouse two miles west of Grinnell. A note on the back of the photograph tells us that the home was built by Lyman Longley (1861-1909) in 1908.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:26636

Title: Peter Perry Doud and Hazel Clarissa Howard
Description: Wedding portrait of Peter Perry Doud and Hazel Clarissa Howard who were married in Grinnell, Iowa on June 13, 1912. Peter and Hazel were both born in Grinnell in 1894 and lived in Poweshiek County their entire lives. Peter died in 1958 and Hazel died in 1977.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:12436

Title: Poweshiek County Corn-Hog Control Association Appeal Letter
Description: Letter from H.L. Dieterich on behalf of the Poweshiek County Corn-Hog Control Association to Raymond Pilgrim dated July 3, 1934. The letter concerns the allotment of hogs produced in 1932.
Date Created: 1934
PID: grinnell:30050

Title: Poweshiek County Farm Bureau Presents Final Contest Annual Drama Tournament, Annual Drama Tournament
Description: Program for the Poweshiek County Farm Bureau annual drama contest held on February 26, 1935. Madison, Bear Creek, Grant, and Warren Township Farm Bureaus each presented a play.
Date Created: 1935
PID: grinnell:30030

Title: Poweshiek County Rural Schools Eighth Grade Commencement
Description: Program for the eighth grade commencement exercises for the Poweshiek County, Iowa, rural schools held on Friday, May 18, 1956, in the Grinnell HIgh School Auditorium. The program includes a list of names of graduates arranged by township. Stanley G. Sanders was the county superintendent of schools.
Date Created: 1956
PID: grinnell:12460