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Title
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Crop Planning Notebook
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1935
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PID
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grinnell:18904
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Title
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Geoff Peak Interview
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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2014
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PID
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grinnell:23040
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Title
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Letter from Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1930
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PID
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grinnell:30052
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Title
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Longley farm home
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1908
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PID
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grinnell:26636
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Title
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Poweshiek County Corn-Hog Control Association Appeal Letter
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1934
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PID
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grinnell:30050
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Title
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Project Interaction : What Was Life Like for a Child Sixty Years Ago?, What Was Life Like for a Child Sixty Years Ago?
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Description
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Interviews conducted with Grinnell senior citizens by the various clubs of the Poweshiek Council of Campfire Girls. Interviews with Henry Alden, Katherine Kintzinger Cramer, Elizabeth Hempstead Ernst, Lucille Potts, George Ernst, Hester Sperling Wells, Mrs. Van Nimwigian, Edna Tinnes, Vera Hyde, Dorothy Elliott Sisco, Doris White Anderson, Lola Clark Fields, and Harvey Marcum.
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Date Created
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1979
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PID
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grinnell:6050
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Title
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Rural School
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Description
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View of a rural school, possibly in Poweshiek County, Iowa. School children are posing in the windows. A bell tower with a U.S. flag is flying. The flag looks to be a 45 star flag based on the configuration of the stars.
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Date Created
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1900
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PID
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grinnell:11926
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Title
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Rural School Experiences
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Description
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Reminiscences of teachers and students in the rural schools of Iowa, primarily Poweshiek County, during the first half of the twentieth century.
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Date Created
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1989
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PID
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grinnell:6083
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Title
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Washington School No. 1
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Description
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Photograph of Washington School, No. 1, in Washington Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa. Teacher and students on front porch. The school was built in 1905 for $1000. Lower left hand corner of photo says, "Photo by Souter, 1906." Drake Community Library Archives. Oversize photos.
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Date Created
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1906
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PID
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grinnell:5633