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Title: Phi Beta Kappa Scholar's Award Competition, 2014, Phi Beta Kappa Scholar's Award Competition
Description: Call for submissions for the 2014 Phi Beta Kappa Scholar's Award Competition.
Date Created: 2014
PID: grinnell:5129

Title: $25.00 Reward
Description: Postcard sent by the Montezuma, Iowa, Chief of Police and the Northwestern National Insurance Company to the Sheriff's Office in Leon, Iowa, offering a $25.00 reward for information leading to the recovery of a 1932 Nash Sedan which was stolen in Montezuma on February 17, 1934. The postcard is postmarked February 21, 1934, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Date Created: 1934
PID: grinnell:12530

Title: A Glimpse of the New Quadrangle For Women at Grinnell College, The New Quad
Description: A booklet describing the need for new women's housing, as well as photographs of the new housing being built. Printed circa 1915.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:1000

Title: American Memorials, American Memorials: Tutorial, Fall 2002
Description: In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attack in the United States, many people have proposed memorials to mark the site of the tragedy, especially at the World Trade Center. Why does the American public feel the need to commemorate sacrifice, and why is there a debate over the proper form of public memory? This tutorial will explore these questions and will put the current debate in the context of a long tradition of public memorials in America.
Date Created: 2002
PID: grinnell:3426

Title: American Memorials and the Politics of Memory, American Memorials and the Politics or Memory: Tutorial, Fall 2004
Description: In the post-September 11 United States, public memory has taken on heightened social importance. Plans for several September 11 memorials are well under way, and the public recollection and commemoration of the events of September 11 have taken on a large role in American political discourse. Why does the American public feel the need to commemorate sacrifice, and why is there a debate over the proper form of public memory?
Date Created: 2004
PID: grinnell:3428

Title: Annual report of the Poweshiek County Farmers Mutual Insurance Association 1933
Description: Annual report for the year ending December 31, 1933. Includes Insurance report, financial statement, disbursements, general statement and report of the directors.
Date Created: 1933
PID: grinnell:21199

Title: Assessor's Book, Madison Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, 1899
Description: The Madison Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, assessor's book for 1899. Information listed for each family includes: name of head of household, number and sex of dogs owned, school district number, description and value of land owned, number, type and value of horses, mules, cattle, swine and sheep owned, number and value of vehicles owned, other personal property and post office address. The final "Recapitulation" sheets give totals and values for the entire township. The book was found in Madison #5 School (the White Cloud School). It has no cover and begins with a blank page. There are 26 double page spreads with data. There are no pages numbered 27 or 28 and page 29 is blank. There are two Recapitulation sheets at the end with data and one blank Recapitulation sheet.
Date Created: 1899
PID: grinnell:17701

Title: Beast and Beauties: Monstrosity and Romance in Literature and Film, Connections a hypertext resource for literature: Syllabus
Description: The first year tutorial, taken in the fall semester, is Grinnell College's only general academic course requirement. The college intends the tutorial to assist students in further developing their critical thinking skills and in improving their written and oral communication skills. Each of the tutorials offered in a given fall semester is based around a particular subject matter, which provides the vehicle by which the above goals are accomplished. Explores literary analysis through fairy tales and Gothic fiction
Date Created: 2004
PID: grinnell:3430