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Title: Home of Anson and Abi Palmer
Description: Farm homestead of Anson Hayden and Abi Alden Palmer. The house is believed to have been built by Anson. Located approximately one mile south of Newburg, Iowa, at 15294 N. 87th Ave. East.
Date Created: 2008
PID: grinnell:12021

Title: Kathryn Louden Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
Description: Kathryn Louden was born in Delaware County, Iowa, and grew up in Wichita, Kansas. She attended John Fletcher College in Oskaloosa, Iowa, for two years obtaining a teaching certificate, and then taught fifth and sixth grades in Newburg, Iowa. In 1942 she married Warren Louden, who farmed near Newburg; they had two children. She was active in her church, the Farm Bureau, 4-H, the Iowa Porkettes and many other organizations. Interview conducted as part of American Beliefs and Cultural Values, an American Studies class taught by Hanna Griff at Grinnell College in 1993.
Date Created: 1993
PID: grinnell:26711

Title: Miscellaneous Photographs from Collection #54 Doris Losey
Description: Six miscellaneous images from the Doris Losey Collection at Drake Community Library in Grinnell, Iowa. Doris Losey Krumm was born in Fargo, Oklahoma, on September 15th, 1908, to George C. and Anna Marie Losey. She moved to Grinnell, Iowa, and attended Grinnell High School and Iowa Methodist School of Nursing before marrying Paul Krumm on September 6th, 1942, and settling to farm in the Newburg area. She died on January 29th, 1981, leaving behind her two children, Karen Weaver and Paul Krumm. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #54, Doris Losey (Krumm).
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:18929

Title: Newburg General Store
Description: The former Newburg General Store in Newburg, Iowa. Dorothy Palmer and her son, David Yandell are standing in front. Charles Austin and Nora Belle Palmer lived above the store with their family in the early 20th century. Abi (Alden) and Anson Palmer (Charles' parents) were married and began farming in what became Newburg in 1877. In 1881, Abi's brother, George Alden, bought the little general store on the land they were farming for Abi and George's mother, Louisa, and unmarried sister, Vesta, to live in. In 1920 or 1921 the apartment above the general store was available and Charles Austin Palmer and his wife, Nora Belle (Brown), lived there with their children when they returned to Newburg in 1920 or 1921, after building houses in Carpenter, Wyoming for a few years. Philip Palmer was born here and the family continued to reside above the store until around 1928, when they moved to Grinnell.
Date Created: 2008
PID: grinnell:12024

Title: Palmer Ave. in Newburg, Iowa, Palmer Avenue in Newburg, Iowa
Description: Palmer family members gather around the street sign for Palmer Avenue in Newburg, Iowa. In the background you can see the grain elevator and the former Newburg General Store where the Palmer family lived in the early twentieth century. From left to right: Jean Koelle, Janice Koelle, David Yandell, Dorothy Palmer, and Cynthia Palmer, with Nancy Keens kneeling in front.
Date Created: 2008
PID: grinnell:12027

Title: Palmer Children
Description: Postcard image of what is believed to be the Palmer children. Postcard was sent to Mrs. C.A. Palmer (Nora Belle) and is signed, "With love, Mother" and "Emory Brown."
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:12016

Title: Palmer Homestead, Newburg, Iowa
Description: The Palmer family homestead built on the Iowa prairie in 1857 near where Newburg, Iowa, is today. This picture was taken in 1897 with Edith Palmer standing in the yard.
Date Created: 1897
PID: grinnell:11999

Title: Philip Palmer and Dog
Description: Philip Palmer sitting on his tricycle in the snow with his dog, circa 1924.
Date Created: 1924
PID: grinnell:12000

Title: Philip and Dorothy Palmer
Description: Photograph of Philip and Dorothy Palmer taken at their home on the top floor above the general store in Newburg, Iowa.
Date Created: 1922
PID: grinnell:12001