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Title: Campanile, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa
Description: Construction of the Campanile was completed in 1898 in memoriam of Margaret MacDonald Stanton, first dean of women, and the first bells were placed in the Campanile in 1899. Later in 1920, when Mrs. Stanton's husband, Edgar W. Stanton, 4-time acting president of Iowa State University, died, the university installed a musical instrument in the structure known as the Edgar W. and Margaret MacDonald Stanton Memorial Carillon.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14450

Title: Campanile, Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Iowa State Normal School, State College of Iowa, University of Northern Iowa
Description: Looking south at the UNI Campanile rising 100 feet in the air. It was ultimately the result of almost twelve years of planning and work and was completed in 1926 at a cost of approximately $51,000. When built, it stood at the geographic center of the eighty acre campus. Number 0B-H1949.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14589

Title: High school, Atlantic, Iowa, Atlantic High School
Description: The Atlantic High School was the second high school building in the town. The first high school was constructed in 1878, and a large addition was constructed in 1912. Population growth and the need for modern facilities necessitated the construction of a new high school. In July of 1935 the school board resolved to apply for a Public Works Administration (PWA) grant. There was a successful campaign for the new high school; in November a $160,000 bond issue was approved. Ground was broken in 1936, and the school was finished in May of 1937, opening in the fall of that year. Located at 1100 Linn Street, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 3772.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14235

Title: High school, Chester, Iowa
Description: Looking at the entrance to a four-story brick and stone building. Notice the bell on the roof with the rope going down to the center fourth floor window. Number 1625.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14082

Title: Lawther Hall for Women, Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa, University of Northern Iowa, State College of Iowa, Iowa State Normal School, Resident Hall, West Hall
Description: Looking northeast at the new dormitory, called sucessively The Addition to Bartlett Hall, The Residence Hall, West Hall, and Lawther Hall opened with an occupancy of 293 women for the summer 1940 term. It was built at a cost of $400,000. Number OB-H1950.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:13583