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Title: Anna Ramsey Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Anna Ramsey, the daughter of Frank and Alice Knight, was born on November 22, 1908. She graduated from Grinnell College in 1930. She married Fred Ramsey and had a son and a daughter. Before retiring, she worked as a secretary at Grinnell College.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23315

Title: Arthur McDowell Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: One of nine children, Art was born south of Grinnell on June 22, 1902. After graduating from high school and working for three years at the Farmer's Elevator, he began his career in insurance. Upon retirement, he was Secretary-Treasurer of the Poweshiek County Mutual Insurance Company. He and his wife, Mildred, married in 1930, had a son and daughter.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23310

Title: Augusta Pederson Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Since her birth on October 29, 1904, Augusta has lived in or near Grinnell. After her marriage to Leonard Pederson, she was his partner in farming, active in Grange and church work, and a busy homemaker and mother. She was an accomplished cook, baker, and quilter. She and her husband had three children.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23313

Title: Carnival, 1992
Description: Two students juggling during Carnival. Left to right: Barton Chittenden, Unknown.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:26830

Title: Carnival, 1992
Description: Professor Jenny Michaels in red and Val Vetter? in pink hat watch as a young child participate in carnival games, while an unknown student works station at a carnival on Mac Field that children enjoy, April 1992.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:20129

Title: Classroom Shot
Description: Five students in a science classroom or lab. Jon Fareman identified in center.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:34506

Title: Dorothy Lannom Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Born in Cedar Rapids on November 3, 1912, Dorothy Williams came to Grinnell in 1934 as a graduate of Coe College. She taught home economics until her marriage in 1936 to G. Sharp Lannom III. She was interested in politics, and went to the Far East with the Iowa Development Commission and Iowa Governor Harold Hughes. Three of her four sons carried on the family manufacturing business.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23308

Title: Everett Armstrong Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Born in Chester Township on January 3, 1917, Everett moved into the city of Grinnell in 1930, where he graduated from Grinnell High School in 1935. After returning from a tour of duty in World War II, he founded Armstrong Electric from which he retired in 1980. He represented the Fourth Ward on the City Council from 1949 to 1951. He and his wife, Phyllis, were the parents of a daughter and a son.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23298

Title: GORP Rock Climbing Trip, 1992, GORP Rock Climbing Trip, Devil's Lake, WI
Description: GORP rock climbing trip to Devil's Lake, Wisconsin. April 12-13, 1992.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:20121

Title: GORP Trip, 1992
Description: Three students sit together on a small sailboat on a 1992 GORP trip.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23473