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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: Hotel Colfax, Colfax, Iowa, "Saratoga of the West"
Description: Built by the Old M.C. Springs Development and Improvement Company around 1882 at a cost of $100,000, the Hotel Colfax was originally known as the "Saratoga of the West" and located near the Old Magnesian Chalybeate. After the corporation's management failed in 1892, the hotel was sold to Wesley Jordan for $10,000. In 1904 the hotel was once again losing money so it was sold at a sheriff's sale to Col. James P. Donahue of Davenport. He invested between $600,000 and $700,000 in the property over a four-year period by adding 200 rooms, an electric railway into Colfax, and remodeling of both the inside and outside of the building in a Moorish design. The building was named a miniature city due to the garage and ice and cold storage plants, its electric powerhouse, pumping system and laundry. It is located at 900 North League Road, Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa and is currently being used by Teen Challenge of the Midlands. Number 17186.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:14568

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - November 20, 1940
Description: Jimmy hopes to raise his grades, attend a cowboy themed dance, and asks for a change in his allowance.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:11463

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - October 28, 1940
Description: Jimmy describes “Hell week” and the student assigned challenges he had to complete including marching down Main Street in a kilt carrying a sack of four bricks. He mentions his sister, Betty, and he moves to a new dorm room.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:11457

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - October 9, 1940
Description: Jimmy plans to visit home. He decides to take chemistry instead of Spanish.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:11454

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ley - September 22, 1940
Description: Jimmy writes home after his first week at Grinnell. He asks for curtains for his dorm room and looks forward to Christmas vacation. He mentions his roommate Jack Metcalf.
Date Created: 1940
PID: grinnell:11448