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Title: Project Interaction : What Was Life Like for a Child Sixty Years Ago?, What Was Life Like for a Child Sixty Years Ago?
Description: Interviews conducted with Grinnell senior citizens by the various clubs of the Poweshiek Council of Campfire Girls. Interviews with Henry Alden, Katherine Kintzinger Cramer, Elizabeth Hempstead Ernst, Lucille Potts, George Ernst, Hester Sperling Wells, Mrs. Van Nimwigian, Edna Tinnes, Vera Hyde, Dorothy Elliott Sisco, Doris White Anderson, Lola Clark Fields, and Harvey Marcum.
Date Created: 1979
PID: grinnell:6050

Title: Red Riding Hood's Rescue
Description: Red Riding Hood's Rescue, or the Dangers of Disobedience by John Astor Broad. Miss M. Verbeck, directress; Stella Westbrook, pianist. Preston's Opera House, Tuesday eve., July 9th, 1878 at 8 o'clock. Cast: Carrie Botelle, Clara Hill, Ervin Ladd, Willie Newman, Lulu Carson, Mabel Worthington, Cora Conner, Susie Bayer, Cora Graham, Jessie Rouse. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1878
PID: grinnell:6111

Title: Rural School Experiences
Description: Reminiscences of teachers and students in the rural schools of Iowa, primarily Poweshiek County, during the first half of the twentieth century.
Date Created: 1989
PID: grinnell:6083

Title: Countryside Community Theatre, Bulletin no.2, The Pied Piper, The Medicine Show, Mrs. Pat and the Law, The Burglar, Madonna, Miss Civilization, The Wonder Hat, A Tramp and a Night's Lodging, The Will O' the Wisp
Description: Theater program. The Countryside Community Theatre, Grinnell, Iowa. W.H. Bridge, director. Plays produced include: The Pied Piper, by Constance D'Arcy Mackay, The Medicine Show, by Stuart Walker and Mrs. Pat and the law, by Mary Aldis on Friday, July 22, and Saturday, July 23; The Burglar, by Margaret Cameron and Madonna, by George Middleton on Wednesday, July 27, and Friday, July 29; Miss Civilization, by Richard Harding Davis and The Wonder hat, by Ben Hecht and Kenneth S. Goodman on Wednesday, August 3, and Friday, August 5; A Tramp and a night's lodging and The Will o' the wisp by Doris Halman on Wednesday, August 10, and Friday, August 12. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6124

Title: Countryside Community Theatre, Bulletin no. 1, The Princess in the Fairy Tale, The Neighbors, The Dear Departed, The Finger of God, The Fifth Commandment
Description: Theater program. The Countryside Community Theatre, Grinnell, Iowa, an open air neighborhood play house under the management, Kiwanis Club. Twelve plays starting July 4th, 1921. W.H. Bridge, director. Plays produced include: The Princess in the fairytale, by Constance Grenelle Wilcox and The Neighbors, by Zona Gale on July 4, 1921; The Princess in the fairy tale and The Dear departed, by Stanley Houghton on Friday, July 8, and Saturday, July 9, at 8 p.m.; The Finger of God, by Percival Wilde and The Fifth commandment, by Stanley Houghton on Friday, July 15 and Saturday, July 16. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6123

Title: Countryside Community Theatre, Bulletin no. 3, Three Pills in a Bottle, Suppressed desire, The Florist Shop, The Twelve Pound Look, The Pot Boiler, Hearts to Mend, Rosalie, Op O' Me Thumb
Description: Theater program. The Countryside Community Theatre, Grinnell, Iowa. Summer season, 1921. Plays performed include: Three pills in a bottle, by Rachel Lyman Field and Suppressed desires, by Geo. Cram Cook and Susan Glaspell on Wednesday, Aug. 24 and Friday, Aug. 26 at 8 p.m.; The Florist shop, by Winifred Hawksbridge and The Twelve pound look, by J.M. Barrie, with an interlude, Rainbow dance, performed by Alice Spaulding, Henryetta Spaulding, Ruth Somers, Virginia Swisher, and Maxine Abel on Wednesday, Aug. 31 and Friday, Sep. 2 at 8 p.m.; The Pot boiler by Alice Gristenburg and 'Op o' me thumb on Wednesday, Sep. 7 and Friday, Sep. 9 at 8 p.m.; Hearts to mend, by Harry A. Overstreet and Rosalie, by Max Maurey on Wednesday, Sept., 14, and Friday Sep. 16. W.H. Bridge, general director; Hallie Flanagan, Mrs. Arthur Child, Doris Virden, and Joe Kelly, assistant directors. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6122

Title: Little Minister
Description: Theater program. The Calocagathia-Institute Societies present The Little Minister, a comedy in four acts dramatized from the novel by J.M. Barrie. Performed at the Colonial Theatre, Grinnell, Iowa, on Friday Evening, March 25, 1904. Cast: Leonard T. Carney, Hallie C. Rerick, Verna Chase, L.J. Merrill, E.J. Jaqua, Allen Kenyon, Roscoe Brown, Milo Smith, Parker Fillmore, Cecil Vest, Morse Rew, Rush Denise, Earle Brundage, Oda Hall, Helen Sayles, Agnes Knowlton. Photo of cast on cover. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:6112

Title: Tyranny of Tears
Description: Theater program. Drama League of America, Grinnell Centre, reading rehearsal The Tyranny of Tears, a comedy in four acts by Haddon Chambers. High School Auditorium, Grinnell, Iowa, January 31, 1921. Cast: William H. Bridge, Cutler McGrew, Harold L. Beyer, Naomi Bordwell, Mrs. William H. Bridge, Stella Carse. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6119