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Title: Experimental Theatre, Charley's Aunt
Description: Program for Grinnell College's Experimental Theatre production of Charley's Aunt, by Brandon Thomas. Performed on February 15, 1927, by the Grinnell College Faculty Players. Directed by William Angus. The program includes advertising from many Grinnell businesses. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Theatre Productions, Grinnell. Collection #100, Folder #3.
Date Created: 1927
PID: grinnell:17372

Title: The Father of Grinnell
Description: Grinnell’s history in relation to slavery often points to the man pictured in this block. J.B. Grinnell was a known advocate of abolition, and founded the very town of Grinnell on anti-slavery principles. He worked with the Underground Railroad to help slaves escape to Canada and served in Iowa’s Congress, even though his views on abolition made him quite unpopular amongst many Midwesterners. In the process of researching the life of J.B. Grinnell, the creator of this block was directed to a letter written by L.F. Parker describing an “incipient mob” driving five fugitive slaves out of the town of Grinnell. This letter encourages us to unpack the many layers of white abolitionist intention, and make distinctions between theory and action. While J.B. Grinnell had clearly intended for his town to be a space to live the tenets of the abolitionist movement, in practice this was not always the case. By showcasing this story, the artist urges viewers to contemplate the many phases and evolutions of freedom and abolition, knowing that good intention has yet to be enough.
Date Created: 2017
PID: grinnell:25487

Title: Grinnell Players Present The Braggart Warrior, Braggart Warrior
Description: Program for the play, The Braggart Warrior, staged by James Conover, and performed October 27 and 28, 1955, in ARH Auditorium, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, starring James Stewart, Gordon Packard, David Steiner, Ron Henry and others.
Date Created: 1955
PID: grinnell:5651

Title: Limit Renovations
Description: Renovations for The Limit Teen Center in the upper level of 831 Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.20, slide 17.
Date Created: 1988
PID: grinnell:20404

Title: Limit Sign
Description: Sign on the door to The Limit, a teen center in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.15, slide 6.
Date Created: 1988
PID: grinnell:20347

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: Lucas Triplets
Description: The Lucas triplets were born in 1896 in Grinnell, Iowa, and were possibly the first set of triplets born in the state. Their mother was Theodora Craig Lucas, the sister of Edith Renfrow Smith's mother, Eva Craig Renfrow. From left to right: Martha, Rebecca, Mary. Mary died at age 8, Rebecca at about 20, and Martha married Percy Smith in 1917, and died in Stockton, California, on December 1, 1970.
Date Created: 1896
PID: grinnell:12142

Title: Lucas Triplets and the Lucas Family
Description: Typescript containing information on the Lucas triplets and the Lucas family of Grinnell, Iowa. Includes many anecdotes on the life of Henry Lucas who was born into slavery in Virginia which was written by his son John Brown Lucas. The typescript contains part of an article that appeared in the Grinnell Herald on May 20, 1932, and additional information.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:12202

Title: Mintle Farm
Description: The Mintle farm near Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.27, slide 19.
Date Created: 1988
PID: grinnell:20476

Title: Mojos
Description: Local Grinnell, Iowa, band, "The Mojos," circa 1968 or 1969. From left to right: Chuck Lannom, Jim Ryan, Carlos Mendoza, Ray Burlingame, Scott Hanson, and Steve Devine.
Date Created: 1968
PID: grinnell:27202