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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: Demise of the Spencer Family of Grinnell, Spencer Family of Grinnell
Description: A collection of primarily newspaper clippings from throughout the United States concerning the Grinnell, Iowa, First National Bank Scandal of 1904 and the deaths of Charles H. Spencer, Henry C. Spencer. and Clarke H. Spencer.
Date Created: 1904
PID: grinnell:27178

Title: The Depot
Description: The Depot at 1014 3rd Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa. Originally the Rock Island railroad station and later a restaurant called The Deport. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Martzahn City Planning Slides, p.18, slide 4.
Date Created: 2003
PID: grinnell:30302

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: Fitness Firm Doorway
Description: The doorway to FItness Firm in the B.P.O.E. Building on Fourth Avenue and Main Street in Grinnell, Iowa. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Main Street Slides, p.32, slide 9.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:21602

Title: Glass Shop
Description: The Glass Shop, formerly a railroad building, located at 3rd Avenue and Park Street in about 1990. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Imagine Grinnell Slides, p.7, slide 14.
Date Created: 1990
PID: grinnell:20323

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