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Title: Velma Hiser Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Velma Bissell Hiser, born July 10, 1904, graduated from Dexter (Iowa) High School, attended Grinnell College and graduated from Northwestern University. She received her M.S. degree from the University of Iowa. She taught at Grinnell College from 1937 until her retirement. For a time, she and her husband managed the Monroe Hotel. Breeding and showing of Boxer dogs was a major interest of hers.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23316

Title: Virgil Jones Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Born in Grinnell on September 10, 1912, Virgil graduated from high school and attended Grinnell College for a time. He worked in retail sales and traveled for the Grinnell Shoe Company. After service in the Navy during World War II, he and his wife, the former Ona Whitaker, joined in the operation of the Grinnell Livestock Exchange until 1973.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23307

Title: Virginia Lobell Rosen '48, Phyllis Miller Lawrence '48 and Margaret Lawrence Banning '82
Description: Alumni oral history interview with Virginia Lobell Rosen '48, Phyllis Miller Lawrence '48 and Margaret Lawrence Banning '82. Recorded June 1, 2013.
Date Created: 1948
PID: grinnell:21202

Title: Wally Douma '51
Description: Alumni oral history interview with Wally Douma '51. Recorded June 4, 2011.
Date Created: 1951
PID: grinnell:18808

Title: Wally Stevens '54
Description: Alumni oral history interview with Wally Stevens '54. Recorded May 31, 2015.
Date Created: 1954
PID: grinnell:23390

Title: Walter Rixen Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
Description: Walter Rixen was born in Harlan, Iowa, and graduated from Harlan High School in 1941. He attended Upper Iowa University for one year before serving in the U.S. Army from 1943-1945. Upon returning home he completed his degree at Upper Iowa and then pursued a career in education, teaching and coaching at Waukon, St. Ansgar, and Grinnell. He and his wife, Helen, had one son, Jim. Interview conducted as part of American Beliefs and Cultural Values, an American Studies class taught by Hanna Griff at Grinnell College in 1993.
Date Created: 1993
PID: grinnell:26716

Title: William Schooler '71
Description: Alumni oral history interview with William Schooler '71. Recorded June 1, 2012.
Date Created: 1971
PID: grinnell:19453

Title: William Wilcoxen '84
Description: Alumni oral history interview with William Wilcoxen '84. Recorded May 31, 2014.
Date Created: 1984
PID: grinnell:19519