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Title: Alumni Recitation Hall (ARH)
Description: Looking southeast from Park Street. Dedicated on November 24, 1916, the three-story Tudor-style building with Gothic features was part of a campus-wide modernization effort prompted by rising enrollment. It is the college's general classroom building. 1950 postmark. Number 9631.
Date Created: 1950
PID: grinnell:13415

Title: Amana General Store, Amana, Iowa, Street scene
Description: Street scene showing the Main Office of the Amana Society, General Store and Post Office. The Amana colonies are old in the story of Iowa, almost as old as the state itself. The site for the colonies was chosen in 1854 by their inspired leader Christian Metz.--t.p. verso. Located at 4423 220th Trail, Amana, Iowa County, Iowa. Number 66660. Series A-4.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:13950

Title: Amana Meat Shop, Amana, Iowa
Description: Home of the Famous Westphalian Sugar Cured Hams and Bacons Shipped to Gourmets all over the World, and will keep indefinitely without spoiling because of their unique curing process.--t.p. verso. Number P97997.
Date Created: 1960
PID: grinnell:14259

Title: Amana heim, Amana, Iowa, Greetings from Amana, Iowa
Description: The Amana Heim constructed of brick from native clay, timbers, hewed from Amana forests mortised and tended without nails. The sitting room with its wild rose stove (Kachelofen) the kitchen with the ever present rocking chair, hand mill and hanging oil lamp, and the children's room with its century old toys.--t.p. verso. The Amana Colony is seven villages on 26,000 acres located in Iowa County. Number 8384B. Series A21.
Date Created: 1970
PID: grinnell:13952

Title: Ann Goplerud, class of 1939
Description: The woman in the center of this photograph is Ann Goplerud, class of 1939. During WWII she served in the Red Cross and sang at hospitals and for troops moving out. She became incredibly popular and even earned the name "Ann of Iowa." She also served in the Red Cross during the Korean War. Ann's papers are housed in Special Collections and Archives.
PID: grinnell:26675

Title: Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - April 17, 1945
Description: Anna Lee writes to Lucille about visiting her parents. She says she continues to pray for the missing crew members and that she hopes they have escaped. She tells Lucille to keep busy her and her husband have bought some chicks.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:26512

Title: Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - December 4, 1944
Description: Anna Lee implies in her letter that she has recived word that her son is dead. She mentions that she is still praying for the other members of the crew that are only reported as missing, including Jimmy. Anna Lee tells Lucille about an old friend of her son that paid her a visit and the good memories he brought back. She asks Lucille to write back any news she hears.
Date Created: 1944
PID: grinnell:26510

Title: Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - February 13, 1945
Description: Anna Lee writes to ask Lucille if she has had any news about Jimmy. She talks about how she recieved her son's personal items the other day and how hard it was for her to read his letters. She mentions it has now been almost a year since the crew's mission failed.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:26511

Title: Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - July 16, 1945
Description: Anna Lee writes about missing the presentation of her son's awards due to bad weather conditions. Then, she talks specifically about their son's personal items they recieved. Anna Lee tells Lucille about her two contacts in Germany and France looking for more information on the crew by looking in prison camps and checking graves. She continues to pray for good news.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:26513

Title: Anna Lee Freeman to Lucille Ley - November 2, 1944
Description: Anna Lee talks about her son and his reported death. She mentions that her son sometimes talked about Jimmy in his letters home as they were part of the same crew. She offers her sympathy to Lucille (presumably because Jimmy has been reported as missing) and hopes that maybe they have heard different news.
Date Created: 1944
PID: grinnell:26507