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Title: Letter to Raymond Pilgrim from Croft Pilgrim
Description: Letter to Raymond Pilgrim of Grinnell, Iowa, from his brother, Croft of Whittier, California, dated May 11, 1924. Croft comments on the birth of his nephew (Jack Pilgrim) and discusses problems with a farm sale, an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, and lulls in the building trade. Includes envelope.
Date Created: 1924
PID: grinnell:30042

Title: Letter to Raymond Pilgrim from Egbert Pilgrim
Description: Letter to Raymond Pilgrim of Grinnell, Iowa, from his brother, Egbert of Fortuna, California, dated December 24, 1927. Egbert discusses his business plan to start a burl shop, the receipt of a Christmas box, and the activities of his daughter, Betty Marie. Includes envelope.
Date Created: 1927
PID: grinnell:30043

Title: Letter to the Lillie Pilgrim from her Father
Description: Letter to Lillie Carter Pilgrim of Grinnell, Iowa, from her father, Clayton Estell Carter, dated October 1, 1926. The letter is written on the letterhead of City Garage, Ladysmith, Wisconsin, which was run by Mr. Carter's brother, Charles. Mr. Carter is visiting his brother and talks about their fishing trips. Includes envelope.
Date Created: 1926
PID: grinnell:30038

Title: Madison Township School Board Meeting Minutes, 1916-1952
Description: Minutes of the Madison Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, school board from July 1, 1916, through March 17, 1952. Meetings were held at the White Cloud School. The board paid bills, issued bonds, set salaries, contracted for construction and maintenance of school buildings. Names of school board members present at each meeting are listed.
Date Created: 1916
PID: grinnell:18024

Title: Mae Hammond Burns and Frank Burns, Jr.
Description: Mae Hammond Burns and her son, Frank R. Burns, Jr. Frank, Jr., was born February 21, 1921 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:20607

Title: Martha
Description: Theater program. Martha, comic opera in four acts by Fredrich von Flotow. Text by St. George and Friedrich. Tuesday, May 31, 1921, Colonial Theater, Grinnell, Iowa. Given by the Faculty of the Grinnell School of Music, assisted by the Glee Clubs and Orchestra. Benefit of the Endowment Fund. Cast: Jean Young Currie, Mrs. Margery Warner Bouma, Elias Blum, Arthur Faguy-Cote, David E. Peck, L.D. Hartson. Girls' Glee Club and Men's Glee Club. Grinnell College Orchestra, George L. Pierce, conductor. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:6117

Title: Mary Pilgrim and Stanton Harris Wedding Invitation
Description: Invitation to the wedding of Mary Pilgrim, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Perley H. Pilgrim, to Stanton Avery Harris on June 4, 1927. Mary was raised by Perley and Anna Pilgrim after her biological parents, Egbert and Mary Sulser Pilgrim, died when she was a child.
Date Created: 1927
PID: grinnell:30033

Title: Mays Family
Description: Portrait of the Mays family who lived in Newton, Iowa, Christmas 1927. Front row, left to right: Marion Mays, Jonnie (Marion's second wife) holding Virginia in her lap, Evelyn. Back row, left to right: Everett and Mercedes. Everett and Evelyn were twins. The children's mother was Violet Lucas Mays who died of tuberculosis in 1922. Violet's mother was Dora Craig Lucas, and her grandmother was Eliza Gilbal Craig.
Date Created: 1927
PID: grinnell:12182

Title: Miscellaneous Photographs from Collection #54 Doris Losey
Description: Six miscellaneous images from the Doris Losey Collection at Drake Community Library in Grinnell, Iowa. Doris Losey Krumm was born in Fargo, Oklahoma, on September 15th, 1908, to George C. and Anna Marie Losey. She moved to Grinnell, Iowa, and attended Grinnell High School and Iowa Methodist School of Nursing before marrying Paul Krumm on September 6th, 1942, and settling to farm in the Newburg area. She died on January 29th, 1981, leaving behind her two children, Karen Weaver and Paul Krumm. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Miscellaneous photographs. Collection #54, Doris Losey (Krumm).
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:18929

Title: Newburg Congregational Church
Description: Newburg Congregational Church in Newburg, Iowa, after a snowstorm, possibly taken in the 1910s or 1920s. The church was built by Anson Hayden Palmer.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:12003