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Title: Edith Renfrow Eighth Grade Graduation
Description: Photograph of Edith Renfrow taken in 1929 upon the occasion of her graduation from 8th grade in Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1929
PID: grinnell:12197

Title: Helen and Allyn Lemme
Description: Helen and Allyn Lemme in Iowa City, Iowa, about 1929. Helen Renfrow Lemme was the sister of Edith Renfrow Smith.
Date Created: 1929
PID: grinnell:12187

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: Pioneers of Progress
Description: Theater program. Historical pageant of Grinnell performed October 17 and 18, 1929 upon the 75th anniversary of the founding of Grinnell, Iowa, college homecoming and airport dedication. Dialogue written by Robert Y. Kerr. The Pageant of Grinnell presents in dramatic form the history of Grinnell, Iowa. Partial cast: Rev. E.M. Vittum, A.J. Blakely, Richard Phillips, Ralph Longley, Russell Peterson, Dale Smith, Paul Kiesel, Seldon Norris, John Dunham, Ray George, Frank Knapp, Paul Wray, Irving Lemley, David Talbott, Elden Olds, John S. Nollen, Mrs. Grant Ramsey, David E. Peck. Dialogue of play is included in program. Drake Community Library Archives. Early Theater Productions. Collection #100.
Date Created: 1929
PID: grinnell:6115

Title: Renfrow Children and Cousins
Description: Two of the Renfrow children and their cousins pose in front of their home at 511 Second Avenue in Grinnell, Iowa, circa 1925. From left to right: Paul James Renfrow, Edith Virginia Renfrow, Mercedes Carol Mays (cousin), and in front, Virginia Mays (cousin).
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:12134

Title: Rudolph Renfrow
Description: Rudolph Renfrow in the early 1920s outside his home at 411 First Avenue in Grinnell. This picture was taken just before he left Grinnell to attend the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:12200

Title: Rudolph and Lee Renfrow
Description: Rudolph Renfrow and his father, Lee Augustus Renfrow, in the early 1920s outside their home at 411 First Avenue in Grinnell.
Date Created: 1920
PID: grinnell:12188