RG-A: Presidents' Papers
Miscellaneous
Series 3: Presidents' Office Subject Files 1950-1980

Subject files from the President's Office contain papers from ca. 1950-80, spanning the administrations of Presidents Stevens, Bowen, Leggett, and Turner.

Provenance: The files were transferred to the College Archives August 1985.

Restrictions: Since some information is confidential, the collection is closed for public use until 2005. The Archivist or Librarian may allow access to selected non-sensitive papers prior to that date.

Content Note: The original folder labels are retained and are listed below, with date spans added by the Archivist.

Box Listing:
Box 1
Academic buildings renovation, 1969-77.
Ahmednagar, India, 1963-66. (Colleges affiliated with Grinnell)
Alumni Recitation Hall renovation, 1969. (Campus planning)
Alumni Scarlet & Black, 1968.
Alumni Magazine, 1967-69.
Architects, 1963-67. (Campus planning)
Architects: Loebl, Schlossman & Bennett. 1963-64.
Architects: Skidmore Owings & Merrill. 1956-74. Includes Physical Education Complex preliminary floor plans.
Architects: Woodburn & Oneil. 1969. Includes floor plans for remodeling 1105 Park St.
Architects: L. Herbert Tyler, Landscape Architect. 1969-72.
Athletic facilities. 1961-63. (Campus planning)

Box 2
Black Arts & Affairs Committee. 1968-79.
Black Cultural Center. 1974-77.
Bookstore addition. 1970. Includes floor plans.
Buildings & Grounds. 1945-69. Includes 1957 tree survey map.
Building program, general. 1961-62. Includes SOM report on closing Eighth Avenue.
Burling Library. 1957=58

Box 3
Carnegie. 1958-62. (Campus planning)
Dormitories. 1942-69. (Campus planning)
Chaplain. 1970.
Cooper School. 1977.
Curriculum policy. 1957-60.
Darby estate, private file. 1953-59
Darby Gymnasium. 1940-42, 1966-70. (Campus planning)
Development of campus. 1941-71. (Campus planning)

Box 4
Educational policy. 1965-67. Includes Haveman report.
Endowments, ACM colleges. 1968.
Enrollment/degree statistics. 1854-1978.
Examinations, Junior Liberal Arts. 1959-64.
Exchange students & exchange faculty. 1956-63.
Facts about the College. ca. 1956-60.

Box 5
Facts about the college. ca 1961-62
Faculty committee reports. 1966-67
Faculty Development & Evaluation Committee. 1979
Faculty organization. 1957-75
Fine Arts building. 1956-69

Box 6
Fifth year abroad (off-campus programs). 1960-69
Fine Arts Museum. 1968
Forum (campus planning). 1956-70
Gates lectures. 1954-69
General Telephone Building. 1967-68
Grinnell House. 1959-75
Health Center (campus planning) 1957 [architects plans from this folder are filed in oversize files, RG-A, Misc. Ser. 3, Box 6]
Health professions advisory council. 1974, 1979
Heath, John. Memorial. 1951-78
Heating fuel problems. 1972-74
Heating plant. 1965-72
Herrick Chapel (campus planning). 1946-80
History, financial, Grinnell College. 1941-50

Box 7
History. Compiled in 1950s
Homecoming-Parents Weekend. 1965-69
Housing (faculty and student). 1960-67
Independent study. 1957-60
Insurance. 1955-65
Interim session. 1963-68
International studies program. 1969-72
International studies. 1955-64
Junior year abroad (off-campus programs). 1959-62
Language houses. 1963
Lawsuits. 1969
Lectures, possible speakers. 1957-63
LeMoyne exchange. 1963-68
Liberal arts colleges. 1965

Box 8
Maytag, Fred II, estate. 1958-67
Maytag, Mrs. Fred II (Ellen). 1962-76
Mediated Learning System. 1969
Medical care. 1966-68
M & St.L Railroad (Campus Planning). 1956-59
Memorials: Awards & prizes 1948-58
Buck, George. 1969
Crabb, George. 1955-56
Crandall Scholarship. 1958
Fantham, Murray. 1968
Follett, Elton. 1955-60
Frisbie Memorial. 1958-59
Gunsert, John. 1948-54
Hall, James Norman. 1948-64
Hawk, Rupert. 1959-61
Hopkins, Harry. 1956-59
Kerr, Robert. 1957-61
King, Martin Luther Memorial. 1968
McCandless, Bethana. 1956-59
Orr, Grace Douglass. 1962-63
Payne, Charles. 1948-50

Box 9
Memorials: Peirce, William. 1957-64
Ryan, John. 1958-60
Shaw, Albert. 1958-59
Steiner, Edward. 1950-62
Thone, Frank. 1956-57
Williston, Samuel. 1964
Windsor, H. H. 1952-56
Winn, Frank. 1956-58
Yager, Vincent. 1957-61
Norris Hall (Campus Planning). 1956-60
Off-Campus Program. 1959-60
Parents' Day. 1960-78
Parking. 1966-69
Peace Corps. 1961-63. Includes memos, correspondence, descriptions.
Physical education program: policy. 1961
Physical expansion. 1966
Physics museum. 1978
Pine Tree House (Campus planning). 1957
Policy. 1954-62. Policy statements correspondence, memos on many different college policies, e.g. college aims; honorary degrees; AF-ROTC; faculty leaves, promotion, tenure, retirement, etc; student attrition; admissions policies; student aid; student social regulations; administration of departments; B&G organization chart 1952.

Box 10
President's home (Campus planning). 1959-66
President's reports. 1960, 63, 69, 76
Public Relations Symposium. 1966
Publications. 1956 correspondence re. B. Snelling book. 1971-72: Includes draft of 1972 staff handbook; manuscript describing of college aims, organization, students and faculty, curriculum etc.; wage freeze of 1971; several publications with information about the college.
Reports from faculty. 1956-72
Radio station. 1963-78. License renewal applications, policy statement, reports, correspondence.
Radio station (campus planning). 1962-66. Proposal to establish FM station.
Rosenfield lectures. 1969-77

Box 11
Rosenfield lectures. 1949-68
Rosenfield family. 1947-65. Primarily correspondence with the family about the lectureship.
Scholarships:
Misc. 1955-78
Anonymous (Arnstein) 1958-68
Behr, I. J.
Bender, Judith Youngbear 1967-71
Bleamaster student loan fund. 1958-67
Bosch memorial
Brody memorial 1950-62
Brody student loan fund. 1959-73
Buchanan, Louise Applegate
Burling. 1952-66
Clevenger
Dodge, W. W.
Dorgan
English, John
Fatham, Helen M.
Gillin, Etta S. 1958-60
Gonias, Louis
Green, Alan
Guttman, Stella & Charles 1964-70
Hungarian scholarship 1957-58
Iowa College scholarship 1971
King, Martin Luther
Kiwanis International (Key-Club)
Kronwall
Liljestrand
Little, Fred
Luce Fellowships
McFarlin, Clyde
3M
National Defense Student Loan
National Merit Scholarship 1955-74
New York scholarships 1950-53

Box 12
Scholarships:
Presser 1978-85
Rosenfield, James W. 1965
Travel/Service 1970
Ulich 1968
Van Evera 1966, 1973
Van Note 1959-60
Wood 1957-59
Younker 1973
Science building (Campus planning) 1951-70
Science building addition (Campus planning) 1961-64
Service building (Campus planning) 1962-68 Includes Skidmore, Owings & Merrill site study 1962
Skating rink (Barber Plaza) (Campus planning) 1960-62. Includes correspondence with Weitz Construction, correspondence and plans from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Staff employees 1962-72
Steiner Hall (Campus planning) 1959-68
Student Government Association 1975-78 Includes proposed constitutional changes 1978, committee structure, Black Cluster System (dormitories) 1977
Tennis courts (Campus planning) 1956-57
Time-Life journalism program 1977-81 Includes correspondence with speakers, text of lecture by Tom Wicker "Who, What and How: Crucial Influences on the Performance of the American Press" 1978, text of lecture by Howard Simons "The Media and the First Amendment" 1978 (the first two lectures in the series), press releases, correspondence with Charles Bear of Time-Life
Thompson, Kenneth 1973-77
Union 1969-74 Includes papers on Physical Plant employees' strike of 1974

Box 13
Washington seminar (Off-campus programs) 1956-59
White House (Campus planning) 1961
Women's gymnaseum (Campus planning) 1942, 1971-72
Workshops--extracurricular 1962-64
Year-round operation 1963. Report of Bowen to faculty "Off-campus study, acceleration, college calendar, year-round operation, and enrollment", also R. D. Archambault "Report on year-round operation", 1963.
Younker trust (Rachel) 1956-62
Younker trust agreement 1942