Grinnell College Archives
Record Groups and Series

For details of contents of the record groups and series consult the inventories in the archives, contact the Archivist, 641-269-3364 or e-mail archstu@grinnell.edu


RG-A: Office of the President
[Note: Links from Presidents' names are to short biographical sketches; finding aids are only available in the Archives.]

• 19th century papers

• Main

• Nollen

• Stevens and Hawk

• Bowen (collection closed)

  • Ser.2: Merritt Ludwig papers

• Leggett (collection closed)

• Turner (collection closed)

• Miscellaneous

  • Ser.1.1 Personnel files 1917-55 (closed)

  • Ser.1.2 Personnel files 1960- (closed)

  • Ser.2 Convocations & Commencements 1957-78

  • Ser.3 President's office subject files 1950-80 (closed)

  • Ser.4 Academic departments papers

• Drake (collection closed)

  • Ser.1 George Drake's office files

  • Ser.2 President's office files

  • Ser.3

  • Ser.4 Secretary of the College, 1985-91

  • Ser.4.1 Office papers

  • Ser.4.2 Scholars' Convocations, 1981-91

  • Ser.4.3 Presidents: photographs, inaugurations, press releases, etc.

  • Ser.5 Executive Vice-President, 1980-90

• Ferguson (collection closed)

• Duke (collection closed)

  • Ser.1 Campus offices, projects, & concerns

  • Ser.2 Foundations, organizations, etc.

  • Ser.3 Correspondence

RG-AL: Alumni Office

• Series 1: Office files

  • 1.1: Directors' files

  • 1.2: Special programs and events

  • 1.3: Alumni awards, general papers

  • 1.4: Shane Cook's papers, 1986-1995

• Series 2: Alumni Association

  • 2.1: Historical records

  • 2.2: Manuals and handbooks

  • 2.3: Reports

  • 2.4: Alumni Association Board of Directors

• Series 3: Class materials (each subseries arranged by class year)

  • 3.1: Class agent papers, 1949- : letters to classmates, correspondence, Christmas cards, scrapbooks, photo albums, clippings, etc. Provenance: class agents

  • 3.2:Class letters, ca. 1883-1920
    3.3:Reunion directories/autobiographies. Arranged by class year (not by reunion year). Class of 1916- . Provenance: Alumni Office.

• Series 4: Reunions

  • 4.1: Programs, general, not class-specific

• Series 5: Alumni files

RG-CD: Career Development

• Series 1.1: Office files

• Series 2.1: Career Development Bulletins

• Series 3.1: Personnel records (CONFIDENTIAL)

• Series 4.1: Internships

• Series 5.1: Student placement forms, 1920s.

RG-CH: Chaplain's Office

RG-COM: Computer Center

• Ser.1 General papers, 1980-84

• Ser.2 Publications, 1977-

RG-CSC: Community Service Center

• Ser.1 Office files

• Ser.2 Program files

RG-D: Office of the Deans

• Ser.1 Dean Joseph F. Wall, 1960-73

• Ser.2 Dean Waldo Walker, 1973-76

• Ser.3 Dean Catherine Frazer, 1976-86

• Ser.4 Dean Charles Duke, 1987-1998

• Ser.5 Dean James Swartz, 1998-

RG-DEV: Development Office

• Ser. 1 Films

• Ser. 2 Grinnell Capital Campaign, 1996

• Ser. 3 Funds and corporations, 1913-78

• Ser. 4 Annual Funds Reports, 1988-93 CONFIDENTIAL

• Ser. 5 Wills and trusts

• Ser. 6 Genealogies

• Ser. 7 Office files, 1972-98

RG-E: Executive Council

• Ser.1 Minutes of meetings (CONFIDENTIAL)

• Ser.2 Reports

RG-EV: Evaluation & Planning Office

RG-F: Faculty

• Ser. 1 Minutes of faculty meetings, 1846
  

• Ser. 2 Chairman of the Faculty: reports, etc., 1959-
  

• Ser. 3 Faculty committees

  • Ser. 3.1 Misc. faculty committees, 1975-

  • Ser. 3.2 Search committees, 1974-

  • Ser. 3.3 Committee on Departmental Equipment Fund, 1913-40

  • Ser. 3.4 REES, 1977-

  
  

• Ser. 4 Division records
  

• Ser. 5 Department records:

  • 5.1 Music Department: Pi Kappa Lambda honor society papers

    • 5.1.1 Music Department concerts (videotapes), 1990-99

    5.2 Political Science Dept., PPPE, 1959-85

  • 5.3 History Department

  • 5.4 Theatre Department

    • 5.4.1 Theatre Department productions (videotapes), 1983-2002

    • 5.4.2 Dance Troup concerts (videotapes), 1983-2002

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  • 5.5 Gender and Women's Studies lectures (videotapes), 1990-93

  • 5.6 Economics Department lectures, 1986, 1997
    
    

• Ser. 6 Curricular materials, 1963-75
  
  

• Ser. 7 Special issues, problems, etc.

  • 7.1 Misc. items and controversies, 1973-76

  • 7.2 Faculty/trustee planning & evaluation, 1997-

  
  

• Ser. 8 Faculty members' office files (papers relating to college business, academic affairs, college-related activities. Does not include personal papers, manuscripts of publications)
  

  • Ronald Kurtz (some files of Robert Voertman are included)

  • David Jordan

  • Grant Gale

  • James Fudge

  
  
  

• Ser. 9 Faculty publications

  • 9.1 Faculty off prints

  • 9.2 Faculty conference papers

RG-L: Library

• Ser. 1 Librarians' papers, 1950-

• Ser. 2 Library Committee, 1967-71

• Ser. 3 Burling Library (building): construction 1959; renovation 1982

• Ser. 4 Reports, 1956-

• Ser. 5 Miscellaneous, 1893-

• Ser. 6 Ledgers, 1974-

• Ser. 7 Catalog Department, 18??-1977

• Ser. 8 Library department papers

• Ser. 9 Early history of the Library, 1851-1957

RG-O: College organizations and committees (involving faculty,students, administration, and/or trustees)

• Ser. 1 International Studies

• Ser. 2 Mellon Committee

• Ser. 3 Junior Liberal Arts Examinations Committee

• Ser. 4 Academic Computing Committee

• Ser. 5 Sloan Committee

• Ser. 6 Affirmative Action

• Ser. 7 Rosenfield Program in Public Affairs

• Ser. 8 Women's Alliance Committee

• Ser. 9 Sesquicentennial 1996

• Ser.10 Art Acquisitions Committee

• Ser 12 Noun Program in Women's Studies

RG-R: College Relations Office (title varies)

• Ser. 1 News releases and clippings

• Ser. 2 Printing samples

• Ser. 3 Lecture & convocation tapes

• Ser. 4 Video Services

• Ser. 5 Office files

• Ser. 6 Photographs, slides, negatives

RG-REG: Office of the Registrar

• Ser. 1 Student records on microfilm

• Ser. 2 Student records/hardcopy

• Ser. 3 Student personal information

• Ser. 4 Army Specialized Training Program

RG-S: Students

• Ser. 1 Student organizations

  • 1.1 Student Government Association

  • 1.2 Phi Beta Kappa

  • 1.3 Student Academic Computing Committee

  • 1.4 Journalistic fraternities

  • 1.5 Mortar Board

  • 1.6 Debate

  • 1.7 Pub Club

  • 1.8 SPARC

  • 1.9 Cyclone (yearbook)

  • 1.10 Scarlet & Black

  • 1.11 KDIC

  • 1.12 Debating Union

  • 1.13 International Students Organization (ISO)

  • 1.14 Concerned Black Students (CBS) videotapes

  • 1.15 Videotapes of miscellaneous student activities

  • 1.16 Freehand Press

  • 1.20 Student Organization of Latinos/Latinas (SOL)

  • 1.21 Grinnell College Anti-War Alliance

• Ser. 2 Student academic projects

  • 2.1 College History (Prof. Jordan):

    • 2.1:1 Alumni Oral History Project

    • 2.1:2 Blacks at Grinnell (Stuart Yeager)

    • 2.1:3 International Students (Nicole Etcheson)

RG-SA: Student Affairs Office

• Ser. 1 Office files

  • 1.1 Oda Callison's files

  • 1.2 Academic Advising Office files, 1976-97

RG-SP: Special Services Office

• Ser. 1 Summer Program Files

• Ser. 2 Sesquicentennial Celebration Files

• Ser. 3 Scholars' Convocations

RG-T: Treasurer's Office

• Ser. 1 Financial record books

• Ser. 2 Reports

• Ser. 3 Gifts, pledges, fund raising

• Ser. 4 Real estate: campus

• Ser. 5 Real estate: investments

• Ser. 6 Grinnell College Foundation

• Ser. 7 Contracts, agreements, etc.

• Ser. 8 Students

• Ser. 9 Miscellaneous

• Ser. 10 Treasurer's correspondence

RG-TR: Trustees

• Series 1.1: Minutes of Trustees' meetings