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Posted by: Catherine Rod
July 6, 2012 - 11:07am
by Sam Dunnington, '14
I discovered this photo in the Concerned Black Students archives, and wanted to post it for a couple of reasons. This was taken during a CBS versus faculty basketball game, held as a benefit for the recently established King Scholarship, and the uniforms these guys are suited up in are wonderful. They wouldn't be out of place at some of the wilder Harris parties. Additionally, I was surprised at the caption that accompanied the photo. Originally published in the September... Read More...
Posted by: Catherine Rod
June 27, 2012 - 4:36pm
by Sam Dunnington, '14
Anywhere I can eat mozzarella sticks until my head starts to hurt is a place I'm happy to be, but sometimes the Spencer Grille leaves me wanting for finer cuisine. I wasn't sure if there was ever a better alternative until I stumbled across the pictured menu, tucked away in the files regarding the Forum. The cover displays an eagle, printed in delicate copper, beckoning you towards the delicacies on offer at the Caffe del Foro. When the Forum opened in 1964, the goal was... Read More...
Posted by: Chris Jones
June 1, 2012 - 9:18am
Did you know that Grinnell College used to have horse stables? I didn't, either, until I found the Kelly Stables plaque (pictured right) in the Vault. Sometimes, in the course of processing material for special collections or the archives, we come across items like this that capture our attention, but for which we have little information. It is unclear whether this plaque ever hung in the stables, who made it, or the date it was made. In fact, we do not have a whole lot... Read More...
Posted by: Catherine Rod
May 10, 2012 - 2:21pm
By Helen Lewandowski '12
My first three years at Grinnell, I worked with a very special, very small part of the Special Collections and Archives -- the postcards collection. My task: scan, enter, and add metadata (cataloging information) for hundreds of the postcards from the Iowa Historic Postcard Collection. Although now I digitize a greater diversity of things as a student archivist, I still look back on the postcard collection fondly. Many of the postcards are from... Read More...
Posted by: Catherine Rod
April 5, 2012 - 9:24am
Happy Birthday Charles Dickens!
2012 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great English novelist, Charles Dickens. Characters such as Tiny Tim, Ebenezer Scrooge, Oliver Twist, Little Nell, Mr. Pickwick, Miss Havisham, and countless others have found immortality through his stories. Dickens’ works are still in print and have been made into films, television series, and musicals.
Dickens’ novels were originally published in monthly or weekly... Read More...
