Matlack family papers, 1912-1996.

ArchivalResource

Matlack family papers, 1912-1996.

Includes a variety of materials belonging to several family members that were found in the family home: legal papers; personal calendars of Merta, David, and Laura; papers of Henry and Merta from their professional careers; and Merta's and Laura's correspondence and other personal papers. They provide a glimpse into the activities of this fascinating Grinnell family.

13 boxes (4 linear ft.)

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7414894

Grinnell College. Burling Library

Related Entities

There are 21 Entities related to this resource.

United States. Works Progress Administration

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67b4x1k (corporateBody)

Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

Kiesel, Ferdinand J.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jd6fgv (person)

Wieman, Henry Nelson, 1884-1975

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j409s6 (person)

Henry Nelson Wieman (1884-1975), one of America's leading theologians, was born on August 19, 1884 in Richhill, Missouri. He received an A.B. in 1907 from Park College in Parkville, Missouri and studied at San Francisco Theological Seminary. He was awarded a fellowship to continue his research in Jena and Heidelberg, Germany under Nobel Prize winning religious philosopher Rudolf Euken. In 1912, he returned to the U.S. and served as minister for two years in St. Joseph, Missouri and Davis, Califo...

Kiesel, Margaret Matlack.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64475jb (person)

Kiesel (1908-1987), a Grinnell College alumna, was a writer, educator, feminist, and civil rights activist. From the description of Margaret Matlack Kiesel papers, 1932-1987. (Oglesby Public Library District). WorldCat record id: 40893819 ...

Wieman, Constance.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rj639q (person)

League of Women Voters (Grinnell, Iowa)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v17f2v (corporateBody)

Grinnell College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nw3dwf (corporateBody)

Wieman, Laura W.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m91t2q (person)

Davenport, Mary M.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f19p0w (person)

Kiesel, Paul R.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61z5pcw (person)

Sternfeld, Edith A. (Edith Alice), 1898-1990

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n31fpg (person)

Edith Alice Sternfeld was born September 26, 1898, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Samuel Sternfeld and Alice Ellen Brady Sternfeld. Sternfeld attended Nicholas Senn High School, on Chicago's north side, from 1913-1917, graduating in 1917. At the time of Sternfeld's registration to Northwestern University, in September 1917, her guardian was Miss Emma A. Brady, her mother's sister, since both of her parents were deceased. Her church affiliation was Episcopal. While...

Grinnell College. Alumni Association.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d55xh2 (corporateBody)

Entre Nous (Grinnell, Iowa)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b334hg (corporateBody)

Matlack, Merta.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qv54w5 (person)

Matlack, Henry W.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n88vcs (person)

Rutherford, Jane

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67m1swr (person)

Matlock family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mw7sdx (corporateBody)

Matlack, David Johnson.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k662zt (person)

Uncle Sam's Club (Grinnell, Iowa)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vt727g (corporateBody)

Downer, Harry E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69s38ft (person)

Peace Links (Grinnell, Iowa)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62r92c6 (corporateBody)