Grinnell Stories

All the recent discussion about Central Park and its possible redesign has reminded me of earlier efforts to beautify Central Park.  Much o...

One way to shake off the sense that "things were always this way" is to compare present-day uses of land with their predecessors. ...

Early last winter, while visiting Grinnell's Hazelwood Cemetery , I encountered a most unusual grave marker: fashioned out of stone or c...

Spring 1923 the Grinnell Herald published several "Drama League Notes" that Bridge authored from afar, reporting on New York perf...

One of Rev. Bridge's first contributions to Grinnell was to institute a regular dramatic reading on campus—every Monday evening. ...

Welcome to "Grinnell Stories," a blog that aims to resurrect stories from Grinnell's past, and thereby undermine the sometimes...