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RG-DEV: Development Office
History & Background of the Office:
Perhaps the first donation to Grinnell College was in 1846 when J.J. Hill, one of the Iowa Band, made the gift of a silver dollar to challenge his colleagues to endow the College. Since that time, the College has been almost continually involved with fund-raising campaigns. In 1897 a Semi-Centennial Fund was established for enlarging the campus and for adding to the endowment. Four groups were targeted: alumni, trustees, faculty; citizens of Grinnell; Congregationalists of Iowa; and friends of education everywhere. Solicitations were sent out from the Semi-Centennial Committee.
In 1913 the Grinnell College Foundation was established to work with the Trustees of the College to manage and sell real estate, principally farm lands, given to the college under annuity plans. The Foundation financed men's and women's dormitories built in the second decade of the twentieth century. The College also had a number of endowment campaigns after the turn of the century. During the first half of the century, the College Treasurer and Business Officers were involved with development efforts, especially Louis V. Phelps (1915-49) and Charles Kaufman (1948-66).
The fund-raising activities of the College were run by the administration, especially the President, and the Trustees for many years. In the late 1950s President Bowen hired the fund-raising counselling firm of Marts & Lundy to study the feasibility of raising substantial funds to meet the ongoing needs of the College. Then early in the 1960s, with the assistance of a matching grant from the Ford Foundation, the College hired its first, senior, fund-raising officer, John McFarland. From that time until 2005, development activities have been run from the Development Office. In 2005, the Development Office, the Alumni Office, and the Office of Communications and Events were combined under one Vice-President for College and Alumni Relations.
Development Officers:
1963-65 John R. McFarland, Jr. Vice President for Development
1966-66 Russell W. Fridely Vice President for Planning and Development
1966-71 James O. Avison Director of Development
1971-73 James O. Avison Vice President for Resources Planning
1973-76 James O. Avison Vice President for Institutional Development
1976-80 David L. Murphy Vice President for Development
1980-82 Richard T. Jenkins Vice President for Development
1982-92 Thomas K. Marshall Vice President for Development
1992-93 Michael S. Bever Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
1994-96 E. Kevin Cornell Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
1996-2001 Angela Voos Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
2001 - 2005 Todd A. Reding Vice President for Alumnit Relations and Development
2005 - Mickey Munley, Vice President for College and Alumni Relations
Restrictions:
Some records are open for research; others are confidential and require authorization from College officials to access.
Series:
Series 1. Films, 1967-7
Series 2. Grinnell Capital Campaign, 1996-
Series 3. Funds and corporations, 1913-78.
Contains files regarding scholarships and loanfunds for students and other college investments.
Series 4. Annual Funds Reports, 1988-93 CONFIDENTIAL.
Includes monthly giving reports, gift report summaries, class reports, pledges per campaign, etc.
Series 5. Wills and trusts, 1874-1991.
Includes wills, trusts, annuities, and relevant correspondence from alumni, their legal and financial consultants, and College staff. Also included are some investments' records from the College Treasurer; real estate holdings (both land and buildings); and College mortages.
Series 6. Genealogies
Series 7. Office files, 1977-98.
Series 1. Films, 1967-73
Provenance is vague; the films came to the Archives from the Development Office when the Fourth Avenue Office Building was vacated, March 1977, but most probably were produced and used by other offices.
Contents: 14 reels
1. Convocation film. 1967. 1 15" reel
2. Change in the Making, the Constancy of a College. ca. 1967. 12" reel, 3 copies.
3. Silver Dollar Story. March 1969. 12" reel, 3 copies.
4. Todays College Student. KRNT-TV Special Report Commentary by Russell Van Dyke, telecast Feb. 23, 1969. 9" reel.
5. Admissions film. ca. 1970
6. Broadway Review. 1973. 10 1/2" reel, 3 copies. (Theater Department production)
7. Through Campus Ways.
8. Unidentified partial reel.
Series 2. Grinnell Capital Campaign, 1996-
Provenance: Sent to the Archives by Development Office Staff, 1996-
Contents:
Box 1
Folder 1
Campaign stationery and invitations
Campaign postcard
Campaign notecard and envelope
Campaign stationery
N.Y. campaign kick-off invitation
Chicago campaign kick-off event invitation
Folder 2
Campaign memos sent to Steering Committee members
Folder 3
Committee guide for the Campaign for Grinnell
Folder 4
Solicitation materials
Campaign prospectus
Photo book used by fundraisers to show prospects: "Grinnell College. Expansion & renovation of the science facility, May 1995"
Series 3. Funds and Corporations, 1913-78
Provenance: Received from Mickey Munly, Development Office, Jan. 1997
Contents:
This series contains files regarding scholarships and loan funds for students and other college investments. Some files seem to relate more to activities of the Treasurer's Office than to Development Office activities. Also includes files relating to insurance for college employees. Comments in the box listing contain more details of certain files.
Box 1:
Prize funds, 1955-58
The American Bankers Assn. Fdn. for Education in Economics, 1942-58
Auction, 1958-60
Benger Fund, 1958-60
Behr Scholarship, 1961
Bleamaster Loan Fund, 1959-65
Baker Scholarship, 1957-61
Blue Cross, 1957-59
Benson and Christopherson, 1952-60
Arthur David Brody Loan Fund, 1959-61
Brody Scholarship, 1955-63
Paul Brother / Angus C. McDonald, 1942-49
Class of 1914 Student loan fund, 1914
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1920-78. Includes correspondence regarding retirement and disability benefits. Includes report from Grinnell College faculty to Trustees regarding alleged overpayments in disability and retiring allowances, ca. 1943.
Lousia Sargent Conard Fund for the Advancement of Teaching, 1944-69
Concessions, 1956-57
Danforth Grant, 1959-61
Box 2:
Worth William Dodge Scholarship Fund, 1969-70
Dibble Scholarship Fund, 1922-58 (folder 1)
Correspondence with Martha Cleveland Dibble and others
Dibble Scholarship Fund, 1926-31 (folder 2)
Correspondence with John M. Cleveland
Ford Fund for the Advancement of Education, 1956-59
General Motors Corporation 1957
Gregg Scholarship Fund 1930-36
Grinnell, Josiah B. Scholarship, 1936-37
J.W. Hammond Scholarship Fund 1960-69
Hardin Scholarship, 1934
Harmon Foundation, 1922-28
Haskell Scholarship, 1920-39
Betty Harshbarger-Adams Loan Fund, 1960-71
Haas Scholarship, 1934-41
John R. Heath Memorial Fund, 1959
Hendrixson Memorial 1955-57
Edwin S. Hewitt, 1958-59
Hill, Dr. Julia Ford, 1927-54
Humbolt Scholarship, 1921-41
Indian Boy - American Student, 1957
Insurance --General, 1955-59. Includes reports regarding fire and extended insurance coverage of Grinnell College, ca. 1955.
Insured Education Plan, 1959-61
Iowa Scottish Rite Educational Fund, 1942
Iowa Southern Utilities, 1957-58
Box 3:
Mary I. Jarmen Scholarship, 1959
Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Fund, 1968
Knights Templar Educational Foundation (student loan), 1954-58
Lake Acre, 1954-64
Helen Betty Hornor Liljestrand Scholarship Fund, 1969-70
Lilly Endowment, 1959-61
Fred A. Little Scholarship Fund, 1967
Little, Fred A. Scholarship Fund, 1952-59
Macauley Trust, Elise Lennig. American Indian Scholarship, 1956-74
Elizabeth McCormick Fund, 1956
McNulty Scholarship, 1921
Mears, Mary Grinnell - Estate, 1935-36
Maltease Cross Fund, 1925-42
Maytag Loan Fund - now Sch. Fund, 1913-32
Merritt Credit Bureau Foundation, 1959-60
Meyers, Colonel - Scholarship Account, 1937
Molitor Spanish Fund, 1970
Noyes, LaVerne Scholarship, 1942-45
William Sterling Peirce Memorial Scholarship, 1962
Pickett and Hatcher Educational Fund, 1950-53
Pitcher, Arthur, 1956-59
Presser Scholarship, 1948-60
Priest, Dwight L. Scholarship, 1936-43
Box 4:
Ramsey Insurance, 1955-62
Ray, W.G., Scholarship, 1914-50
Rawson Scholarship, 1922-42
Roberts, Fred M., 1954-60
Roberts, Fred M., 1949-51
Roberts, Fred M., 1951-53
Roberts, Fred M., 1943-48
James Norton Roberts Honorary Professorship, 1959-61
Rosenfield Lectureship, 1957
Salinger, Herman. 1954 German textbook, 1951-56
Science Building Reports, 1950-53
Student Loan (spratlen)
L.F. Stenhouse Student Loan Fund, 1956
Strong Brothers Scholarship, Lucia G. Strong Estate, 1942-51
Mose E. Swartz Scholarship, 1968-71
Thompson, W.E., 1958-59
Tuttle Loan Fund, 1941
Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation, 1954-60
Series 4. Annual Funds Reports, 1978-93.
NOTE: BOXES 1 & 2 ARE CONFIDENTIAL
Provenance: Received from Mickey Munly, Development Office, Jan. 1997
Contents:
This series includes monthly giving reports (donor name and amount), gift report summaries, class reports, pledges per campaign, etc.
Box 1
FY1993 -- Class Report, Pledges per Campaign, Gift Report Summary
FY1993 -- Campaign Giving Reports, Feb.-June 1993
FY1993 -- Campaign Giving Reports, July 1992-Jan. 1993
FY1992 -- Class Reports, Alumni Trustees' Gifts
FY1992 -- Campaign Giving Reports, Feb.-June 1992
FY1992 -- Campaign Giving Reports, July 1991-Jan. 1992
FY1991 -- President's Club, Class Reports
FY1991 -- Campaign Giving Report, July 1990-June 1991
Box 2:
FY1990 -- Parents' Giving Reports, Open Pledges, ARH Donors, Class Reports
FY1990 -- Campaign Giving Reports, Jan.-June 1990
FY1990 -- Campaign Giving Reports, July-Dec. 1989
Box 3:
Gift Report Summaries, July 1978-May 1992 (11 folders, arranged by month)
Erwin, Cornelius B., 1931-72
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