Digital Projects

Crowdsourcing the Archives at the Grinnell College Libraries

Annually at Grinnell College Reunion, College Archives staff looks forward to the crowdsourcing table where alumni can share stories and help to identify pictures in the archive that are missing key information. With the help of Grinnell alumni and the campus community, the archive gains insight into life at Grinnell in years past and can preserve the important history of life on campus.

Help with crowdsourcing.

The Scarlet & Black is the student newspaper for Grinnell College. Better known as The S&B, the newspaper was first published in 1894. The S&B is currently digitized from 1894 up until 2018. The Alumni Scarlet & Black was an alumni newsletter published 1942 until 1965. All issues have been digitized.

Access the Online Scarlet & Black Archive

This is a virtual space for Grinnell alumni to share photos and stories of their time at Grinnell. Navigate to the Yearbook to page through some memories and leave a comment to start a conversation.

Visit the Multicultural Alumni Archive.

The collection contains versions of The Ladies' Education Society's constitution and articles of incorporation, membership, minutes, reports, and accounting from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


Access The Ladies' Education Society collection.

The Salisbury House Library Collection is open to research and visitors while it is being processed. See curated exhibits from the collection in the Magic Box in Burling Lobby anytime the library is open. Housed in Grinnell College Special Collections and Archives, visit us in the Reading Room (lower level Burling) for research anytime 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday or by appointment. To learn more about collection holdings and research inquiries, email archives@grinnell.edu. Research guides to support research during processing coming soon! 

Access the Salisbury House Library Collection blog.

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