Credits: When Tillage Begins: The Stone City Art Colony and School

The Stone City Art Colony and School 1932-1933 Acknowledgements & Credits
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The Old Stone Barn Built in 1889, the "Old Stone Barn" is a fixture of the Stone City, Iowa community. Photo by Kristy Raine with permission of the owner.
	This research effort would not be complete without the help of numerous organizations. To the librarians, historians, family members of the artists, and other professionals who supported and aided this project, we offer our deeply felt thanks. Adult Services Reference Department, Boise Public Library, Boise, Idaho Wallace L.M. Alward, MD., F rederick C. Blodi Chair in Ophthalmology, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa American Art Museum; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. American Institute of Architects [AIA] Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa Archives of American Art; The Smithsonian Institution; Washington, D.C. Ruth Andel, Archivist, Merrick Archives, Pelletier Library; Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania John Armstrong, Library Technician; Joslyn Art Museum Library; Omaha, NE Tami Anderson, Director, Hartington Public Library; Hartington, Nebraska Lisa Auen, Chapter EB, PEO International; Carroll, Iowa Jim Baggett, Archivist, Birmingham Public Library; Birmingham, Alabama Patricia Barlow; Schaller Public Library; Schaller, Iowa Judy Behm, Carroll Public Library, Carroll, Iowa Ann Berry, President, Iowa Chapter GE, PEO International, Dubuque, Iowa John Bissell; Dubuque, Iowa Susan Bissell-Mansfield; Norwood, Colorado Michele Bishop; Boulder, Colorado Siva Blake, Reference Archivist, Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans, Louisiana Tonya Boltz, ILL/Genealogy Librarian, Keokuk Public Library, Keokuk, Iowa Birgitta Bond, Librarian and Artists Database Coordinator, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania Donald Briggs; Hills, Minnesota Roderick Briggs, Gallery 33 East, Seal Beach, California Bristol Township Public Library; Bristolville, Ohio Bert Burlingame; West Palm Beach, Florida Jane A. Callahan, Archivist/Records Manager, Harvard University at Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts Carnegie-Stout Public Library; Dubuque, Iowa Carroll Community School District, Carroll, Iowa Cass County Genealogical Society; Atlantic, Iowa Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Emily Chamberlain; Colorado Springs, Colorado Cynthia Clabough, Chair, Art Department, State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego, Oswego, New York Jennifer Griffith Clements; Vinalhaven, Maine Clinton Public Library; Clinton, Iowa Everett Cole, former curator, Hearst Center for the Arts; Cedar Falls, Iowa Amy Cooper, Special Collections, University of Iowa Libraries; Iowa City, Iowa Jane Marquis Corliss; Springfield, Oregon Scott and Mary Corliss; Augusta, Georgia Beverly and Richard Cross, Baxter, Iowa Teresa Dahlgren, Newsroom Librarian, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier; Waterloo, IA Dana Point Public Library, Dana Point, California Lea Rosson DeLong, Guest Curator; Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University; Ames,IA Randy Decker, Reference Librarian, Red Wing Public Library, Red Wing, Minnesota Department of Registration Records of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Des Moines Art Center; Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines Public Library; Des Moines, Iowa The Des Moines Register; Des Moines, Iowa Robin T. Dettre, Coordinator, Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture; Smithsonian American Art Museum; Washington, D.C. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Nicolette A. Dobrowolski, Reference and Access Services Librarian, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York Drake University, Cowles Library, Special Collections; Des Moines, Iowa Joel S. Dryer, Director; Illinois Historical Art Project Dubuque Arts Council; Dubuque, Iowa Trish Duffel, Librarian,C.S. O'Brien Library, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Eagle Grove Memorial Library, Eagle Grove, Iowa Eastern Monroe Public Library; Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Margaret Ehrig; Grundy Center, Iowa Shearon Barry Elderkin; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Sue England, President, Iowa Chapter EB, PEO International, Carroll, Iowa Patricia Essick, Genealogy Services, Ottumwa Public Library, Ottumwa, Iowa Richard D. Evans; Bettendorf, Iowa Evanston Public Library; Evanston, Illinois Lee Fagan; Fresh Meadows, New York Kenda Ferrugia, Coordinator of Academic Records, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri Figge Museum of Art; Davenport, Iowa Art Fischbeck, City Historian, Mason City, Iowa Jody Fischer, Director, Wall Lake Public Library, Wall Lake, Iowa The Honorable Jon C. Fister; Waterloo, Iowa Jeff Fleming, Senior Curator; Des Moines Art Center; Des Moines, Iowa Jean Florman, Producer, KUNI Radio; Cedar Falls, Iowa Fort Dodge Public Library; Fort Dodge, Iowa Kristin Frish; Cottonwood, Ohio Stacy Gage, Collections and Exhibitions Manager, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa David Gibbons; Montgomery, Alabama Carolyn Houts Gilbert, Boise, Idaho Tavia Gilbert, Portland, Maine Rita Goranson; Mason City, Iowa Griswold Public Library,Griswold, Iowa Don L. Glasell; Chicago, Illinois Glenwood Public Library; Glenwood, Iowa Persis Gow; Concord, New Hampshire Grant Wood Art Festival; Anamosa, Iowa Grant Wood Art Gallery; Anamosa, Iowa Grinnell College Libraries; Grinnell, Iowa Margarete Gross; Head, Chicago Artists’ Archives; Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL Elizabeth Gulacsy, Librarian and Archivist; Scholes Library, NYSCC at Alfred University Charlene Hansen, Researcher; Genealogical Society of Linn County; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Julie Hansen, Wilcox Library; William Penn University, Oskaloosa, Iowa Sarah N.M. Harris, Senior Associate Registrar, Enrollment Services, Office of the Registrar, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Terry Harrison, Historian/Archivist, Lee P. Loomis Archives of Mason City History, Mason City, Iowa Candice L. Hart, University Archivist, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota Harvard University Archives, Reference Staff, Pusey Library; Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts Monica Haskell, Director, Florida Keys Council of the Arts; Key West, FL Carol Hasegawa, Reference and Instruction Librarian,Honolulu Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii Cecilia Hatcher, Grant Wood Art Festival and Gallery; Anamosa, Iowa Mary Hawkins; Reader Services, Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas; Lawrence, KS James and Meryl Hearst Center for the Arts; Cedar Falls, Iowa Sharon Hedgecock, Hurst, Texas Paula Hedlund, President, Iowa Chapter AG, PEO International, Winterset, Iowa Marcia A. Heise, Director of Reference and Technical Services, Rock Island Public Library, Rock Island, Illinois Kristan Hellige, Communications Coordinator,Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Charles Helsell, Curatorial Volunteer; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Bette J. Henning; Hemet, California George T. Henry; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Julio L. Hernandez-Delgado, Head, Archives and Special Collections; Hunter College, NYC Eric S. Hillemann, College Archivist, Gould Library, Carleton College Archives; Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota Kathryn J. Hodson, Special Collections Department Manager, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa Mary Lee Hoganson, Homewood, Illinois Sue Hosack, Director, Office of Student Records/Registrar, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri Jean Jacobson, Collections Supervisor; Museum of Nebraska Art; Kearney, NE Joni Norris Jeffrey; Galena, Ohio Kay Jenkins, Faulconer Gallery Curator, Grinnell College; Grinnell, Iowa William Jerousek, Local History Librarian, Oak Park Public Library; Oak Park, Illinois Kent Johnson; Akron, Ohio Dr. Paul Johnson, Registrar, University of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa Nancy Johnson, Special Collections, Penfield Library, State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego, Oswego, New York Timothy J. Johnson, Madison, Wisconsin Carol J. Johnson-Miller, Estherville, Iowa Emily R. Jones, Archivist, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM), Woodstock, New York Becky Jordan, Reference Specialist, Special Collections Department/University Archives, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Joslyn Art Museum, Abrahams Library; Omaha, Nebraska Joan C. Keller; Oroville, California Maria R. Ketcham, Head Librarian, Research Library and Archives, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan Jeanenne Kienle, Hurst, Texas Kling Memorial Library; Grundy Center, Iowa Brenda Kramer, Director, Eldon Public Library, Eldon, Iowa Hal Lainson; Hastings, Nebraska Sharon Lake, Research Assistant, Iowa Women's Archives (IWA), University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa Dr. Randall Lengeling, Dubuque, Iowa Doug Litts, Senior Reference Librarian; National Portrait Gallery Library, Smithsonian American Art Museum; Washington, D.C. Anne Lozier, Archives Specialist; College Archives, Smith College; Northampton, Massachusetts Ketta Lubberstedt-Arjes, Reference Librarian; Kendall Young Library; Webster City, Iowa Elaine Lundberg, Family Researcher, Panora, Iowa Patricia Lynagh, Reference Librarian; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution Madison County Historical Society; Oneida, New York Colleen Mallet, Associate Registrar, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York Susan B. Mansfield; Norwood, Colorado Linda Mathewson, Archivist, Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa Kären Mason, Curator, Iowa Women's Archives (IWA), University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa David McCartney, University Archivist, Special Collections, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Jill McCleary, Archivist, Arizona State Historical Society, Tucson, Arizona Dorothy McCray; Silver City, New Mexico Peter McCray; Tucson, Arizona Robin McElheny; Associate University Archivist for Collections and Public Services, Harvard University Archives, Cambridge, Massachusetts Virginia Mecklenburg; Senior Curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Rosemary Melig, Interim Director, Central Iowa Art Association, Marshalltown, Iowa Larry Mensching; Rights and Reproductions; Joslyn Art Museum; Omaha, NE Kevin Meske, Alumni Services Specialist, Wisconsin Alumni Association, Madison, Wisconsin Joan Metzger, Assistant University Archivist, Northern Illinois University; DeKalb, Illinois Jerry D. Meyer, Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University; DeKalb, Illinois Joann Meyer, Archivist; Douglas County Historical Society; Omaha, Nebraska Herb Michelson; Hadley, Massachusetts J. Cloyd Miller Library, Western New Mexico University; Silver City, New Mexico Reverend Ted Miller, First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Mills County Genealogical Society; Glenwood, Iowa Jane Milosch, Former Curator, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Judy A. Minnick, Assistant Registrar and Residency Classification Officer, Office of the Registrar, Iowa State University; Ames, Iowa Elizabeth A. Mogle, Supervisor, Membership Department, PEO Executive Office, Des Moines, Iowa Monroe County Historical Association; Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Rodney Moore, Asst. Dir. of Registration and Records; University of Nebraska-Lincoln Veronica Moraga, Office of the Registrar, University of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois Mount Pleasant Public Library; Mount Pleasant, Iowa Kathy Pedersen Nadler; La Quinta, CA National Postal Museum; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Anne Naughton, Office of the Registrar; Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts Carolyn Stinson Nichols; San Diego, CA David Null, University Archivist; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison, Wisconsin Nutley Free Public Library; Nutley, New Jersey Sheila O'Rourke, Director, Gallery 33 East, Long Beach, California Oneida County Historical Society; Utica, New York Oskaloosa Public Library; Oskaloosa, Iowa Mindy Ostrow, Assistant Director, Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego, Oswego, New York Office of the Registrar, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York Office of the Registrar, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Gail Osherenko, Santa Barbara, California Oswego Public Library, Oswego, New York Ottumwa Public Library; Ottumwa, Iowa Amy Pence-Brown, Associate Curator of Art, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho Leisha Petersen, Records and Registration Office Assistant, College of Arts and Sciences, Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas Sara Pitcher, Archives Assistant, George T. Henry College Archives, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Lynette Pohlman, Director and Chief Curator, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Pottawatamie County Genealogical Society, Council Bluffs, Iowa Mary Pryor, Archivist, Colman Library; Rockford College; Rockford, Illinois Registrar’s Office, Iowa State University; Ames, Iowa Registrar’s Office, University of Northern Iowa; Cedar Falls, Iowa Mary Ann Reiter, Ottumwa, Iowa Sarah Rheinschmidt, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Ellen Richardson, Historian, Iowa Chapter EB, PEO International, Carroll, Iowa Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Davenport Public Library, Davenport, Iowa Catherine Rod,Special Collections Librarian and Archivist of the College, Grinnell College Library; Grinnell, Iowa Randy Roeder, Former Technical Services Librarian and Archivist; Stewart Library, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA Sandra Roscoe, Special Collections Research Center, Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois Malcolm C. Ross; Otego, New York Steve Rossi, Rolling Meadows Public Library; Rolling Meadows, IL Matthew Sams, Academic Records Specialist, Registration and Records, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois James Savage; Prairie Village, Kansas Alan Saunders; Oswego, New York Lauretta Scheller, Archivist, Great Rivers Conference, UMC, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois Paul Schlotthauer, Librarian and Archivist, Pratt Institute Libraries, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York Doris M. Schmitz, Executive Director, Cedar Falls Historical Society; Cedar Falls, Iowa Scholes Library, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University; Alfred, NY Sharon Schroeder, Librarian, Goodhue County Historical Society, Red Wing, Minnesota Rosemary Scullin, Oswego School District (Oswego SD) Public Library, Oswego, New York Faye Seidl, Coon Rapids Public Library, Coon Rapids, Iowa Igor Shwabe; Scottsdale, Arizona Norma Sindelar, Archivist, Saint Louis Art Museum; St. Louis, Missouri Sioux City Public Library, Sioux City, Iowa Pat Sleister, Director, Mary J. Barnett Memorial Library, Sioux City, Iowa Jennifer Smyser, Co-President, League of Women Voters of Des Moines; Des Moines, IA Patricia Sorensen; Des Moines, Iowa Jeff Smith; Riverside, California Special Collections, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa Paul G. Stanwood, University of British Columbia; Vancouver, British Columbia Marge Stell, Iowa City, Iowa Robert Stinson; San Diego, California Fred Strohbehn, Reinbeck, Iowa Jessica Strom, Administrator, American Gothic House Center, Eldon, Iowa Mark Stumme, Librarian and Archivist; Cowles Library, Drake University; Des Moines, IA Megan Swenson, Exhibitions Intern, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa Rick Teller, Archivist and Librarian; The Williston Northampton School; Easthampton, Massachusetts Gary A. Thomas, Jr., Master, Masonic Lodge #8, Red Wing, Minnesota Carol Thunem, Archives Specialist, Gould Library, Carleton College Archives; Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota Jane Miller Towner, Kilmarnack, Virginia Hugh and Dotty Trask; Glenwood, Iowa Nancy Trask, Director, Winterset Public Library, Winterset, Iowa Ruth Tucker, Historian, Iowa Chapter AG, PEO International, Winterset, Iowa University of Iowa, Art Library; Iowa City, Iowa Teri Van Dorston, Registrar, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Carl Ver Steeg, Kendall Griffith Russell Artiaga Architects; Des Moines, Iowa Ann Walding-Phillips, Research Specialist; LibraryLink, Omaha World-Herald (NE) Janet Weaver, Assistant Curator, Iowa Women's Archives (IWA), University of Iowa Libraries; Iowa City, Iowa Cynthia A. Weiss, Director, Kendall Young Library, Webster City, Iowa Mary Wells, Assistant Registrar, Grinnell College; Grinnell, Iowa Jane Weppler, Query Chairperson, Iowa City Genealogical Society; Iowa City, Iowa Westminster Presbyterian Church, Dubuque, Iowa B.J. White, Student Records System Coordinator, Registrar's Office, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa Betsy Williams, Park Forest, Illinois Erin Wolf, Director, Glidden Public Library, Glidden, Iowa Charles Worsfold; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Michael Wurtz, Oahu, Hawaii Donna Young, Chief Designer, Isabel Bloom, LLC; Davenport, Iowa Elizabeth Young, Reference and Special Collections Librarian, Penfield Library College Archives, State University of New York (SUNY) Oswego, Oswego, New York Debbie Zacharias, Madison County Historical Society, Winterset, Iowa Zanesville Art Center; Zanesville, Ohio Tanya Zanish-Belcher, Head, Special Collections Department/University Archives, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Robert Zeman; Alamo, California *Photographs and images provided and used with appreciation to these individuals and organizations:* American Gothic House Center; Eldon, Iowa Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; Washington, D.C. Ruth Andel, Archivist, Merrick Archives, Pelletier Library; Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania John Armstrong, Library Technician, Joslyn Art Museum; Omaha, Nebraska Tom, Christine, and Laura J. Barta; Ames, Iowa Roderick Briggs; Seal Beach, California Heather Briston, University Archivist, Knight Library; University of Oregon, Eugene Bert Burlingame; West Palm Beach, Florida Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Archives; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Emily Chamberlain; Colorado Springs, Colorado Jennifer Griffith Clements; Vinalhaven, Maine Communications Office; Cedar Rapids Community School District; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Scott and Mary Corliss; Augusta, Georgia Beverly and Richard Cross; Baxter, Iowa Donita Crutcher, City Clerk; Hoisington, Kansas Lea Rosson DeLong, Guest Curator; Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Emily Drennan, Curator and Registrar; Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa Archives, Dubuque Museum of Art; Dubuque, Iowa Margaret Ehrig; Grundy Center, Iowa Shearon Barry Elderkin; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Eldon Public Library, Board of Trustees; Eldon, Iowa Lee Fagan; Fresh Meadows, New York Brett Feasel; Des Moines, Iowa Molly Fuller; Hanson Watson Associates; Moline, Illinois Stacy Gage, Collections and Exhibitions Manager, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa Emilia Garvey, Student Assistant, Grinnell College Archives; Grinnell, Iowa Genealogy Collection, Ottumwa Public Library; Ottumwa, Iowa Robert and Charlene George; Anamosa, Iowa David Gibbons; Montgomery, Alabama Carolyn Houts Gilbert; Boise, Idaho Don L. Glasell; Chicago, Illinois Rita Goranson; Mason City, Iowa Persis Gow; Concord, New Hampshire Elizabeth Gulacsy, Librarian and Archivist, Scholes Library; New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University; Alfred, New York Terry Harrison, Historian/Archivist, Lee P. Loomis Archives of Mason City History, Mason City, Iowa Ashley "Bruce" Hart; Page, Arizona Candice L. Hart, University Archivist, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota Cecilia and Jon Hatcher, Grant Wood Art Gallery; Anamosa, Iowa Sharon Hedgecock, Hurst, Texas Paula Hedlund and Ruth Tucker, Iowa Chapter AG, PEO International; Winterset, Iowa Jo Ann Hendricks, Director, Blanden Art Museum; Fort Dodge, Iowa Bette Henning; Hemet, California George T. Henry; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Historical Society of Pottawattamie County; Council Bluffs, Iowa Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College; Hanover, New Hampshire Wendy Hurlock, Photo Order Coordinator; Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Jeff Hutton, Associate Editor, The Ottumwa Courier; Ottumwa, Iowa David M. Jeffrey; Galena, Ohio Joni Norris Jeffrey; Galena, Ohio John Jipp; Dallas, Texas Kent Johnson; Akron, Ohio Timothy Johnson; Madison, Wisconsin Kendall Young Library; Webster City, Iowa Jeanenne Kienle, Hurst Texas Brenda Kramer, Library Director; Eldon Public Library; Eldon, Iowa Marie Kroger, Archives Volunteer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois Lesli Larson, Image Services and Special Collections; University of Oregon, Eugene Michael W. Lemberger, The Michael W. Lemberger Collection; Ottumwa, Iowa Dr. Randall Lengeling; Dubuque, Iowa Marion Historical Society, Marion Heritage Center; Marion, Iowa Susan Mast, Children's Librarian; Mount Pleasant Public Library; Mount Pleasant, Iowa Linda Mathewson, Archivist, Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, Iowa Dorothy McCray; Silver City, New Mexico Peter McCray; Tucson, Arizona Robin McElheny; Associate University Archivist for Collections and Public Services, Harvard University Archives, Cambridge, Massachusetts Janet McMaster; Fairfield, California Larry Mensching, Rights/Reproductions Liaison; Joslyn Art Museum; Omaha, NE Joan M. Metzger, Asst. University Archivist; Regional History Center, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois Amy Miranda and Carl Stieglitz; Iowa City, Iowa James A. Michener Art Museum Library; Doylestown, Pennsylvania Rachel Mullins, Development Office; Davenport Community Schools; Davenport, Iowa Kathy Pedersen Nadler; La Quinta, California Rachel Newton, Student Assistant; Archives, University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries Carolyn Stinson Nichols; San Diego, California Gail Osherenko; Santa Barbara, California Mindy Ostrow, Assistant Director, Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego; Oswego, New York Janet Pedersen Frank Potter; Dubuque, Iowa Mary Ann Reiter, Ottumwa, Iowa Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Davenport Public Library; Davenport, Iowa Deron and Lisa Richens; Laguna Hills, California Michelle Robinson, Figge Art Museum; Davenport, Iowa Catherine Rod, Special Collections Librarian and Archivist of the College, Grinnell College Library; Grinnell, Iowa Dan Robertson; Reinbeck, Iowa Randy Roeder, Former Librarian and Archivist, Stewart Library, Coe College; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Steve Rossi, Rolling Meadows Public Library; Rolling Meadows, Illinois Bart H. Ryckbosch; Archivist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois Jim Savage; Prairie Village, Kansas Alan Saunders; Oswego, New York Linda and Robert Scarth; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Alvie Sellmer, Student Assistant; Archives, University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries Jeff Smith; Riverside, California Marge Stell; Iowa City, Iowa Robert Stinson; San Diego, California Mark Stumme, Cowles Library, Drake University; Des Moines, Iowa Carol Thunem, Archives Specialist, Gould Library, Carleton College Archives; Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota Gayle Trede, Director; Mount Pleasant Public Library; Mount Pleasant, Iowa University Archives, Iowa State University; Ames, Iowa University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Iowa City, Iowa University of Wisconsin, Digital Collections; Madison, Wisconsin Teri Van Dorston, Registrar, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Cedar Rapids, Iowa Suzanne Vander Linden Hall; Salisbury, North Carolina Ann Walding-Phillips, Research Specialist; Library Link; Omaha World-Herald Mike Westbrook, Archivist, Schewe Library Archives, Illinois College; Jacksonville, Illinois Donna Young, Chief Designer, Isabel Bloom, LLC; Davenport, Iowa Zanesville Times-Recorder; Zanesville, Ohio Robert Zeman; Alamo, California One of the artist-decorated ice-wagons used by the Stone City Art Colony and School. Photographer unknown. Image provided and used with permission of the Grant Wood Art Gallery, Anamosa, Iowa.
	When Tillage Begins: The Stone City Art Colony and School Published online October 2003 by the Busse Library Mount Mercy University Cedar Rapids, Iowa Telephone: 319-368-6465 Fax: 319-363-9060 Email: library@mtmercy.edu Researcher & Author: Kristy Raine Library Director: Marilyn Murphy Editor & Web Designer: Linda Scarth ©Busse Library 2003-2012