Georgia Dentel’s work at Grinnell College was remembered fondly by many alumni, who wanted to honor her by creating a research fund for current students at Grinnell College. Despite Dentel’s large role in student life, there is yet to be any public-facing recognition of her. This website and future projects aim to rectify this. It started as a semester-long research project by Hayden Suarez-Davis ’25, under history professor Sarah Purcell. The project turned into a summer Mentored Advanced Project, adding on three new members: Bowen Wei ’25, Jackie Harris ’26, and Maya Albanese ’26. Research is expected to be on-going, with the current students continuing their work into Fall 2024.
The past summer, all four of us have been working on researching student life, Georgia’s life, and concert history at Grinnell. In addition, we have been conducting oral history interviews with alumni and people who knew Georgia. Our goal with these oral histories is to have them put in the college’s archive for future researchers.