Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Collection on Olof Grafström, 1899-1998 and undated, is primarily composed of photocopies of biographical information. The collection also contains photocopied correspondence between the library staff at Augustana College and people interested in Grafström, a letter from Grafström himself, catalogs and newspaper articles about his paintings, and several photographs of Grafström’s work in Lutheran churches. The Collection on Olof Grafström is arranged in the following series:...

Scope and Contents From the Series: United States, 1939-1949 and undated, includes documents and publications about the United States Homefront, war production, recruitment, war planning, war bonds and loans, and foreign relations with other countries. Most of the publications were created for schools and public areas in order to educate citizens on how they can contribute to the war effort. The materials include flyers on conservation, skits for the classroom, and cartoons to promote the purchase of bonds. Both national and...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Augustana College in Rock Island Centennial series, 1972-1975 and undated, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the 1875 move to Rock Island, Illinois, of Augustana College. It has been arranged in the following subseries:Official Proclamation, 1975, contains an official recognition of Augustana’s centennial by the Rock Island Chamber of Commerce.Anniversary Committee papers, 1974 contains the committee’s papers regarding committee meetings and centennial events,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Augustana College academic papers and theses, 1877-2024 and undated, contains academic papers, master's theses, sermons, speeches, undergraduate papers submitted for academic credit, prize winning papers, independent propjects, and proceedings of the annual Celebration of Learning.Note: Papers and theses of Augustana faculty and alumni are included in this collection only in those cases where no separate manuscript collection has been established for them. Student...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Peter Beckman teaching collection, 1954-1977 and undated. The collection is arranged into four series: Correspondence, Subject files, Publications, and Campaign materials.The Correspondence series, 1968-1975 and undated, primarily consists of mass mailings addressed to Peter Beckman. Most of the letters were sent from various political and religious groups asking for donations. Some of the organizations aimed to spread awareness for a particular political issue, request...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Postcards, 1895-1993 and undated, consists of postcards depicting local scenery, buildings, and the Mississippi River, including Augustana College Scenes. Postcards have been arranged alphabetically by location or subject, with the exception of the Augustana Postcards, which have been separated from the remainder of the series. The Augustana College Postcards subseries contains postcards depicting scenes on Augustana College’s campus, primarily including campus buildings and groups of...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries contains papers related to businesses in the Quad Cities area other than agricultural implement manufacturers, banks, or photographers. Materials include advertisements, pamphlets, flyers, brochures, souvenir booklets, instruction manuals, catalogs, customer incentive gifts (usually calendars or notebooks), and, rarely, photographs or correspondence. Materials have been arranged alphabetically by company name. As a general rule, content related to individual companies is very...

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Addressed to Mr. J. H. Joy.

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Addressed to Mrs. J. E. Courtney.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Local organization publications, 1880-1995 and undated, consists of material produced by local Quad Cities organizations, such as clubs, fraternal orders, unions, committees, and other groups. Materials primarily include pamphlets, brochures, letters, event programs, commemorative programs, clippings, and other items. As with the preceding subseries, content related to individual organizations is very slight, and multiple organizations’ materials have been arranged alphabetically with single...