Ken Brink collection of Black Hawk Hiking Club slides
Scope and Contents
The Ken Brink collection of Black Hawk Hiking Club slides dates from 1962 to 1995. The collection contains 35mm slide photographs taken by Brink during the Big Hikes he attended. The club traveled to a variety of domestic and international destinations for these trips, including Glacier National Park, the Grand Canyon, Canada, and Russia.
Dates
- Creation: 1962-1995 and undated
Creator
- Brink, Ken, 1913-2001 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from Augustana College Special Collections and the copyright holder.
Historical Note
Ken Brink (1913-2001) was a lifelong resident of Moline and spent his professional life as a cost accountant at John Deere. He was an active member of Plymouth Congregational Church, where his father was the minister, until the church dissolved. Brink then became a member of First Congregational Church, where he continued to be an active member of the congregation and the church choir. Always an outdoors man, Brink joined the Black Hawk Hiking Club in the late 1940s. He was a 50-year member of the Club, and he participated in numerous "Big Hikes" over a span of three decades. Brink, in his retirement, volunteered at Augustana College Special Collections.
Extent
0.4 Cubic Feet (/ 1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Ken Brink (1913-2001) was a lifelong resident of Moline and spent his professional life as a cost accountant at John Deere. He was an active member of Plymouth Congregational Church, where his father was the minister, until the church dissolved. Brink then became a member of First Congregational Church, where he continued to be an active member of the congregation and the church choir. Always an outdoors man, Brink joined the Black Hawk Hiking Club in the late 1940s. He was a 50-year member of the Club, and he participated in numerous "Big Hikes" over a span of three decades. The Ken Brink collection of Black Hawk Hiking Club slides dates from 1962 to 1995. The collection contains 35mm slide photgraphs taken during the Big Hikes Brink attended nationally and internationally, including images of Glacier National Park, the Grand Canyon, Russia, and Canada.
Arrangement
Original order has been maintained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from Harold Brink, 2001.
Processing Information
Processed by Lisa Beane, 2002. Revised by Emily Hughes Dominick, 2006, and Atticus Garrison, June 2016.
Subject
- Black Hawk Hiking Club (Organization)
- Title
- Ken Brink collection of Black Hawk Hiking Club slides, 1962-1995 and undated.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Atticus Garrison
- Date
- June 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Augustana College Special Collections Repository
639 38th Street
Thomas Tredway Library
Rock Island Illinois 61201 United States
specialcollections@augustana.edu