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Augustana Historical Society records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 203
Abstract
The Augustana Historical Society was founded in 1930 with the goal of preserving documents and artifacts related to Scandinavian and Lutheran history. By 1996, the group had revised its mission as being to: "locate, gather, preserve, and publish literary materials bearing on the history of Augustana College, on the relationships of the college to the Lutheran Church, on the history of Swedish immigration to the United States, and on cultural connections between the United States and Sweden."...
Dates:
1918-2020 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Earth Interpreters collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 73
Abstract
Earth Interpreters: F. M. Fryxell, Geology, and Augustana was published by the Augustana College Library in 1992 as a tribute to Fritiof M. Fryxell, who began teaching at Augustana from 1923 to 1973 and was instrumental in establishing geology as an independent department in 1929. During his tenure at Augustana, Fryxell founded and curated the geology museum on campus, now called the Fryxell Geology Museum. The Earth Interpreters book is composed of 16...
Dates:
1987-1992
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Collection on Rudolph W. Edmund
Collection
Identifier: MSS 157
Abstract
Rudolph W. Edmund graduated from Augustana College with a Bachelor's Degree in Geology in 1934. After working for a year, Edmund continued his education at the University of Iowa where he pursued and then attained a Master's Degree (1938) and then a Ph. D. (1940). For the remainder of his career, he alternated between working in the private sector as a petroleum geologist and teaching in the geology department at Augustana College, where he was instrumental in helping design new facilities...
Dates:
1933-1998 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Fritiof Melvin Fryxell papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 18
Abstract
Fritiof Melvin Fryxell was a geology professor at Augustana College from 1929 to 1968. Materials in the collection include educational records (including report cards, diplomas, transcripts, etc.), genealogical materials, biographical materials, correspondence, articles, photographs, research notes, field notes, research data, maps, financial records, published materials (by Fryxell and other family members), manuscripts, Augustana College teaching materials (notes, assignments, field trip...
Dates:
1890-1987 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections