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Sigma Kappa Tau records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 270
Abstract
Sigma Kappa Tau was founded as "the QTs" at Augustana College in 1909. The group faced periods of declining membership and financial struggle before stabilizing and ultimately renaming itself Sigma Kappa Tau. The Sigma Kappa Tau records, 1917-2012 and undated, is arranged into five series: Officers' papers, 1910-2010; Sorority activities, 1946-2007 and undated; Pledge books, 1963-1964 and 2015; Photographs and scrapbooks, 1917-2012; and Realia, 1962-1966, 2006-2009 and undated.
Dates:
1910-2015 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Sigma Pi Delta records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 279
Abstract
The Sigma Pi Delta sorority, nicknamed the “Speeds”, was founded at Augustana College in 1908 by members of the S.P.D. Tennis Club. The Speeds gave up their charter from 1970 to 1980, but remain active on campus today. The Sigma Pi Delta records, 1908-2004 and undated, is organized into four series: Official records, 1924-2004 and undated; Sorority activities, 1927-2003 and undated; Pledging, 1981-2004; and Photographs and scrapbook, 1908-2003 and undated.
Dates:
1908-2004 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Thomas W. Sims papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 88
Abstract
Thomas W. Sims received his bachelor's degree in English at Augustana College in 1936. He served overseas in the Army during World War II in the ordnance department. Later, he served as an Assistant Professor of English at Southwestern Louisiana University and a reference librarian at Augustana College. The Thomas W. Sims papers date from approximately 1932-1994. The Thomas W. Sims papers, 1931-1994 and undated, contain Sims's personal papers, correspondence (including World War II letters),...
Dates:
1931-1994 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Clarence Woodrow Sorensen papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6
Abstract
Clarence Woodrow Sorensen, the sixth president of Augustana College, was born in Nebraska in 1907. He studied and traveled all over the world, producing fifteen books about his geographical studies, before coming to Augustana College. Sorensen assumed the presidency in 1962, and became the first Augustana College president who was not ordained before or during his term. He oversaw many changes to the campus, and helped to increase donations to the college. Sorensen resigned from his position...
Dates:
1947-1983 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Flavius Sten scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 216
Abstract
Flavius J. Sten was born in St. Helens, Oregon. He attended the Augustana Academy for high school until 1911, when he entered Augustana College. He was involved in many organizations during his college career, most notably the basketball program. As a freshman, he was a forward on the varsity basketball team, a position he would hold until he graduated. He also coached the girls' basketball team. The Flavius Sten scrapbook, 1911-1930, contains newspaper clippings related to Sten’s life and...
Dates:
1911-1930
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Gustav Stolpe compositions
Collection
Identifier: MSS 135
Abstract
Gustav Stolpe (1833-1901) was a well-known and successful Swedish musician and composer by the time Augustana College invited him to direct its music program in 1882. Stolpe graduated from Stockholm, Sweden’s Royal Conservatory of Music with a degree of Music Director at the age of 22. He composed and performed music for organ, piano and violin and toured Sweden accompanying internationally recognized soprano, Jenny Lind. Stolpe ran the Conservatory of Music at Augustana from its inception...
Dates:
1884-1898 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Emil Alfred Swanson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 134
Abstract
Emil Swanson was born in 1891 in Sweden and came to Moline, Illinois in 1908. He received his B.A. from Augustana College in 1923. During his time in Moline, he worked at several vocations including store owner, school teacher, school principal, factory safety inspector, and apartment owner. The Emil Afred Swanson papers, 1908-1945 and undated, contains papers related to Swanson' emigration from Sweden, personal papers (including photographs and letters), a passenger list and other ephemera...
Dates:
1908-1945 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Swanson family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 391
Abstract
This collection relates to various members of the Swanson family, whose patriarch, David Verner Swanson was a minister in the Augustana Lutheran Church. Several members of the Swanson family, including Verner, his sons Alan and Vernon, and Vernon's wife Audrey, attended Augustana College, and many of the materials in the collection relate to their experiences on campus. Most notably, Audrey, a member of Chi Omega Gamma, created a scrapbook documenting life at Augustana during Worl War II,...
Dates:
1911-1995 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Tracy J. Swanson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 89
Abstract
Tracy Swanson attended the Augustana Conservatory of Music from 1901 to 1904. The Tracy J. Swanson papers, 1888-1903, contains Swanson's letters home to her parents, a report card, and five books related to Swanson's music studies.
Dates:
1888-1903
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Edward D. Sweeney account ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS 121
Abstract
The Edward D. Sweeney account ledger, 1860-1869, primarily contains the business records of Edward Sweeney, a Rock Island lawyer, particularly related to bounty claims following the American Civil War. Most of these claims were initiated by widows, parents, or legal gardians of orphaned children seeking pensions for family members who died in combat, but many claims are related to back pay of discharged soldiers. Sweeney kept his records in a ledger formerly owned by Emanuel J. Pershing, a...
Dates:
1860-1869
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections