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Collection
Identifier: MSS 77
Abstract
Olof Zakarias Cervin graduated from Augustana College in 1887 and went on to study architecture at Columbia University. After working as an architect in various cities, Olof returned to Rock Island and established his own architecture firm on 1 April 1896. Cervin designed several buildings in Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline, Illinois, including schools, churches, and factories. During World War I, Cervin designed four hundred houses to accommodate the growing wartime workforce in the...
Dates:
1894-1983 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 405
Abstract
Chi Alpha Pi is a sorority at Augustana College. The Chi Alpha Pi records includes a pledge book and paddle from 1979 and a tee shirt, composite photographs, a pledge paddle, and ephemera from the 2010s.
Dates:
1979, 2010s
Collection
Identifier: MSS 294
Abstract
The Chi Omega Gamma, Beta alumnae chapter was organized 21 January 1945 in Chicago, Illinois. The members met to keep in touch with alumnae from the Augustana College sorority, Chi Omega Gamma. The Chi Omega Gamma, Beta alumnae chapter records, 1945-1964, contains minutes, membership records, correspondence, invitations, flyers, COGWheel newsletters, and mailing lists.
Dates:
1945-1964
Collection
Identifier: MSS 278
Abstract
Chi Omega Gamma is an Augustana College sorority founded in 1925 and still active on campus. The Chi Omega Gamma records, 1925-2006 and undated, contains a scrapbook, mailing lists, memorabilia, and other materials created by Chi Omega Gamma, as well as minutes and other records of the Chi Omega Gamma Tri-City alumnae chapter.
Dates:
1925-2006 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 79
Abstract
The Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad, commonly known as the "Rock Island Line," was chartered in 1847. When the charter was amended to reflect the line's expansion to Chicago in 1851, the railroad was named the Chicago and Rock Island. The railroad received its most recent name, the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad, after a merger with the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad in 1866. The Collection on the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad is organized into three...
Dates:
1907-1987 and undated; Majority of material found within ( 1960-1982)
Collection
Identifier: MSS 321
Abstract
In 1961, churches in Rock Island County, Illinois, and Scott County, Iowa, merged to form the "Council of Churches of Scott and Rock Island Counties." In 1971, Roman Catholic and Orthodox congregations were added to the group, and in 1990 the group was renamed "Churches United of the Quad City Area.” Churches United currently consists of over 138 churches of over 20 different branches of Christianity in the Quad Cities. Materials in this collection include the organization’s articles of...
Dates:
circa 1962-1990
Collection
Identifier: MSS 396
Abstract
Augustana College's chapter of Circle K International was established in March 1995 and is still active on campus as of 2015. The Circle K International scrapbooks consists of six scrapbooks created by members of the group from its founding until 2011.
Dates:
1995-2011
Collection
Identifier: MSS 107
Abstract
The Class of 1916 was an Augustana College club founded in 1912 by members of the freshman class of the Collegiate Department. Membership was open to any student “properly enrolled in the said class and not affiliated with any other class.” The Class of 1916 notebook, 1912-1916, contains evidence of the inner workings of the organization, including its constitution, minutes, and membership.
Dates:
1912-1916
Collection
Identifier: MSS 100
Abstract
The collection of early merchants' papers related to Indigenous affairs, 1816-1838, contains letters, indentures, and other papers created by three early merchants active in the Upper Mississippi Valley region: Thomas Forsyth, Russell Farnham, and Edward Kilbourn. Included in the collection are several letters to Col. George Davenport, indentures marking the sale of Native American lands in the "Half-Breed Tract" of Iowa to Edward Kilbourn and Henry S. Austin in 1838, and other documents...
Dates:
1816-1838
Collection
Identifier: MSS 225
Abstract
The College Interclass League at Augustana College and Theological Seminary formed in 1903 with the object to "promote interest in literary and athletic work among the students of the four college classes" (College Interclass League Constitution, undated). Membership included all students in the College Department who were taking a minimum of 10 hours of regular college work.
The College Interclass League records, 1903-1910 and undated, contains the league's constitution, minutes, and some...
Dates:
1903-1910 and undated
