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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
Collection
Identifier: MSS 250
Abstract
The Augustana College English Department was housed in East Hall from 1955 to 1978. The interior and exterior of the historic building were remodeled many times. The Collection on East Hall and the Augustana College English Department consists of three series: East Hall, Events, and Brochures/Pamphlets.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1881, 1962-1999 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 28
Abstract
James Murray Eaton was an early settler and famer in the Mississippi River Valley. Eaton was born in Willett, New York on October 31, 1835. His family traveled by covered wagon to Garden Plains, Illinois in 1836, where they lived in a log cabin. Eaton and his father were farmers, and were perhaps the first to build a frame house west of Chicago. Eaton married Emily Green, a schoolteacher originally from Lowell, Massachusetts. In 1893, the Eatons moved to Fulton, Illinois. There, he founded...
Dates:
1880-1927 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 153
Abstract
MSS 153 John Alfred Eckström papers, 1862-1948
John Alfred Eckström was born in Sweden in 1862, and immigrated to the United States in 1881. He attended Augustana College from 1882 until he graduated in 1889. That same year, Eckström was ordained as a Lutheran minister in the Augustana Synod. He served as a pastor for several congregations in the Midwest, and then retired in 1940. Eckström died in 1948. His collection includes autobiographical materials such as journals and news clippings,...
Dates:
circa 1862-1948
Collection
Identifier: MSS 399
Abstract
The Edgerton Women's Health Center, formerly the Maternal Health Center, was an obstetric and gynecological clinic in Davenport, Iowa, that provided women's health services, family planning advice, community education, and prenatal care from 1972 to 2016. The Edgerton Women's Health Center records, 1972-2016, contains administrative and financial records of the EWHC's board of directors, pamphlets and publications, newsletters, evaluations and patient surveys, educational materials, and...
Dates:
1972-2016
Collection
Identifier: MSS 332
Abstract
William D. Edmondson began collecting political memorabilia while he was in graduate school in the 1950s and was a member of American Political Items Collectors for many years. The William D. Edmondson papers contains over 100 years of presidential campaign memorablia, including ephemera, news articles, campaign buttons, sheet music, audio recordings, toys, games, novelties, and other items.
Dates:
1896-2006 and undated
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
Collection
Identifier: MSS 219
Abstract
The Education Society of Augustana College and Theological Seminary was a subcommittee of the Board of Directors. The group was devoted to the support of Augustana College and Theological Seminary. The Education Society of Augustana College and Theological Seminary Account Books, 1861-1880, consists of two bound volumes of financial records.
Dates:
1861-1880
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 141
Abstract
The E.P. Reynolds, Saulpaugh, & Co. account ledger contains purchases and credits for the years 1859-1860, as well as balance sheets. The company was founded in Rock Island in 1858 for the purpose of taking contracts and furnishing men to harvest lumber for railroad ties from pine forests in the northern United States. The names of several prominent Rock Island citizens appear in the ledger.
Dates:
1859-1860
Collection
Identifier: MSS 197
Abstract
Ruth Erickson transferred to Augstana after completing her first year at Aurora College. She graduated in 1943 with a degree in English. She was a member of the Lutheran Student Association, the Berean Bible Class, the Women’s League, the Women’s Athletic Association, and was a student representative of the Augustana Art Association. The Ruth Erickson scrapbooks date from the early 1920s to 1950. The collection consists of a photograph album and two scrapbooks of Erickson's time at...
Dates:
1920s-1951 and undated
