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West family papers
Lewis Edgar (L.E.) West was born 13 April 1854 in St. Louis, Missouri, to Harmon E. and Mary E. West. The family settled in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1861. On 10 October 1888, L.E. West married Ella C. Clarkson of Galesburg, Illinois. The West family papers, 1885-1928 and undated, consists of correspondence (1894-1915 and undated), financial records (1913-1928), advertisements (undated), and other papers (1885-1921 and undated).
Hans Westerlund papers
Harriet Wheeler papers
Bernard Wickstrom papers
Bernard Y. Wickstrom was a student at Augustana College from 1947 until 1950. He was an editor for the Augustana Observer, president of the Augustana chapter of the Alpha Delta Journalistic Fraternity, and a "Poobah." The Bernard Wickstrom papers, 1948-1950 and undated, contains photographs, clippings, and artwork, largely related to Wickstrom's membership in the Phi Omega Phi (POP) fraternity.
Anna Marian Williams papers
Anna Marian Williams was a 1929 graduate of Augustana College, where she majored in English, and a native of Rock Island, Illinois. The Anna Marian Williams papers consists of two folders of material: Class notes, 1927 and undated, and Enclosures, 1927-1983 and undated.
Williamson family papers
Collection on local Woman's Christian Temperance Union chapters
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was originally organized in late 1874 as a movement of American women. The organization was most concerned with nonviolent protest against the dangers of alcohol. The Collection on local Woman's Christian Temperance Union chapters, 1909, 1922-1925, contains a report from a 1909 convention hosted by the WCTU of Rock Island, Illinois, and a book of minutes, 1922-1925, from meetings of the WCTU of Davenport, Iowa.
Women's Rights Symposium collection
The Women’s Rights Symposium, entitled “Women’s Liberation: Who Needs It?”, was held on 3 February 1973 in Centennial Hall at Augustana College. The Women’s Rights Symposium collection, 1972-1973, consists of two items: a mug commemorating the event, and a scrapbook which contains newspaper coverage, promotional material, guest speaker contracts, and correspondence received by organizer Lori Spencer (née Hess).