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Collection
Identifier: MSS 49
Abstract
The African Students Association (ASA) was founded in 2017 in order to provide a space for African students to discuss ideas and issues related to Africa. The group is responsible for putting on the annual Afro Fest event, (short for African Festival). The African Students Association records, 2017-2023 and undated, include oprganizational records such as a meeting sign-in sheet, 2018 constitution signed by members, and speeches by the groups president for the 2018 Afro Fest. The collection...
Dates:
2017-2022 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 80
Abstract
Esther Miriam Andreen was born on September 4, 1896 in New Haven, Connecticut to parents Gustav and Marie Andreen. Her father became the fourth president of Augustana College in 1901. Albrecht had two older brothers, Paul and Marion, and two younger, Gustav and Carl. She attended the Augustana Academy from 1908 to 1914, and enrolled at Augustana College in the fall of 1914, where she studied Modern Languages. She was a member of the Sigma Kappa Tau sorority, the Adelphic Society, the Woman’s...
Dates:
1943, circa 1985 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 55
Abstract
The Alpha Delta Journalistic Fraternity was founded 27 December 1929 by staff members of the Augustana Observer. On 8 March 1930, the Illinois Alpha Chapter began at Augustana College. The group published a bi-annual magazine, Alpha Delt, and attended the National conventions in peoria, Illinois. Membership was based on involvement in the Observer. The Alpha Delta Journalistic Fraternity records, 1933-1935 and undated, contains documents related to the Illinois Alpha chapter, including...
Dates:
1933-1935 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 53
Abstract
Alpha Lambda Delta was a national honors society founded at the University of Illinois in 1923. Initially, it was open only to high-achieving women since its brother organization, Phi Eta Sigma, accepted only male participants. Both organizations became co-educational in the mid-1970s. The Augustana chapter, first called the Freshman Women's Honor Group and later nicknamed "Toppers," was formed in 1940. According to its constitution, the group tried to "promote intelligent living and a...
Dates:
1941-1977
Collection
Identifier: MSS 54
Abstract
Alpha Phi Omega (APO) is a national co-ed service fraternity. Since the early 1970s, the Augustana College chapter, Lambda Rho, has sponsored the Ugly Man On Campus (UMOC) auction and talent show to raise money for charity. This collection contains programs from Ugly Man on Campus events, 1970-2007.
Dates:
1970-2007
Collection
Identifier: MSS 394
Abstract
Alpha Omega is Augustana College's local chapter of the National Theatre Honor Society, Alpha Psi Omega. The Alpha Psi Omega, Alpha Omega chapter records consists of three folders of treasurer's records, 2001-2018 and miscellaneous records from the 2017-2018 academic year.
Dates:
2001-2018
Collection
Identifier: MSS 196
Abstract
Dorothy Anderson was a missionary who worked in Tanzania between the 1940s and 1950s. It is unknown when she was born; however, she was a student at Augustana College over the course of the 1940s and potentially 1950s. Based on the collection, her missionary work focused soley on Tanzania from the beginning of the 1940s through the late 1950s. This collection is the result of that missionary work, as it is made up of texts and writings that either pertained to her experiences in Tanzania or...
Dates:
1911-1977 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 375
Abstract
Mae Anderson grew up in Monmouth, Illinois. She attended Augustana College in Rock Island between 1918 and 1925 and obtained a degree in English. The Mae Anderson papers, 1900-1925, consists of newspaper clippings and a scrapbook.
Dates:
1900-1925 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 220
Abstract
The Asian Student Organization is an Augustana College student group. Founded in 1995, the purpose of the group is to promote interest in Asian culture among students. The Asian Student Organization records, 1990s-2018 and undated, consists of one undated color photograph of group members, one 2006-2007 school year scrapbook with photographs of club events, one photograph album from the 1990s containing candid snapshots of group events, one folder of materials documenting the group's...
Dates:
1990s-2017 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 372
Abstract
The astronomy notebook, circa 1880s, contains definitions of astronomical and other scientific terminology, mathematical equations, longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates, drawings, figures, triangulations, word problems, and other notes, presumably produced in an astronomy class at Augustana College. Nothing is known about its provenance.
Dates:
circa 1880s
