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Collection
Identifier: MSS 292
Abstract
Materials in this collection include a constitution, meeting minutes, financial records, attendance records, membership and guest lists, and correspondence all bound into books, as well as a calendar and unbound membership lists. From 1917-1923 the organization was known as the Tri-City Chemist’s Club, and was succeeded by the Illinois-Iowa Section of the American Chemical Society in 1923.
Dates:
circa 1917-1979
Collection
Identifier: MSS 210
Abstract
The American Scandinavian Association records contain materials from the Augustana chapter of the Association. The association promoted Scandinavian culture at Augustana College and in the surrounding towns.
Dates:
1933-1965
Collection
Identifier: MSS 21
Abstract
Oscar Fritiof Ander was born in Sweden in 1903, and immigrated to the United States in 1921. He attended Augustana College, and graduated in 1926 with his bachelor’s degree. Ander returned to teach history at the college in 1930, and became the head of the department in 1935. He was a member of several historical societies, including the Augustana Historical Society. Ander retired from his position in 1968, and returned to Sweden. He died in California in 1978, where he had been vacationing....
Dates:
circa 1926-1978
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 114
Abstract
Josef Alfred Anderson (also spelled Joseph in some records) was born on July 10, 1868, in Lommaryd, Sweden. He immigrated to the United States in 1876, and began attending Augustana College and Theological Seminary in Rock Island, Illinois. Anderson earned his bachelor’s from the college in 1888, and his master’s in 1891. He then attended the seminary, and graduated in 1892. Anderson was ordained on June 5, 1892, in Lindsborg, Kansas. He was a minister for congregations in several different...
Dates:
circa 1875-1888
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 401
Abstract
Peggy Anderson was a graduate of Augustana College, journalist, and best-selling author. She is known for her book, Nurse, which chronicles the working life of a nurse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Peggy Anderson papers contains one manuscript draft of “In These Hands,” one plaque, 48 5 ¼” floppy disks (primarily containing chapter drafts of an unidentified manuscript labeled “Dad” and computer backups), and seven published books (added to Alumni collection).
Dates:
1979-1997 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 345
Abstract
Richard "Doc" Anderson was born April 22, 1930, in Moline, Illinois. He graduated from Augustana College in 1952 after studying under Frytiof Fryxell and R.W. Edmund. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1955 under the guidance of Leland Horberg, another Augustana alumnus. Anderson served on the faculty of Augustana from 1957 to 1996, where he profoundly influenced several generations of students and faculty members. Anderson was the first person to hold the Fritiof...
Dates:
circa 1939-2009
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 312
Abstract
The Association of Lutheran Faculties is an organization composed of faculty members of Lutheran colleges in the United States and Canada. Membership, though, is not limited to faculty of Lutheran institutions, the group is also open to Lutheran faculty members of non-Lutheran institutions. The purpose of this Association is to bring together the faculty members of institutions of higher learning in an effort to provide Christian fellowship and an outlet for discussion of issues relating...
Dates:
circa 1948-1984
