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John Henry Hauberg glass plate images
Collection
Identifier: MSS 27-(images)
Abstract
John Henry Hauberg was a prolific researcher and photographer active in the Quad Cities area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The John Henry Hauberg glass plate images, 1880-1947 and undated, contains roughly 8,000 glass plate images photographed by John Hauberg over the course of his life.
Dates:
1880-1947 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
"The Water Devil" manuscript
Collection
Identifier: MSS 296
Abstract
“The Water Devil: a Tale of Fact and Fiction” is a mystery about a monster terrorizing the Rock Island area. The ‘Water Devil’ attacks victims near the river, then disappears into the water. The tale follows a young man helping with the investigation of the assaults. Pages are missing from the manuscript, so the story is incomplete. The author is unknown, although the narrator states that he lived in the area during the “gay ‘90s,” and seems to set the story around 1918. This collection...
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections