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Carr and Lukens family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 119
Abstract

The Carr and Lukens families were prominent figures in Rock Island County in the 19th and 20th centuries, and they were among the first families to settle in the area. The Carr and Lukens family papers are arranged into seven series: Correspondence, 1837-1924 and undated; Writings and drawings, 1850-1918; Financial records, 1829-1946 (bulk 1837-1869); Genealogical data, 1905-1968 and undated; Printed material, 1805-1981; Photographs, circa 1860s-1970 and undated; and Realia.

Dates: 1805-1981 and undated
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

John Henry Hauberg papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 27
Abstract John Henry Hauberg was a businessman, philanthropist, civic organizer, researcher, and photographer active in Rock Island and the Quad Cities area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Hauberg and his wife, Susanne Denkmann Hauberg, were very active in the Quad Cities community, serving on many advisory boards and organizing dozens of philanthropic initiatives. Hauberg was also an avid photographer, capturing some 100,000 photographs over the course of his life. The John Henry Hauberg...
Dates: 1773-1998 and undated; (bulk 1857-1955)
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Letters, fragments, and signatures

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 340
Abstract

The collection of letters, fragments, and signatures, 1624-1970 and undated, contains letters, manuscript fragments, autographs, bibliographic data, and other items related to noteworthy authors and politicians or associated with local and regional history. This collection was assembled by Special Collections staff from orphan manuscripts and items removed from books in the Rare Book Collection.

Dates: 1624-1970 and undated; Majority of material found in 1800-1939
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Ephraim L. and Louise Manning papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 356
Abstract

Ephraim and Louise Manning were interested in participating in the Quad Cities community and its history. They were members of groups such as the Black Hawk Hiking Club, Friendship Force of the Quad Cities, and Viewfinders Camera Club. Materials in the collection include newspaper clippings on local history and historic homes, world affairs, local news, and medical news; photos, slides, scrapbook pages, and cassette tapes.

Dates: circa 1955-2007
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Edward D. Sweeney account ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 121
Abstract The Edward D. Sweeney account ledger, 1860-1869, primarily contains the business records of Edward Sweeney, a Rock Island lawyer, particularly related to bounty claims following the American Civil War. Most of these claims were initiated by widows, parents, or legal gardians of orphaned children seeking pensions for family members who died in combat, but many claims are related to back pay of discharged soldiers. Sweeney kept his records in a ledger formerly owned by Emanuel J. Pershing, a...
Dates: 1860-1869
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

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Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 1
Arnold, Mathew, 1822-1888 1
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.) 1
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Black Hawk, Sauk chief, 1767-1838 1
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Bremer, Fredrika, 1801-1865 1
Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 1
Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844 1
Carr family 1
Carr, William 1
Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1763-1844 1
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 1
Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870 1
Dahlgren, Ulric, 1842-1864 1
Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882 1
Davis, Appolonia Denkmann 1
Dell, Floyd, 1887-1969 1
Denkmann family 1
Denkmann, Anna Catherine Bloedel 1
Denkmann, Frederick Carl August 1
Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848 1
Eastman, Annis Ford, 1852-1910 1
Egan, Pierce, 1772-1849 1
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 1
Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948 1
Greenaway, John 1
Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901 1
Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden, 1594-1632 1
Hauberg Civic Center (Rock Island, Ill.) 1
Hauberg family 1
Hauberg, Anna Margaret Frels 1
Hauberg, Anne Gould 1
Hauberg, John H. (John Henry), 1869-1955 1
Hauberg, John H. (John Henry), 1916-2002 1
Hauberg, Marx D., b. 1837 1
Hauberg, Susanne Christine Denkmann, 1872-1942 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926 1
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 1
Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1777-1848 1
Lukens family 1
Lukens, Eliza Jane Carr 1
Lukens, George McKinney 1
Madison, James, 1751-1836 1
Manning, Ephraim L., 1908-1995 1
Manning, Louise Nascher, 1914-2012 1
Milton, John, 1608-1674 1
Monroe, James, 1758-1831 1
Morton, John, 1725-1777 1
Old Settlers Association (Rock Island, Ill.) 1
Page, Fay Hauberg 1
Pershing, Emanuel J., 1831-1860 1
Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855 1
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 1
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 1
Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America 1
Shipley, Mary Adelaide Brown 1
Stephan G. Stephansson (Stephan Guðmundsson Stephansson), 1853-1927 1
Sweeney, Catherine Denkmann Hauberg, 1914-1995 1
Sweeney, Edward D., 1833-1910 1
United Sunday School Boys Band 1
Welch, Richard Allan "Bud" 1
West, Herbert Faulkner, 1898-1974 1
Weyerhaeuser Company 1
Weyerhaeuser family 1
Weyerhaeuser, Frederick, 1834-1914 1
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 1
Young Men's Christian Association (Rock Island, Ill.) 1
Young Women's Christian Association (Rock Island, Ill.) 1
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