Many Augustana students and professors enlisted in the military during World War I. To support their friends and family, along with the cause, students and professors still at the college raised money to send to the troops. One such collection was the Y.M.C.A. War Fund. This collection consists of a list of campus donors to that fund.

Leonard Isidorus Johnson was a former student of Augustana College. Johnson graduated from Augustana in 1928 with a degree in classics. His papers include notes from classes taught by Dr. I. M. Anderson and Dr. C. W. Foss, as well as personal correspondence.