College students -- Illinois -- History -- 20th century

The collection of Augustana College and Theological Seminary class organizations records contains the documents of several of Augustana College’s graduating classes. Documents in this collection are in both English and Swedish, including meeting minutes, financial records, cash books, receipts, correspondences, class history, memorabilia, and newspaper clippings for different graduating classes ranging from 1893 until 1929, with the class of 1907 history dating until 1953.

The Augustana College Class of 1968 collection, 1964-1970, 2018, includes an assortment of 1960s print ephemera brought by members of the class of 1968 to their 50th anniversary reunion. Additional items include photographs, a written document by Gordon Nelson about his experiences at Augustana and in the Vietnam War, as well as a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol Building in honor of the 50th anniversary of the class of 1968.

The collection of Augustana College exhibition materials, 1869-1960 and undated, contains college records, promotional materials, programs, and other papers apparently collected for an exhibition relative to the history of Augustana College.

The Augustana College Social Committee was organized in 1937, replacing the former Board of Control of Social Activities. The group claimed to "ignore organizational frontiers, including all students in its plans." The committee planned numerous all-school social events throughout the school year, including Halloween and Christmas parties as well as a Spring picnic. This collection contains the group's meeting minutes from 1937 to 1948.

The campus and public events collection, 1903-1941 and undated, contains weekly bulletins for campus events and happenings; meeting minutes and official records of Augustana College's Board of Control of Social Activities (later called the Board of Control of Campus Activities), which was charged with overseeing campus programming; and records of the college's Board of Control of Public Meetings, charged with coordinating public events on campus.

The Chi Alpha Pi sorority was officially recognized on March 24th, 1976. The Chi Alpha Pi records include realia, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and photographs.

Chi Omega Gamma is an Augustana College sorority founded in 1925 and still active on campus. The Chi Omega Gamma Sorority records, 1925-2010 and undated, contains scrapbooks, mailing lists, memorabilia, slides, and other materials created by Chi Omega Gamma, as well as minutes and other records of the Chi Omega Gamma Tri-City alumnae chapter.