Collection of paper keepsakes

The materials in this collection were created by numerous sources, many of whom remain unidentified. However, the following information has been gathered about several of the creators:

The collection of valentines is from the Huesing sisters. Annie (Anna) Huesing (1871-1916), Helen Huesing (1872-?), and Martha Huesing (1875-1954) were sisters and life-long residents of Rock Island, Illinois. Their father, John August Huesing, moved to Rock Island from Prussia in the mid-1860s. He married Charlotte Frances Steffensen and had one child, Albert Dietrich Huesing (1860-1930). When his first wife died, Huesing married Marie Stark and had Annie, Helen, and Martha.

Grant Hultberg was an 1898 graduate of Augustana College. He earned his L.L.B. from Drake University in 1901, then joined the editorial department of West Publishing Company in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1907, Hultberg was hired as the assistant manager of the Augustana Book Concern. He also became an instructor of commercial law in the Business Department. He left Augustana College in 1919 to become the manager of the United Lutheran Church’s publication house.

Mary Drusilla Wilson was a 1912 graduate of Augustana College. She was originally from Knoxville, Illinois, and graduated from Knoxville High School in 1909. Wilson took part in several activities on campus, including the Adelphic Literary Society, Elsinore, Oratorio Society, the Observer (Social Page editor), the Rockety-I, and the girls’ basketball team (team captain ’10). She was also her class historian and class salutatorian. After graduation, Wilson taught English, German, and Latin at a high school in Wagnersville, Illinois.

E. Einar Kron was a 1923 graduate of Augustana College. He was originally from Bertrand, Nebraska, and graduated from Dayton High School in 1917. Kron participated in many campus activities, such as: the Omicron Sigma Omicron (OZO) fraternity, Tau Kappa Alpha (the national forensic fraternity), Webster Debating Society, Phrenokosmian Literary Society, Augustana Band, Foreign Missionary Society, Oratorio Society, French Club, Christian Brotherhood, Inter-fraternal Council, Intercollegiate Debate, Lyceum Board, Students’ Unions, the Rockety-I, and the Observer (Exchanges editor).

Barbara Ann Susin was a 1962 graduate of Augustana College. She majored in English and participated in campus activities, including: Pi Epsilon Nu (the honorary music fraternity), Student Union, Fine Arts Committee, Rockety-I, International Relations Club, and Debate Team.

The Woman's Athletic Association (W.A.A.) was the successor to the Augustana Girls' Athletic Association (A.G.A.A.), originally founded by Dorothy Rogers in 1922. Under the direction of Jane Sweet Brissman, the W.A.A. grew to include every woman at Augustana. Its most famous annual event was the Kat banquet, an all-woman event at which attendees roasted one another in song and verse and awards were given.

Eva Helena (Cervin) Hasselquist was the wife of Tufve Nilsson Hasselquist, Augustana’s second president. The couple was married shortly before they travelled from Sweden to Galesburg, Illinois in 1852. Hanna Hasselquist was also related to Tufve Nilsson Hasselquist.