Arthur Wald Armistice Day collection

The Arthur Wald Armistice Day collection is a compilation of pamphlets, articles, political cartoons and other propaganda gathered together by Dr. Arthur Wald, who served as Dean of the College at Augustana College and Theological Seminary from 1931 until 1947. These items were donated by over 25 activist organizations involved in the anti-war movement in the early 1930s and were put on display in Denkmann Memorial Library in the fall of 1935 in observance of Armistice Day, an annual holiday observed on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I. The campus peace program also included a visit and speech from C. Douglas Booth of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, one of the contributing organizations.

Not all items items in the collection were featured in the exhibit; the supplementary mission statements of religious organizations, discourse regarding world news, and calls to action through various groups' membership are either extensions of or related to the peace movement materials already gathered by Wald. Local, regional, and national organizations donated items to support Augustana College's participation in the "Armistice Week Exhibit" to raise campus awareness and support.