Box 2
Container
Contains 9 Results:
Olmsted Family Papers, 1896-1970
Series — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Margaret Olmsted papers, 1896-1993, includes textbooks, gradebooks, personal books, bulletins, magazines, and pamphlets belonging to Margaret Olmsted and the Olmsted family. The materials pertain mostly to Olmsted’s years as a student and professor at Augustana College, as well as her life as a Rock Island, Illinois resident. Additional materials belonged to her father and siblings.
The collection is arranged into the following series: Series I. Margaret Olmsted, 1901-1993 and Series II....
Dates:
1896-1970
Robert Ward Olmsted, Margaret Olmsted’s father, 1936-1950
Sub-Series — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Margaret Olmsted papers, 1896-1993, includes textbooks, gradebooks, personal books, bulletins, magazines, and pamphlets belonging to Margaret Olmsted and the Olmsted family. The materials pertain mostly to Olmsted’s years as a student and professor at Augustana College, as well as her life as a Rock Island, Illinois resident. Additional materials belonged to her father and siblings.
The collection is arranged into the following series: Series I. Margaret Olmsted, 1901-1993 and Series II....
Dates:
1936-1950
“Books Read by R. W. Olmsted since September 1932” 176 books listed, 28 February 1936
File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Margaret Olmsted papers, 1896-1993, includes textbooks, gradebooks, personal books, bulletins, magazines, and pamphlets belonging to Margaret Olmsted and the Olmsted family. The materials pertain mostly to Olmsted’s years as a student and professor at Augustana College, as well as her life as a Rock Island, Illinois resident. Additional materials belonged to her father and siblings.
The collection is arranged into the following series: Series I. Margaret Olmsted, 1901-1993 and Series II....
Dates:
28 February 1936
Biographies of the Scoharies: Class of 1890: As compiled for the 50th anniversary June 7 to 10 – 1940. Ames, Iowa: Printing Department, Iowa State College, 22 October 1940.
File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
Includes a biography and photographs of Robert W. Olmsted.
Dates:
22 October 1940.
Robert W. Olmstead’s copy of The Common Book of Worship. Philadelphia: The Board of Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, 2 May 1950
File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
A gift from Broadway Presbyterian Church to Robert Olmsted for being a member of the church for over fifty years.
Dates:
2 May 1950
Olmsted Family Members, 1896-1921, 1970
Sub-Series — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Margaret Olmsted papers, 1896-1993, includes textbooks, gradebooks, personal books, bulletins, magazines, and pamphlets belonging to Margaret Olmsted and the Olmsted family. The materials pertain mostly to Olmsted’s years as a student and professor at Augustana College, as well as her life as a Rock Island, Illinois resident. Additional materials belonged to her father and siblings.
The collection is arranged into the following series: Series I. Margaret Olmsted, 1901-1993 and Series II....
Dates:
1896-1921, 1970
Day Book, 1902-1921
File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by (Robert) Ward, Robert, and Elizabeth Olmsted. Includes history notes, French vocabulary words, and a journal of a trip to New York. The journal and vocabulary are probably written by Margaret’s sister Elizabeth. History notes in another hand.
Dates:
1902-1921
The Ladies of Fulton Illinois. The Favorite Cookery. Fulton, IL: Register Print, 1896
File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
Likely owned by one of the Olmsted women. Contains handwritten recipes from women in Rock Island and Davenport.
Dates:
1896
Augustana College Alumni Bulletin, 1970
File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
Addressed to Jeanette Olmsted
Dates:
1970