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Collection
Identifier: MSS 397
Abstract
Ann Boaden is a retired Augustana College faculty member. She taught in the English Department, served as editor of the Augustana College Magazine, and served on the Augustana Historical Society’s board of directors. Boaden’s papers include research files, correspondence, notes, and writings.
Dates:
circa 1980s-2000s
Collection
Identifier: MSS 61
Abstract
Ken Brink (1913-2001) was a lifelong resident of Moline and spent his professional life as a cost accountant at John Deere. He was an active member of Plymouth Congregational Church, where his father was the minister, until the church dissolved. Brink then became a member of First Congregational Church, where he continued to be an active member of the congregation and the church choir. Always an outdoors man, Brink joined the Black Hawk Hiking Club in the late 1940s. He was a 50-year member...
Dates:
1962-1995 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 161
Abstract
Jane Sweet Brissman (1910-2006) became Augustana's first full time physical education teacher for women when she joined the faculty in 1936. During her time at Augustana she instituted a physical education program for women and founded "play days" for female students. These contests, which were later known as Women's Sports Days, commenced competitive athletics for women at Augustana. The Jane Brissman scrapbook, 1936-1954 and undated, documents the first 18 years of Brissman's time at...
Dates:
1936-1954 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 72
Abstract
Betsey Brodahl was born and raised in Wahoo, Nebraska, where she attended grade school and high school and one year at Luther College. Upon the urging of two instructors at Luther College, Brodahl applied at Augustana College to continue her college education. She was accepted, and graduated with a B. A. in history in 1944. Wanting a new experience, Brodahl went on to pursue graduate studies at Syracuse and Stanford. Her studies were interrupted in 1947 when Conrad Bergendoff, then president...
Dates:
1967-2009 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 74
Abstract
John Brown was a bus driver for the Greyhound bus company. He was first hired by Augustana College in 1942 to drive the Augustana Choir on their annual tour. He drove the choir on their tour for 33 years, until his retirement in 1975. The choir nicknamed him “Brownie,” and would request him as their driver every year. Materials in this collection include scrapbooks and news clippings.
Dates:
circa 1952-1975
Collection
Identifier: MSS 75
Abstract
John Caldwell was born in Pennsylvania. He studied at St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he earned his bachelor’s. He earned his master’s at the University of Pennsylvania, and his master’s of library science at Drexel University, Philadelphia. He worked in several college libraries, including Drew University, Madison, New Jersey; California Lutheran College, Thousand Oaks, California; and California State College, Stanislaus, California. In 1975, Caldwell accepted the...
Dates:
circa 1978-1986
Collection
Identifier: MSS 146
Abstract
Bror Carlson was a Swedish pastor who researched the life of Olof Olsson. Carlsson compiled a manuscript of several hundred pages before his death in 1967. His son, Alf Brorson, edited the manuscript into a 63-page book in 1984. He donated the original manuscript and the published book to the college. Conrad Bergendoff then donated the materials, along with his notes and some correspondence, to the archives. Materials in this collection include a photocopy of Carlson’s typewritten...
Dates:
1984-1985
Collection
Identifier: MSS 339
Abstract
David Carlson attended Augustana College in the early 1970s. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology, and went on to earn his doctorate in Oceanography from the University of Maine, Orono, Maine, in 1981. He became a professor at the College of Oceanography at Oregon State University from 1983 to 1990. Carlson also directed the Atmospheric Technology Division within the National Center for Atmospheric Research from 1994 until 2003. The collection consists of Carlson’s collection of...
Dates:
circa 1900s-2000s
Collection
Identifier: MSS 119
Abstract
The Carr and Lukens families were prominent figures in Rock Island County in the 19th and 20th centuries, and they were among the first families to settle in the area. The Carr and Lukens family papers are arranged into seven series: Correspondence, 1837-1924 and undated; Writings and drawings, 1850-1918; Financial records, 1829-1946 (bulk 1837-1869); Genealogical data, 1905-1968 and undated; Printed material, 1805-1981; Photographs, circa 1860s-1970 and undated; and Realia.
Dates:
1805-1981 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 405
Abstract
Chi Alpha Pi is a sorority at Augustana College. The Chi Alpha Pi records includes a pledge book and paddle from 1979 and a tee shirt, composite photographs, a pledge paddle, and ephemera from the 2010s.
Dates:
1979, 2010s
