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Collection
Identifier: MSS 287
Abstract
Ann Boaden is a retired instructor in Augustana College's Department of English. Boaden collected these materials on Emmy Evald while researching female figures in Augustana’s history for her book, Light and Leaven: Women Who Shaped Augustana’s First Century. The Ann Boaden collection on Emmy Evald, 2005-2007 and undated, contains Boaden's handwritten notes on Emmy Evald and research files. Research files include photocopies of material related to the...
Dates:
2005-2007 and undated
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 150
Abstract
Erland Levi Borg was an Augustana alumnus and Lutheran minister. The Erland Levi Borg papers, 1926-1993 and undated, contains articles, pamphlets, receipts, music uniforms, and paraphernalia regarding the Augustana Concert Band European Tour of 1928 and other campus organizations. There is also biographical information regarding Borg's life after Augustana and photographs of Band Tour Reunions. Materials have been arranged into series according to accession date.
Dates:
1926-1993 and undated
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 228
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1903-1941 and undated
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 manuscript...
Dates:
1984-1985
