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Denison family papers

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Identifier: MSS 386
Abstract

Ruth Hoyt Denison (1877-1940) and Vivian Denison (1880-1938) were residents of Harlan, Iowa, and later Moline, Illinois. The couple had one son, Henry Hoyt Denison. The Denison family papers, 1906-1971, primarily focuses on the deaths of Ruth and Vivian Denison. The collection includes memorial booklets, obituaries, a cemetery deed, a family Bible, and other papers.

Dates: 1906-1971
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Discrete oversize items

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Identifier: MSS 400
Abstract Discrete oversize items, circa 15th century-2016 and undated, contains oversize flat items, rolled items, and framed items primarily relating to Augustana College and local history. Materials include maps, posters, book and manuscript pages, newsclippings, subject files, portraits, photographs, art prints, building sketches, and advertisements. The items in this collection were collected by Special Collections staff over a period of several decades. Materials largely relate to Augustana...
Dates: circa 1400s-2016 and undated
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Earth Interpreters collection

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Identifier: MSS 73
Abstract Earth Interpreters: F. M. Fryxell, Geology, and Augustana was published by the Augustana College Library in 1992 as a tribute to Fritiof M. Fryxell, who began teaching at Augustana from 1923 to 1973 and was instrumental in establishing geology as an independent department in 1929. During his tenure at Augustana, Fryxell founded and curated the geology museum on campus, now called the Fryxell Geology Museum. The Earth Interpreters book is composed of 16...
Dates: 1987-1992
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Collection on East Hall and the Augustana College English Department

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Identifier: MSS 250
Abstract

The Augustana College English Department was housed in East Hall from 1955 to 1978. The interior and exterior of the historic building were remodeled many times. The Collection on East Hall and the Augustana College English Department consists of three series: East Hall, Events, and Brochures/Pamphlets.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1881, 1962-1999 and undated
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

James Murray Eaton papers

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Identifier: MSS 28
Abstract James Murray Eaton was an early settler and famer in the Mississippi River Valley. Eaton was born in Willett, New York on October 31, 1835. His family traveled by covered wagon to Garden Plains, Illinois in 1836, where they lived in a log cabin. Eaton and his father were farmers, and were perhaps the first to build a frame house west of Chicago. Eaton married Emily Green, a schoolteacher originally from Lowell, Massachusetts. In 1893, the Eatons moved to Fulton, Illinois. There, he founded...
Dates: 1880-1927 and undated
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

J.A. Eckstrom papers

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Identifier: MSS 153
Abstract MSS 153 John Alfred Eckström papers, 1862-1948 John Alfred Eckström was born in Sweden in 1862, and immigrated to the United States in 1881. He attended Augustana College from 1882 until he graduated in 1889. That same year, Eckström was ordained as a Lutheran minister in the Augustana Synod. He served as a pastor for several congregations in the Midwest, and then retired in 1940. Eckström died in 1948. His collection includes autobiographical materials such as journals and news clippings,...
Dates: circa 1862-1948
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Edgerton Women's Health Center records

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Identifier: MSS 399
Abstract The Edgerton Women's Health Center, formerly the Maternal Health Center, was an obstetric and gynecological clinic in Davenport, Iowa, that provided women's health services, family planning advice, community education, and prenatal care from 1972 to 2016. The Edgerton Women's Health Center records, 1972-2016, contains administrative and financial records of the EWHC's board of directors, pamphlets and publications, newsletters, evaluations and patient surveys, educational materials, and...
Dates: 1972-2016
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

William D. Edmondson papers

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Identifier: MSS 332
Abstract

William D. Edmondson began collecting political memorabilia while he was in graduate school in the 1950s and was a member of American Political Items Collectors for many years. The William D. Edmondson papers contains over 100 years of presidential campaign memorablia, including ephemera, news articles, campaign buttons, sheet music, audio recordings, toys, games, novelties, and other items.

Dates: 1896-2006 and undated
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Collection on Rudolph W. Edmund

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Identifier: MSS 157
Abstract Rudolph W. Edmund graduated from Augustana College with a Bachelor's Degree in Geology in 1934. After working for a year, Edmund continued his education at the University of Iowa where he pursued and then attained a Master's Degree (1938) and then a Ph. D. (1940). For the remainder of his career, he alternated between working in the private sector as a petroleum geologist and teaching in the geology department at Augustana College, where he was instrumental in helping design new facilities...
Dates: 1933-1998 and undated
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Education Society of Augustana College and Theological Seminary account books

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Identifier: MSS 219
Abstract

The Education Society of Augustana College and Theological Seminary was a subcommittee of the Board of Directors. The group was devoted to the support of Augustana College and Theological Seminary. The Education Society of Augustana College and Theological Seminary Account Books, 1861-1880, consists of two bound volumes of financial records.

Dates: 1861-1880
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

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Denkmann, Anna Catherine Bloedel 3
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Farnham, Russell, 1784-1823 3
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Hasselquist, T.N. (Tufve Nilsson), 1816-1891 3
National Organization for Women. Quad Cities Chapter 3
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Page, Fay Hauberg 3
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Sigma Kappa Tau (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 3
Sorensen, C.W. (Clarence Woodrow), 1907-1982 3
Tredway, John Thomas, 1935- 3
Albrecht, Esther Andreen, 1896-2001 2
Allied Powers (1919-) 2
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Anderson, Netta C. Bartholomew, 1873-1960 2
Augustana Book Concern (Rock Island, Ill. : 1903-1962) 2
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Hauberg, Marx D., b. 1837 2
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