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Edgerton Women's Health Center records
William D. Edmondson papers
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.
Collection on Rudolph W. Edmund
Education Society of Augustana College and Theological Seminary account books
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.
E.P. Reynolds, Saulpaugh, & Co. account ledger
The E.P. Reynolds, Saulpaugh, & Co. account ledger contains purchases and credits for the years 1859-1860, as well as balance sheets. The company was founded in Rock Island in 1858 for the purpose of taking contracts and furnishing men to harvest lumber for railroad ties from pine forests in the northern United States. The names of several prominent Rock Island citizens appear in the ledger.
Ruth Erickson scrapbooks
John Ericsson papers
John Ericsson was a Swedish-American inventor and mechanical engineer. He is perhaps best known for designing the Civil War ship U.S.S. Monitor, an ironclad warship with a revolutionary rotating turret. The John Ericsson papers consists of two letter-size folders of material and one oversize indenture. Included are letters, 1853-1879, written by Ericsson, primarily addressed to John O. Sargent.