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E.P. Reynolds, Saulpaugh, & Co. account ledger
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 141
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1859-1860
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Ruth Erickson scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS 197
Abstract
Ruth Erickson transferred to Augstana after completing her first year at Aurora College. She graduated in 1943 with a degree in English. She was a member of the Lutheran Student Association, the Berean Bible Class, the Women’s League, the Women’s Athletic Association, and was a student representative of the Augustana Art Association. The Ruth Erickson scrapbooks date from the early 1920s to 1950. The collection consists of a photograph album and two scrapbooks of Erickson's time at...
Dates:
1920s-1951 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
John Ericsson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 376
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1853-1879
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Stanley Erikson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 155
Abstract
Robert Stanley Erikson was born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 17, 1906, to Charles F. Erikson and Selma Dahlstrom Erikson. He attended the University of Wisconsin as an undergraduate student, and received his bachelor’s degree in 1929. Erikson then earned his law degree in 1933 and his doctorate in 1939, both from Northwestern University. He married Lila Ellstrom in Chicago on June 12, 1937, and the couple had two sons (Robert Stanley and Allen Frederick). Erikson taught for four years at...
Dates:
circa 1944-1973
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Carl Linus Eugene Esbjörn papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 14
Abstract
Carl Linus Eugene Esbjörn (also spelled Esbjorn) was the son of Augustana College's first president, Lars Paul Esbjörn. He attended Augustana College in the 1870s, studying at both the college's Paxton campus and Rock Island campus. He taught at several colleges before taking a permanent position at Augustana as a professor of languages in 1887. He would remain at Augustana for 52 years until his death in 1939, when he was struck by a car while crossing 7th Avenue. Esbjörn was interested in...
Dates:
1838-1941 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Constantin Magnus Esbjörn papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 13
Abstract
Constantin Magnus Esbjörn (also spelled Esbjorn) was born to Gustava and Lars Paul Esbjörn, the founding president of Augustana College, in 1858. C.M. Esbjörn attended Augustana College in Paxton, Illinois, and followed the college when it moved in 1875 to Rock Island, Illinois. Following his graduation from Augustana in 1877, Esbjörn taught at Augustana until 1880 and then again from 1883 to 1890, when he was ordained. He and his family moved frequently throughout the western United States...
Dates:
1868-1925 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
The Lars Paul Esbjörn and Esbjörn family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 1
Abstract
The Lars Paul Esbjörn and Esbjörn family papers primarily documents the personal and professional life of the first president of Augustana College, Lars Paul Esbjörn. Esbjörn was born in Sweden in 1808 and immigrated to America in 1849. In 1860, he became the first president of Augustana College, and remained in this position until 1863, when the college was moved to Paxton, Illinois. That same year, Esbjörn returned to Sweden where he lived until his death in 1870. His papers include...
Dates:
1778-1982 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Ernest M. Espelie papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 342
Abstract
Ernest Marvin Espelie was born on June 22, 1908, in Stoughton, Wisconsin. He was the son of Even and Mamie (Oftelie) Espelie. Espelie attended Luther College for his undergraduate education. He received a bachelor’s degree in 1931. Espelie then earned his bachelor’s (1932) and master’s (1935) in library sciences from the University of Michigan. He married Mary Belle Whitten on September 11, 1933, and the couple went on to have three children. Espelie worked in the University of Michigan...
Dates:
circa 1938-1941
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Esping family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 97
Abstract
The Esping family emigrated to Illinois from their home in Döderhult, Sweden in 1853. The family line and genealogy is extensive, but this collection focuses mainly on Julius Esping, his wife Sophie Bezelius, and their direct line. Their sons, Julius and Axel, fought in the United States Civil War, and Axel was killed at the Battle of Vicksburg in 1863. The Esping family papers, 1869-1983 and undated, contains Otto William Esping's diary, family correspondence, accounts of the Espings'...
Dates:
1869-1983 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Robert Fairman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 373
Abstract
Robert Fairman, Augustana College class of 1956, was a member of the Augustana Choir under the direction of Henry Veld. The Robert Fairman papers, 1946-1960, 2006, consist of two folders. The Augustana College Choir folder contains papers related to the choir and Fairman’s time at Augustana. The Augustana class reunion information folder contains a program and memorabilia from the 1960 Augustana College Choir 30th reunion and program information for the class of 1956’s 50th reunion and...
Dates:
1946-1960, 2006
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections