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Collection
Identifier: MSS 207
Abstract
The Augustana College Alumni Association was formed in 1877 by the first graduating class of Augustana. The main objectives of the group differed slightly with each iteration of the constitution but generally included continuing "the pleasant relations formed" while at Augustana and promoting the interests of the institution. The Alumni Association of Augustana College records, 1860-2013 and undated, contains meeting minutes, organizational records, promotional materials, and research...
Dates:
1860-2013 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 252
Abstract
This collection contains information concerning the American Association of University Professors, a national organization formed in 1915 that is concerned with issues facing professors on both a national, state, and local level. These issues range from academic freedom, tenure issues, and ideas about suitable salary and hours of classroom instruction.
The American Association of University Professors, Augustana Chapter records contain publications, annual meeting notes, membership...
Dates:
circa 1936-1983
Collection
Identifier: MSS 309
Abstract
The American Association of University Women encourages equality for women and girls in educational, social, political, and economic situations. The AAUW Rock Island-Moline Branch was founded on November 13, 1909. The collection contains the group's records, including yearbooks, minutes of AAUW Board meetings (August 2003-June 2005) and 1 newsprint article (column about member Bea Fritz).
Dates:
circa 1916-2016
Collection
Identifier: MSS 292
Abstract
Materials in this collection include a constitution, meeting minutes, financial records, attendance records, membership and guest lists, and correspondence all bound into books, as well as a calendar and unbound membership lists. From 1917-1923 the organization was known as the Tri-City Chemist’s Club, and was succeeded by the Illinois-Iowa Section of the American Chemical Society in 1923.
Dates:
circa 1917-1979
Collection
Identifier: MSS 210
Abstract
The American Scandinavian Association records contain materials from the Augustana chapter of the Association. The association promoted Scandinavian culture at Augustana College and in the surrounding towns.
Dates:
1933-1965
Collection
Identifier: MSS 21
Abstract
Oscar Fritiof Ander was born in Sweden in 1903, and immigrated to the United States in 1921. He attended Augustana College, and graduated in 1926 with his bachelor’s degree. Ander returned to teach history at the college in 1930, and became the head of the department in 1935. He was a member of several historical societies, including the Augustana Historical Society. Ander retired from his position in 1968, and returned to Sweden. He died in California in 1978, where he had been vacationing....
Dates:
circa 1926-1978
Collection
Identifier: MSS 196
Abstract
Dorothy Anderson was a missionary who worked in Tanzania between the 1940s and 1950s. It is unknown when she was born; however, she was a student at Augustana College over the course of the 1940s and potentially 1950s. Based on the collection, her missionary work focused soley on Tanzania from the beginning of the 1940s through the late 1950s. This collection is the result of that missionary work, as it is made up of texts and writings that either pertained to her experiences in Tanzania or...
Dates:
1911-1977 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 114
Abstract
Josef Alfred Anderson (also spelled Joseph in some records) was born on July 10, 1868, in Lommaryd, Sweden. He immigrated to the United States in 1876, and began attending Augustana College and Theological Seminary in Rock Island, Illinois. Anderson earned his bachelor’s from the college in 1888, and his master’s in 1891. He then attended the seminary, and graduated in 1892. Anderson was ordained on June 5, 1892, in Lindsborg, Kansas. He was a minister for congregations in several different...
Dates:
circa 1875-1888
Collection
Identifier: MSS 375
Abstract
Mae Anderson grew up in Monmouth, Illinois. She attended Augustana College in Rock Island between 1918 and 1925 and obtained a degree in English. The Mae Anderson papers, 1900-1925, consists of newspaper clippings and a scrapbook.
Dates:
1900-1925 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 19a
Abstract
Netta C. Bartholomew Anderson was one of the first six women to graduate from Augustana College, earning her degree in 1894. She was active in student groups at Augustana and remained active in the Rock Island community and with the Augustana Alumni Association after graduating. She was an early proponent of women's rights and a prolific writer and researcher. Her topics of interest included the role of women in society, women's history, Rock Island County history, and early Illinois...
Dates:
1831-1959 and undated
