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Collection
Identifier: MSS 352
Abstract
The Central States College Association was an organization of 11 church-related liberal arts colleges in five Midwestern states. It was founded in 1965. CSCA worked to strengthen programs of liberal education at member colleges through collaboration among administrators, faculty, and students. Augustana College was a member of this organization from 1966 to 1973. Materials in this collection were compiled by Herbert Glynn, who served as registrar of the college, director of admissions, and...
Dates:
circa 1967-1972
Collection
Identifier: MSS 239
Abstract
Herbert L. Glynn was a former student and administrator for Augustana College. Glynn graduated from the College with his BA in 1926. He returned to Augustana in 1944 as the director of administrations. Glynn also held posts as the director of admissions and records, the director of field services, assistant to the president, financial aid officer, director of non-academic public events, and research associate. In his role as a research associate (which the papers in this collection pertain...
Dates:
1969-1974
Collection
Identifier: MSS 151
Abstract
Jonas Olof Grafström was an accomplished Swedish American artist active in the Midwest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was known for his landscape paitings, portraits, and altarpieces.
The Collection on Olof Grafström, 1899-1998 and undated, primarily consists of photocopies of biographical information. The collection also contains photocopied correspondence between the library staff at Augustana College and people interested in Grafström, a letter from Grafström himself,...
Dates:
1899-1998 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 147
Abstract
A. Cyril Graham was an organist, instructor, and composer who served as Head of the Organ and Theoretical Departments at the Conservatory of Music at Augustana College from 1921 to 1932. The A. Cyril Graham papers, 1901-circa 1939, 1976 and undated, primarily includes published and unpublished sheet music for pieces composed by Graham, as well as material related to a 1976 musical program in his honor.
Dates:
1901-circa 1939, 1976 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 15
Abstract
Carl Otto Granere was born 27 September 1844 in Småland, Sweden. He graduated from Stockholm in 1870 and traveled to Augustana College in Paxton, Illinois, that same year. From 1872 to 1876 he was a professor of Latin and Swedish and assistant instructor in Church History and Doctrinal Theology at the College. He received his Ph.D. in 1898 and was appointed librarian of the college. Granere continued his duties as college librarian until his resignation in 1913. He lived to be the oldest of...
Dates:
1873-1946 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 325
Abstract
Green Wing Environmental Laboratory is a biological field station in north-central Illinois. The station is approximately 80 miles to the east of campus. It totals 420 acres of upland forest and wetland habitats and is equipped with two buildings that can accommodate students and professors for short and long-term trips. Classes are taught at the station, and research is conducted there as well. Materials in this collection include annual reports and annual meeting notes.
Dates:
circa 1970-1989
Collection
Identifier: MSS 32
Abstract
Juliamarie Andreen Grilly was born February 6, 1925, in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Dr. Paul and Althea Andreen, and granddaughter of Gustav Andreen, fourth president of Augustana College. Her father was a pastor at a Lutheran church. She attended Augustana College for two years, then transferred to the University of Minnesota in 1946 and was granted a bachelor's degree in bacteriology (now microbiology). In 1947 she began work at the Biomedical Research Laboratory (now Los Alamos...
Dates:
circa 1940s-2000s
Collection
Identifier: MSS 110
Abstract
Oscar Gustav Adolf was born in Drottningholm Palace in Sweden on June 16, 1858. He became Gustav V, King of Sweden when his father died. He reigned from 1907 until his death in 1950, and was the second-longest reigning monarch of his country. This collection consists of a handwritten, hand-bound speech.
Dates:
1909
Collection
Identifier: MSS 227
Abstract
The Gustavus Adolphus Club was formed at Augustana College and Theological Seminary on 15 October 1911. Membership was open to all Gustavus Adolphus students as well as Augustana College students. The Gustavus Adolphus Club records is a small collection consisting of a single bound book of club minutes from 1911 to 1916.
Dates:
1911-1916
Collection
Identifier: MSS 149
Abstract
George Fridolph Hall is an Augustana College graduate. During his time at Augustana, he was a member of the band and the Observer staff. Hall became a professor at several colleges, including Bethany College, Gustavus Adolphus College, DePaul University, and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He did missionary work in Marangu, Tanganyika, and he was also a chaplain at the Swedish Retirement Home in Evanston, Illinois. Hall died in 2000. This collection consists of Hall’s draft of...
Dates:
1985
