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Carl Otto Granere papers

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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
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Green Wing Environmental Laboratory records

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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
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Julie Grilly papers

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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
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Gustav V message to the Swedish Riksdag

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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
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Gustavus Adolphus Club Records

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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
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

George Fridolph Hall manuscript

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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
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Luella Hallberg papers

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Identifier: MSS 370
Abstract

Luella Hallberg, Augustana College class of 1940, served as class representative and author of the alumni newsletter. The Luella Hallberg papers contains a packet from Augustana College’s 1995 alumni weekend; a spring 1995 alumni newsletter; letters from Augustana College alumni, 1995-1996; and material, 1994, apparently taken from a scrapbook.

Dates: 1994-1996
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Handel Oratorio Society records

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Identifier: MSS 231
Abstract The Handel Oratorio Society is a choral society composed of Quad City community members and local college students. It began in 1880 under the name Augustana Handel Oratorio Society and was founded by former Augustana College president, Olof Olsson. The Society is most famous for its Christmas season performance of George Frederic Handel's Messiah, which was first performed 12 April 1881. Charles Wuorinen's piece, The Celestial...
Dates: 1880-2004 and undated
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Grant D. Hanson stamp collection

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Identifier: MSS 324
Abstract Grant Hanson was born on March 14, 1911, in Sioux City, Iowa. He attended Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, and graduated in 1933. Hanson then married in August 1941, and continued his education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He attended the library school there from 1940 until 1942. Hanson worked for the Augustana College Library, and then earned his master in library sciences at the University of Michigan in 1944. In 1945, Hanson became the head librarian of...
Dates: circa 1898-1928
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Harper House hotel register

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Identifier: MSS 327
Abstract The Harper House Hotel was built by Benjamin Harper, a Rock Island businessman. There had been a hotel on the land on which he built the structure since 1846. The five-story brick building cost $100,000 to build and opened on February 21, 1871. Harper included fire escapes in every room – a first for hotels in the Midwest. Visitors proclaimed it one of the most lavish hotels west of Chicago. The Harper House Hotel was purchased from Harper in 1907, and passed through the hands of three...
Dates: 1903
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

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Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America 5
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Veld, Henry 4
Anderson, Richard C. (Richard Charles), 1930-2009 3
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Esbjörn, L.P. (Lars Paul), 1808-1870 3
Farnham, Russell, 1784-1823 3
Foss, C.W. (Claude William), 1855-1935 3
Fryxell, Roald, 1934-1974 3
Handel Oratorio Society 3
Hasselquist, T.N. (Tufve Nilsson), 1816-1891 3
National Organization for Women. Quad Cities Chapter 3
Olsson, Olof, 1841-1900 3
Page, Fay Hauberg 3
Peterson, Melbert 3
Phi Rho (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 3
Pi Upsilon Gamma (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 3
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
Alpha Phi Omega. Lambda Rho Chapter (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 2
Alpha Psi Omega. Alpha Omega chapter (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 2
Anderson, Netta C. Bartholomew, 1873-1960 2
Augustana Book Concern (Rock Island, Ill. : 1903-1962) 2
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College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin 2
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Forsyth, Thomas, 1771-1833 2
Glynn, Herbert L. 2
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Hauberg, Marx D., b. 1837 2
Hauberg, Susanne Christine Denkmann, 1872-1942 2
Jackson, Tom 2
Jones, L.E. 2
Kappa Epsilon Nu (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 2
Keokuk, Sauk chief, 1780?-1848 2
Kilbourn, Edward 2
Nystul, Ingeborg, 1880-1972 2
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Stahl, Helen 2
Steigman, Barbara Reynolds 2
Swanson, Lillian E., 1901-1991 2
Sweeney, Catherine Denkmann Hauberg, 1914-1995 2
Udden, Johan August, 1859-1932 2
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