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Collection
Identifier: MSS 340
Abstract
The collection of letters, fragments, and signatures, 1624-1970 and undated, contains letters, manuscript fragments, autographs, bibliographic data, and other items related to noteworthy authors and politicians or associated with local and regional history. This collection was assembled by Special Collections staff from orphan manuscripts and items removed from books in the Rare Book Collection.
Dates:
1624-1970 and undated; Majority of material found in 1800-1939
Collection
Identifier: MSS 162
Abstract
Dr. Theodor LeVander was a professor of speech at Augustana College in 1932 to 1977, specializing in the area of rhetoric and public address. During his time at Augustana he also taught in the homiletics department of the former Augustana Theological Seminary. During his lifetime, LeVander was an active member of the World Council of Churches. He was a delegate from the Augustana Lutheran Church at world conferences in England in 1937 and Holland in 1948. The Theodor LeVander papers,...
Dates:
1936-1950 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 95
Abstract
The Lilly Honors Seminar was established as part of a grant awarded to Augustana College. The college used some of the grant money to improve faculty teaching methods. They also used the grant to pay for a number of honors seminars for senior students. Materials in the collection include video tapes (reel film), the seminar proposal, the students’ final projects, correspondence, and notes.
Dates:
1976-1978
Collection
Identifier: MSS 16
Abstract
Josua Lindahl was a professor of natural science and mathematics at Augustana College and Theological Seminary in Rock Island, Illinois, from 1878 to 1888. Lindahl is remembered as the first full time science teacher at Augustana College and laid the foundation for his successor, John Udden, a later professor of geology. In 1888, Lindahl left Augustana for a position as state geologist and curator at the Illinois Natural History Museum, Springfield. He was an important member of the...
Dates:
1844-1958 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 198
Abstract
Erleen “Lindy” Lindeman transferred to Augustana College in 1941 after completing her first two years at Bethany College. She graduated in 1943 with a degree in English. While at Augustana, she sang in the Augustana Choir and Handel Oratorio Society, participated in a number of religious organizations, athletic groups, and women's clubs, and was a member of the Kappa Tau sorority. The Erleen Lindeman scrapbook, 1941-1943, contains keepsakes and pictures from her time at Augustana. The...
Dates:
1941-1943
Collection
Identifier: MSS 385
Abstract
The Augustana College Special Collections local history collection was compiled over the course of several decades by Special Collections staff. These materials, primarily ephemeral in nature, document the history of the Quad Cities, Illinois, Iowa, and the surrounding states. Particular attention is paid to local businesses and organizations, and the materials predominantly date from the late 19th century to the mid-twentieth century, although more recent documents can often be found in the...
Dates:
1713-2017 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 323
Abstract
Richard V. Lohrens is a former student of Augustana College. Lohrens was a member of the military in World War II. He enrolled in Augustana College in 1949. Lohrens joined the Phi Omega Phi (or “Pops”) fraternity the same year. Lohrens graduated as a member of the class of 1953. This slide collection documents the 1965 flood of the Mississippi River in Davenport. There are descriptions on the back of each slide.
Dates:
1965
Collection
Identifier: MSS 415
Abstract
Includes personal and Augustana College-related papers of the Lundholm family. The Lundholm family papers, 1870s-1990s, consists of correspondence, photographs, news clippings, writings, scrapbooks, and other ephemera. Family members represented include Gertrude Ossain Lundholm, Brynolf Lundholm, Algot Theodore Lundholm, amd Lydia Lundholm.
Dates:
circa 1870s-1990s
Collection
Identifier: MSS 302
Abstract
The Lutheran Library Association was a group formed to discuss issues facing the libraries of Lutheran institutions, such as providing better resources and acquiring information about Lutheran issues. Membership was open to both librarians and people interested in utilizing the resources. Included in this collection are the meeting minutes, the constitution, brief membership reports, and financial statements between 1933 and 1935. Also included in this collection is correspondence dating...
Dates:
1933-1937
Collection
Identifier: MSS 208
Abstract
The Lyceum was formed by two rival literary groups at Augustana College, the Adelphic and Phrenokosmian societies, in order to create a lecture and concert series. The first recorded minutes of the Board of the Lyceum of Augustana College and Theological Seminary date from 1892, but there is evidence that the group existed as early as 1890. The Lyceum records, 1892-1931 and undated, has been arranged into three series: Lyceum general body; Lyceum Board of Directors; and ephemera.
Dates:
1892-1931 and undated
