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Collection
Identifier: MSS 356
Abstract
Ephraim and Louise Manning were interested in participating in the Quad Cities community and its history. They were members of groups such as the Black Hawk Hiking Club, Friendship Force of the Quad Cities, and Viewfinders Camera Club. Materials in the collection include newspaper clippings on local history and historic homes, world affairs, local news, and medical news; photos, slides, scrapbook pages, and cassette tapes.
Dates:
circa 1955-2007
Collection
Identifier: MSS 104
Abstract
K. A. Martin (also, Karl Axel or Carl Axel) was born in Horn, Östergötland, Sweden on January 22, 1863. He came to the United States in 1881, and arrived at Augustana College and Theological Seminary in Rock Island, Illinois in 1884. He attended the college from 1886-1888, and the seminary from 1892-1894. Martin was ordained in St. Peter, Minnesota on June 10, 1894. He then served congregations in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey until his death on October 13, 1942. Materials in this...
Dates:
circa 1881-1942
Collection
Identifier: MSS 306
Abstract
Kelvin Mason was a professor of art at Augustana College from 2010 until his retirement in 2022. The Kelvin Mason collection of student art prints, 2012-2021, includes portfolios of students’ work from printmaking classes.
Dates:
2012-2021
Collection
Identifier: MSS 329
Abstract
Mattie McClane (legally, Kristine Kaiser) is a novelist, poet, and journalist from Moline, Illinois. The papers largely include creative writings and newspaper columns produced during her education and writing career.
Dates:
1983-2023 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 123
Abstract
Jules Göthe Ultimus Mauritzson was born in Sweden and immigrated to the United States in 1895. He graduated from Augustana College and became a pastor before serving as the head of Augustana's department of Swedish language and literature from 1901 until his death in 1930. The Jules G. U. Mauritzson papers, 1841-1992 and undated, includes Mauritzson’s vital records, sermons, lectures, teaching materials, programs and publications from his student life in Sweden, a scrapbook, memorabilia, and...
Dates:
1841-1992 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 92
Abstract
The State of Illinois Board of Higher Education was created by the General Assembly and Governor Otto Kerner in 1961 in order to plan and coordinate Illinois' system of colleges and universities. The papers in this collection were from the office of Bruce R. McCart, who was most likely a member of the board in the 1970s. Materials in the collection include plans for post-secondary education, reports on committees and public hearings, summaries of actions, faculty advisory committee papers...
Dates:
1974-1976
Collection
Identifier: MSS 350
Abstract
Michael McCarty is a graduate of Scott Community College and Marycrest College. This collections consists of manuscripts for both published and unpublished books, including: It Came From the 70s, Fallen Angel, Dark Duets, Tales of Route 66, Out of Time, Modern Mythmakers, Giants of the Genre, More Giants of the Genre.
Dates:
undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 382
Abstract
David McIntyre was an American geologist who worked for the United States Geological Survey for 20 years. His specialty was regional geologic mapping of volcanic rocks. His friend and colleague, Roald H. Fryxell, was a geologist and graduate of Augustana College and the University of Idaho. Fryxell was involved in many groundbreaking projects, including examining moon rocks that the Apollo 11 expedition brought back. He took part in a Seminar of Space Exploration at Augustana College in...
Dates:
1974-1979 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 353
Abstract
Philip Wm. McKinley was born 22 June 1952 to William and Virginia McKinley of Avon, Illinois. He graduated from Avon High School in 1970. McKinley attended Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, where he participated as an actor and a choreographer in Augustana’s theater program and the Barn Theater, a community group in Moline, Illinois, near Augustana College. He graduated in 1973 with majors in education, speech, drama, music, English, and the visual arts. McKinley is most well known...
Dates:
1938-2017 and undated
Collection
Identifier: MSS 103
Abstract
James McLure was a landowner in Pennsylvania in the late 18th century. This collection consists of a deed for the purchase of land in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, signed by Peter Muhlenberg, Vice President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 25 September 1888. The document was signed only two weeks before Muhlenberg vacated his post under mysterious circumstances (and without notice to the Council) in early October 1888.
Dates:
1788
