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Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Alpha Iota chapter records

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Identifier: MSS 194
Abstract Sigma Gamma Epsilon is a national honor society that recognizes and promotes scholarship and professionalism in earth sciences. To be eligible, a student must maintain at least a 3.0 gpa in all earth science courses and an overall gpa of 2.67. Activities include regular meetings. Officers perform duties such as writing the weekly Geology Department newsletter and helping to organize field trips and meetings of the Udden Geology Club. The Alpha Iota chapter at Augustana College was...
Dates: circa 1938-1940s

Sigma Kappa Tau records

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Identifier: MSS 270
Abstract

Sigma Kappa Tau was founded as "the QTs" at Augustana College in 1909. The group faced periods of declining membership and financial struggle before stabilizing and ultimately renaming itself Sigma Kappa Tau. The Sigma Kappa Tau records, 1917-2012 and undated, is arranged into five series: Officers' papers, 1910-2010; Sorority activities, 1946-2007 and undated; Pledge books, 1963-1964 and 2015; Photographs and scrapbooks, 1917-2012; and Realia, 1962-1966, 2006-2009 and undated.

Dates: 1910-2015 and undated

Sigma Pi Delta records

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Identifier: MSS 279
Abstract

The Sigma Pi Delta sorority, nicknamed the “Speeds”, was founded at Augustana College in 1908 by members of the S.P.D. Tennis Club. The Speeds gave up their charter from 1970 to 1980, but remain active on campus today. The Sigma Pi Delta records, 1908-2004 and undated, is organized into four series: Official records, 1924-2004 and undated; Sorority activities, 1927-2003 and undated; Pledging, 1981-2004; and Photographs and scrapbook, 1908-2003 and undated.

Dates: 1908-2004 and undated

Thomas W. Sims papers

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Identifier: MSS 88
Abstract Thomas W. Sims received his bachelor's degree in English at Augustana College in 1936. He served overseas in the Army during World War II in the ordnance department. Later, he served as an Assistant Professor of English at Southwestern Louisiana University and a reference librarian at Augustana College. The Thomas W. Sims papers date from approximately 1932-1994. The Thomas W. Sims papers, 1931-1994 and undated, contain Sims's personal papers, correspondence (including World War II letters),...
Dates: 1931-1994 and undated

Carl Enoch Slatt sermons

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Identifier: MSS 143
Abstract

Carl Enoch Slätt was a student at Augustana College and a pastor in the Augustana Synod. Slätt was born in Sweden in 1865, and immigrated to the United States in 1891. He was a member of the Augustana College class of 1896, and attended the Augustana Seminary from 1892-1894. He then went on to lead several churches in the Quad Cities area. Slätt died in 1950. His papers include two small notebooks of sermons.

Dates: 1901, 1932

Clarence Woodrow Sorensen papers

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Identifier: MSS 6
Abstract Clarence Woodrow Sorensen, the sixth president of Augustana College, was born in Nebraska in 1907. He studied and traveled all over the world, producing fifteen books about his geographical studies, before coming to Augustana College. Sorensen assumed the presidency in 1962, and became the first Augustana College president who was not ordained before or during his term. He oversaw many changes to the campus, and helped to increase donations to the college. Sorensen resigned from his position...
Dates: 1947-1983 and undated

Jesse Spencer papers

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Identifier: MSS 341
Abstract Jesse E. Spencer was a resident of Rock Island, Illinois, who collected books mainly between the years of 1910 and 1930. His private collection contained roughly 3800 volumes, and was purchased from the Millicent Spencer estate by Augustana College in 1949. The books were transferred to the college by the Van Norman Book Company of Galesburg. Materials in the collection include descriptions of rare book editions, as well as other notes, pamphlets, and articles relating to Jesse Spencer's...
Dates: undated

Jonathan B. Spencer and Richard P. Hart papers

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Identifier: MSS 334
Abstract

Jonathan B. Spencer lived in Essex County, New York, in the first half of the nineteenth century, and bought and sold land in the Quad City area. Richard P. Hart also bought and sold land in the area in the 1840s and 1850s. Materials in this collection include financial records, correspondence, and notes concerning the buying and selling of land around the Quad City area after the Black Hawk War, as well as photocopies of the original documents.

Dates: circa 1835-1852

Henry F. Staack papers

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Identifier: MSS 148
Abstract

Henry F. Staack was a former history professor of Augustana College. Staack came to the college in 1927 as an assistant history professor, was promoted to associate professor in 1935 and resigned in 1958. His papers include personal correspondence, correspondence and papers relating to societies Staack belonged to, a photograph, postcards, personal books, and pamphlets on a variety of religious and historical subjects.

Dates: circa 1927-1959

Dick Stahl papers

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Identifier: MSS 381
Abstract

Richard “Dick” Stahl is an alumnus of Augustana College, class of 1963, and poet. He served as the first poet laureate of the Quad Cities from 2001 to 2003. The Dick Stahl papers contains two scrapbooks of poetry created by Dick Stahl. These scrapbooks were inspired by construction projects on Augustana's campus in the early 2010s.

Dates: 2010-2011

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Augustana College and Theological Seminary (Rock Island, Ill.) -- Students 66
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Music in universities and colleges -- Illinois -- Rock Island 16
Music -- Instruction and study 13
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Swedish American Lutherans 12
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Multiple languages 72
Swedish 5
French 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
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Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.) 15
Andreen, Gustav Albert, 1864-1940 8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 8
Fryxell, Fritiof, 1900-1986 8
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Choir 7
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Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Black Student Union 6
Black Hawk Hiking Club 6
Bergendoff, Conrad John Immanuel (1895-1997) 5
Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America 5
Hauberg, John H. (John Henry), 1869-1955 5
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Alumni Association 4
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Thomas Tredway Library 4
Augustana Historical Society 4
Boaden, Ann 4
Brodahl, Betsey 4
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 4
Paulson, Ross Evans 4
Veld, Henry 4
Anderson, Richard C. (Richard Charles), 1930-2009 3
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Band 3
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Department of History 3
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Latinx Unidos 3
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Women's Athletic Association 3
Bahls, Steven C. 3
Black Hawk, Sauk chief, 1767-1838 3
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company (1866-1880) 3
Davenport, George, 1783-1845 3
Denkmann, Anna Catherine Bloedel 3
Denkmann, Frederick Carl August 3
Esbjörn family 3
Esbjörn, L.P. (Lars Paul), 1808-1870 3
Farnham, Russell, 1784-1823 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
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Asian Student Organization 2
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Augustana Writers' Club 2
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Department of Art 2
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Department of Theatre 2
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Department of Women's and Gender Studies 2
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Office of Advancement 2
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Office of Alumni Relations 2
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Roosevelt Outing Club 2
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Student Government Association 2
Augustana College and Theological Seminary (Rock Island, Ill.). Augustana Male Quartet 2
Augustana College and Theological Seminary (Rock Island, Ill.). Business College 2
Augustana College and Theological Seminary (Rock Island, Ill.). Conservatory of Music 2
Augustana College and Theological Seminary (Rock Island, Ill.). Runic Honor Society 2
Augustana College and Theological Seminary (Rock Island, Ill.). Wennerberg Chorus 2
Bartholomew family 2
Bartholomew, E.F. (Edward Fry), 1846-1946 2
Beta Omega Sigma (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 2
Cervin & Horn Architects (Firm) 2
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin 2
Denkmann family 2
Esbjörn, Constantin Magnus, 1858-1911 2
Forsyth, Thomas, 1771-1833 2
Foss, C.W. (Claude William), 1855-1935 2
Glynn, Herbert L. 2
Hasselquist, Eva Helena Cervin 2
Hasselquist, Hanna 2
Hauberg family 2
Hauberg, Anna Margaret Frels 2
Hauberg, John H. (John Henry), 1916-2002 2
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
Phi Beta Kappa. Zeta of Illinois Chapter (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 2
Phi Omega Phi (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 2
Quad City Symphony 2
Rho Nu Delta (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 2
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 2
Sigma Pi Delta (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 2
Stahl, Dick 2
Stahl, Helen 2
Sweeney, Catherine Denkmann Hauberg, 1914-1995 2
Udden, Johan August, 1859-1932 2
United States Food Administration 2
United States. Naval Reserve 2
United States. War Production Board 2
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