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Parents Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 286
Abstract

The Augustana Parents Club was founded 9 December 1947 in La Grange Park, Illinois. The club functioned as a fundraising and event planning group for Augustana College. The Parent's Club records, 1951-1973, contains meeeting minutes, student coordinator records, and a scrapbook.

Dates: 1951-1973

Ethel E. Pearson scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 137
Abstract Ethel Elvera Pearson attended Augustana College from 1918 to 1922. A graduate of Davenport High School, she majored in biological science at Augustana. While at Augustana, Pearson was a member of the Adelphic Society, Edward Everett Debating Club, the Augustana Foreign Missionary Society, and the Senior Girl’s Club. She was a founding member of the Phi Rho sorority and was on the Class Honor Roll. The Ethel E. Pearson scrapbook, 1918-1922, documents Pearson's time at Augustana, including...
Dates: 1918-1922

Phrateres, Omicron Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 173
Abstract

The Phrateres was an all female organization for college students centered around socialization, leadership, networking and service. By 1944, there were 13 official chapters, including one at the University of British Columbia, making it an international organization. Augustana College's chapter, Omicron, was founded in 1941. The Phrateres, Omicron Chapter records, 1940-1945 and undated, contains the group's constitution, meeting minutes, bulletins, the group song, and other records.

Dates: 1940-1945 and undated

Sigma Alpha Iota, Delta Tau Chapter records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 272
Abstract

Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI) is an international women's music fraternity founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1903. Augustana College's chapter, Delta Tau, was founded in 1965 and still exists today. The Sigma Alpha Iota, Delta Tau chapter records, 1950-2018, is organized into three series: Chapter records, Scrapbooks, and Photographs.

Dates: 1950-2018

Sigma Kappa Tau records

 Collection
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

Collection on local Woman's Christian Temperance Union chapters

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Identifier: MSS 193
Abstract

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was originally organized in late 1874 as a movement of American women. The organization was most concerned with nonviolent protest against the dangers of alcohol. The Collection on local Woman's Christian Temperance Union chapters, 1909, 1922-1925, contains a report from a 1909 convention hosted by the WCTU of Rock Island, Illinois, and a book of minutes, 1922-1925, from meetings of the WCTU of Davenport, Iowa.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1909, 1922-1925

Miriam Zwicker scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 138
Abstract Miriam May Zwicker was born in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1915. She attended Rock Island High School and graduated in 1933. She then enrolled at Augustana College, which she attended from 1934 until her graduation in 1938, and majored in German. The Miriam Zwicker scrapbook, 1935-1960, contains newspaper clippings, programs, notecards, invitations, and Augustana Bulletins. The materials document Miriam’s activities during her time at Augustana and her continued interest in the school after...
Dates: 1935-1960

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Kappa Epsilon Nu (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 2
Sigma Kappa Tau (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 2
Alpha Lambda Delta. Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.) Chapter 1
Alpha Phi Omega. Lambda Rho Chapter (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 1
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Inter-Sorority Council 1
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Ladies of Vital Essence (L.O.V.E.) 1
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Parents Club 1
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). S.O.S. 1
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Women's League 1
Augustana College and Theological Seminary (Rock Island, Ill.). Idune Honorary Society 1
Augustana Endowment Society 1
Augustana Women 1
Boaden, Ann 1
Carlsson-Evald, Emmy, 1857-1946 1
Chi Alpha Pi (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 1
Chi Omega Gamma. Beta Alumnae Chapter (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Chi Omega Gamma. Tri-City Alumnae Chapter 1
Easter Seal Society for Disabled Children and Adults 1
Erickson, Ruth 1
Foss, C.W. (Claude William), 1855-1935 1
Foss, Martha, 1892-1985 1
Foss, Sarah Margaret Shuey, 1863-1949 1
Holmer, Julia 1
Kappa Epsilon (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 1
Lindeman, Erleen 1
Mortar Board (Society). Augustana College Chapter 1
National Organization for Women 1
National Organization for Women. Quad Cities Chapter 1
Olmsted family 1
Olmsted, Margaret, 1894-1994 1
Pearson, Ethel Elvera, 1888-1977 1
Phi Rho (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 1
Phrateres. Omicron Chapter (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 1
Rockford University (Rockford, Ill.) 1
Rulis, Alfreda Carlson 1
Sigma Alpha Iota 1
Sigma Alpha Iota. Delta Tau Chapter (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 1
Sigma Pi Delta (Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)) 1
TaJania Jenkins 1
Woman's Christian Temperance Union 1
Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Davenport, Iowa) 1
Zwicker, Miriam May, 1915-1978 1