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Barris family papers

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Identifier: MSS 320
Abstract

The Barris Family papers, 1820-1901 and undated, contains papers and personal belongings of three generations of the Barris family, a family well known for its contributions in the academic, religious and scientific communities. It contains six series: Biographical, Geology, Correspondence, Carrie Hoyt papers, Photographs, Miscellaneous.

Dates: 1820-1901 and undated
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Edward Fry Bartholomew papers

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Identifier: MSS 19
Abstract Known to the past students of Augustana as Augustana's "Grand Old Man," Edward Fry Bartholomew taught at Augustana for over forty years, starting in 1888. In addition to teaching in many different subjects, Bartholomew also delivered sermons and devotionals on campus and was active in the community. The Edward Fry Bartholomew papers, circa 1825-1975 and undated (bulk 1863-1946), includes Bartholomew's personal and professional papers, including correspondence, writings, sermons, lecture...
Dates: circa 1825-1975 and undated; Majority of material found in ( 1863-1946)
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Elizabeth A. Beck papers

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Identifier: MSS 64
Abstract Elizabeth A. Nelson was born in Chesterton, Indiana in 1898. She was valedictorian of her class at Augustana College in 1921 and taught English there for one year until she married Rev. Victor E. Beck in 1922. When her husband was called to pastor a church in Mankato, Minnesota, Mrs. Beck continued her church and community service work there until her death in 1939. She had four children. The Elizabeth A. Beck papers, 1921-1922 and undated, includes four folders of writings, largely...
Dates: 1919-1921 and undated
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Esther Beck papers

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Identifier: MSS 70
Abstract Esther Beck graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, in 1928 and later became a teacher and dean of women there. She married Rev. Dr. Victor E. Beck in 1941, with whom she moved to Rock Island, Illinois, in 1955. Esther served as a teacher and counselor in the Rock Island public schools between from 1955 until her retirement in 1970. Upon her retirement from the Rock Island School District, she travelled to Taipei, Taiwan, where she taught English, speech, and debate...
Dates: 1941-1973
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Peter Beckman teaching collection

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Identifier: MSS 156
Abstract The Peter Beckman teaching collection was assembled by a former student and professor of Augustana College, Peter Beckman. Beckman assembled this collection in order to inform students about some of the more radical political and religious views circulating throughout the United States in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The Peter Beckman teaching collection, 1954-1977 and undated, contains correspondence, subject files, publications, and campaign materials, largely related to radical political...
Dates: 1954-1977 and undated
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

George Benson papers

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Identifier: MSS 328
Abstract George Benson was born on August 3, 1873, in Moline, Illinois, to John and Louise Benson. He attended Moline schools as a youth, then enrolled in the Augustana College Conservatory of Music in Rock Island, Illinois. He graduated in 1893, and became the organist for First Lutheran Church in Moline. Benson returned to Augustana College to teach piano, organ, and harmony. He was a private instructor as well. He published many original compositions, and became fairly well-known. Benson married...
Dates: circa 1870-1921
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Conrad Bergendoff papers

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Identifier: MSS 5
Abstract Conrad Bergendoff was the fifth president of Augustana College. Bergendoff was born in rural Nebraska in 1895. He attended Augustana College, and was a member of the class of 1915. He also earned a divinity degree from Augustana Seminary. After several years Bergendoff returned to the seminary as the dean, then as the president of the seminary and the college in 1935. After the seminary split from the college in 1948, Bergendoff remained the president of the college for fourteen more years....
Dates: 1869-1998 and undated
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

J. Victor Bergquist sheet music

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Identifier: MSS 23
Abstract

Composer John Victor Bergquist was head of the Augustana College music department and leader of the Handel Oratorio Society and Wennerberg chorus from 1912 to 1918. This collection consists of two printed editions of Bergquist’s oratorio, Golgatha, a photocopy of a published edition of Bergquist’s Sonata for Organ, and a photocopy of a manuscript version of Bergquist’s Sonata No. V in D Minor (Sacred) for Organ.

Dates: 1908 and undated
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Lois Elaine Bergren diary

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Identifier: MSS 33
Abstract

Lois Elaine Bergren was born August 31, 1924, in Moline, Illinois. She graduated from high school in June 1942 and began attending Augustana College in September 1942. This collection consists of a five-year diary, written between January 1940 and August 1944.

Dates: 1940-1944
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

Beta Omega Sigma records

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Identifier: MSS 274
Abstract

The Beta Omega Sigma social club (fraternity) was founded at Augustana College 10 December 1929. The organization is known as the “BOS." The Beta Omega Sigma records include fraternity meeting minutes, information about fraternity events, photographs, a fraternity newsletter, and an Augustana Observer article about a fraternity member.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1929-1999, 2018
Found in: Augustana College Special Collections

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Fryxell, Fritiof, 1900-1986 8
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Choir 7
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
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
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
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
Steigman, Barbara Reynolds 2
Swanson, Lillian E., 1901-1991 2
Sweeney, Catherine Denkmann Hauberg, 1914-1995 2
Udden, Johan August, 1859-1932 2
United States Food Administration 2
Augustana College Special Collections
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Rock Island, IL 61201
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