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Erwin Weber papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 112
Abstract
Erwin Weber was born on April 17, 1921, in Leichlingen, Germany. In order to decrease his family’s cost of living, he was raised in a foster home, then in an orphanage, with several of his siblings. Weber immigrated to the United States in 1936 when he was 15. He later became a German professor at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. Materials in this collection inclue notebooks, files, manuscripts of professional writings, books, photographs, slides, and photo albums, DVDs, coins,...
Dates:
circa 1930s-2000s
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Collection on Egon Weiner
Collection
Identifier: MSS 163
Abstract
Egon Weiner was born in 1906 in Vienna, Austria. He trained as an artist at the School for Arts and Crafts (Kunstgewerbe Schule) and the Academy of Fine Arts (Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste) in Vienna. He received an M.F.A. from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1933. He arrived in the United States in 1938 after fleeing Nazi-occupied Austria and became a citizen in 1944. He became a professor of sculpture and life drawing at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1945-1971, and was visiting professor of...
Dates:
1947-1987 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Wennerberg Chorus records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 232
Abstract
Augustana College's Wennerberg Male Chorus was formed in October 1901. Gustav Andreen, then president of Augustana College, had requested that a male chorus be organized to participate in the Gunnar Wennerberg Festival to be held the following December. The group eventually merged with the all-female Oriole Chorus in 1931 to form the Augustana College Choir, although the male members of the choir did continue to perform separately as the Wennerberg Chorus until the mid-1960s. The Wennerberg...
Dates:
1901-1933 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
West family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 335
Abstract
Lewis Edgar (L.E.) West was born 13 April 1854 in St. Louis, Missouri, to Harmon E. and Mary E. West. The family settled in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1861. On 10 October 1888, L.E. West married Ella C. Clarkson of Galesburg, Illinois. The West family papers, 1885-1928 and undated, consists of correspondence (1894-1915 and undated), financial records (1913-1928), advertisements (undated), and other papers (1885-1921 and undated).
Dates:
1885-1928 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Hans Westerlund papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 379
Abstract
Hans Westerlund (1842-1874) was a devout Evangelical Lutheran and a Civil War soldier who served in Company C of the 43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (also known as the “Koerner Regiment”) for the United States Army. The Hans Westerlund papers contain correspondence, genealogical information, and photographs. Westerlund’s correspondence documents the 43rd Infantry’s movement from Benton Barracks, Missouri, through Pittsburg Landing, Jackson, and Bolivar, Tennessee, and Little Rock,...
Dates:
1861-1865, 1960 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Harriet Wheeler papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 62
Abstract
Harriet Rachel Wheeler was born on 23 June 1903 in Davenport, Iowa. She attended Cornell College before enrolling at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois in September 1924. Wheeler was a member of the Woman's Club, and was often on the honor roll. She graduated in 1927 with an A.B. in History. After her graduation, she remained involved with the Alumni Association of Augustana College through correspondence and gift giving. The Harriet Wheeler papers, 1921-1975 and undated, largely...
Dates:
1921-1975 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Bernard Wickstrom papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 164
Abstract
Bernard Y. Wickstrom was a student at Augustana College from 1947 until 1950. He was an editor for the Augustana Observer, president of the Augustana chapter of the Alpha Delta Journalistic Fraternity, and a "Poobah." The Bernard Wickstrom papers, 1948-1950 and undated, contains photographs, clippings, and artwork, largely related to Wickstrom's membership in the Phi Omega Phi (POP) fraternity.
Dates:
1948-1950 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Anna Marian Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 358
Abstract
Anna Marian Williams was a 1929 graduate of Augustana College, where she majored in English, and a native of Rock Island, Illinois. The Anna Marian Williams papers consists of two folders of material: Class notes, 1927 and undated, and Enclosures, 1927-1983 and undated.
Dates:
1927-1983 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Williamson family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 122
Abstract
The Williamson family papers, 1854-1950 and undated, primarily includes the papers of Thomas S. Williamson, a missionary to the Dakota Territory who collaborated with Stephen Riggs on a Dakota translation of the Bible, and Thomas's son, Andrew Woods Wililamson, who fought for the Union Army during the American Civil War and participated in the Dakota Uprising of 1862. Included in this collection are handwritten accounts of the Dakota conflict complied at Camp McClellan by Thomas S....
Dates:
1854-1950 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Collection on local Woman's Christian Temperance Union chapters
Collection
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
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
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