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Collection
Identifier: MSS 222
Abstract
The Augustana College and Theological Seminary Religious Organizations collection documents several student religous organizations and Bible societies from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Materials date from 1884 to 1937 and include meeting minutes and records for various religious organizations, including Augustana Theological Seminary groups, Augustana College Bible Societies, the Lutheran Brotherhood, the Luther League, and the Lutheran Student Association.
Dates:
1884-1937
Collection
Identifier: MSS 249a
Abstract
The Augustana College Office of Campus Ministries is an administrative office that offers ecumenical programming and activities on the campus of Augustana College. Formed in 1983, the Office was named Campus Ministry and employed a campus pastor, Rev. Phil Schroeder, and a chaplain to Catholic students, Rev. Albert J. Bischoff. Campus Ministry was created to replace the Augustana Campus Church. The Collection of Augustana College Office of Campus Ministries records, 1975-2007 and undated,...
Dates:
1975-2007
Collection
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
Collection
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
Collection
Identifier: MSS 7
Abstract
John Thomas Tredway was the seventh president of Augustana College, serving from 1975 to 2003. The John Thomas Tredway papers, 1958-1994, comprise Tredway's official papers from the first 5-10 years of his presidency. Papers include correspondence, financial data, campus planning documents, enrollment statistics, and subject files.
Dates:
1958-1994
