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D. Hawes & Son account ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS 390
Abstract
D. Hawes and Son was a retail establishment located at the corner of Washington and Illinois Streets in downtown Rock Island, Illinois. This collection consists of a single item: the ledger of D. Hawes & Son, 1869-1871, labeled "Invoice of Stock of the Retail Establishment."
Dates:
1869-1871
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Olof Olsson family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3
Abstract
The Olof Olsson Family Papers documents the personal and private life of the third President of Augustana College, Olof Olsson, and his family. Olof Olsson was born in Sweden in 1841. He and his wife, Anna Lisa Olsson, emigrated from Sweden to the United States in 1869. In 1876 Olof Olsson was offered a professorship at Augustana College and Theological Seminary, Rock Island, Illinois. In 1891, Olsson was unanimously elected to the Augustana College presidency, a position he held until his...
Dates:
1861-1943, 1993 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Edward D. Sweeney account ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS 121
Abstract
The Edward D. Sweeney account ledger, 1860-1869, primarily contains the business records of Edward Sweeney, a Rock Island lawyer, particularly related to bounty claims following the American Civil War. Most of these claims were initiated by widows, parents, or legal gardians of orphaned children seeking pensions for family members who died in combat, but many claims are related to back pay of discharged soldiers. Sweeney kept his records in a ledger formerly owned by Emanuel J. Pershing, a...
Dates:
1860-1869
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections