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Women college students -- Illinois

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Ruth Erickson scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 197
Abstract Ruth Erickson transferred to Augstana after completing her first year at Aurora College. She graduated in 1943 with a degree in English. She was a member of the Lutheran Student Association, the Berean Bible Class, the Women’s League, the Women’s Athletic Association, and was a student representative of the Augustana Art Association. The Ruth Erickson scrapbooks date from the early 1920s to 1950. The collection consists of a photograph album and two scrapbooks of Erickson's time at...
Dates: 1920s-1951 and undated

Idune Honorary Society notebook

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Identifier: MSS 185
Abstract

The Idune Honorary Society was founded 16 March 1933, to “foster and encourage scholarship among Augustana Women.” The Idune Honorary Society notebook, 1933, contains the society's handwritten constitution and meeting minutes from four meetings in March and April 1933.

Dates: 1933

Inter-Sorority Council meeting minutes

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Identifier: MSS 172
Abstract The Inter-Sorority Council was founded in the fall of 1929 as the governing body of the Augustana College sororities. The council, at the time of its founding, consisted of two officers, a President and a Secretary-Treasurer; two representatives of each of the sororities; two faculty members; and the current Dean of Women. The council controlled regulations for sorority rushing and pledging. The Inter-Sorority Council meeting minutes, 1934-1938, contains minutes of the groups meetings from...
Dates: 1934-1938

Niel M. and Verna Gail Applegate Johnson papers

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Identifier: MSS 82
Abstract Niel M. Johnson graduated with a B. A. from Augustana College in 1953. While in college, Johnson was active in the Rho Nu Delta fraternity, the Augustana choir, and was a reporter for the Observer, the college newspaper. Verna Gail Applegate attended Augustana College from 1949 to 1953. She was a member of the Chi Delta sorority, and her junior year she sang in the chapel choir. Niel and Verna met at Augustana and were married 1 May 1952, between their junior and senior years. The Niel M....
Dates: 1910-2008

Kappa Epsilon Nu records

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Identifier: MSS 277
Abstract The Kappa Epsilon Nu sorority, known as both the “Kens” and the “Kappas”, was established as a sorority at Augustana College in 1925 by Leota J. Norton, Ester Woodburn, Florence Tams, Eleanor Graham, Ethel Eldrige, Charlotte Schnathoist, Kay Bragg, Helen Searle, Natalie Souders, and Frances Long. The Kens chose to give up their charter in 1970, citing declining membership and insubstantial funds as the cause. The Kappa Epsilon Nu records, 1926-1970 and undated (bulk 1945-1970), includes...
Dates: 1926-1970 and undated; Majority of material found within ( 1945-1970)

Kappa Epsilon records

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Identifier: MSS 275
Abstract The Kappa Epsilon sorority, nicknamed the “Keys”, was founded at Augustana College in 1913 by six young women. The group changed its name from “Qui Est Qui” to Kappa Epsilon when it became an official Greek group in 1919. The Keys gave up their charter in the mid-1990s after years of declining membership. The Kappa Epsilon records, 1926-1988 and undated, is organized into four series: Sorority activities, 1926-1988 and undated; Correspondence, 1980-1988 and undated; Photographs and...
Dates: 1926-1988 and undated

Ladies of Vital Essence (L.O.V.E) records

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Identifier: MSS 417
Abstract

Ladies of Vital Essence (L.O.V.E.) was founded in 1981 by a group of Black women looking to remedy a divide between upper and lower campus residence halls. Inviting other women residents to meet and get to know one another, the meeting resulted in the founding of L.O.V.E. The Ladies of Vital Essence (L.O.V.E.) records, 1982-1986, includes one certificate awarded upon iniitiation in the group, as well as one wooden board with a L.O.V.E. chant inscribed.

Dates: 1982-1986

Erleen Lindeman scrapbook

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Identifier: MSS 198
Abstract Erleen “Lindy” Lindeman transferred to Augustana College in 1941 after completing her first two years at Bethany College. She graduated in 1943 with a degree in English. While at Augustana, she sang in the Augustana Choir and Handel Oratorio Society, participated in a number of religious organizations, athletic groups, and women's clubs, and was a member of the Kappa Tau sorority. The Erleen Lindeman scrapbook, 1941-1943, contains keepsakes and pictures from her time at Augustana. The...
Dates: 1941-1943

Heloise Olson Moline scrapbook

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Identifier: MSS 113
Abstract Heloise Dorthea Margarite Olson (Moline) was an Augustana College student from September 1925 to 1929. During her tenure at Augustana, she was involved with the QT, or Kappa Tau, sorority; the Roosevelt Outing Club; the Berean Bible Class; the Oriole Girls'Chorus; the Handel Oratorio Society; the debate team; the Board of Social Control; the Augustana Observer; and Tau Kappa Alpha. The Heloise Olson Moline scrapbook contains photographs, newspaper clippings, invitations, programs, letters,...
Dates: 1925-1929

Margaret Olmsted papers

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Identifier: MSS 12
Abstract Margaret Olmsted joined the Augustana faculty in 1921. She was among one of the earliest female professors at the school. In 1937, she was named Associate Professor of Latin and Mathematics. She was known for her love of teaching, and often stressed the importance of studying foreign languages. After 46 years of teaching, she retired in 1967. That same year, she was named Professor Emeritus of Classics. Her connection to Augustana continued when she was named to the Augustana Alumni...
Dates: 1896-1993