Rock Island (Ill.) -- Genealogy
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Esther Andreen Albrecht papers and printing plates
Collection
Identifier: MSS 80
Abstract
Esther Miriam Andreen was born on September 4, 1896 in New Haven, Connecticut to parents Gustav and Marie Andreen. Her father became the fourth president of Augustana College in 1901. Albrecht had two older brothers, Paul and Marion, and two younger, Gustav and Carl. She attended the Augustana Academy from 1908 to 1914, and enrolled at Augustana College in the fall of 1914, where she studied Modern Languages. She was a member of the Sigma Kappa Tau sorority, the Adelphic Society, the Woman’s...
Dates:
1943, circa 1985 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Collection on Olof Z. Cervin
Collection
Identifier: MSS 77
Abstract
Olof Zakarias Cervin graduated from Augustana College in 1887 and went on to study architecture at Columbia University. After working as an architect in various cities, Olof returned to Rock Island and established his own architecture firm on 1 April 1896. Cervin designed several buildings in Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline, Illinois, including schools, churches, and factories. During World War I, Cervin designed four hundred houses to accommodate the growing wartime workforce in the...
Dates:
1894-1983 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Discrete oversize items
Collection
Identifier: MSS 400
Abstract
Discrete oversize items, circa 15th century-2016 and undated, contains oversize flat items, rolled items, and framed items primarily relating to Augustana College and local history. Materials include maps, posters, book and manuscript pages, newsclippings, subject files, portraits, photographs, art prints, building sketches, and advertisements. The items in this collection were collected by Special Collections staff over a period of several decades. Materials largely relate to Augustana...
Dates:
circa 1400s-2016 and undated
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
John Henry Hauberg papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 27
Abstract
John Henry Hauberg was a businessman, philanthropist, civic organizer, researcher, and photographer active in Rock Island and the Quad Cities area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Hauberg and his wife, Susanne Denkmann Hauberg, were very active in the Quad Cities community, serving on many advisory boards and organizing dozens of philanthropic initiatives. Hauberg was also an avid photographer, capturing some 100,000 photographs over the course of his life. The John Henry Hauberg...
Dates:
1773-1998 and undated; (bulk 1857-1955)
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections
Collection on the Huber family
Collection
Identifier: MSS 167
Abstract
The Huber family, a prominent family in Rock Island, Illinois in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, included Ignatz, Catherine, Otto, Amelia, and Lilile Huber. Ignatz and Otto were instrumental in the founding and management of the ROck Island Brewing Company and People's National Bank in Rock Island, as well as several other businesses and organizations in the Midwest, primarily related to brewing. The collection on the Huber family, 1897-1986, contains scrapbooks, biographical...
Dates:
1897-1986
Found in:
Augustana College Special Collections