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Swedish Colonization Company (Davenport, IA) records
The Swedish Colonization Company was founded on June 13, 1884. The company’s main business was to “investigate and acquire possession of…agricultural land in the western and southwestern parts of the United States; and to sell them to, and colonize them with Swedish and other Scandinavians…who immigrate here; thereby harboring hopes to be able to protect them against fraud and to assure them good land fit for agriculture, and social and religious benefits suited to their wants." Collection includes one ledger of minutes of stockholders and Board of Directors meetings.
Subseries 1: Comptroller Carl Glans records
Subseries 1: Comptroller Carl Glans records, Series IV: Financial Documents from Upsala College (East Orange, N.J.) records.
The Learning Commons
The Learning Commons is the place for all academic support needs.
Augustana professors lead CommUniversity courses
Augustana's Dr. Heidi Storl will open this year's CommUniversity with the talk "Bio-medical Ethics: Doing the Right Thing at the Right Time" at 1 p.m. Feb. 1 at St. Ambrose University in Davenport. CommUniversity, a series of Sunday classes taught by area experts, will begin its 36th year in February.
Resources for Swedish-American Genealogy
The Swenson Center has extensive resources for genealogical research. Our records are primarily Swedish-American, which means that they were generated by Swedish immigrants in the United States. Still, we have access to many records from Sweden, primarily parish records.
2026 J-term on campus and around the world
Every January, Augustana students can trade their regular semester routine for J-term — three-and-a-half weeks of immersive, hands-on learning. This time more than 2,000 students learned new skills on campus and made unforgettable memories around the world. Take a look.
Spring class reunions – May 12-15, 2022
We are celebrating the classes of 1976, 1975, 1971, 1970, 1966, 1965, 1961, 1960, 1956, 1955, 1951 and 1950 in person on May 12-15! Join us to tour our growing campus, hear our talented student musicians, cruise the Mississippi River, and of course reconnect with your classmates.
The best ways to get a job on campus
Your guide to finding campus employment and going from broke college student to... less broke.
C.A. Johnson songbook, 1876
One bound music songbook containing handwritten music and lyrics for various Swedish and English hymns. The same book also contains printed music, “Chor-Sånger för Kyrkan, Skolan och Hemmet,” Chicago: Engberg, Holmberg & Lindells Förlag, 1876.