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“I’ll be forever grateful to Dr. Strasser, Dr. Wolf, Dr. Kelsey Arkle, Susan Wolf and Jen Milner in the geology department for their academic and emotional support.”Read More
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.
“I never pictured myself shadowing in almost every department of a hospital or sitting in lecture halls at Yale University or speaking fluent Spanish with ESL students.”Read More
“I am grateful for Dr. Morse in the art history department who has guided me each year, helped me choose my SI topic and assisted with law school applications.”Read More
“I learned that if I go confidently in the direction of my dreams and endeavor to live the life I imagine, I will meet with unexpected success.”Read More
Marie Johnson Munson letters and scrapbook, 1914
Marie Johnson and Otto Munson were born in Sweden and immigrated separately to Illinois in 1900. They married in 1915. The collection contains seven love letters written by Otto Munson of Rochelle, Illinois to Marie Johnson of DeKalb, Illinois in 1914. Included are English translations of the letters and a scrapbook of photographs.
The Old Main story: designs, domes and dolomite
Old Main, the best-beloved and most well-known building on the Augustana College campus, and a cultural monument to the achievements of 19th-century Swedish immigrants, did not have any easy journey to its present form.
“The music and creative writing departments were what made my decision [to come to Augustana] final.”Read More