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Studying insects, sometimes as an artist
Tierney Brosius is an assistant professor of biology professor at Augustana College who combines her passion for entomology — the study of insects — with beautifully detailed drawings.
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Marie Westerberg Vader papers, 1982-1983
Marie Westerberg Vader (1893-1994) was the daughter of Swedish immigrants and attended Iowa Lutheran Hospital’s Nurses Training School in Des Moines, Iowa from 1915 to 1917. Collection includes her remembrances of her time there and a brief history of the hospital.
Augustana's Williams is lone undergrad presenter at American Historical Association
Senior Rob Williams had the distinction of being the only undergraduate to present his research at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association.
“As cliché as it may sound, I chose Augustana because it felt like home. ”Read More
Erik Jönsson letter copies, 1863
Erik Jönsson immigrated to the United States in 1856 and settled in Nicollet County, Minnesota. His wife, Maria, and son, Per, were murdered by Indians during the Sioux Uprising of 1862. Collection includes a photocopy and English translation of a letter describing the Sioux Uprising and Jönsson’s experience as well as a typed article recollection of the same by another survivor, C.C. Nelson, in The Lafayette Ledger newspaper.
Alex Erickson interview, 1983
Alex J. Erickson (1896-1995), the son of Swedish immigrants, worked in Buxton and Pershing, Iowa coal mines. Collection consists of a typed summary of an interview with him in 1983 and copied information on coal mining in Buxton, Iowa.
Gustaf Unonius letter copies, 1849-1964
Gustaf Unonius was the founder of the Pine Lake settlement in Wisconsin in 1842, one of the earliest Swedish settlements in the United States. Collection consists of photocopies of letters addressed to and from Gustaf Unonius from the archival collection at the Uppsala University library in Uppsala, Sweden.
A.J.C. Anderson letter copies, 1870-187
A.J.C. Anderson emigrated to Galva, Illinois from Södra Vi Parish, Kalmar län (Småland), Sweden, in the summer of 1870 at the age of 19. He farmed in Essex, Iowa from 1871 to 1920. He died in June 1937. Collection consists of three photocopies of letters to A.J.C. Anderson from family.