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Art exhibit shows Swedish modernism
The Augustana Teaching Museum of Art will open the exhibition "Världen är Liten: the World is Small. Modern Swedish and Swedish American Works" with a reception Nov. 16.
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Oscar Rolander travel diary, 1911
Johan Oscar (Samuelson) Rolander was born in Västra Ryd, Östergötland, Sweden in 1847 and immigrated to the United States in 1868. In 1911, he took his first and only trip back to Sweden and kept a diary. This collection consists of a typed English translation of that diary which describes the trip on train and boat, his encounters with friends and family, and the changes in Sweden since he left 43 years ago.
Hortense Lindorff collection inventories, 1981
These papers contain a brief autobiography of Hortense Lindorff, an inventory of objects at the Jenny Lind Chapel (Andover, Illinois), and inventory of archival records at the First Lutheran Church (Rock Island, Illinois). Hortense Lindorff was a Swedish American and Augustana College graduate. She was a member of First Lutheran Church in Rock Island, Illinois and served on several boards of Swedish-American organizations, including the Jenny Lind Chapel Committee.