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Upsala College was a Swedish-American college, founded by the Augustana Synod, in East Orange, New Jersey form 1893 to 1995. The records largely consist of papers of the presidents and other administrative offices. Also contains some faculty publications, records of student organizations, photographs and scrapbooks depicting campus life and some audiovisual materials.  

Series Series XVII: Artifacts from I/O:58 Upsala College (East Orange, N.J.) records.

This collection was likely originally part of the Eric Norelius letter collection assembled in preparation for his history of the Augustana Synod. These letters relate to the founding and early history of the Augustana Synod and Swedish immigration to the Midwest. Letters are written to, from, and mention people involved in the Synod, including T.N. Hasselquist, Eric Norelius, Erland Carlsson, S.P.A. Lindahl and more. 

Larry Scott was a professor of Scandinavian Studies at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois from 1981-2013. He earned his Ph.D. in Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of Washington in 1973. Dr. Scott led the Augustana Summer School in Sweden (ASSIS) program as well as Augustana’s annual Sankta Lucia celebration. Most of these files relate to Dr. Scott’s teaching and extracurricular activities while associated with the Scandinavian Studies department at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. 

Augustana College announces the students who have been named to the Dean’s List for the 2017-2018 spring term. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.