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Frieze Lectures to reveal life and times of 'French Moderns'
The Frieze Lecture Series is a 21-year partnership between the Rock Island Public Library and Augustana College to present four talks in the fall each year featuring Augustana faculty. This year's theme is "modern lives," in conjunction with the "French Moderns" exhibit at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport.
Polar Studies lecture to examine climate change, history
This fall's Center for Polar Studies lecture at Augustana will examine the Arctic's histories of science and colonialism in light of current thinking on climate change.
ISA Semester in Meknes, Morocco
This program is based in Meknes, one of the most historic cities in Morocco.
Westerlund family reunions, 1905-1998
This collection includes biographical information on several members of the Westerlund family, particularly Eric Abraham Westerlund, who settled in Andover, Illinois. The family held their first reunion at the home of A. Luther Westerlund in 1905. Reunions continued sporadically and this collection contains minutes and photographs from these reunions through 1992. Also included are three printed genealogies of the family that include ancestral charts.
Peter Westerlund biographies, 1908
Peter Westerlund (1839-1937) was born in Hassela parish, Hälsingland, Sweden. In 1850, he left for America with his family and Eric Norelius and settled in Andover, Illinois. In 1859, he left with several others to follow the Gold Rush to Colorado. He remained for a short time in El Paso before coming back to Andover when the South was preparing for war. He farmed from 1865-1882 and then took up banking in Orion. He was married to Eleanora Christina Sophia Hultman in 1863 by Rev. Jonas Swenson. This collection consists of two biographical accounts of Peter Westerlund.
John and Lilly Werner papers, 1906-1994
This collection contains the personal papers of John and Lilly Werner, both Swedish immigrants, who helped establish and financially support the Cultural Heritage Foundation of the American Union of Swedish Singers. The collection contains legal documents (including citizenship records), Merchant Marine and Navy service paperwork, photographs of the Werner Automotive Supply Company, and documentation of awards presented to John Werner.
Scandinavian American Portrait collection, 1871-1983
This collection of portraits contains many Scandinavian American persons of notable importance to Augustana College as well as to greater North America and Sweden. Also includes photographs of Scandinavian American churches and church and social groups.