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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 (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.

At Augustana, we unite thinkers, innovators and doers for the benefit of the common good. AUGUSTANA NOW is a call to the entire Augustana College community to join together to solve the world’s most pressing problems.

The collection represents the lifetime of a Swedish-American Harriet Carlson’s work in advertising, writing, and publishing. Carlson worked in advertising for Carson Pirie Scott & Co. and Tatham-Laird Advertising Agency where she wrote copy for accounts such as Swanson TV Dinners, Kix Cereal for General Mills in the 1940s and 1950s. Carlson later developed her own newspaper syndicate selling weekly features for women’s pages under the pseudonym Fritchie Saunders. Her articles appeared in over 40 publications in the U.S. and abroad.

Augustana College collaborates each year with The Penguin Project of the Quad Cities to give children with special needs a chance to develop creative skills in the theatre arts. The show for 2020 will be "Lion King Jr."  January 24 - February 2 at the Brunner Theatre. 

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The Bridge is a newsletter from the Strings Department at Augustana College.