FINDING AID
Collection of Swedish American Athletic Club (Moline, Ill.) articles, 1929-1941
COLLECTION SUMMARY
Collection Title:
Collection of Swedish American Athletic Club (Moline, Ill.) articles
Collection Number:
I/O:33
Dates:
1929-1941
Size:
1 box (.5 linear feet)
Language:
English
Creator/Collector:
Holtman, Richard, 1942-
Subject Headings:
Swedish American Athletic Club (Moline, Ill.)
Terrible Swedes (Andover, Ill.)
Moline (Ill.)
Andover (Ill.)
Athletic Clubs--United States
Swedish Americans--History--20th century
Swedish Americans--Illinois
Soccer
Basketball
Baseball
Sports
Repository:
Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.
Abstract:
Collection includes photocopies and transcriptions of articles from the Moline Daily Dispatch covering updates on the Swedish American Athletic Club of Moline, Illinois, known for representing Swedish-American athletes in a multitude of sports.
RIGHTS AND ACCESS
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open for research.
Technical Access:
The Swenson Center does not own playback equipment required for use of floppy discs in this collection.
Reproduction and Use:
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Swenson Center and the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation:
[item identification], in I/O:33 Collection of Swedish American Athletic Club (Moline, Ill.) articles, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.
ACQUISITION AND RELATED MATERIALS
Source of Acquisition:
Gift of Richard Holtman in 1984.
Related Materials:
Two cassette tapes with interviews of athletes stored in Media collection.
- C-IO033/1
- C-IO033/2
Processed By:
Processed by Kermit Westerberg, 1980s. Finding aid written by Shelby Jensen, 2018. Updated in 2019 by Lisa Huntsha to note that the missing cassette tapes have been located.
CONTENT AND STRUCTURE
Administrative/Biographical History:
The Swedish American Athletic Club of Moline, Illinois represented athletes in such sports as soccer, wrestling, code-ball (local invention), hockey, basketball, baseball, and track and field.
Scope and Content:
This collection includes newspaper articles from the Moline Daily Dispatch relating to activities of the Swedish American Athletic Club of Moline from 1929-1941. Includes both photocopies and transcriptions of articles by the donor. Collection also includes a black and white photograph of the Terrible Swedes baseball team of Andover from 1931 and 5 floppy discs.
System of Arrangement:
Materials arranged chronologically by material type.
Collection Inventory:
Box 1:
Folder 1: Transcribed newspaper articles from Moline Daily Dispatch relating to activities of Swedish American Athletic Club of Moline (Ill.), 15 June 1929 through 4 May 1936, English.
Folder 2: Transcribed newspaper articles from Moline Daily Dispatch relating to activities of Swedish American Athletic Club of Moline (Ill.), 4 May 1936 through 16 November 1941, English.
Folder 3: Photocopies of newspaper articles from Moline Daily Dispatch relating to activities of Swedish American Athletic Club of Moline (Ill.), 15 June 1929 through 27 December 1932, English.
Folder 4: Photocopies of newspaper articles from Moline Daily Dispatch relating to activities of Swedish American Athletic Club of Moline (Ill.), 20 February 1933 through 7 September 1936, English.
Folder 5: Photocopies of newspaper articles from Moline Daily Dispatch relating to activities of Swedish American Athletic Club of Moline (Ill.), 14 September 1936 through 16 November 1941, English.
Folder 6:
Item 1: Photograph of Terrible Swedes baseball team of Andover (Ill.) with players identified, 1931. Gift of Walter “Stripes” Johnson.
Items 2-6: Five 5¼-inch floppy discs, undated.