FINDING AID

SAC P:147 Leland Horberg manuscript, circa 1932

COLLECTION SUMMARY

Collection Title:          
Leland Horberg manuscript

Collection Number:    
SAC P:147

Dates:                         
undated, circa 1932

Size:                           
1 folder

Language:                   
English

Creator/Collector:       
Horberg, Leland, 1910-1955

Subject Headings:      
Bishop Hill (Ill.)
Jansonists

Repository:     
Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.

Abstract:         
Leland Horberg was a student at Augustana College from 1929 to 1932. Collection consists of Horberg’s typewritten manuscript “Janson and the Bishop Hill Colony, a Study of a Sectarian Group,” most likely written for a class at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois sometime between 1929-1932. 

RIGHTS AND ACCESS

Conditions Governing Access:          
Collection is open for research.

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Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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 SAC P:147 Leland Horberg manuscript, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.

ACQUISITION AND RELATED MATERIALS

Source of Acquisition:
Original source of acquisition unknown, received prior to 1955. Transferred from the Augustana College library in 1983. Accession number T-xx51.

Notes: 
Formerly cataloged in the library collection as Immig. 325.773 B5 H781. Also formerly MSS P:147.

Processed By:
Received by Kermit Westerberg on December 19, 1983. Processing date unknown. Revised by Lisa Huntsha in July 2020.

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE

Administrative/Biographical History: 
Leland Horberg was a student at Augustana College from 1929-1932. He was from Cambridge, Illinois and majored in economics. He was involved in Pi Alpha Rho, Wennerbergs, Inter-fraternity Council, Luceum Board, Rockety-I, class president, intramural basketball, and vice president of the students’ union.

Scope and Content:    
Collection consists of Horberg’s typewritten manuscript “Janson and the Bishop Hill Colony, a Study of a Sectarian Group,” most likely written for a class at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois sometime between 1929-1932. 13 pages.