FINDING AID
Augustana College and Theological Seminary school song, undated
COLLECTION SUMMARY
Collection Title:
Augustana College and Theological Seminary school song
Collection Number:
SAC P:59
Dates:
undated, circa 1890-1925
Size:
1 folder
Language:
Swedish
Creator/Collector:
Holmes, Ludvig, 1858-1910
Subject Headings:
Holmes, Ludvig, 1858-1910
School songs.
Songs--Swedish.
Augustana College and Theological Seminary (Rock Island, Ill.)
Swedish-American poetry.
Repository:
Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.
Abstract:
Collection includes handwritten “Skolsång” (school song) for Augustana College and Theological Seminary in Rock Island, Illinois, likely written by Ludvig Holmes circa 1890-1925.
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Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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:59 Augustana College and Theological Seminary school song, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.
ACQUISITION AND RELATED MATERIALS
Provenance:
Transferred to Swenson Center by Joel W. Lundeen of LCA Archives, Chicago, from “files of the Augustana 1925 Synod Hymnal Committee” in 1982.
Notes:
Collection name changed from “Ludvig Holmes papers” in 2018.
Processed By:
Received by Kermit Westerberg in 1982. Finding aid written by Lisa Huntsha in 2018.
CONTENT AND STRUCTURE
Administrative/Biographical History:
Ludvig Holmes was born 7 September 1858 in Strövelstorp, Skåne, Sweden. He immigrated to the United States in 1879 and attended Augustana College from 1879-1882 and the seminary from 1884-1886, before becoming ordained on 27 June 1886. He served numerous churches, the Immigrant Home in New York, and was a member of the Hemlandssångbok committee.
He married Sofia Johnson of Altona, Illinois and had one child. He died on 7 November 1910.
Holmes is known to have written and published other songs for Swedish-American colleges.
For more information: see Augustana Ministerium, pg. 38, Korsbaneret 1912, pg. 125-134; Våra Pennfäktare, Skarstedt, 1897, pg. 76-80; and Pennfäktare, 1930, pg. 80-81.
Scope and Content:
Collection includes handwritten “Skolsång” (school song) for Augustana College and Theological Seminary in Rock Island, Illinois, likely written by Ludvig Holmes circa 1890-1925.