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Reflecting On The Past, Stefanie R. Bluemle, Sarah M. Horowitz, Jamie L. Nelson

Reflecting on the Past

150 years of Augustana stories

On And Beyond The Mississippi: Essays Honoring Thomas Tredway, Dag Blanck, Michael Nolan, Roald Tweet, Maria Erling, Nils Hasselmo, Larry Scott, Kenneth R. Johnston, Dorothy J. Parkander, Richard Swanson, Arthur Mampel, William Bondeson, Ronald Goetz

Augustana Historical Society Publications

Excerpt from Introduction:

This collection of essays honors Thomas Tredway on his retirement as President of Augustana College in the summer of 2003. The contributors include Augustana graduates from different generations, colleagues at the college, and friends from both on and off campus. The essays focus on themes and subjects that have been important both in the history of Augustana College and in Tom’s own life.

Table of Contents:

Illustrations -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Roald Tweet / Five Reflections on Living with a Hyphen -- Maria Erling / Nordic and Protestant: Swedish-American Identity in America -- Nils Hasselmo / …

Aspects Of Augustana And Swedish America: Essays In Honor Of Dr. Conrad Bergendoff On His 100th Year, Raymond Jarvi, Emmet E. Eklund, Maria Erling, H. Arnold Barton, Elder M. Lindahl, Ann Boaden, Mark A. Granquist, Dag Blanck, Bernhard Erling, Judith Belan

Augustana Historical Society Publications

Table of Contents:

Introduction -- Emmet E. Eklund / The Mosaic of Augustana’s Swedish Lutheran Origins -- Maria Erling / Molding Ministers to Fit Congregations: Religious Leadership Among New England’s Swedes -- H. Arnold Barton / Conrad Bergendoff and the Swedish-American Church Language Controversy of the 1920s -- Elder M. Lindahl / The Troublesome Language Question -- Ann Boaden / Weighing the Stars and Hearing the Word: Conrad Bergendoff’s Idea of Christian Higher Education at Augustana College and Theological Seminary -- Mark A. Granquist / Conrad Bergendoff and the LCA Merger of 1962 -- Dag Blanck / North Stars and …

Looking West: Three Essays On Swedish-American Life, Jules Mauritzson, Conrad Bergendoff, Ann Boaden, Dag Blanck

Augustana Historical Society Publications

Excerpt from preface:

This book contains three essays on Swedish and Swedish-American topics by Jules Mauritzson, professor of Swedish language and literature at Augustana College from 1901 until his untimely death in 1930.

Table of Contents:

Preface / Dag Blanck, Ann Boaden -- Introduction / Dag Blanck -- The Swedish-American: at Work and Play, at Home and Away (Svensk-amerikanen i helg och söcken, hemma och borta) -- Chicago: From Open Prairie To a City of One Million in Fifty Years (Chicago: från öde prairie till million-stad på femtio år) -- Christmas Customs, Old and New (Julseder: gamla och nya)

In The Astronomy Tradition At Augustana, Harry E. Nelson

Augustana Historical Society Publications

Abstract: “In the Astronomy Tradition at Augustana was written as a response to a suggestion made by Dr. Conrad Bergendoff, president emeritus at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. I had prepared a paper for the Contemporary Club of Davenport, Iowa which dealt with the program of the John Deere Planetarium on the campus and its contribution to the Quad-Cities community. Dr. Bergendoff felt that a more inclusive report was needed, and he convinced me that I should write the complete history of the astronomy department. His many creative suggestions have made the story most interesting and I am indebted …

A History Of The Augustana Library, 1860-1990: An International Treasure, Dr. Conrad Bergendoff

Augustana Historical Society Publications

Table of Contents:

A Royal Beginning--From Chicago to Paxton--The Tower in Rock Island--In Old Main--C. O. Granere--The Denkmann Gift--Marcus Skarstedt--Ira O. Nothstein--William Baehr--Donald Rod--Lucien White--Ernest Espelie--John Caldwell--A Living Library--Librarians: Terms of Service.

Appendices:

Library Publications--Publications of the Augustana Historical Society--Occasional Papers--The Institute: Historical Swedish Handbooks--Sources.

The Story Of John Fryxell, Fritiof Fryxell

Augustana Historical Society Publications

John Fryxell was an immigrant from Vättlösa Parish, near Götene in southern Sweden. He came to America and worked for the Moline Cabinet Pipe Organ Company of Moline, Illinois and was an advocate of education for his children, all of whom graduated from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. His son Fritiof Fryxell wrote the manuscript of this biography of his father.

The Church Of Sweden On The Delaware, 1638-1831, Dr. Conrad Bergendoff

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A discussion of the Swedish Lutheran Church in New Sweden covering the churches of Holy Trinity at Christina, now Wilmington, Delaware; an early Tinicum Island church and Wicaco church from which grew the Gloria Dei Church in Philadelphia; St. James Church in Kingsessing, now in Philadelphia; Christ or Old Swedes in Upper Merion, now in Philadelphia; Raccoon, now Swedesboro, and Penns Neck, now Churchtown or Lower Penns Neck, New Jersey. The churches which survived to 1776 became Anglican.

His Name Was Jonas: A Biography Of Jonas Swensson, Emmet E. Eklund

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Abstract:

The life of Jonas Swensson (1828-1873) presents a reversal of the common notion that sons of famous fathers often live in the shadow of their fathers’ fame. For Jonas Swensson was overshadowed by the fame of his illustrious son, Carl Aaron. Both the fame of his son and his own early death, at age forty-five, have tended to obscure the noteworthy accomplishments of Jonas Swensson. Yet Swensson played a significant role in the shaping of the Augustana Lutheran Church in the last half of the 19th century. His contributions to parish and higher education, mission, congregational life, and the …

An Historical Survey Of The Augustana College Campus, Glen E. Brolander

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Abstract (excerpt):

Augustana College, through its 110 years in Rock Island, from 1875 to 1985, has constantly sought to develop physical facilities which appropriately support its educational program. The growth of the campus and facility improvements have reflected a commitment to excellence. The purpose of this publication is to tell the story of that change. Others have written of the history of the College and about those who have given leadership to it. In this work we will not deal primarily with people, but rather with a detailed description of the facilities of the College as they have developed through …

The Missionary Spirit In The Augustana Church, George F. Hall

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Summary (from book jacket):

The American church is made up of many varied groups, depending on origin, divisions, changing relationships. One of these was the Augustana Lutheran Church, founded by Swedish Lutheran immigrants and maintaining an independent existence from 1860 to 1962 when it became a part of a larger Lutheran community, the Lutheran Church of America. The character of the Augustana Church can be studied from different viewpoints. In this volume Dr. George Hall describes it as a missionary church. It was born out of a missionary concern in Sweden for the thousands who had emigrated. As soon as …

The Pioneer Swedish Settlements And Swedish Lutheran Churches In America, 1845-1860, Eric Norelius

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The author traces in this volume the waves of Swedish emigration that started in the mid-1840s. One of these waves, in 1850, brought a youth of 17 who sensed the significance of the movement of a people from ancient Sweden to the open lands of America. He gathered records, letters, documents, and himself had a part, as student, journalist, and clergyman, in the development of the earliest settlements. In 1890, then historian of the Augustana Lutheran Church, Norelius published his material in a book entitled History of the Swedish Settlements and Swedish Lutheran Churches in America. This translation is of …

One Hundred Years Of Oratorio At Augustana: A History Of The Handel Oratorio Society, 1881-1980, Conrad Bergendoff

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When the Handel Oratorio Society gave the Messiah December 12, 13, 14th 1980 in Centennial Hall, Rock Island, Illinois it completed one hundred years of oratorio singing at Augustana College. Part I recounts the origin, difficulties, and development of the organization which began as the Augustana Handel Oratorio Society, divided the field with the Conservatory Choir, and reunited as the Handel Oratorio Society. Part II attempts to give a complete list of the programs, 1881-1980, with names of participants and dates and places of each performance.

My Story: Immigrant, Executive, Traveler, Birger Swenson

Augustana Historical Society Publications

From book jacket:

Gifted in business, Birger soon became well known in lay circles of his Church and attained a high position in both the publication and circulation of religious journalism. All the while he and his wife were contributing to constructive agencies in their community and enlarging a circle of friends here and abroad.

Table of Contents:

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Finding My Way in a New Land -- From Campus to War Camps -- College Years -- An Interlude in Europe, Michigan and Seminary -- A Career in Church Publications -- Birger Takes a Wife -- General Manager …

Shepherd Of An Immigrant People: The Story Of Erland Carlsson, Emory Lindquist

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From book jacket:

The life of Erland Carlsson (1822-1893), immigrant pastor and Augustana Lutheran Synod leader, was fashioned by his pietistic family home in Älghult parish, Kronobergs län, Sweden, it was enriched by the evangelical läsare movement, and it was deepened intellectually by his theological studies at Lund University.

Table of Contents:

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- The Early Years in Sweden -- Emigration to America -- Building a Congregation -- The Life of an Immigrant Pastor -- The Pastor and His Congregation -- Outreach in Service -- The Church Beyond the Parish -- Champion of Education -- Promotor of the …

The Immigration Of Ideas: Studies In The North Atlantic Community, Essays Presented To O. Fritiof Ander, J. Iverne Dowie, J. Thomas Tredway

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Excerpt from Foreword:

Several of the essays in this volume focus upon persons who came to live in a new world intellectually as well geographically. Others are concerned directly with the movement of ideas across the Atlantic. Heretofore the Augustana Historical Society has devoted its publications almost exclusively to the Scandinavian-American milieu. This volume enlarges the field of the society's concern by including certain aspects of English and German intellectual history. The writers have responded to contemporary trends in immigration historiography with its emphasis upon the role of the immigrant in the intellectual as well as the social history of …

Pioneering Adventures Of Johan Edvard Lilljeholm In America, 1846-1850, Arthur Wald

Augustana Historical Society Publications

Excerpt from Foreword:

In the impressive collection of newspapers, letters and documents in the Augustana College Archives pertaining to Swedish pioneer history is found a considerable number of immigrant stories and biographies, which aside from their importance to scholars as research sources, have extraordinary human interest. In years past, the Bulletin of the Augustana Swedish Institute has published a number of these pioneer stories, but it remained for a Swedish clergyman, Kyrkoherde Gosta Soderberg from L. P. Esbjorn's parish of Ostervala, while engaged in research in the Archives, to come upon and recognize the value of one such document previously …

Olof Christian Telemak Andrén, Ambassador Of Good Will, Oscar N. Olson

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Of the pioneer pastors of the Augustana Church O. C. T. Andrén is perhaps the least known. As the first pastor of the First Lutheran Church in Moline, Illinois, he remained in America only four years, 1856 to 1860. But the result of his labors cannot be measured by this brief period. By his earnest preaching, his faithful pastoral care, his consecrated personality and deep spiritual experience he laid a good foundation for the church he served. As a member of the Mississippi Conference and the Synod of Northern Illinois he made a valuable contribution to the work of welding …

Augustana Historical Society Publications Number 11, Lisa Huntsha, Ira Oliver Nothstein

Augustana Historical Society Publications

Selected Documents Dealing with the Organization of the First Congregations and the First Conferences of the Augustana Synod and their Growth Until 1860, Vol. 2

Augustana Historical Society Publications Number 10, Ira Oliver Nothstein

Augustana Historical Society Publications

Selected Documents Dealing with the Organization of the First Congregations and the First Conferences of the Augustana Synod and their Growth Until 1860, Vol. 1

Augustana Historical Society Publications Volume V, George M. Stephenson, O. L. Nordstrom, Conrad Bergendoff, E. W. Olson, George Gordon Andrews

Augustana Historical Society Publications

Table of Contents:

C. W. Foss: an appreciation / George M. Stephenson -- Diary kept by L. P. Esbjorn, 1849 / O. L. Nordstrom -- Reports to the American Home Missionary Society, 1849-1856 / Conrad Bergendoff -- The sources of the original constitution of the Augustana Synod / Conrad Bergendoff -- Early letters to Erland Carlsson / E. W. Olson -- Sources on revolutionary Europe : A selected list from the Charles XV Collection / George Gordon Andrews -- The Augustana Historical Society, 1930-1935 / O. L. Nordstrom -- In memoriam.

Augustana Historical Society Publications Number 2, Gustav Andreen, Henry F. Staack, Fritiof Fryxell, Albet F. Schersten, O. Fritiof Ander

Augustana Historical Society Publications

Table of Contents:

The early missionary work of the Augustana Synod in New York City, 1865-1866 / Gustav Andreen -- The Iowa Synod's attempt at missionary work among the Indians, 1859-1864 / Henry F. Staack -- Thomas Moran's journey to the Tetons in 1879 / Fritiof Fryxell -- The historical and cultural background of Swedish immigrants of importance to their assimilation in America / Albert F. Schersten -- Swedish-American newspapers and the Republican Party, 1855-1875 / O. Fritiof Ander -- Book reviews -- Reports of Committees.

Augustana Historical Society Publications Number 3, Ernst W. Olson, Evald B. Lawson

Augustana Historical Society Publications

Table of Contents:

Ernst W. Olson / Augustana Book Concern: Publishers to the Augustana Synod.--History of Its Activities since 1889, with Introductory Account of Earlier Publishing Enterprises -- Evald B. Lawson / Christina Nilsson’s Visit to Brockton, Mass., in November, 1870.--Pages from the Early History of the Oldest Swedish Lutheran Church in New England