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FYI 102: Practical Genealogy (Bengtson) - Special Collections Guide

This guide is for students enrolled in FYI 102-02 with Dr. Bengtson, and provides information to help you navigate the resources available in Special Collections.

Items Viewed in Class

During your first class session in Special Collections, we started with a variety of materials that illustrated what Augustana College was like in the 1880's.  Those materials included:

  • Photograph # C-L00222: View of 7th Ave. and the First College Building
  • Photograph # C-L00025:  Interior view of the dining room in the First College Building
  • Photograph # C-L00443:  Portrait of President Tufve Nilsson Hasselquist
  • Blank registration form, circa 1880s, in MSS 200 Collection of Augustana College exhibition materials, Box 1, Folder 1
  • Information about the First College Building from An Historical Survey of the Augustana College Campus by Glen Brolander, multiple copies of both the 1985 edition and the 1992 edition available in Special Collections and in the main library collection.  The 1985 edition is also available online via Augustana Digital Commons.
  • Timeline of campus history from Reflecting on the Past: 150 Years of Augustana Stories edited by Stefanie Bluemle, Sarah Horowitz, and Jamie Nelson, multiple copies available in Special Collections and in the main library collection.  The entire book is also available online via Augustana Digital Commons.  A web version of the timeline is on the Special Collections website here: http://www.augustana.net/SpecialCollections/timeline/index.html
  • Data about parentage, average age, and beneficiary aid status of students, from the Appendix to the Catalogue of Augustana College and Theological Seminary, 1860-1885.
  • Register of Students in the College: Junior Class, pp. 12-13 in the Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Augustana College and Theological Seminary, 1884-1885.  Located in Special Collections in the book collection, Call #: Aug Inst LD271 .A6651 C3 
  • Collegiate Department: Students: Senior Class list, pp 8-9 in the Catalogue. Augustana College and Theological Seminary, 1885-1886.  Located in Special Collections in the book collection, Call #: Aug Inst LD271 .A6651 C3 
  • Commencement program, 1886, located in manuscript collection MSS 248 Augustana College Office of the President Records, Box 1, Folder 1
  • Rules & Regulations adopted by Faculty April 6 approved by Board of Directors May 18 1883 for government and direction of the pupils of Augustana College, located in Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1883, in manuscript collection MSS 243 Augustana College faculty and committees records, Box 2, Notebook 4F.
  • Registration forms for members of the Class of 1886, located in MSS 241c Augustana College Office of the Registrar records, Box 1.

Benelius, Nicanor: Folder 10
Bonander, Frank August: Folder 7
Half, Joel Laurentius: Folder 7
Edquist, Joshua A.: Folder 6

On your second class visit to Special Collections, you examined a variety of college records that contain information about the members of the Class of 1886.  A complete list of materials viewed during class is provided below:

  • College catalogs from academic years 1882-1883 through 1887-1888 Call #: Aug Inst LD271 .A6651 C3
  • Class Record/Attendance Books: Freshman Class, 1882-1883; Sophomore Class, 1883-1884; Junior Class, 1884-1885; Senior Class, 1885-1886 MSS 241 Augustana College Office of the Registrar records, Boxes 11, 12, 14, and 15
  • Roll Books for Phrenokosmian Society, Adelphic Society, and Handel Oratorio Society

MSS 206 Adelphic Society records, Box 1, Folder 3

MSS 214 Phrenokosmian Society records, Box 1, Folder 7

MSS 231 Handel Oratoria Society records, Box 1, Folder 1

  • Student Letters to College Officials found in MSS 2 Tufve Nilsson Hasselquist papers

Bonander: Box 17, Folder 6

Haff: Box 18, Folder 2

Ryden: Box 19, Folder 2

  • Student Exam Papers found in MSS 240 Augustana College academic papers and theses, Boxes 16-18
  • Photograph # C-D00015: Senior Class, 1886
  • Photograph # C-O00123: Students and Faculty, 1886
  • Record of Standing 1875-1888 / Records of Class - Testimonials found in MSS 241 Augustana College Office of the Registrar records, Box 2
  • Augustana Alumni Register Call #: Augs Inst LD271 .A6651 1924