Special Collections

Search Collections

Special Collections contains published and unpublished resources in a variety of formats. To search one of our core collections, select one of the options below. Please contact us for assistance if you have any questions or concerns.

Manuscript Collections

• Personal papers (such as letters, diaries, and scrapbooks)
• Organizational records (such as meeting minutes and membership records)
• Other formats: photographs, audiovisual materials, artifacts, computer files, or archived web content.

Book Collections

• Augustana  institutional publications
• Early printed works and first editions
• Diverse genres: women's prescriptive literature, children's literature and illustrations, artists' books

Vertical Files

• Clippings and ephemera
• Programs, newsletters, and announcements
• Some original manuscripts, archival records, and photographs

Photograph Collection

• Print and negative images
• Varying sizes, from snapshots to panoramic
• Electronic photographs

Digital Collections and Exhibits

• Augustana Observer and Rockety-I yearbooks
• Augustana campus, students, and faculty resources
• Illinois/ Iowa regional photographs