AUGUSTANA COLLEGE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY - ILLINOIS SCRAPBOOK & PHOTO ALBUM 1921-1926
Item #1241
Brown suede string-bound album measuring 14.25" x 11.5" with a circular emblem with the eye of Provenance, an open book with a Latin phrase, and "Augustan College and Theol. Seminary, Ilinois" on the front cover. Although no completely full, the album features around 250 black and white photos from Miriam Miller's time at Augustana, from 1921-1926. Most of the photos are of Miriam with friends, and portraits of friends. It appears that she was part of the Oriole Glee club, and there are many folded up programs from there and other musical shows from the area. Besides the music programs, other ephemera includes newspaper clippings, cards from friends, letters, an invitation to Omicron Sigma Omicron Society, dance cards, etc. The photos measures between 1.5" x 1.75" and 3" x 5.25," and are either glued to the pages or held with corner tabs, some accompanied by annotations. Several pages and pieces of ephemera are loose. There are also several pages of autographs and comments from friends.
Taken from the Augustana web site:
Augustana College traces its origin to the Swedish universities of Uppsala and Lund, founded in 1477 and 1668 respectively. Graduates of these universities founded Augustana in 1860 in Chicago’s near north side, providing leaders for the new churches being organized by Swedish immigrants and educating the youth of these new communities.
The school was the first of many educational and humanitarian institutions established by the former Augustana Lutheran Church. Augustana College and Theological Seminary, as it was first known, endured many hardships during its early years. The Civil War nearly depleted the roster of students and faculty. The college and seminary moved from Chicago to Paxton, Ill., in 1863, and finally to Rock Island in 1875. The seminary became a separate institution in 1948, and in 1967 returned to the Chicago area, while the college remained in Rock Island.
Price: $350.00