Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.). Woman's Athletic Assocation.
Hasselquist, Eva Helena (Cervin)
Hasselquist, Hanna.
Huesing, Anna.
Huesing, Helen.
Huesing, Martha.
Hultberg, Grant.
Kron, E. Einar.
Susin, Barbara Ann.
Wilson, Mary Drusilla.  

English, Swedish

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Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)—Students.
Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.)—Faculty.
Commencement ceremonies.
Greeting cards.
Invitation cards.

Rebecca Hopman, 2011.
Updated by Sarah Horowitz, 2011 and 2012.
Julia G. Westblade, 2013.

Augustana College Special Collections
Thomas Tredway Library
639 38th Street
Rock Island, Illinois 61201
309-794-7643
specialcollections@augustana.edu

The materials in this collection were created by numerous sources, many of whom remain unnamed. However, the following information has been gathered about several of the creators:

The collection of valentines is from the Huesing sisters. Annie (Anna) Huesing (1871-1916), Helen Huesing (1872-?), and Martha Huesing (1875-1954) were sisters and life-long residents of Rock Island, Illinois. Their father, John August Huesing, moved to Rock Island from Prussia in the mid-1860s. He married Charlotte Frances Steffensen and had one child, Albert Dietrich Huesing (1860-1930). When his first wife died, Huesing married Marie Stark and had Annie, Helen, and Martha. Albert later married Charlotte F. Tremann and had Charlotte Francis Huesing (1900-?). Charlotte attended Grinnell College and the University of Wisconsin before earning her English degree at Augustana College in 1926. While at Augustana, Charlotte was a member of the Key sorority. She was also the president of the Woman’s Club and part of the Department of Oral Expression. Charlotte married Fred N. Helpenstell on June 10, 1927. Charlotte might have donated the valentines to Special Collections.

Grant Hultberg was a 1898 graduate of Augustana College. He earned his L.L. B. from Drake University in 1901, and then joined the editorial department of West Publishing Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1907, Hultberg was hired as the assistant manager of the Augustana Book Concern. He also became an instructor of commercial law in the Business Department. He left Augustana College in 1919 to become the manager of the United Lutheran Church’s publication house.

Mary Drusilla Wilson was a 1912 graduate of Augustana College. She was originally from Knoxville, Illinois, and graduated from Knoxville High School in 1909. Wilson took part in several activities on campus, including: Adelphic Literary Society, Elsinore, Oratorio Society, the Observer (Social Page editor), the Rockety-I, and the girls’ basketball team (team captain ’10). She was also her class historian and class salutatorian. After graduation, Wilson taught English, German, and Latin at a high school in Wagnersville, Illinois.

E. Einar Kron was a 1923 graduate of Augustana College. He was originally from Bertrand, Nebraska, and graduated from Dayton High School in 1917. Kron participated in many campus activities, such as: the Ozo fraternity, Tau Kappa Alpha (the national forensic fraternity), Webster Debating Society, Phrenokosmian Literary Society, Augustana Band, Foreign Missionary Society, Oratorio Society, French Club, Christian Brotherhood, Inter-fraternal Council, Intercollegiate Debate, Lyceum Board, Students’ Unions, the Rockety-I, and the Observer (Exchanges editor).

Barbara Ann Susin was a 1962 graduate of Augustana College. She majored in English and participated in campus activities, including: Pi Epsilon Nu (the honorary music fraternity), Student Union, Fine Arts Committee, Rockety-I, International Relations Club, and Debate Team.

The Woman's Athletic Association (W.A.A.) was the successor to the Augustana Girls' Athletic Association (A.G.A.A.), originally founded by Dorothy Rogers in 1923. Under the direction of Jane Sweet Brissman, the W.A.A. grew to include every woman at Augustana. Its most famous annual event was the Kat banquet, an all-woman event at which attendees roasted one another in song and verse and awards were given.

Eva Helena (Cervin) Hasselquist was the wife of Tufve Nilsson Hasselquist, Augustana’s second president. The couple was married shortly before they travelled from Sweden to Galesburg, Illinois in 1852. Hanna Hasselquist was also related to Tufve Nilsson Hasselquist.  

The Collection on Paper Keepsakes dates from 1876-1994, and measures 5 linear inches (1 box). The materials are arranged into the following series:

The Augustana Keepsakes series, 1883-1994, contains invitations, programs, class reminiscences, rolls of graduates, Christmas cards, tickets, stickers, and membership cards related to Augustana College.

The Non-Augustana Keepsakes series, 1876-1931, contains funeral programs, wedding invitations, holiday cards, tickets, party favors, an invitation, and a needle case. These materials were created and collected by members of the Augustana community, but have no relation to Augustana College.

The materials in this collection were arranged by subject matter, then by type of material and date.