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Luther Academy was founded in 1883 in Wahoo, Nebraska. Samuel Magnus Hill served as acting president and helped shape the history of the school. This collection includes meeting minutes for the board of the Academy, two student groups, and of several meetings of the Nebraska Conference of the Augustana Synod. Also included are news articles related to the school, correspondence with presidents and reports of the Nebraska Conference, and some student and religious writings.

A list of faculty committees at Augustana College.

The collection represents the lifetime of a Swedish-American Harriet Carlson’s work in advertising, writing, and publishing. Carlson worked in advertising for Carson Pirie Scott & Co. and Tatham-Laird Advertising Agency where she wrote copy for accounts such as Swanson TV Dinners, Kix Cereal for General Mills in the 1940s and 1950s. Carlson later developed her own newspaper syndicate selling weekly features for women’s pages under the pseudonym Fritchie Saunders. Her articles appeared in over 40 publications in the U.S. and abroad.

This collection of portraits contains many Scandinavian American persons of notable importance to Augustana College as well as to greater North America and Sweden. Also includes photographs of Scandinavian American churches and church and social groups.