Wish List

The following are materials that we would like to add to acquire. If you would like to donate items please contact the archivist/librarian. You can make a monetary gift online or contact us. Thank you!

Wish List Items:

See our Amazon wishlist! 

These items were not available on Amazon (at last check):

• A Century of Blessings, by Eugene K. Nelson, Freemount Lutheran Church, Lindsborg, Kansas, 1969
• Echoes From Riverside Cemetery by Kathleen Seusy, Diann Moore, Curtis C. Roseman, Regena Schantz. Heritage Documentaries, Inc., with the cooperation of the Moline Preservation Society, 2009
• Den faderlöse främlingen, autobiography of Bengt Gustaf (Persson) Bergenlund, who wrote under the alias “Fremling," publisher: A. Lundrens tryckeri, Göteborg 1871. Very rare. 
• The Forest Finns of Scandinavia, by Maud Wedin, translated by Olof Lindman, 2011
• Jenny Lind Cook Book, Augustana Church, Andover, Illinois, 1975
• John Engstrom, the last frontiersman, by Emil Engstrom, 1957
• Pre-Raphaelitism and the Swedish 1890's, by Larry Emil Scott, doctoral thesis at University of Washington, 1973. Published Ann Arbor, Wash.: University Microfilms International, 1982
• Time Magazine Man of the Year Charles Lindbergh, 1927
• The vanishing logger, by Emil Engstrom, 1956
• With fervent prayers and buoyant hopes: the story of Midland Lutheran College by William E. Christensen and Ann L. Wilhite, Midland Lutheran College, 2007
• Yust Yokes bae Yansen, by anonymous, ca. 1915 

We also collect:

• Missing issues in our Defunct Journals list
• All materials published in Swedish in North America (1840s to present)
• Publications of small Swedish-American publishing houses including Augustana Book Concern, Rock Island, Illinois and Engberg & Holmberg, Chicago
• Publications issued by Swedish-American organizations, both current and defunct
• Anniversary booklets from Swedish-American congregations (Lutheran, Covenant, Methodist, etc.)
• Printed family histories and genealogies are accepted if they are compiled as a book and include a title page with a full title, compiler's name and date of compilation/publication, page numbering, and preferably a name index
• Personal papers of Swedish-American individuals, businesses, and organizations
• Photographs depicting Swedish immigrant life in the cities, e.g. storefronts, people working, photographs of gatherings and festivals
• Diaries and journals (especially of underrepresented groups such as women, professionals, and working-class people)
• Correspondence between immigrants in North America and between immigrants and family in Sweden
• Records from Swedish-American organizations 1840s to present

For more general information about what we collect and the donation process, please see the "Donation" section on our Policies & Services page. 

Generally not accepted:

• Swedish Bibles and hymnals
• Duplicates
• Items in poor condition (mildew- or mold-infested, dirty, or items with missing or torn pages).