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Exhibitions by Swedish-American Artists at the Swedish Club of Chicago

 Collection
Identifier: SAAGC/035
Scope and Contents

This collection contains articles, mailings, catalogs, and other material related to the Swedish American Art Exhibition. This collection also includes a list of artwork that includes artist name, title of artwork, medium, date it was cataloged in the Swedish American Art Exhibition catalog, and whether the image appeared in the catalog.

Dates: 1911 - 1982

Folkdanslaget Records

 Collection
Identifier: SAAGC/041
Dates: 1923 - 1963

Gotland Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: SAAGC/054
Scope and Contents

The records of the Gotland Society include financial and membership records, constitution and bylaws, correspondence, programs, and clippings. Also included are club publications and manuscripts.

Dates: 1935 - 1961

Halland Society of Chicago Records

 Collection
Identifier: SAAGC/053
Scope and Contents

The records of the Halland Society of Chicago include meeting minutes, membership records, and correspondence.

Dates: 1962 - 1995

Hegborn-Nelson Family Collection

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Identifier: SAAGC/039
Scope and Contents

The Hegborn-Nelson Family Collection contains the personal records of John P. Nelson and children.  It includes correspondence, official papers, personal papers, memoirs, photographs, and a variety of other materials.

Dates: 1870 - 1984

Henry Bengston Papers

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Identifier: SAAGC/002
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials pertaining to Bengston's involvement with the Scandinavian‑American socialist movement, materials about Bengston's printing firm, the System Press, Bengston's involvement with the Brynford Park Improvement Association, the original manuscript for and one copy of Bengston's book, Skandinaver på Vänsterflygeln i USA (1955), correspondence from Bengston during his 1963 trip to Sweden, and articles by Bengston for magazines and...
Dates: 1905 - 1971

Independent Order of Svithiod Records

 Collection
Identifier: SAAGC/023
Scope and Contents

The records of the Independent Order of Svithiod are organized by lodge, and include meeting minutes, constitution and bylaws, membership and financial records, correspondence, and programs.  Included in this collection are records from the Svithiod Nursing Home and junior lodges.

Dates: 1880 - 2003

Independent Order of Vikings Records

 Collection
Identifier: SAAGC/008
Scope and Contents

The records of the Independent Order of Vikings contain material in six general categories: history, administration, programs, clippings, correspondence, and music. Span dates for this series are February 1907 through May 1976, although the bulk of the records deal with the period 1959 to 1976. Much of the collection is from the files of Evert Winter, who served on the Committee on Laws (approximately 1959‑1969) and the Valhalla Home Committee (approximately 1957‑1967).

Dates: 1907 - 1976

Ingeborg Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: SAAGC/012
Scope and Contents

The records of the Ingeborg Society consist of one box, which contains a folder of applications for membership and a ledger of members with listings of dues. The ledger is in Swedish and contains information regarding date of birth, place of birth, United States address, and occupation of the members.

Dates: 1890 - 1958

Linné Monument Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SAAGC/047
Scope and Contents The Linné Monument collection contains records relating to the statue honoring Carl von Linné and includes: a history of the monument by Selma Jacobson, biographical records for Linné, records related to the planning and erection of the Linné monument in Lincoln Park, its relocation to the University of Chicago, and records related to May Celebrations. Also included are correspondence with a number of people, including: Ragnar Benson, Brian Garrick, Carl Hjalmar Lundquist, Pehr Peterson,...
Dates: 1875 - 1993

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Swedish-American Archives of Greater Chicago 39
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