Swedish-American Archives of Greater Chicago

Manuscript Collection #15

Swedish Engineers’ Society Records, 1908-1994

 

SIZE:  3 Archives boxes  

 

ABSTRACT:  The records of the Swedish Engineers' Society of Chicago, Illinois include administrative records, correspondence, publications, photos, and newspaper clippings documenting the activities of the Society. The bulk of the administrative records date from1910 through 1969 and include reports, constitutions and bylaws, membership lists, yearbooks and general correspondence.  Also included in the Swedish Engineers’ Society Records are programs of events dating from 1915 through 1970, Ladies’ Auxiliary programs, speeches presented to the Society and their annual publication Trasdockan (The Rag Doll).

 

HISTORY:  The Swedish Engineers’ Society of Chicago, Illinois (Svenska Ingenjörsföreningen i Chicago, Illinois), was founded on 10 October 1908, and incorporated in 1912.  The object of the Society was to promote knowledge, advancement and cooperation among the technical men of Swedish descent or citizenship engaged in engineering and industrial operations in Chicago and vicinity. Between 1913 and 1932, and again in 1946, the Society published the annual Trasdockan (The Rag Doll), generally issued in January. In addition, the Society published “Notes” or “Bulletins.” In 1921 the Society purchased the Dewes Mansion at 503 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, which remained their clubhouse until 1974. The Society dissolved in 1994.

 

PROVENANCE:  Material donated by Carl Hjälmar Lundquist at an unknown date. Additional material was donated in 1998 from Mr. John Jacobson, and in 1999 from Mr. Reno Ahlgard.

 

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS:  There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public.  However, the researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright that may be involved in the use of this collection.

 

PROCESSOR:  Initially processed by John W. H. Erickson in April, 1985.  Additional material added and collection re-described by Ellen M. Engseth in 1999.

 

SEPARATION RECORD (c. 1985):  “A History of the Swedish Engineers’ Society of Chicago” moved to Book Collection.

 

CONTAINER LIST:

BOX

FOLDER

FOLDER TITLES

SPAN DATES

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1

Address by A.G. Hillberg, “Mississippi River Power Company’s Hydro-electric power development at Keokuk, Iowa, and Hamilton, Illinois”

1912

1

2

American Society of Swedish Engineers, Membership Lists (1910-1913) and Periodicals (1936 and 1948-1949)

1910-1913, 1936, 1948-1949

1

3

Bulletins and Notices

1908-1912

1

4

Bulletins

1916-1945

1

5

Clippings

1933-1960

1

6

Constitution and Bylaws

1910, 1949, 1968

1

7

Correspondence

1932-1962, 1977

1

8

Correspondence and Reports

1967-1968

1

9

Correspondence and Reports

1974-1994

1

10

Court Document

1958

1

11

Election Ballots

1966-1967

1

12

Festskrift, Anniversary Booklets

1928-1933

1

13

Insurance Policies

1967-1968

1

14

Ladies Auxiliary, Swedish Engineers’ Society, Activities

1946-1961

1

15

Lease

1935

1

16

Memberships and Yearbooks

1911

2

1

Memberships and Yearbooks

1912

2

2

Memberships and Yearbooks

1913-1920

2

3

Memberships and Yearbooks

1922-1936

2

4

Memberships and Yearbooks

1968-1969

2

5

Minnesbok af Svenska Ingeniörskongressen I forenta Staterna, 1915, (The Swedish Engineering Convention in the U.S., 1915, Chicago, Il)

1915

2

6

The Pattern (Newsletter), January ed.

1969

2

7

Photos, Officers in Clubhouse Lounge

n.d.

2

8

Programs

1915-1970

2

9

Reports, Committees

1936-1958

2

10

Sketches

n.d.

2

11

Songbook

1921

2

12

Speeches by Carl Hjalmar Lundquist (Swedish Engineers’)

1943-1964

2

13

Swedish Engineers’ Society of Detroit, Newsletter

1949-1950

2

14

Trasdockan (The Rag Doll)

1913-1920

3

1

Trasdockan (The Rag Doll)

1921-1926

3

2

Trasdockan (The Rag Doll)

1927-1929

3

3

Trasdockan (The Rag Doll)

1930-1932, 1946

3

4

Visiting Engineers and Students

1946-1960