The Augustana Historical Society is a not-for-profit organization of professional scholars, amateur historians, and above all friends of Augustana College. Members are bound together by their desire to preserve and tell Augustana’s story and stories. The Augustana Historical Society's mission is to preserve the history of Augustana College and its relation to the Lutheran Church and to Swedish-American immigration and culture, which the group accomplishes through publications, presentations, and the collection of written records and artifacts.