Documenting Swedish America: A Setterdahl Family Tradition
How often have we heard or said “I wished I had asked that before my loved one passed away”? Lennart Setterdahl (1928-1995) worked...
Genealogy at Home
Greeting Vasa Members, Do you remember the Genealogy papers you submitted? We are scanning them now and putting them online at the Upper...
Game Nights at Vasa
Do you have board games, card games, or other games lying around the house that don’t get played as often as you’d like? Are you looking...
Skillingtryck, or Chapbook
We can now turn our attention to our upcoming exhibit on Nordic Fairy Tales since the Julgran fundraiser and Lucia are finished here at...
Charter Artwork
Have you ever taken a moment to look at your Lodge Charter and wonder about the people or symbols on the Charter? Some, like the American...
Newsletter Collections
When inventorying some boxes yesterday, we unearthed some of the earliest District Lodge Illinois #8 newsletters. The three newsletters ...
Vasa National Archives receives Sherrard Foundation Grant
The Bill and Susan Sherrard Foundation has given the Vasa National Archives a grant to organize and preserve their library collections....
Bishop Hill Monday Knitters
More than ten years ago several ladies got together in Bishop Hill, IL to knit. We continue knitting together adding new knitters (and...
Digital Library is Up and Running
By popular request, the digital library has been up and running since September. We currently have nearly 3,000 items, predominantly old...
