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Guide to the Earl Gregg Swem Papers Mss. 79 Sw4


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Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. 79 Sw4
Title
Earl Gregg Swem Papers 1927-1965
Quantity
11.50 Linear Feet
Language
English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation:

Earl Gregg Swem Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gifts from Earl Gregg Swem, Jr., Earl Gregg Swem, III and others. 1971.18 transferred to archives from manuscripts on 10/1/1971. 1982.34 Gift of Earl Gregg Swem III 1982.44 Gift of Earl Gregg Swem III 1987.02 Gift of Dr. Joseph Fields 1994.35 Gift of Thomas McDonnell 2004.50 Gift of Earl Gregg Swem III 2007.69 Gift of Bruton Parish Church 2007.105 Gift of Earl Gregg Swem III 2008.178 Material located while processing backlog material in 2009.

Processing Information:

Processed by Myra Curtis and Ron Colvin in 1979.

Processed by Jordan Ecker in 2008.

Box and folder lists updated by Patricia Sanabria, SCRC staff, in November of 2011.

Biographical Information:

Earl Gregg Swem was born December 29, 1870 in Belle Plaine, Iowa. He graduated from Lafayette College (A.B. and A.M.) Swem worked as a high school instructor 1893-1900. He worked for the John Crerar Library, the Superintendent of Documents Library, the Armour Institute Library, was the chief of the cataloging division of the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress, assistant Virginia State Librarian, and Librarian for the College of William and Mary. Swem compiled about forty finding lists and bibliographies, was managing editor of the William and Mary Quarterly and supervised the production of the Virginia Historical Index. He died in Louisville, Kentucky on 14 April 14, 1965.

Scope and Contents

Papers, 1927-1965, of Earl Gregg Swem, librarian and historian. Includes correspondence, reports, poems, and newspaper clippings. Subjects covered by the collection include Virginia history, bibliography, American Library Association, Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Colonial Williamsburg, College of William and Mary, Phi Beta Kappa, Virginia Colonial Records Project, Virginia Historical Society, Jamestown Festival, Hampton Celebration, and the Virginia Historical Index. Correspondents include Alvin D. Chandler, Virginius Dabney, John Frederick Dorman, Douglas Southall Freeman, Fairfax Harrison, John M. Jennings, David John Mays, Davis Y. Paschall, James E. Pomfret, William M. E. Rachal and William Clayton Torrence.

Mss. 79 Sw4:  see PDF document (below) for inventory. 

Additions: see Finding Aid/Inventory.

Related Material

See also the Earl G. Swem Family Papers and the Earl Gregg Swem Genealogy Collection; William and Mary Quarterly Records (UA 64).

Addition 2008.364 may have originally been part of Mss. 39.4 V82ci Williamsburg Papers, folders 4 and 5.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Agendas (administrative records)
  • American Library Association
  • Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
  • Christmas cards
  • Christmas--United States
  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • Confederate Memorial (Williamsburg, Va.)
  • Correspondence
  • Financial records
  • Fliers (printed matter)
  • Greeting cards
  • Hampton (Va.)--History--20th century
  • Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--Virginia--Williamsburg
  • Jamestown 350th Anniversary
  • Jamestown Festival (1957)
  • Manuscripts (document genre)
  • Reports
  • Virginia Colonial Records Project
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Conservation and restoration
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--Library
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--Restoration
  • Williamsburg Holding Corporation

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Confederate Memorial (Williamsburg, Va.)
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Conservation and restoration
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--Library
  • Williamsburg (Va.)--Restoration
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Container List

id64786
Series 1: Earl Gregg Swem Papers
1927-1965
Scope and Contents

Original grouping of Earl Gregg Swem's papers. See PDF Inventory for further description.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 id64831
    Box 1: Personal correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id113507
      Correspondence: Abbot - American Legion
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id113508
      Correspondence: American Library - Bailey
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id113509
      Correspondence: Baird - Bear
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id113510
      Correspondence: Beckner - Bellemont
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id113511
      Correspondence: Bemiss - Bergethon
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id113512
      Correspondence: Berkeley - Bibliographical
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id113513
      Correspondence: Bigler - Boysworth
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id113514
      Correspondence: Brabrand - Brizendine
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id113515
      Correspondence: Brock - Browne
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id113516
      Correspondence: Brummer - Byrd
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id113517
      Correspondence: Cabell - Cecil-Williams
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id113518
      Correspondence: Chalmers - Church
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id113519
      Correspondence: Civil Service - Cobb
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id113520
      Correspondence: Cocke
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id113521
      Correspondence: Cockrell - Colonial
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id113522
      Correspondence: Colvin - Cox
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id113523
      Correspondence: Crafton - Daniel
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id113524
      Correspondence: Daniels - Denny
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 id113525
      Correspondence: DeWitt - Donnell
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 id64832
    Box 2: Personal correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id113526
      Correspondence: Dorman - Dutrick
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id113527
      Correspondence: Eckenrode - Edwards
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id113528
      Correspondence: Eggen - Evans, C.W.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id113529
      Correspondence: Evans, J. - Ewing
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id113530
      Correspondence: Facts Forum - First Families of Virginia
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id113531
      Correspondence: Fishburn - Franck
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id113532
      Correspondence: Frank - Galphin
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id113533
      Correspondence: Galt - Gibson
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id113534
      Correspondence: Gilliam - Goodwin, J.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id113535
      Correspondence: Goodwin, M. - Gwathmey
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 id113536
      Correspondence: Hackley - Harkins
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id113537
      Correspondence: Harper - Hart
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id113538
      Correspondence: Harvard University - Hickman
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id113539
      Correspondence: Hiden
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id113540
      Correspondence: Higgs - Hopkins
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16 id113541
      Correspondence: Hopper - Hummel
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17 id113542
      Correspondence: Hunnicut, Spotswood
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18 id113543
      Correspondence: Hunt, Althea
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19 id113544
      Correspondence: Hunt, W. - Izard
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20 id113545
      Correspondence: Jackson - Jeffress
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21 id113546
      Correspondence: Jester - Johnson, R.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 22 id113547
      Correspondence: Johnson, S. - Jones, A.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 23 id113548
      Correspondence: Jones, B. - Judge
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 24
      Folder 24
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 25
      Folder 25
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 26
      Folder 26
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 27
      Folder 27
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 28
      Correspondence: Gilliam - Goodwin
      Scope and Contents

      In a letter to a donor, Guy D. Goff, on 25 Feb. 1945, Earl Gregg Swem supported Marilyn Kaemmerle's dismissal from the Flat Hat for her editorial "Lincoln's job half-done" in which Kaemmerle had advocated the complete integration of African Americans into William and Mary and the ability of intermarriage between African Americans and whites, which was outlawed in Virginia until 1967. Swem spoke in favor of administrators being in charge of "supervision of what goes into this college newspaper." He further criticized Kaemmerle: "the young woman displayed a very decided lack of courtesy to the college and theState of Virginia" and he accused her of being "unfamiliar with Virginia thought and ideals."

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 id64833
    Box 3: Personal correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id113549
      Correspondence: Katz - King and Queen
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id113550
      Correspondence: Kinkead - Kurjack
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id113551
      Correspondence: Lacy - Larkin
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id113552
      Correspondence: Larson - Lyne
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id113553
      Correspondence: Mabin - Mariner's
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id113554
      Correspondence: Markoe - Massie
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id113555
      Correspondence: Matheny - Millwood
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id113556
      Correspondence: Minge - Mully
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9 id113557
      Correspondence: Murray - Northington
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10 id113558
      Correspondence: Norton - Overton
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11 id113559
      Correspondence: Owen - Peninsula
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12 id113560
      Correspondence: Penny - Penrose
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13 id113561
      Correspondence: Perry - Pollard
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 14 id113562
      Correspondence: Poole - Rankin
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 15 id113563
      Correspondence: Rapler - Robb
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 16 id113564
      Correspondence: Robbins - Rosebert
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 17 id113565
      Correspondence: Rothstein - Ryland
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 18 id113566
      Correspondence: Sabin - Seammon
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 19 id113567
      Correspondence: Sernes - Shell
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id64834
    Box 4: Personal correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id113568
      Correspondence: Shelton - Slaughter
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id113569
      Correspondence: Smith - Stephens
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id113570
      Correspondence: Stephenson - Stevenson
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id113571
      Correspondence: Stewart - Swavely
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id113572
      Correspondence: Sweeny - Sykes
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id113573
      Correspondence: Taliaferro - Townsend
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id113574
      Correspondence: Tremaine - Utley
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id113575
      Correspondence: Valentine Museum - Virginia Quarterly Review
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id113576
      Correspondence: Wadlow - Wayland
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10 id113577
      Correspondence: Webb - Wharton
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11 id113578
      Correspondence: Wheeler - Williams, F.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 12 id113579
      Correspondence: Williams, L. - Wooton
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 13 id113580
      Correspondence: Wright - Zuefle
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14 id113581
      Correspondence: Unidentified
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15 id113582
      Correspondence: Alvin D. Chandler
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 16 id113583
      Correspondence: Virginius Dabney
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 17 id113584
      Correspondence: John Frederick Dorman III
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 18 id113585
      Correspondence: Elizabeth Cabell Dugdale
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 19 id113586
      Correspondence: Elizabeth Eades
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 20 id113587
      Correspondence: Douglas S. Freeman
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 21 id113588
      Correspondence: James S. Jenkins
      1937-1962
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 22 id113589
      Correspondence: James S. Jenkins
      1963-1965
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id64835
    Box 5: Personal and non-personal correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id113590
      Correspondence: John M. Jennings
      1944-1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id113591
      Correspondence: John M. Jennings
      1956-1963
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id113592
      Correspondence: David J. Mays
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id113593
      Correspondence: George C. Mason
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id113594
      Correspondence: Christian H. Moe
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id113595
      Correspondence: Jack Morpurgo
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7 id113596
      Correspondence: Davis Y. Paschall
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8 id114111
      Correspondence: James E. Pomfret
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9 id114112
      Correspondence: William M.E. Rachal
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10 id114113
      Correspondence: William Clayton Torrence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11 id114114
      Correspondence: John W. Wright
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 12 id114116
      Correspondence: The American Library Association
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 13 id114117
      Correspondence: Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 14 id114119
      Correspondence: Building of the Capitol, Colonial Williamsburg
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 15 id114120
      Correspondence: The College of William and Mary, History of, A - L
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 16 id114121
      Correspondence: The College of William and Mary, History of, M - Z
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 17 id114123
      Correspondence: Phi Beta Kappa with reports
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 18 id114124
      Correspondence: re Starr Manuscript Collection
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 19 id114126
      Correspondence: re University of Virginia Library
      1927
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 20 id114127
      Correspondence: Virginia Colonial Records Project
      1955-1961 March
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 21 id114129
      Correspondence: Virginia Colonial Records Project
      1961 April-1964
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 22 id114131
      Correspondence: Virginia Education Survey
      1927
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 23 id114132
      Correspondence: Virginia Historical Society
      1929, 1948-1959
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 24 id114134
      Correspondence: Virginia Historical Society: 1960 - 1962
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 25 id114136
      Correspondence: Virginia Historical Society
      1963 January-October
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 26 id114137
      Correspondence: Virgnia Historical Society
      1963 November-1964 April
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 27 id114139
      Correspondence: Virginia Historical Society
      1964 May-1965 April
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 28 id114141
      Correspondence: Virginia Historical Society Building Committee (with minutes)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 29 id114142
      Correspondence: Virginia Historical Society Library Committee (with minutes)
      1949-1953
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 30 id114143
      Correspondence: Virginia Historical Society Publication Committee (with minutes)
      1949-1953
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 31 id114145
      Correspondence: William and Mary Alumni Association Proposed Library Committee
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 32 id114147
      Correspondence: American Society of Genealogists Newsletter
      1963-1964
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 33 id114148
      Correspondence: Colonial Williamsburg Committee on the Purchase of Colonial Books report
      1930 February 6
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 34 id114150
      Correspondence: Colonial Williamsburg Subcommittee of Historians report
      1933 January 28
    • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 35 id114152
      Correspondence: Lafayette College Alumni Committee on Library report
      1930
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id64836
    Box 6: Miscellaneous Reports and Jamestown Festival Correspondence and Reports
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id114153
      Library of Congress Rules for Descriptive Cataloging
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id114154
      Library Campaign
      1960, 1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id114984
      Research - Mostly Virginia Schools and Colleges, source transcripts, citations
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4 id114985
      Research - Mostly Virginia Schools and Colleges, source transcripts, citations
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id114986
      Research - Mostly Virginia Schools and Colleges, source transcripts, citations
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6 id114987
      Research - Representatives in House of Burgesses from William and Mary
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7 id114989
      Research - List of Colonial faculty at William and Mary; Fulham MSS., Maryland, No. 159, typescript of letter to Governor Francis Nicholson
      1704 August 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 8 id114990
      Research - Miscellaneous notes
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 9 id114995
      Research - note pads
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 10 id114996
      Richmond Area University Center Library Committee
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 11 id114997
      Virginia Historical Society Building Plans
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 12 id114998
      Jamestown Committee, Jamestown Foundation, Jamestown Society
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 13 id114999
      Jamestown Festival, minutes, etc. of state and federal commissions
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 14 id115000
      Jamestown Festival planning
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 15 id115001
      Jamestown Festival: Committee of the College for participation, minutes, etc.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 16 id115002
      Jamestown Festival: Committee of the College for participation, correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 17 id115003
      Jamestown Festival: Correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 18 id115004
      Jamestown Festival: Newsclippings, visit of Queen Elizabeth, press release of Swem's speech
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 19 id115005
      Jamestown Festival: Miscellaneous papers
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 20 id115006
      Jamestown Festival: Jamestown Historical Booklets reports, reviews, newspaper clippings
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 21 id115007
      Jamestown Festival: Jamestown Booklets, Comittee on Colonial Records, correspondence with W.J. Van Schreevan
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 22 id115008
      Jamestown Festival: Jamestown Booklets, Committee on Colonial Records, correspondence with Francis L. Berkeley, Jr.
      1952-1957
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 23 id115009
      Jamestown Festival: Jamestown Booklets, correspondence with authors Abbot-Brydon
      1955-1957
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 24 id115010
      Jamestown Festival: Jamestown Booklets, correspondence with authors Currier - Forman
      1955-1957
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 25 id115011
      Jamestown Festival: Jamestown Booklets, correspondence with authors Hatch - Jester
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 26 id115013
      Jamestown Festival: Jamestown Booklets, correspondence with authors McCary - Wharton
      1955-1957
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 27 id115014
      Jamestown Festival: Jamestown Booklets, correspondence with William B. Lacy, Jr.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 28 id115015
      Jamestown Festival: Jamestown Booklets, correspondence with consultants and Publication Committee
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 29 id115016
      Jamestown Festival: Jamestown Booklets, correspondence with Garrett and Massie; printers and sales agents and ernest E. Best, controller
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 30 id115017
      Jamestown Festival: Jamestown Booklets, correspondence Whittet and Shepperson, Garrett and Massie
      1956-1958
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id64837
    Box 7: Jamestown/Hampton celebration and VHI correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id115045
      Jamestown Booklets, correspondence and notes
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id115046
      Jamestown Booklets, advertising circulars
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id115047
      Hampton Celebration, correspondence and research notes
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id115048
      Hampton Celebration, City of Hampton, Annual Report
      1959
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 5 id115049
      Hampton Celebration, newspaper clippings and printed material
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 6 id115050
      Correspondence: Mary Blair
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 7 id115051
      Correspondence: John Stewart Bryan
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 8 id115052
      Correspondence: Rev. George Brydon
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 9 id115053
      Correspondence: Ashton Dovell
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 10 id115054
      Correspondence: First and Merchants Bank
      1928-1932
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 11 id115055
      Correspondence: First and Merchants Bank
      1933-1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 12 id115056
      Correspondence: First and Merchants Bank
      1935-1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 13 id115057
      Correspondence: First and Merchants Bank
      1937-1959
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 14 id115058
      Correspondence: General Education Board/Rockefeller Foundation
      1931-1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 15 id115059
      Correspondence: General Education Board/Rockefeller Foundation
      1935-1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 16 id115060
      Correspondence: Fairfax Harrison
      1927-1932
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 17 id115061
      Correspondence: Fairfax Harrison
      1933-1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 18 id115062
      Correspondence: Fairfax Harrison
      1936-1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 19 id115063
      Correspondence: Fairfax Harrison, weekly progress reports
      1931 November 28-1933 February 11
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 20 id115064
      Correspondence: Library of Congress
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 21 id115065
      Correspondence: Old Dominion Press/Everett Waddey Company
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 22 id115066
      Correspondence: Railway Express Agency
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 23 id115067
      Correspondence: Travelers Insurance Company
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 24 id115068
      Correspondence: Virginia Historical Society
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 25 id115069
      Correspondence: William Byrd Press/Garrett & Massie, Inc./L. H. Jenkins, Inc.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 26 id115070
      Correspondence: Stone Printing Company
      1931-1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 27 id115071
      Correspondence: Stone Printing Company
      1934 January-June
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 28 id115072
      Correspondence: Stone Printing Company
      1934 July-August
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 29 id115073
      Correspondence: Stone Printing Company
      1934 October
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 30 id115074
      Correspondence: Stone Printing Company
      1934 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 31 id115075
      Correspondence: Stone Printing Company
      1934 December
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 32 id115076
      Correspondence: Stone Printing Company
      1935 January-February
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 33 id115077
      Correspondence: Stone Printing Company
      1935 March-May
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 34 id115078
      Correspondence: Stone Printing Company
      1935 June-August
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 35 id115079
      Correspondence: Stone Printing Company
      1935 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 36 id115080
      Correspondence: Stone Printing Company
      1935 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 37 id115081
      Correspondence: Stone Printing Company
      1936 January-December
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 38 id115082
      Correspondence: Stone Printing Company
      1937-1945, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 39 id115083
      Correspondence: Copyright
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 40 id115084
      Correspondence: Potential Subscribers, A-F
      1931-1932
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 41 id115085
      Correspondence: Potential Subscribers, G-L
      1931-1932
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 42 id115086
      Correspondence: Potential Subscribers, M-S
      1931-1932
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 44 id115087
      Correspondence: Potential Subscribers, T-Z
      1931-1932
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id64838
    Box 8: VHI correspondence, VHI material, and EGS publication
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id115088
      Correspondence: Orders and Cancellations, A
      1934-1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2 id115089
      Correspondence: Orders and Cancellations, B
      1934-1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 3 id115090
      Correspondence: Orders and Cancellations, C
      1934-1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 4 id115091
      Correspondence: Orders and Cancellations, D
      1934-1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 5 id115092
      Correspondence: Orders and Cancellations, E-F
      1934-1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 6 id115093
      Correspondence: Orders and Cancellations, G-H
      1934-1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 7 id115094
      Correspondence: Orders and Cancellations, I-L
      1934-1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 8 id115095
      Correspondence: Orders and Cancellations, M
      1934-1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 9 id115096
      Correspondence: Orders and Cancellations, N
      1934-1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 10 id115097
      Correspondence: Orders and Cancellations, O-P
      1934-1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 11 id115098
      Correspondence: Orders and Cancellations, Q-R
      1934-1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 12 id115099
      Correspondence: Orders and Cancellations, S
      1934-1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 13 id115100
      Correspondence: Orders and Cancellations, T-V
      1934-1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 14 id115101
      Correspondence: Orders and Cancellations, W-Z
      1934-1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 15 id115102
      Correspondence: Recipients of Presentation Sets
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 16 id115103
      Correspondence: Reviews, academic
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 17 id115104
      Correspondence: Reviews, newspapers
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 18 id115105
      Correspondence: Miscellaneous
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19 id115106
      Mailing List
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20 id115107
      List of Negative responses and tentative subscribers
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21 id115108
      Completed order forms
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 22 id115109
      Lists of subscribers
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 23 id115110
      Lists of subscribers; payment and shipping
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24 id115111
      Format
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25 id115112
      Printing
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26 id115113
      Circulars and printed announcements
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 27 id115114
      Reviews, typescript
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 28 id115115
      Reviews, printed
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29 id115116
      Reviews, newspaper clippings
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 30 id115117
      Paper samples
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 31 id115118
      Receipts, notes, etc.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 32 id115119
      Virginia Social Science Association Secretary - Treasurer's Reports
      1928-1929
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 33 id115120
      A Bibliography of Earl Gregg Swem
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 34 id115121
      Addresses, Lectures, and Speeches by Earl Gregg Swem, typescript
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 35 id115122
      Forewards to books by Earl Gregg Swem
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 36 id115123
      Newspaper clippings, manuscript draft of articles by Earl Gregg Swem
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 37 id115124
      Manuscript poems by Earl Gregg Swem
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 38 id115125
      Poem, "The Clock," by Earl Gregg Swem
      Scope and Contents

      4 printed. 1 manuscript copy.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 39 id115126
      Poem, "Ninety," by Earl Gregg Swem
      Scope and Contents

      18 printed. 1 manuscript copy.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 40 id115127
      Reviews of books by Earl Gregg Swem
      Scope and Contents

      Typescript

    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 41 id115128
      Reviews of books by Earl Gregg Swem
      Scope and Contents

      Printed material and newspaper clippings

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id64839
    Box 9: Publications and Miscellaneous Personal Material
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1 id115129
      Brothers of the Spade acknowledgement of gift copies
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2 id115130
      Brothers of the Spade correspondence, re-editing and publishing
      1946-1949
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3 id115131
      Brothers of the Spade correspondence with Francis D. West
      1951-1958
      Scope and Contents

      Francis D. West was the great-grandson of J. Bartram.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 4 id115132
      Brothers of the Spade newsclippings and promotion
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5 id115133
      "Congressional Document"
      circa 1950-1951
      Scope and Contents

      Article written by Earl Gregg Swem for Judge Sterling Hutcheson, re: District Court Records

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6 id115134
      "Guide to the Manuscript Collection in Duke University Library" and "The Observations on the Virginia Historical Index" by H.M. Jones, correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7 id115135
      "Indexes and Machines", by Earl Gregg Swem
      Scope and Contents

      19 copies with manuscript

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8 id115136
      Acknowledgements of, "Indexes and Machines"
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9 id115137
      Kentuckians at William and Mary College before 1861 by Earl Gregg Swem
      Scope and Contents

      3 copies

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 10 id115138
      "Kentuckians at William and Mary..." news clippings
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11 id115139
      "Library Pioneers of 1908" by Earl Gregg Swem
      Scope and Contents

      3 copies

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 12 id115140
      "Musings" by Earl Gregg Swem re: Richmond Area University Center
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 13 id117597
      "The Passing of John Lesslie Hall of the College of William and Mary" by Earl Gregg Swem
      1928 April
      Scope and Contents

      Virginia Journal of Education, volume 21, number 8

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 14 id117598
      "Portraits in the Library and Chapel of William and Mary" by Earl Gregg Swem
      1926-1927
      Scope and Contents

      1926- 2 copies 1927- 2nd edition, 1 copy

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 15 id117599
      Reminiscences of Earl Gregg Swem, Class of 1893, Lafayette College
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 16 id117600
      Report of Library Committee in Richmond Education Association Annual Report, by Earl Gregg Swem, et al.
      1915-1916
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 17 id117601
      Sate and local bibliography by Earl Gregg Swem
      1901
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 18 id117602
      "Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town, 1755" by Earl Gregg Swem
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 19 id117603
      Inaccuracies in Webster's Geographical Dictionary, found by, Earl Gregg Swem
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 20 id117604
      Epitaphs of Gloucester and Mathews counties
      Scope and Contents

      Original manuscript

    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 21 id117605
      Epitaphs of Gloucester and Mathews counties, correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 22 id117606
      Life of George Washington by D.S. Freeman, notes and corrections for volume 3 by Earl Gregg Swem
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 23 id117607
      History Handbook of Virginia , outline and correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 24 id117608
      Parish Lines - Diocese of Southwestern Virginia by, C.F. Cocke, correspondence re
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 25 id117609
      Patrick Henry by, R.D. Meade, criticisms and corrections of Chapter 9 by, Earl Gregg Swem
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 26 id117610
      The Spanish Jesuit Mission in Virginia by, C.M. Lewis and A.J. Leomie
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 27 id117611
      The Spanish Jesuit Mission in Virginia , correspondence re
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 28 id117612
      The Spanish Jesuit Mission in Virginia , foreword by Earl Gregg Swem
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 29 id117613
      The Spanish Jesuit Mission in Virginia , news clippings
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 30 id117614
      Awards, degrees, and certificates, newspapers clippings re: Folder 29
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 31 id117615
      Invitations
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 32 id117616
      Biographical material, typescript and news clippings
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 33 id117617
      Form letters from James A. Servies, re: Earl Gregg's 90th birthday
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 34 id117618
      William Parks Club
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 35 id117619
      Materials on Earl Gregg Swem's retirement
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 36 id117620
      The Earl Gregg Swem Library
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 37 id117621
      Correspondence re: retiring from Quarterly
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 38 id117622
      Obituaries
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 39 id117623
      Miscellaneous
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 40 id117624
      Miscellaneous
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id64840
    Box 10: Birthday letters and correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1 id117625
      Resolutions recognizing Swem and his 90th birthday
      1958 April 25-1960 January 10
      Scope and Contents

      Typewritten manuscripts and printed material. 5 items.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 2 id117626
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, A-Be
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 3 id117627
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, Bo-Br
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 4 id117628
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, Bu-Cl
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 5 id117629
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, Co-F
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 6 id117630
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, G
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 7 id117631
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, H-He
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 8 id117632
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, Ho-Je
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 9 id117633
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, Jo-K
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 10 id120264
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, L
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 11 id120265
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, Mc-Ma
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 12 id120266
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, Me-Mo
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 13 id120267
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, N
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 14 id120268
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, O-P
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 15 id120269
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, R
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 16 id120270
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, S
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 17 id120271
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, T-Wa
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 18 id120272
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, W-Wo
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 19 id120273
      Letters removed from scrapbook honoring Earl Gregg Swem's 90th birthday, Wr-Z
      1960-1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 20 id120274
      Correspondence of Laura Colvin with Dr. and Mrs. Earl Gregg Swem
      1933-1965
      Scope and Contents

      Laura Colvin, Williamsburg, Va; Ann Arbor, MI; Swarthmore, PA; Decatur, GA; Boston, MA Dr. and Mrs. Earl Gregg Swem, Williamsburg, VA; Louisville, KY; and Washington, DC Includes correspondence of Laura Colvin with Davis Y. Paschall, President of the College of William and Mary. Autographed letter signed and typewritten letters signed. 119 items. Gift of Laura Colvin, February, 1975

    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 21 id120275
      Correspondence of Beverley Ruffin with Earl Gregg Swem
      1947-1964
      Scope and Contents

      Beverley Ruffin, Danville, VA Earl Gregg Swem, Williamsburg, VA Concerns Ruffin's work as librarian of Longwood College, affairs at the College of William and Mary, and Virginia papers. Includes clippings about Swem. Autographed letters signed, typewritten letters signed, and news clippings. 34 items.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 22 id120276
      Correspondence of Elizabeth Eades with Earl Gregg Swem
      1948-1964
      Scope and Contents

      Elizabeth Eades, Andover, MA Earl Gregg Swem, Williamsburg, VA and Louisville, KY Concerns personal and professional information. Autographed letters signed. 17 items. Gift of Miss Elizabeth Eades, February, 1975

    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 23 id120277
      Letters to Evelyn Thorton from Earl Gregg and Lilia Swem
      1957-1966
      Scope and Contents

      Evelyn Thorton, no place given Earl Gregg and Lilia Swem, Williamsburg, Va and Louisville, KY Autographed letters signed, signed card, printed materials. 13 items. Gift of Miss Evelyn Thorton, February, 1972

    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 24 id120278
      Letters to Reva Johnson from Earl Gregg Swem
      1958 January 21-1964 September
      Scope and Contents

      Earl Gregg Swem, Williamsburg, VA and Louisville, KY Reva Johnson [Mrs. Beverly], Westfield and Mountainside, NJ Concern life in Williamsburg, their move to Louisville, reflections on his career as librarian, concern for his wife's illness, his family, the visits of Reva Johnson, one of his former students, suggestions concerning research re: Beverly Johnson, nineteenth century US Senator from Maryland. Autographed letters signed. 11 items. Gift of Mrs. Beverly Johnson, November, 1980

    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 25 id120279
      Letter from Earl Gregg Swem to Reverend C.N. Dombalis
      1959 March 20
      Scope and Contents

      Earl Gregg Swem, Williamsburg, VA Reverend C.N. Dombalis, no place given Answers inquiry re: John Paradise, discusses possibility of establishing a Greek collection in the William and Mary library. Autographed letter signed. 4 pages.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 26 id120280
      Letters from Earl Gregg Swem to Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Berkeley
      1960-1964
      Scope and Contents

      Earl Gregg Swem, Williamsburg, VA and Louisville, KY Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Berkeley, no place given Letters concerning research on John Clayton. Autographed letters signed. 13 items. Gift of Mr. Edmund Berkeley, March, 1962

    • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 27 id120281
      Letters from Earl Gregg Swem to Christine Cocke
      1962-1964
      Scope and Contents

      Earl Gregg Swem, Louisville, KY Christine Cocke [Mrs. Preston], Newark, DE Contain personal and professional information. Autographed letters signed. Gift of Mrs. Preston Cocke, July, 1966

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Series 2: Virginia Historical Index and Virginia Library Association Papers
1927-1938
Scope and Contents

A representative sample of the original manuscript of the Virginia Historical Index, illustrating the method of compilation. Includes four folders with matching index cards: James City County - Jeffers Tobacco William and Mary College Tobacco. and Earl Gregg Swem's correspondence when he was the President of the Virginia Library Association in 1927 and 1928, plus printed material, reports and publications of the VLA and related organizations during that time.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id43037
    Box 11: Virginia Historical Index
    1934
    Scope and Contents

    A representative same of the original manuscript of the Virginia Historical Index, illustrating the method of compilation. Includes four folders with matching index cards: James City County - Jeffers Tobacco William and Mary College Tobacco.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 id43038
    Box 12: Virginia Library Association Papers
    1927, 1928
    Scope and Contents

    Earl Gregg Swem's correspondence when he was the President of the Virginia Library Association in 1927 and 1928, plus printed material, reports and publications of the VLA and related organizations during that time. A list of some titles and publications are filed with the papers.

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Series 3: Mss. Acc. 1982.34 Addition
Scope and Contents

Genealogical material and photographs of Dr. E.G. Swem and members of his family. Original 19th century manuscripts included.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id242129
    Box 13, Folder 5: Swem Family Photographs
    1871-1966
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id242119
      Earl Gregg Swem., Jr., portrait
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id242120
      Mrs. E. L. Swem, portrait
      Scope and Contents

      About 45 years old.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id242121
      E. L. Swem, portrait
      Scope and Contents

      About 50 years old.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id242122
      Earl Gregg Swem and Lilia Swem
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id242123
      Earl Gregg Swem, Jr., portrait
      Scope and Contents

      Two years old.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id242124
      Earl Gregg Swem, Jr., and cousin, Edward R. Swem, portrait
      Scope and Contents

      Earl Gregg Swem, Jr., age two years. Edward R. Swem, age five years.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id242125
      Earl Gregg Swem
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id242126
      Earl Gregg Swem
      1941 June 9
      Scope and Contents

      Earl Gregg Swem at the College of William and Mary

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id242127
      Earl Gregg Swem, portrait
      1871
      Scope and Contents

      About one year old.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id242128
      Edward Lawrence Swem, portrait
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id242130
      Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. Benjamin F. Shambaugh
      1936 June 11
      Scope and Contents

      University of Iowa, Iowa City

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id242131
      Unidentified boy with dog
      Scope and Contents

      Unidentified Swem family member at Christmas

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 id242132
      Unidentified couple with son (?)
      Scope and Contents

      Unidentified Swem family members at Christmas

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Series 4: Mss. Acc. 1982.44 Addition
1941, undated
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Dr. Earl Gregg Swem at the College, 9 June 1941; photograph (formal) of Mrs. Earl Gregg Swem with E.G. Swem, Jr., as infant.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 6 id242133
    Box 13, Folder 6: Swem Family Photographs
    1910-1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 6 id242134
      Lilia Hansbrough Swem with Earl Gregg Swem, Jr., as infant
      1910
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 6 id242135
      Earl Gregg Swem at the College of William and Mary
      1941 June 9
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Series 5: Mss. Acc. 1987.02 Addition
1958-1961
Scope and Contents

Seven ALS by Earl Gregg Swem to Dr. Fields, 1958-1961, with a photostat of a letter by William Berkeley to the Lord High Treasurer, 1 Feb. 1673/4.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 id64846
    Box 13
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Series 6: Mss. Acc. 1994.35 Addition
1920-1965
Scope and Contents

Correspondence.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id64816
    Correspondence with Judge Sterling Hutcheson
    1962-1965
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence with Judge Sterling Hutcheson of Boydton, Virginia about different manuscript, cataloging and other library-related matters.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id64817
    Editorial Submitted to Richmond Times-Dispatch
    1921
    Scope and Contents

    Editorial (Report) written by the Society of Virginia History Teachers and sent to The Richmond Times-Dispatch by Earl Gregg Swem. The report was entitled, "Recommendations on Courses of the Committee of Five of the History Society of Virginia," written by Ellie Marcus Marx, Chairman, of Maury High School and endorsed by Florence E. Duke of Binford Junior High School, Lina E. Sanger of Bridgewater High School, Bessie E. Randolph of Randolph-Macon Women's College and Richard L. Morton of the College of William and Mary. Report was rejected as an editorial because of its length.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3 id64822
    Scientific Periodicals Check List Material
    1920-1925
    Scope and Contents

    Notes, correspondence and lists of scientific periodicals held at different Virginia schools of Higher Education such as the Medical College of Virginia, The University of Virginia and others.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 4 id64814
    Manuscript Purchases
    1942, 1943
    Scope and Contents

    Copies of 21 letters between Roland Tree of Henry, Stevens Son & Stiles of London and Earl Gregg Swem and Hunter Farish of Colonial Williamsburg regarding purchases for The College of William and Mary and Colonial Williamsburg. 1942 and 1943.

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Series 7: Mss. Acc. 2002.22 Addition
circa 1960
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Crank-up musical greeting card which plays the "Happy Birthday" song. Given to Earl Gregg Swem about the time of his 90th birthday. EGS passed it to his son's family who played it at birthdays.

  • Mixed Materials box: 17 id64848
    Artifact - Happy Birthday Musical Greeting Card
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Series 8: Mss. Acc. 2004.50 Addition
1961
Scope and Contents

Copies of 2 letters relating to the George Rogers Clark Papers. Earl Gregg Swem to Mrs. Isaac Hardeman, 8/14/1961 and Mrs. Isaac Hardeman to Mrs. W.L. Lyon Brown, 10/21/1961.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 id64849
    Box 13
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Series 9: Mss. Acc. 2007.69 Addition
undated
Scope and Contents

Postcard to Rev. H.N. Tucker, Jr. from E.G. Swem saying he does not plan to attend the Laymen's Luncheon at Bruton Parish House.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 13
    Box 13
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Series 10: Mss. Acc. 2007.105 Addition
1947-1964, undated
Scope and Contents

This addition to the Earl G. Swem papers is comprised of Christmas, birthday, and Easter cards; as well as wedding and birth announcements sent to Swem and his wife while they lived in Williamsburg, VA.

  • id16300
    Christmas cards
    1947-1962
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 1 id16302
      Undated Christmas cards
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 2 id16303
      Christmas cards and letters
      1947, 1952-1953, 1958
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 3 id16304
      Christmas Cards I
      1959
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 4 id16305
      Christmas Cards II
      1959
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 5 id16306
      Christmas Cards III
      1959
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 6 id16307
      Christmas cards and letters
      1960
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 7 id16308
      Christmas cards I
      1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 8 id16309
      Christmas cards II
      1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 9 id16310
      Christmas cards III
      1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 10 id16311
      Christmas cards IV
      1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 11 id16312
      Christmas cards V
      1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 12 id16313
      Christmas cards I
      1962
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 13 id16314
      Christmas cards II
      1962
  • id16301
    Greeting cards
    1961-1962
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 14 id16315
      Undated birthday cards
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 15 id16316
      Birthday cards
      1961
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 16 id16317
      Birthday cards
      1962
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 17 id16318
      Letters and announcements
      1962
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 18 id16319
      Undated Easter, postcard and "get well" cards
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Folder: 19 id16320
      Letter and miscellaneous correspondence
      1964
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Series 11: Mss. Acc. 2008.178 Addition
1918, 1945
Scope and Contents

Certificate from the United States Food Administration showing that Earl G. Swem enlisted in the volunteer service of the United States Government...as Library Director, Richmond, Virginia, 1918. Certificate for Earl Gregg Swem from the United Stated Food Administration in appreciation...of patriotic service during the Great War, 1917-1918. Carbon copy May 29, 1945 letters to Major J.S. Hudson, Mrs. J.D. Griffin, Clarence S. Brigham and Alexander Weddell. January 12, 1960 letter from Harvey S. Batdorf, Assistant to the President for Development at Lafayette College, thanking Swem for his letter about the Stuart Wells Jackson Collection.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id95064
    Box 14
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Series 12: Mss. Acc. 2008.364 Addition
1928-1935
Scope and Contents

Earl Gregg Swem's correspondence as chairman of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities Capitol Committee during the decision making process of how to reconstruct the colonial Capitol Building.  The APVA was the owner of the site and had the final say in any decisions  Some of the correspondence is with Perry, Shaw and Hepburn, architects of the Williamsburg Restoration, Inc., who were part of a separate committee on the building of the Capitol. Members of the APVA Capitol Committee included Col. Samuel H. Yonge, Robert Lancaster, George P. Coleman, John Stewart Bryan and Earl Gregg Swem. Members of the Advisory Committee of Architects included Edmund S. Campbell, W. Duncan Lee, Robert Lee Taylor, Laurence Kocher, Robert P. Bellows, D. Everett Wade, Marcellus Wright, Thomas Tallmadge, Fiske Kimball, Earl Gregg Swem, Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin, William S. Perry and Andrew H. Hepburn. Includes Earl Gregg Swem's related correspondence about the Williamsburg Restoration with Vernon Geddy, Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin,  Perry, Shaw and Hepburn (Architects) and Harold R. Shurtleff.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 1 id95048
    APVA - Capitol Committee
    1929
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence as Chairman of the APVA Capitol Committee and member of the Advisory Committee of Architects about reconstruction of the Capitol Building in Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes carbon copies of most of his letters along with the originals of letters he received plus reports by, minutes for and decisions of both committees. Most of the correspondents are either members of the APVA Capitol Committee or the Advisory Committee of Architects, a committee formed by the Williamsburg Restoration, Inc. Subjects range from roof lines, location of main entrance and type of brick for the reconstruction of the Capitol. Members of the APVA Capitol Committee included Col. Samuel H. Yonge, Robert Lancaster, George P. Coleman, John Stewart Bryan and Earl Gregg Swem. Members of the Advisory Committee of Architects included Edmund S. Campbell, W. Duncan Lee, Robert Lee Taylor, Laurence Kocher, Robert P. Bellows, D. Everett Wade, Marcellus Wright, Thomas Tallmadge, Fiske Kimball, Earl Gregg Swem, Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin, William S. Perry and Andrew H. Hepburn.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 2 id95090
    APVA - Capitol Committee
    1930 January-July
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence as Chairman of the APVA Capitol Committee and member of the Advisory Committee of Architects about reconstruction of the Capitol Building in Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes carbon copies of most of his letters along with the originals of letters he received plus reports by, minutes for and decisions of both committees. Most of the correspondents are either members of the APVA Capitol Committee or the Advisory Committee of Architects, a committee formed by the Williamsburg Restoration, Inc. Subjects range from roof lines, location of main entrance and type of brick for the reconstruction of the Capitol.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 3 id95093
    APVA - Capitol Committee
    1930 August-December
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence as Chairman of the APVA Capitol Committee and member of the Advisory Committee of Architects about reconstruction of the Capitol Building in Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes carbon copies of most of his letters along with the originals of letters he received plus reports by, minutes for and decisions of both committees. Most of the correspondents are either members of the APVA Capitol Committee or the Advisory Committee of Architects, a committee formed by the Williamsburg Restoration, Inc. Subjects range from roof lines, location of main entrance and type of brick for the reconstruction of the Capitol.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 4 id95095
    APVA - Capitol Committee
    1931
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence as Chairman of the APVA Capitol Committee and member of the Advisory Committee of Architects about reconstruction of the Capitol Building in Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes carbon copies of most of his letters along with the originals of letters he received plus reports by, minutes for and decisions of both committees. Most of the correspondents are either members of the APVA Capitol Committee or the Advisory Committee of Architects, a committee formed by the Williamsburg Restoration, Inc. Subjects range from roof lines, location of main entrance and type of brick for the reconstruction of the Capitol.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 5 id95097
    APVA - Capitol Committee
    1932
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence as Chairman of the APVA Capitol Committee and member of the Advisory Committee of Architects about reconstruction of the Capitol Building in Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes carbon copies of most of his letters along with the originals of letters he received plus reports by, minutes for and decisions of both committees. Most of the correspondents are either members of the APVA Capitol Committee or the Advisory Committee of Architects, a committee formed by the Williamsburg Restoration, Inc. Subjects range from roof lines, location of main entrance and type of brick for the reconstruction of the Capitol.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 6 id95117
    APVA - Capitol Committee - Minutes
    1929-1930
    Scope and Contents

    Incomplete set of minutes for the Capitol Committee of the A.P.V.A.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 7 id95144
    APVA - Capitol Committee - Reports
    1930, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Various reports about the history of the Colonial Capitol building and the reconstruction of the building.  Some reports pulled from the correspondence files.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 8 id95123
    APVA - Capitol Committee - Williamsburg Restoration Press Release
    1928
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents Press release entitled "Historic Colonial Capital of Virginia to Be Restored" about the restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia. Dated Wednesday, June 13, 1928. 3 copies.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 1 id95157
    Williamsburg Restoration - Vernon M. Geddy
    1932-1935
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Vernon M. Geddy, a member of the Williamsburg Holding Corporation and President of the Williamsburg City Council, about the Williamsburg Restoration. Subjects include the Wren Building, the Confederate Monument, the Courthouse as a public library, an APVA room in the reconstructed Capitol building, a committee to select names of historic area buildings (with reports and minutes) and the William Parks Memorial Tablet.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 2 id95173
    Williamsburg Restoration - Perry, Shaw and Hepburn
    1932-1934
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence about the Williamsburg restoration between Earl Gregg Swem and architects/staff of Perry, Shaw and Hepburn. Subjects include the Seldon House, the Capitol, the Wren Building, new library at Gloucester Courthouse, the House of Burgesses Mace owned by William Randolph Hearst and Tucker Family portraits.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 3 id95219
    Williamsburg Restoration - Perry, Shaw and Hepburn - Harold R. Shurtleff
    1931-1935
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence about the Williamsburg restoration between Earl Gregg Swem and Harold R. Shurtleff, Director of the Research and Record Department of Perry, Shaw and Hepburn. Topics include the William and Mary Quarterly, sampler of a building similar to the Wren Building, the copper plate, purchase of the Latrobe sketchbooks, research on buildings and Williamsburg residents, setting up a Research (Historical) Department as part of the Williamsburg Holding Corporation, Robert Carter Papers owned by Louis Chauvenet, the Sub-Committee of Historians' Conference, a Flat Hat medal owned by Otis Geddy, peacocks at the Governor's Palace and a possible gift of books from the French Government to the College of William and Mary.

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id105337
Series 13: Mss. Acc. 2011.593  Addition
1921-1931
Scope and Contents

Items transferred from College Papers Correspondence and notes of E.G. Swem concerning books and manuscripts in the following American libraries: Harvard, Library of Congress, NY State Library, US Bureau of Education, Virginia Historical Society, Virginia State Library. Also, notes concerning manuscripts in England: Bodleian Library, British Museum, Fulham Palace, Lambeth Palace, Public Records Office. A letter to Dr. JAC Chandler, 1929, enclosing a memo mentioning several places where valuable records might be found.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 16
    Box 16
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