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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. 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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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","Original grouping of Earl Gregg Swem's papers. See PDF Inventory for further description.","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.\"","4 printed. 1 manuscript copy.","18 printed. 1 manuscript copy.","Typescript","Printed material and newspaper clippings","Francis D. West was the great-grandson of J. Bartram.","Article written by Earl Gregg Swem for Judge Sterling Hutcheson, re: District Court Records","19 copies with manuscript","3 copies","3 copies","Virginia Journal of Education, volume 21, number 8","1926- 2 copies 1927- 2nd edition, 1 copy","Original manuscript","Typewritten manuscripts and printed material. 5 items.","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","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.","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","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","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","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.","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","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","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.","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.","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.","Genealogical material and photographs of Dr. E.G. Swem and members of his family. Original 19th century manuscripts included.","About 45 years old.","About 50 years old.","Two years old.","Earl Gregg Swem, Jr., age two years. Edward R. Swem, age five years.","Earl Gregg Swem at the College of William and Mary","About one year old.","University of Iowa, Iowa City","Unidentified Swem family member at Christmas","Unidentified Swem family members at Christmas","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.","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.","Correspondence.","Correspondence with Judge Sterling Hutcheson of Boydton, Virginia about different manuscript, cataloging and other library-related matters.","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.","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.","Copies of 21 letters between Roland Tree of Henry, Stevens Son \u0026 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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","Incomplete set of minutes for the Capitol Committee of the A.P.V.A.","Various reports about the history of the Colonial Capitol building and the reconstruction of the building.  Some reports pulled from the correspondence files.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","Special Collections Research Center","American Library Association","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Williamsburg Holding Corporation","Kaemmerle, Marilyn","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 79 Sw4","/repositories/2/resources/8701"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Earl Gregg Swem Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Earl Gregg Swem Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Earl Gregg Swem Papers"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Confederate Memorial (Williamsburg, Va.)","Williamsburg (Va.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Conservation and restoration","Williamsburg (Va.)--Library","Williamsburg (Va.)--Restoration"],"geogname_ssim":["Confederate Memorial (Williamsburg, Va.)","Williamsburg (Va.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Conservation and restoration","Williamsburg (Va.)--Library","Williamsburg (Va.)--Restoration"],"places_ssim":["Confederate Memorial (Williamsburg, Va.)","Williamsburg (Va.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Conservation and restoration","Williamsburg (Va.)--Library","Williamsburg (Va.)--Restoration"],"access_terms_ssm":["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."],"acqinfo_ssim":["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."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)","Christmas--United States","Hampton (Va.)--History--20th century","Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--Virginia--Williamsburg","Jamestown 350th Anniversary","Jamestown Festival (1957)","Virginia Colonial Records Project","Agendas (administrative records)","Christmas cards","Correspondence","Financial records","Fliers (printed matter)","Greeting cards","Manuscripts (document genre)","Reports"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)","Christmas--United States","Hampton (Va.)--History--20th century","Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--Virginia--Williamsburg","Jamestown 350th Anniversary","Jamestown Festival (1957)","Virginia Colonial Records Project","Agendas (administrative records)","Christmas cards","Correspondence","Financial records","Fliers (printed matter)","Greeting cards","Manuscripts (document genre)","Reports"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["11.50 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["11.50 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Agendas (administrative records)","Christmas cards","Correspondence","Financial records","Fliers (printed matter)","Greeting cards","Manuscripts (document genre)","Reports"],"date_range_isim":[1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. 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Gift of Laura Colvin, February, 1975\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBeverley 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth 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\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEvelyn 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\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl 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\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl 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\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl 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\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical material and photographs of Dr. E.G. Swem and members of his family. Original 19th century manuscripts included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout 45 years old.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout 50 years old.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo years old.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl Gregg Swem, Jr., age two years. Edward R. Swem, age five years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl Gregg Swem at the College of William and Mary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout one year old.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Iowa, Iowa City\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified Swem family member at Christmas\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified Swem family members at Christmas\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeven 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with Judge Sterling Hutcheson of Boydton, Virginia about different manuscript, cataloging and other library-related matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEditorial (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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes, 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of 21 letters between Roland Tree of Henry, Stevens Son \u0026amp; 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostcard 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncomplete set of minutes for the Capitol Committee of the A.P.V.A.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious reports about the history of the Colonial Capitol building and the reconstruction of the building.  Some reports pulled from the correspondence files.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems 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.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["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.","Original grouping of Earl Gregg Swem's papers. See PDF Inventory for further description.","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.\"","4 printed. 1 manuscript copy.","18 printed. 1 manuscript copy.","Typescript","Printed material and newspaper clippings","Francis D. West was the great-grandson of J. Bartram.","Article written by Earl Gregg Swem for Judge Sterling Hutcheson, re: District Court Records","19 copies with manuscript","3 copies","3 copies","Virginia Journal of Education, volume 21, number 8","1926- 2 copies 1927- 2nd edition, 1 copy","Original manuscript","Typewritten manuscripts and printed material. 5 items.","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","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.","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","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","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","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.","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","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","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.","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.","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.","Genealogical material and photographs of Dr. E.G. Swem and members of his family. Original 19th century manuscripts included.","About 45 years old.","About 50 years old.","Two years old.","Earl Gregg Swem, Jr., age two years. Edward R. Swem, age five years.","Earl Gregg Swem at the College of William and Mary","About one year old.","University of Iowa, Iowa City","Unidentified Swem family member at Christmas","Unidentified Swem family members at Christmas","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.","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.","Correspondence.","Correspondence with Judge Sterling Hutcheson of Boydton, Virginia about different manuscript, cataloging and other library-related matters.","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.","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.","Copies of 21 letters between Roland Tree of Henry, Stevens Son \u0026 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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","Incomplete set of minutes for the Capitol Committee of the A.P.V.A.","Various reports about the history of the Colonial Capitol building and the reconstruction of the building.  Some reports pulled from the correspondence files.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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. 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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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","Original grouping of Earl Gregg Swem's papers. See PDF Inventory for further description.","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.\"","4 printed. 1 manuscript copy.","18 printed. 1 manuscript copy.","Typescript","Printed material and newspaper clippings","Francis D. West was the great-grandson of J. Bartram.","Article written by Earl Gregg Swem for Judge Sterling Hutcheson, re: District Court Records","19 copies with manuscript","3 copies","3 copies","Virginia Journal of Education, volume 21, number 8","1926- 2 copies 1927- 2nd edition, 1 copy","Original manuscript","Typewritten manuscripts and printed material. 5 items.","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","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.","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","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","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","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.","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","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","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.","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.","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.","Genealogical material and photographs of Dr. E.G. Swem and members of his family. Original 19th century manuscripts included.","About 45 years old.","About 50 years old.","Two years old.","Earl Gregg Swem, Jr., age two years. Edward R. Swem, age five years.","Earl Gregg Swem at the College of William and Mary","About one year old.","University of Iowa, Iowa City","Unidentified Swem family member at Christmas","Unidentified Swem family members at Christmas","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.","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.","Correspondence.","Correspondence with Judge Sterling Hutcheson of Boydton, Virginia about different manuscript, cataloging and other library-related matters.","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.","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.","Copies of 21 letters between Roland Tree of Henry, Stevens Son \u0026 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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","Incomplete set of minutes for the Capitol Committee of the A.P.V.A.","Various reports about the history of the Colonial Capitol building and the reconstruction of the building.  Some reports pulled from the correspondence files.","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.","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.","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.","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. 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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.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 printed. 1 manuscript copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 printed. 1 manuscript copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted material and newspaper clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrancis D. West was the great-grandson of J. 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Gift of Laura Colvin, February, 1975\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBeverley 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth 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\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEvelyn 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\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl 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\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl 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\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl 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\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical material and photographs of Dr. E.G. Swem and members of his family. Original 19th century manuscripts included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout 45 years old.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout 50 years old.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo years old.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl Gregg Swem, Jr., age two years. Edward R. Swem, age five years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl Gregg Swem at the College of William and Mary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout one year old.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Iowa, Iowa City\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified Swem family member at Christmas\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified Swem family members at Christmas\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeven 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with Judge Sterling Hutcheson of Boydton, Virginia about different manuscript, cataloging and other library-related matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEditorial (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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes, 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of 21 letters between Roland Tree of Henry, Stevens Son \u0026amp; 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostcard 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarl 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncomplete set of minutes for the Capitol Committee of the A.P.V.A.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious reports about the history of the Colonial Capitol building and the reconstruction of the building.  Some reports pulled from the correspondence files.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 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.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems 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.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["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.","Original grouping of Earl Gregg Swem's papers. See PDF Inventory for further description.","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.\"","4 printed. 1 manuscript copy.","18 printed. 1 manuscript copy.","Typescript","Printed material and newspaper clippings","Francis D. West was the great-grandson of J. Bartram.","Article written by Earl Gregg Swem for Judge Sterling Hutcheson, re: District Court Records","19 copies with manuscript","3 copies","3 copies","Virginia Journal of Education, volume 21, number 8","1926- 2 copies 1927- 2nd edition, 1 copy","Original manuscript","Typewritten manuscripts and printed material. 5 items.","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","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.","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","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","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","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.","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","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","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.","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.","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.","Genealogical material and photographs of Dr. E.G. Swem and members of his family. Original 19th century manuscripts included.","About 45 years old.","About 50 years old.","Two years old.","Earl Gregg Swem, Jr., age two years. Edward R. Swem, age five years.","Earl Gregg Swem at the College of William and Mary","About one year old.","University of Iowa, Iowa City","Unidentified Swem family member at Christmas","Unidentified Swem family members at Christmas","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.","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.","Correspondence.","Correspondence with Judge Sterling Hutcheson of Boydton, Virginia about different manuscript, cataloging and other library-related matters.","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.","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.","Copies of 21 letters between Roland Tree of Henry, Stevens Son \u0026 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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","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.","Incomplete set of minutes for the Capitol Committee of the A.P.V.A.","Various reports about the history of the Colonial Capitol building and the reconstruction of the building.  Some reports pulled from the correspondence files.","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.","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.","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.","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. 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