Pocket Book and Silver Cartouche
- Containers:
- Box 11
- Scope and content:
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This box houses a leather pocket book/ billfold which belonged to Edward L. Swem (1838- 1918) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Swem was a Union soldier in the Civil War who later operated his own photography studio in Belle Plaine, Iowa and Cedar Rapids. Edward L. Swem was the father of Earl Gregg Swem. Cartouche accompanies leather billfold and has "Swem" etched in the center. For preservation purposes it is detached from the leather billfold and housed in the velvet pocket that came with it. Accession 2016.032.
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem LibraryCollege of William and Mary400 Landrum DrivePO 8795Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
- Contact for questions and access:
- Email: spcoll@wm.eduPhone: (757) 221-3090Fax: (757) 221-5440Web: swem.wm.edu/scrc
- Parent restrictions:
- Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
- Parent terms of access:
- 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.