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APVA - Capitol Committee, 1929 Box 15, Folder 1

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.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 1927/1965
  3. Series 12: Mss. Acc. 2008.364 Addition, 1928/1935

Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 1927/1965 11.50 Linear Feet

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.

  1. College of William and Mary

Series 11: Mss. Acc. 2008.178 Addition, 1918/1945

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.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 1927/1965

Series 12: Mss. Acc. 2008.364 Addition, 1928/1935

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.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 1927/1965

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