Earl Gregg Swem was born 29 December 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, Ky., 14 April 1965. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
Received prior to 7 Jan. 1943.
Processed by Ellen Strong in 1997.
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English Autographs and Signatures Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Artificial collection of English autographs and signatures, 1710-1915. The signatures were collected by Earl Gregg Swem. ca. 100 items.
Aislabie, John. J. Wallop. Geo: Baillie Bingley Blind, Karl Bradley, G.G. Briggs, John Britton, John (2 items) Brooke, Stepford A. Brougham, Henry Peter. Baron Brougham (2 items) Brown, Colin Rae Brownrigg, Robert Bruce, J. Collingwood Brunel, Sir Isambard Kingdom Buccleuch, Henry Scott, third Duke Buckingham and Chandos, Duke of Buckland, William (2 items) Bulwer, W.H.L (2 items) Burdett, Mr. Burdett, Sir Francis Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burke, Sir John Bernard (2 items) Burnard [?], F.C. Cruisstoun [?], John Eastlake, Lady Elizabeth Eden, Emily Edmond, H.V. Edmundson, Joseph Edridge, Henry Edwardes, H.G. Edwardes, Herbert Benjamin Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards, J. Passmore Edwards, M. Bentham Eliot, F.P. Eliot, Gilbert Eliot, P.F. Ellenborough Ellesmere, Egerton Ellesmere, Harriet Ellice, Edward (2 items) Ellicott, C.J. Elliot, Silvers Elliott, Edward Bishop Elliot, C.A. Ellis, Alexander J. Ellis, Henry Ellis, Henry Ellis, Lord
Ellis, Ralph Ellis, Robinson Ellis, William Ellison, John Q. (?) Elmer, W. Elphinstone, Mount Stuart Elton, Oliver Ely, H. (?) Ely, J. Emes, H. Lonsdale Emetley, William Empson, William Englefield, Sir Henry Charles Englehurst, G.W. Ensor, George de Eresby, Willoughby or Lord Willoughby Erle, P. Erle, Thomas Erle, Sir William Erskine, Mr. d'Esle, Augustus Essex, William Essex Everand Gibbs, Sir Samuel Gibson, Thomas Milner Gloucester & Bristol Goodwin, Edward William Gordon, Sir James Willoughby Goulburn, Henry Graham, James Robert George Graham, Sir Robert Grant, C. Grant, Colquhoun Grant, Sir Francis Grant, H. [?] Granville Grattan, Thomas Colley Graves, Alfred Perceval Paul, James [?] Walpole, Robert Legal Document (waterwark) Illegible signature ("Dear Miss Kingsly") Illegible signature ("Dear Mr. Munro")