Swem, Earl Gregg Genealogy Collection Guide to the Earl Gregg Swem Genealogy Collection Mss. 82 Swem4, 2000.049

Guide to the Earl Gregg Swem Genealogy Collection Mss. 82 Swem4, 2000.049


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Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. 82 Swem4, 2000.049
Title
Earl Gregg Swem Genealogy Collection 1719-1982
Quantity
1.25 Linear Feet
Creator
Swem, Lilia Hansbrough, 1876-1971
Language
English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use:

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

Conditions Governing Access:

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

Preferred Citation:

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

Acquisition Information:

Gift

Processing Information:

Processed by Elizabeth Engelken in 1989.

Box and folder list updated by Patricia Sanabria, SCRC staff, in May of 2011.


Biographical Information:

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

Scope and Contents

Papers collected by Earl Gregg Swem concerning the genealogies of his family and the family of his wife Lilia Hansbrough Swem. Families on which there is data include Swem (Swaim), Luce, Gregg, Wright, Farish and Smith. Includes written histories, documents, genealogical charts, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

Addition 2000.49 is described on PDF inventory.

Arrangement of Materials:

Addition 2000.49 is filed at the end of Box 3 of Mss. 82 Swem4.

Related Material

See also the E. G. Swem Papers and the Earl G. Swem Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Subjects and Indexing Terms


Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

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Container List

id93353
Series 1: Mss. 82 Swem 4
1719-1982
Scope and Contents

This series consists of genealogical material organized by Earl Gregg Swem that are described under the collection number Mss. 82 Swem 4.

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id93354
Series 2: Mss. Acc. 2000.049
circa 1914-2000, undated
Scope and Contents

This series consists of photographs of members of the Hansbrough family, relatives of Earl Gregg Swem's wife, Lilia Hansbrough Swem. Includes letter from Anne B. Farr (daughter of Margaret Ellen Hough Farr) to Earl Gregg Swem III describing the four photographs.

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