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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.

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.

Original grouping of Earl Gregg Swem's papers. See PDF Inventory for further description.

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.

Genealogical material and photographs of Dr. E.G. Swem and members of his family. Original 19th century manuscripts included.

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.

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.