Finding Aid for the Philip David Swing Papers, 1890-1963

Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé

UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections

Manuscripts Division

Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/

Finding Aid for the Philip David Swing Papers, 1890-1963

Collection number: 537

UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections

Manuscripts Division

Los Angeles, CA

Contact Information

Manuscripts Division
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/

Processed by:: Manuscripts Division staff, May 1969
Encoded by:: Caroline Cubé
Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by:: Apex Data Services
Online finding aid edited by:: Josh Fiala, April 2002

Descriptive Summary

Title: Philip David Swing Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1890-1963

Collection number: 537

Creator: Swing, Philip David, 1884-1963

Extent: 154 boxes (77 linear ft.) 10 oversize boxes

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Abstract: Philip David Swing (1884-1963) practiced law in San Bernadino before becoming the deputy District Attorney and District Attorney in Imperial County (1908-15). He was appointed judge of the Superior Court of Imperial County (1919-21) and later elected as a Republican to 67th U.S. Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses (1921-33). The collection consists of correspondence, papers, photographs, and printed material related to Philip David Swing and his career as a U.S. Congressman, California state official, and private attorney.

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

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Restrictions on Access

Portions of this collection are restricted. Consult finding aid for additional information.

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Additional Physical Form Available

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Public Services Division
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Philip David Swing, 1959.
Gift of Swing, Scharnikow & Lewis, 1964.
Gift of Robert Hind, 1965.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Philip David Swing Papers (Collection 537). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 3222391

Biography

Philip David Swing was born in San Bernadino, California, November 30, 1884; graduated, Stanford, 1905; admitted to California bar, 1907, and practiced law in San Bernadino; deputy District Attorney and District Attorney, Imperial County, 1908-15; judge of the Superior Court of Imperial County, 1919-21; delegate to Republican state conventions, Sacramento, California, 1920-32; elected as Republican to 67th U.S. Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses (1921-33); appointed member, California State Water Resources Board, 1945-58; died in San Diego, August 8, 1963.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of correspondence, papers, photographs, and printed material related to Philip David Swing and his career as a U.S. Congressman, California state official, and private attorney. Includes materials related to Swing's involvement with the California State Water Resources Board, Hoover Dam, the All-American Canal System, the Colorado River, and water legislation in California and the west.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Swing, Philip David, 1884-1963--Archives.

All-American Canal System (U.S.).

Legislators--United States--Archival resources.

Water--Law and legislation--West (U.S.).

Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).

Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.).

Box 1

1943-44 Correspondence.

Box 2

1933-34 Correspondence.

Box 3

California Civil War claims versus U.S.

Box 4

Arizona--California notes.

Box 5

1933 Miscellaneous Correspondence.

Box 6

1935-37 Correspondence.

Box 7

San Diego Water Counsel.

Box 8

1940-42 Miscellaneous Correspondence.

Box 9

1935-37 Miscellaneous Correspondence.

Box 10

1937-39 Miscellaneous Correspondence.

Box 11

Personal Correspondence 1945-50, A to K.

Box 12

Personal Correspondence 1945-50, N to Z.

Box 13

Memorandum on P.D.S. employment by San Diego since 1934, legal booklets on California versus U.S.

Box 14

Pictures, Swing and Coolidge, Swing and Lindberg, etc.

Box 15

Congratulatory letters, Boulder Dam, news clippings, Imperial Valley welcome, Boulder dam documents.

1932 Congress Correspondence

Box 16

San Ysidro custom house.

Box 16

War debts.

Box 16

Desert land entrymen.

Box 16

San Jacinto park, special bills.

Box 17

Colorado River Miscellaneous, grand jury indictment.

Box 18

Miscellaneous clippings. 1929-31.

Box 19

News clippings. 1932, Senate campaign.

Congress Correspondence

Box 20

Airmail route.

Box 20

Air base, camp Kearny.

Box 20

San Diego.

Congress--Correspondence

Box 21

San Diego Coronado tunnel.

Box 21

Camp Kearny.

Box 21

San Diego Chamber of Commerce.

Box 22

Congress--Correspondence, border closing.

Box 23

Congress--Correspondence, border closing.

Box 24

Ku Klux Klan, Rockwell Field, Medal of Honor men.

Box 25

Port of San Diego, Old Town Bridge, North Island Pier, Harbor dredging, Laguna Mountains forest road.

Box 26

Clipping service. 1932, prohibition.

Box 27

News clippings, Boulder Dam. 1926-28.

Box 28

California beaches, withdrawal of lands for Los Angeles benefit, Mexican land grant titles, dry dock, Gnat control.

Box 29

S.D. dirigible base, camp Kearny, destroyer base, customs div.

Box 30

Federal prison, fort Rosecrans, El Capitan, Riparian owners, Mailing list.

Box 31

Nevada-California RFC loan, P.O., National Forest bill 13547.

Box 32

Nevada-California power. 1937, I.I.D., California Colorado Commission. 1937, P.W/ A. California. 1938.

Box 33

All American Canal reports, Yorktown sesquicentennial.

Box 34

Palm Springs, I.I.D. Correspondence. 1939-40.

Box 35

Pictures, autobiography.

Box 36

Harbor, Rosecrans.

Box 37

August 1930 newspapers.

Box 38

1929 papers, magazines, pictures.

Box 39

1932 veterans speech.

Box 40

1935 Correspondence, Boulder Dam.

Box 41

I.I.D. Correspondence. 1933-41.

Box 42

Colorado River pamplets.

Box 43

Boulder Dam magazine articles, news clippings.

Box 44

All- American Canal, P.W.A.

Box 45

1936 Correspondence, Miscellaneous and I.I.D.

Box 46

Serra, San Diego books, Recreation Era. January 1933, Swing signature block, glass plate negatives (many broken) House Rules Manual.

Box 47

Photos belonging to Ed Fletcher (?) Colorado River Commission reports.

Box 48

San Diego and environs, Lake Hodges.

Box 49

Swing speeches, bound, House calendars 68-72 congresses.

Box 50

Colorado River Treaty with Mexico.

Box 51

Colorado River Treaty with Mexico.

Box 52

Legislative History Bills sponsored by Swing, 69-70 Congresses.

Box 53

Legislative History Bills sponsored by Swing, 71-72 Congresses.

Box 54

Bibliographic government material pertaining to Colorado, Imperial Valley S-J bill hearings.

Box 55

Legislative History Bills by Swing 67-68 Congresses.

Box 56

Colorado River Hearings Senate. 1924-25.

Box 57

Kettner bill hearings.

Box 58

Books.

Box 58

Six wrapped scrap books.

Box 58

Twenty additional unnumbered boxes, many pertaining to Fallbrook water.

Wrapped autobiography: This is My Life. added. January 17, 1969.

Note

RESTRICTED Comprises original typescript and carbon copy: kept in vault.

Box 59

Personal papers and family correspondence.

Box 60

Miscellaneous clippings and photographs.

Box 61

Personal and miscellaneous correspondence, ca. 1950s.

Box 62

Family correspondence and files.

Box 63

Newspaper clippings.

Boxes 64,65,68,71-77,151-153

Falbrook Public Utility District.

Boxes 66,67,69,70,81-84

Fallbrook Public Utility District--Cases.

Box 78-80

Fallbrook Public Utility District / Santa Margraita Mutual Water Company.

Box 85-87

Mexican Water Treaty, ca. 1940s.

Note