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Call Number: SC0039
Creator:
Swain, Robert E. (Robert Eccles),
1875-1961.
Title: Robert E. Swain papers
Dates: 1916-1938
Physical Description:
1 Linear feet
Summary: Correspondence between Dr. Swain and Stanford President Ray
Lyman Wilbur regarding the Chemistry Department and records pertaining to the honor
system in the Chemistry Department (1916-1920) and the Cardinal Gun Club
(1928-1930).
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative transfer, Chemistry Department, 1968.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission
must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
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Robert E. Swain Papers (SC0039). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of Chemistry at Stanford (1902-1941; emeritus 1941-1961), head of the
Chemistry Department (1917-1941) and acting president of Stanford (1929-1933). Prof.
Swain died in 1961.
Correspondence between Dr. Swain and Stanford President Ray Lyman Wilbur regarding the
Chemistry Department and records pertaining to the honor system in the Chemistry
Department (1916-1920) and the Cardinal Gun Club (1928-1930).
Stanford University. Cardinal Gun Club.
Stanford University. Dept. of Chemistry
--Faculty.
Swain, Robert E. (Robert Eccles),
1875-1961.
Wilbur, Ray L., (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949