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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
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
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
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from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
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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. Department of Chemistry. Faculty.
Swain, Robert E. (Robert Eccles), 1875-1961.
Wilbur, Ray L., (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949