Guide to the Robert E. Swain Papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
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 Information
Provenance
Administrative transfer, Chemistry Department, 1968.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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Cite As
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.
Description of the Collection
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).
Access Terms
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
Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Honor system in the Chemistry Department records
1916-1920
Scope and Content Note
Constitution, mimeographed announcements, flyers and minutes.
Box 1, Folder 2
Cardinal Gun Club
1928-1930
Scope and Content Note
A small group of Stanford - Palo Alto men including Dr. Swain.
Box 1, Folder 3
Chemistry Department meeting in executive session
1924-1938
Box 1, Folder 4
Correspondence between R.E. Swain and R.L. Wilbur
1917-1918; 1919-1925
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence between R.E. Swain and R.L. Wilbur
1917-1918; 1919-1925
Box 1, Folder 6
Correspondence between R.E. Swain and R.L. Wilbur
1917-1918; 1919-1925
Box 1, Folder 7
Correspondence between R.E. Swain and R.L. Wilbur
1917-1918; 1919-1925
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence between R.E. Swain and R.L. Wilbur
1917-1918; 1919-1925
Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence between R.E. Swain and R.L. Wilbur
1917-1918; 1919-1925
Box 2, Folder 10
Correspondence between R.E. Swain and R.L. Wilbur
1925-1932; 1933-1934; 1936-1937
Box 2, Folder 11
Correspondence between R.E. Swain and R.L. Wilbur
1925-1932; 1933-1934; 1936-1937
Box 2, Folder 12
Correspondence between R.E. Swain and R.L. Wilbur
1925-1932; 1933-1934; 1936-1937
Box 2, Folder 13
Correspondence between R.E. Swain and R.L. Wilbur
1925-1932; 1933-1934; 1936-1937
Box 2, Folder 14
Correspondence between R.E. Swain and R.L. Wilbur
1925-1932; 1933-1934; 1936-1937
Box 2, Folder 15
Correspondence between R.E. Swain and R.L. Wilbur
1925-1932; 1933-1934; 1936-1937
Box 2, Folder 16
Correspondence between R.E. Swain and R.L. Wilbur
1925-1932; 1933-1934; 1936-1937
Box 2, Folder 17
Correspondence between R.E. Swain and R.L. Wilbur
1925-1932; 1933-1934; 1936-1937
Box 2, Folder 18
Correspondence between R.E. Swain and R.L. Wilbur
1925-1932; 1933-1934; 1936-1937
