Overview
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Description of the Collection
Access Terms
Overview
Call Number: SC0327
Creator:
Barclay, Thomas S. (Thomas Swain), 1892-1993
Title: Thomas Swain Barclay papers
Dates: 1915-1984
Physical Description:
9 Linear feet
Summary: Correspondence, ephemera, photographs and scrapbooks relating to the American political process, student government at Stanford,
and his teaching activities. Includes some correspondence from James Farley.
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 Information
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Cite As
Thomas Swain Barclay Papers (SC0327). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Political scientist. Professor of political science at Stanford University from 1927 until his retirement as emeritus in 1958,
Barclay also served on the U.S. State Department's Peace Commission after World War I. In his active political life, he served
for 18 years as a member of national and state Democratic Party committees, as a delegate (1936 Democratic National Convention),
as a presidential elector (1944), and as assistant to Democratic Party chairman James Farley (1940).
Description of the Collection
Correspondence, ephemera, photographs and scrapbooks relating to the American political process, student government at Stanford,
and his teaching activities. Includes some correspondence from James Farley.
Access Terms
Barclay, Thomas S. (Thomas Swain), 1892-1993
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976
Stanford University. Department of Political Science. Faculty.
Democratic Party--California.
Students--Political activity.
United States--Politics and government.