Guide to the John M. Switzer Correspondence
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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Call Number: SC0635
Creator:
Switzer, John M.
Title: John M. Switzer correspondence
Dates: 1891-1937
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
Summary: Collection consists primarily of letters from John M. Switzer to his brother Albert, written while a student in Chicago (1892-93),
at Stanford University (1893-1899), and from Manila, Philippines (1899). His Stanford letters discuss social life of students,
disappointment with the library, hard work of hashing at Encina Hall, his bills while at Stanford, his career plans, life
in California, difficulties from the 1894 railroad strike, and his military enlistment in 1898. The letters written in Manila
primarily relate to his father's estate and his financial affairs with his brother. Other items include receipts for loans
from his brother, 1896-1897; Switzer's letter of advice to a young male relative, 1923; letter regarding Switzer's estate,
1937; two letters to Albert Switzer from his brother Charley, 1897; and a letter of reference for Albert Switzer, 1891.
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
Purchased 2002.
This collection is open for research.
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John M. Switzer Correspondence (SC0635). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
John Marion Switzer was a member of the Stanford Class of 1898, but did not earn his A.B. degree until 1926. As a student
he was active in the Philolexian Literary Society, a member of the intercollegiate debating team, officer on the literary
magazine THE SEQUOIA, and manager of the football team. He served in the military during the Spanish-American War and was
later a delegate to the Republican National Convention from the Philippine Islands in 1904 and 1912.
Collection consists primarily of letters from John M. Switzer to his brother Albert, written while a student in Chicago (1892-93),
at Stanford University (1893-1899), and from Manila, Philippines (1899). His Stanford letters discuss social life of students,
disappointment with the library, hard work of hashing at Encina Hall, his bills while at Stanford, his career plans, life
in California, difficulties from the 1894 railroad strike, and his military enlistment in 1898. The letters written in Manila
primarily relate to his father's estate and his financial affairs with his brother. Other items include receipts for loans
from his brother, 1896-1897; Switzer's letter of advice to a young male relative, 1923; letter regarding Switzer's estate,
1937; two letters to Albert Switzer from his brother Charley, 1897; and a letter of reference for Albert Switzer, 1891.
Bock, Gregory H.
Switzer, Albert.
Switzer, John M.
College students--California.
Pullman Strike, 1894.
Spanish-American War, 1898.
Strikes and lockouts --Railroads --United States.
Box 1
Correspondence 1891-1937