George Robert Swain photographs and papers ca. 1870 - 1947 1913-1947

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George Robert Swain photographs and papers ca. 1870 - 1947 1913-1947

University of Michigan staff photographer, 1913-1947 and commercial photographer in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Collection includes some manuscript material but is primarily photographic prints and negatives made by Swain. Photo subjects include university buildings, facutly, and student activities, archeological expeditions to the Near East and, Ann Arbor scenes and landscapes form his travels in the western United States and Canada.

20 linear ft. (in 34 boxes) and 1 oversize folder

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6389816

Bentley Historical Library

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Michigan Union.

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See the history in the finding aid for Michigan Union records. From the guide to the Michigan Union Publications, 1905-ongoing, 1908-1990, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) ...

Michigan League.

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University of Michigan Near East Research Expedition (1924-1934)

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University of Michigan. Class of 1866

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University Hall (University of Michigan)

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University of Michigan.

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Swain, Edith L.

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Tappan, Henry Philip, 1805-1881

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Martha Cook Building (University of Michigan)

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Swain, George

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Swain, George Robert, 1866-1947.

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Photographer and educator at Ann Arbor, Michigan. From the description of George Robert Swain photographs and papers, 1896-1925. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418529 Official photographer for the University of Michigan. Trained as an educator and a self-taught photographer, George Swain worked as a high school principal after graduating from the University of Michigan in 1900. From 1913 until his death in 1947, he was the official p...

Frieze, Henry S. (Henry Simmons), 1817-1889

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Hutchins, Harry B. (Harry Burns), 1847-1930

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Cooley, Mortimer E. (Mortimer Elwyn), 1855-1944

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Bishop, William Warner, 1871-1955

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University of Michigan. Class of 1866

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Swain family.

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