Swift, Harold. Papers 1897-1962

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Swift, Harold. Papers 1897-1962

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The papers of Harold H. Swift, member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago from 1914 to 1955, consist of correspondence, reports, and documents related to his activities as a member and later as chairman of the Board during this period of the University's history. There are a few letters which date as early as 1907, the year of Swift's graduation from the University, and material from the last seven years of his life (1955-62). The bulk of the collection dates between 1922 and 1948, when Swift was chairman of the Board. Few Universities have ever had such a devoted servant as the University of Chicago had in Harold Swift, and Swift served at a time in the University's history when it was still possible for one man to maintain contact with the many facets of the life of the institution.

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University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...

Swift, Harold Higgins, 1885-1962

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The youngest son of Gustavus and Anna Swift, Harold Swift was born January 24, 1885. Upon his graduation from the University of Chicago in 1907, he went to work in his father's meat packing industry, where he eventually became a vice president. In 1914, he became the first alumnus of the University to be elected as a trustee. In 1922, when Martin A. Ryerson stepped down as president of the Board, Swift's popularity with alumni and his own considerable interest in the University made...

Burton, Ernest DeWitt, 1856-1925

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Born 1856 Granville, Ohio. Died 1925 Chicago, IL. A.B., Denison University, 1876; D.D., 1897. D.D., Oberlin College, 1912. D.D., Harvard University, 1920. Professor and Head, Department of New Testament and Early Christian Literature, University of Chicago, 1892-1925; Director of University Libraries, 1910-1925; Acting President, 1923; President, 1923-1925. Oriental Educational Investigation Commissioner, 1908-1909. From the description of Papers, 1875-1969 (inclusive). (University o...