Series I. PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, 1903-1968 (#1.1-4.8, 28FB.1, 29F+B.1, E.1)
Scope and Contents
Series I, PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, 1903-1968 (#1.1-4.8, 28FB.1, 29F+B.1, E.1), includes Betty Gram Swing's keepsake albums; diaries; financial journal and documents; material related to her divorce from Raymond Gram Swing; notes; budgets; recipes; and documents related to her properties. Several scrapbooks document Myrtle Gram's high school and college years. A digitized copy of Swing's high school yearbook is included (#E.1); the original is not in the collection. This series does include Betty Gram Swing's notes and correspondence with lawyers Laura and Irwin Kendall (#2.6) about her divorce from Raymond Gram Swing, and about their real estate properties and financial issues; other Gram Swing family material can be found in Series V.
Dates
- Creation: 1903-2013
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1920-1969
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Extent
13.38 linear feet ((26 + 1/2 file boxes, 1 folio box, 1 folio+ box) plus 1 folio folder, 1 folio+ folder, 1 supersize folder, 11 photograph folders)412 Megabytes (1 file)
Creator
- From the Collection: Swing, Betty Gram, 1893-1969 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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