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COLLECTION Identifier: MC 890

Papers of Betty Gram Swing, 1903-2013 (inclusive), 1920-1969 (bulk)

G, 1936-1966. Digital

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Includes author John Gunther and Frances Gunther, Mary Gawthorpe.

Louise Morgan, 1934-1952. Digital

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Letters from the British writer and journalist describe living in London during World War II, hearing radio broadcasts by Raymond Gram Swing. One letter includes a "note to censor" from Morgan asserting that Betty Gram Swing can safely hear the truth about the London bombing. Includes letters from Morgan to Raymond Swing; to Betty Gram Swing from Morgan's husband Otto Theis, and several letters from Betty Gram Swing to Morgan.

Sigrid and Maurice Newfield, 1928, 1939-1942. Digital

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The Newfields were British friends of the Gram Swings who sent their son Gabriel to the United States during World War II. Letters describe life in England during the war, and the Newfields' feelings about being parted from their son.

Gabriel Newfield, 1940-1946. Digital

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Gabriel Newfield came to live in the United States with the Gram Swing family during World War II, and then went to live at a camp in Vermont run by the Ogden family. Includes letters about Gabriel Newfield from the Ogden family; letter to Gabriel from his mother Sigrid Newfield.

O, 1939-1957. Digital

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Includes Georgia O'Keeffe, Olivet College president Joseph Brewer, Dora G. Ogle of the National Woman's Party, Ferdinand Kuhn of the Office of War Information.

Liam O'Flaherty, 1930. Digital

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Letters from the Irish novelist discuss the possibility of Gram Swing commissioning a book from O'Flaherty.

P, 1919-1968. Digital

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Includes Orville Prescott of the New York Times, Sweet Briar College president Anne Pannell about a women's history course, Bryn Mawr College president Marion Park, Daniel Pinkham of the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, Lena Madesin Phillips, Sarah T. Pell of the National Woman's Party, telegram sent to Betty Gram Swing when held in the Charles Street Jail in 1919.