Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is composed of personal papers, genealogy material and family photographs, gathered by Theodor R. and Helen V. Swem. Included are original documents, notes on the Swem, Gregg and Wright families, correspondence among family members regarding genealogy, articles, books, publications and diaries by or about the families, photographs of family members, including one of Dr. Earl Gregg Swem, Sr., Earl Gregg Swem, Jr., and Earl Gregg Swem, III, and material on Earl Gregg Swem's...

Scope and Contents

Leigh Francis Swem, age seven years and Herbert MacDonald, age six years; cousins. Both died of diptheria in March 1890.

Scope and Contents

Son of Edward L. and Emeline Swem; brother of Earl, Leota, and A. Raymond Swem. Leigh died of Diptheria as a young boy in 1890.

Scope and Contents

Father of E. R. Swem and T. R. Swem

Scope and Contents

Born 1875. Daughter of Uncle Eli Swem, brother of E. L. Swem.

Scope and Contents

Uncle Asa Swem, father of Merton E. and Marguarita (Margaret?) Swem. Brother of E. L. Swem. Possibly a resident of Denver, Colorado.

Scope and Contents

Brother of E. L. Swem.Eli Swem gave up banking to enter the Methodist Ministry. He ended up in a hardware business in Belle Plaine, Iowa.

Scope and Contents

Mrs. Emeline Luse Swem, 1843-1943. Wife of E.L. Swem and mother of Earl, Leota, and A. Raymond Swem; grandmother of Ted Swem. This photography appeared in the Cedar Rapids Gazette newspaper.

Scope and Contents

Maude, age 15, (right), Phoebe, age 19, (center), and Blanche, age 13, (left). Daughters of Amanda Swem Stuart, sister of E. L. Swem.

Scope and Contents

E. L. Swem with his wife Emeline Luse Swem, their daughter, Leota Swem, and daughter-in-law, Dora Doud Swem.

Scope and Contents

Emeline Luse Swem, (left) and E. L. Swem, (center) with unknown person, perhaps Elizabeth Luse, sister of Emeline Luse Swem.

Scope and Contents

Ted Swem, nephew of Earl Gregg Swem, with his grandmother, Emeline Luse Swem, mother of Earl Gregg Swem.