Gregg Swem papers
Abstract
The Gregg Swem papers collection (1866-2018, undated; 8 cubic feet, 20 boxes) primarily consists of letters, photographs, publications, and realia collected and created by Gregg Swem over the course of his life.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Gregg Swem papers
- Date
- 1866-2018, undated (inclusive)
- Creator
- Swem, Earl Gregg, III. (b. 1946)
- Extent
- 8 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Authors, American -- Kentucky.
- Family archives -- Kentucky.
- Gay community -- Kentucky.
- Letters.
- Poets -- 20th century.
- Swem, Earl Gregg, III. (b. 1946)
- Swem, Anne Dunnington Beauchamp (1904-1985)
- Morris, Margaret "Peggy" Ridlehoover (1930-2016)
- White, Priscilla Hancher, 1928-2004
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged into format, alphabetically, in five series: Letters, Photographs, Publications, Realia and Subject files.
- Preferred Citation
- 2018ms026: [identification of item], Gregg Swem papers, 1900-2018, undated, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Earl Gregg Swem, III (1946-) is a writer and journalist from Louisville, Kentucky. He is the son of Anne Dunnington Swem (nee Beauchamp) (1904-1985) and Earl Gregg Swem, Jr. (1910-1973). Gregg had three half-siblings from Anne's first marriage to Samuel Franklin Ridlehoover, Jr. which left her a widow: Joan Feland (nee Ridlehoover) (1926-2007), Samuel "Sonny" Franklin Ridlehoover, III (1928-1999), and Margaret "Peggy" Morris (nee Ridlehoover) (1930-2016). Gregg attended Emmet Field Grade School as a child. He later attended Alex G. Barret Junior High School and J. M. Atherton High School, where he participated in several music festivals as a bass in the chorus. He also participated in Cub Scouts and the Young Men's Christian Association. After graduating from high school in 1964, Gregg attended the College of William and Mary, where his grandfather, Earl Gregg Swem I (1870-1965), a historian and bibliographer, had served as the primary librarian for two decades. The Earl Gregg Swem Library was later named in his honor. After attaining his degree from the University of Louisville, Gregg worked as a journalist at the Courier Journal for approximately sixteen years, from 1971 to 1987. He obtained a master's degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Kentucky in 1989, and subsequently worked in a library and a historical society. For seventeen years, he sold out-of-print books and ephemera online. He was also part of a poetry club and the gay community, with whom he corresponded frequently over the years, and who were a large part of his life. Gregg's longtime partner was Wade Hall (1934-2015), an author, veteran, collector, and professor at the University of Florida, Bellarmine University, Kentucky Southern College, and later, a creative writing teacher at a school in Union Springs, Alabama, his hometown, where the couple had moved back to in 2006. Hall died nine years later, after the onset of dementia.
- Scope and Content
- The Gregg Swem papers collection (1866-2018, undated; 8 cubic feet, 20 boxes) primarily consists of letters, photographs, publications, and realia collected and created by Gregg Swem over the course of his life. The letters, the focal point of this collection, span over the entire course of his life from childhood to 2018, and comprise correspondence with family, friends, co-workers at the Louisville Courier Journal, poets, and most notably, members of the gay community.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Letters, 1946-2018, undated
Scope and Contents
The Letters series (1946-2018) comprises letters and correspondence created and collected by Gregg Swem. The letters span from Gregg's birth in 1946 to 2018, when the collection was donated. The bulk of the letters are from family and friends, most notably friends from the gay community. The majority of the letters were written at a time when people did not speak directly or boldly, and the language is often disguised by gay subculture terminology.
Bogardus, David letters regarding death of Steve Bogardus, 2001-2003
Bush, William "Bill" C., 1988-2000
Cards recieved at birth through early childhood, circa 1946-1959
Cards, unaddressed, undated
College of William and Mary, 1964-1965, 2005
Regarding death of Clyde Stallings, 2007
Regarding Joan Ridlehoover Feland, 2002-2003
Regarding poor condition/death/memorial of Franklin "Sonny" Ridlehoover III, 1998-1999
Family and friends after move to Alabama, 2006-2018
Family, 1965-2006
Fanelli, Joseph "Joe" E., 1991-1997
Flinn, Robert "Bob", 1974-2015
Friends, 1963-2005
Hancock County, Kentucky family and friends, 1990-2001
King George High School, 1974-1982
College and Williamsburg, Virginia, related, 1966-1999
Regarding father's death, 1973-1974
Regarding mother's death, 1985-1986
Louisville Courier Journal, 1972-1988
Louisville Courier Journal Jean Howard, 1985-1986
- Box 2018ms026-03, folder 25
Scope and Contents
In the Louisville Courier Journal some letters are from actor and photographer, Jean Howard (1910-2000). In 1985, she was invited to speak at the then Filson Club, now Filson Historical Society, about her friendship with socialite and haute couture aficinado Mona von Bismarck, formerly of Louisville. She also spoke of her friendship with Linda Lee, also originally from Louisville, and her husband Cole Porter. Swem interviewed Howard while she was in Louisville and they began a correspondence.
Miscellaneous friends and associates, 1965-2004
Poet friends, 1974-2006
Postcards, 1957-1975
Santa Claus, Indiana, 1953
Swem, Gregg to parents and grandparents while at college, 1964-1966, undated
Swem, Theodor R., 1976-2006
Photographs, 1870-2015, undated
Scope and Contents
The Photographs series (1870-2018) comprises photographs collected and created by Gregg Swem. The bulk of the photographs are of and taken by family of Gregg Swem, such as his mother Anne Swem and siblings Peggy Morris, Joan Feland, and Sonny Ridlehoover.
Negatives, 1940, 1961, undated
"How I Spent My Summer Vacation" booklet by Anne Swem (see corresponding file), circa 1980
"Crossed up at Cross Creek", circa 1980
"Best picture I took- think I'll send it into a contest", circa 1980
"My eyes seem to be going", circa 1980
"For Gregg", circa 1980
"Never could hit one!", circa 1980
"Who's swimming- or who's doing WHAT???", circa 1980
"My friend Spiro", circa 1980
A-B, 1870-2013, undated
Alabama or North Florida coast, 1944
Aldridge, Edith E. Beauchamp, 1985
Aldridge, Edith, Margaret Crutcher, Julia Mason, and Adelaide Taylor, 1983
Aldridge, Edith Beauchamp holding Stacey Ingram, 1986
Aldridge family, circa 1960
Aldridge family arrival in Arizona, circa 1960
Aldridge, Guy Allen and Edith Beauchamp, circa 1960
Aldridge, Guy Allen, Edith Beauchamp and daughter Mary, 1947
Aldridge, Guy Allen, left, and friend in Arizona, circa 1960
Aldridge, Mary, 1949
Aldridge, Mary, Florida, circa 1949
Aldridge, Mary, left, and cousin Peggy Ridlehoover at Beauchamp farm, circa 1940
Aldridge, Mary and Peggy Ridlehoover with cat, circa 1940
Aldridge, Mary, Edith Beauchamp Aldridge, and Peggy Ridlehoover, circa 1934
Aldridge, Mary visiting in Montgomery with the Crutchers, circa 1945
Allen, Carrie, friend of Margaret Crutcher, 1986
Allen, Mary, 8 months, undated
Aponte, Erika, circa 1975
Aponte, Susan Pitt, circa 1950
Aponte, Susan W. Pitt, circa 1970
Aponte, Susan Pitt on tractor, circa 1950
Approach to back porch, Joe A. Beauchamp home, circa 1950
Arizona, circa 1960
Arizona house, circa 1960
Armstrong Methodist Church, Macon County, Alabama, 1978
Aspen, circa 1960
Autumn trees, undated
Back of home of Sue Bush and Mac Pitt, circa 1960
Barn and chicken house, Beauchamp farm, circa 1950
Beauchamp, Annabelle Boyd and Anne Bush with Annabelle's brother George Boyd, circa 1920
Beauchamp, Anne Dunnington Bush, 1922-1960, undated
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush and daughter Sue Bush, with grandchildren Joan and Sonny Ridlehoover, circa 1930
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush and granddaughter Susan Pitt, circa 1950
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush and grandson Gregg Swem, 1950
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush holding Margaret D. Morris, circa 1952
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush, Montgomery, Alabama, 1951
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush with cotton candy, circa 1949
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush with grandchildren, circa 1930
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush with grandchildren Joan and Sonny Ridlehoover, circa 1930
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush with granddaughter Peggy Ridlehoover and daughter Margaret Beauchamp, 1930
Beauchamp, Edith "Deedie", circa 1930
Beauchamp family, circa 1915-1960
Beauchamp family at birthday party, circa 1960
Beauchamp family cemetery, circa 1970
Beauchamp family gathering, Beauchamp farm, 1953
Beauchamp farm, circa 1940-1950
Beauchamp farm birds, 1941
Beauchamp farm cattle, 1941
Beauchamp farm field, 1946
Beauchamp grandparents with Ridlehoover children, circa 1935
Beauchamp home, Hancock County, Kentucky, circa 1950
Beauchamp home, last winter before sold, 1967
Beauchamp, Joe Albert, circa 1920
Beauchamp, Joe Albert, 1953
Beauchamp, Joe Albert (copy), undated
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush, circa 1920-1955
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush with Ridlehoover grandchildren, circa 1935
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush at daughter's new home on Gilmer Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1950
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush at home, Hancock County, Kentucky, old plantation desk in background, circa 1950
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush, Beauchamp farm, circa 1945
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush in parlor of home, fiftieth wedding anniversary, circa 1950
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush visiting daughters Margaret and Edith and son-in-law, Panama City Beach, Florida, circa 1949
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush with daughters, circa 1940
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush with daughters Margaret and Edith, 1945
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush with daughters Margaret, Sue, Edith, and Anne, circa 1925
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush with great-granddaughter Margaret Morris, circa 1952
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush, World War I era, front yard, circa 1920
Beauchamp, Joe A. and grandchildren, circa 1920
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Gregg Swem on horse "Bill", 1953
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Gregg Swem on mowing machine, 1954
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Gregg Swem riding horse, circa 1948
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Gregg Swem in backyard, 1955
Beauchamp, Joe A. with Sue Bush and great-granddaughter Martha Edwards Wall, 1951
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Susan Pitt Aponte on horse, 1953
Beauchamp, Joe A., Anne D. Bush Beauchamp, Annabelle Boyd Beauchamp, and Elizabeth Bush Boyd, circa 1940
Beauchamp, Joe A. holding grandson Sonny Ridlehoover, circa 1930
Beauchamp, Joe A. holding Gregg Swem, 1947
Beauchamp, Joe A. mowing lawn, circa 1950
Beauchamp, Joe A. rocking on front porch, circa 1950
Beauchamp, Joe A., trip to Oklahoma, 1949
Beauchamp, Joe A. with friend, circa 1900
Beauchamp, Joe A. with grandchildren and horse, 1953
Beauchamp, Joe A. with grandchildren, 1956
Beauchamp, Joe A. with grandchildren Sonny and Joan Ridlehoover at Beauchamp Farm, circa 1928
Beauchamp, Kathy, circa 1983
Beauchamp, Robby, circa 1983
Beauchamp. Sam and Annabelle Boyd with son David, circa 1920
Beauchamp, Samuel and Joe with relatives and/or neighbors, circa 1920
Beauchamp, Samuel Robb, circa 1940
Beauchamp, Sam and Annabelle Boyd with son David and daughter-in-law Margie, circa 1960
Beauchamps and Ridlehoover grandchildren, circa 1939
Beauchamp sisters, circa 1965-1983
Beauchamp, Sue Bush, circa 1938-1942
Beauchamp, Sue Bush holding niece Joan Ridlehoover, circa 1927
Bentley, Margaret and children at Indian Lake, Hawesville, Kentucky, circa 1945
Birds on branches, Beauchamp Farm, 1941
Birthday party (?), Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1950
Blanket, circa 1990
Beauchamp, David Boyd and Florence, 1942
Boyd, Robert Webb III, 3 months, circa 1960
Brame, Margaret Jake Morris, circa 1945
Bridge, circa 1950
Brown, Anne Dunnington, 1987-1990
Brown, Matthew Lee, 1987-1990
Buggy house and garage at Beauchamp Farm, circa 1950
Bush, Ann Millian Stone, 1925
Bush, Ann Millian Stone with family and friends, circa 1920
Bush, Edith Edwards, circa 1910
Bush, Edith Edwards holding great niece Joan Ridlehoover, circa 1926
Bush, Roberta Young, center, with friends known in Indianapolis, circa 1960
Bush, Roberta Young, niece Anne Swem and great nephew Gregg Swem at Swem home, Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1960
Beauchamp, Sam "birthday nip"?, undated
Aldridge, Edith Beauchamp, circa 1930-1950
Aldridge, Edith with Native children, circa 1950
Aldridge, Edith Beauchamp with native children on left, man wrestling alligator on right, circa 1950
Aldridge, Guy Allen, husband of Edith, at Beauchamp Farm, circa 1930
Allen, Carrie B., Montgomery, Alabama, undated
Arizona town square, 2005
Automobile, circa 1945
Backyard, Beauchamp Farm, circa 1950
Bates (?), 1922
Beauchamp, Anna Belle Boyd and Samuel Robb with son David, 1915
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush, 1892-1952
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush and grandson, circa 1935
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush and Joe A., circa 1920
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush and Joe A.., back porch at Beauchamp Farm, circa 1930
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush and Joe A., Rockport Fair, Indiana, circa 1940
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush and sister Edith with unidentified relatives from New Orleans, Saint Louis, and Louisville, undated
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush holding Gregg Swem, 1947
Beauchamp, Anne D. Bush with grandchildren Peggy and Sonny Ridlehoover, circa 1930
Beauchamp brothers, circa 1920
Beauchamp, David Boyd, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush, 1952
Beauchamp, David Boyd, nephew of Joe A. Beauchamp, 1952
Beauchamp, David Terry, circa 1900
Beauchamp family, circa 1910-1936
Beauchamp family, Beauchamp Farm, circa 1950
Beauchamp family on front porch, circa 1950
Beauchamp farm, circa 1960
Beauchamp farm, snow-covered, circa 1950
Robert Costain Beauchamp home, Hancock County, 2004
Beauchamp, Joe A., circa 1935-1950
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush, 1945
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush fiftieth wedding anniversary with daughters and cousin Julia Mason, 1950
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush with daughters, circa 1920
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush with daughters Margaret and Edith, 1949
Beauchamp, Joe A. and Anne D. Bush with grandchildren Ridlehoover, circa 1930-1935
Beauchamp, Joe A., mowing at Beauchamp Farm, circa 1940
Beauchamp, Joe A. with two grandchildren, circa 1930
Beauchamp, Kathy, circa 1982
Beauchamp, Robby and Kathy, 1977-1981
Beauchamp, Robby, grade five, circa 1982
Beauchamp sisters, 1946
Beauchamp, Sue Bush, circa 1930
Beauchamp, Sue Bush, circa 1930
Beauchamp, Sue Bush and mother Anne D. Bush, 1916
Beauchamp, Sue Bush, second leuitenant, World War II, circa 1940
Bedroom (?), circa 1960
Boat captain and two women, undated
Boats, circa 1960
Boats on lake, undated
Dog, border collie "Barkis", pet of William C. Bush, Huntsville, Alabama, undated
Boy, circa 1950, undated
Boy holding dog, undated
Bracknell's, 2009
Brick building from street, undated
Brown, Priscilla, Melissa, and Parkin (?), 1964
Bureau of Post, Manila, Philippines, where Earl Gregg Swem, Jr. served in the army, circa 1940-1945
Bush, Ann Millian Stone, circa 1900-1925
Bush, Edith Edwards, circa 1910
Bush, Edith Edwards and sister Anne D. Bush Beauchamp, circa 1930
Bush, Edith Edwards, Louisville, Kentucky, undated
Butterflies on Joe Pye weed, 2013
Butterflies on purple flowers, 2013
Butterfly, 2013
Bailey, Pearl, autographed, photo taken when Gregg Swem interviewed the performer in Danville, Kentucky, 1982
Beauchamp, Anna Marie Crockett, circa 1870
Beauchamp, David Terry, circa 1900
Beauchamp, Joe Albert and Anne D. Bush, circa 1920
Bush, Edith Edwards, circa 1900-1910
Bush, Roberta Young, circa 1900
C-D, 1901-2013, undated
Cabin at Beauchamp Farm, circa 1960
Car, circa 1960
Chicken houses and puppies at Beauchamp Farm, circa 1920
Children and dog, circa 1970
Christmas at Crutcher home, Gilmer Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1950
Christmas tree, circa 1950
Clouds, circa 1950
Couple outside of Churchill Downs, 1985
Crockett, James and great-great-niece Joan Ridlehoover, circa 1927
Crutcher, John, 1944
Crutcher, John N. and Margaret B. with niece Mary Aldridge, circa 1949
Crutcher, Margaret Beauchamp, circa 1940-1961
Crutcher, Margaret B. and dog "Bozo", circa 1950
Crutcher, Margaret B., Allen Aldridge and Mary B. Aldridge Wall, Arizona, 1961
Crutcher, Margaret B. and dog at Beauchamp Farm, 1941
Crutcher, Margaret B. and Edith Aldridge, 1983
Crutcher, Margaret B. and Gregg Swem, 1947
Crutcher, Margaret and John cottage, Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1950
Crutcher, Margaret B. and mother Anne D. Bush Beauchamp en route to Oklahoma, 1949
Crutcher, Margaret B. and nephew Gregg Swem, 1947
Crutcher, Margaret B. and niece Mary Aldridge, circa 1950
Crutcher, Margaret B. and nieces Peggy Ridlehoover and Mary Aldridge, circa 1950
Crutcher, Margaret B. at picnic table, circa 1950
Crutcher, Margaret B., far right, circa 1950
Crutcher, Margaret and sister Edith Aldridge, Beauchamp Farm, circa 1970
Crutcher, Margaret B., Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1950
Crutcher, Margaret B. on far right, fishing trip, circa 1930
Crutcher, Margaret Beauchamp, Anne Swem, and Edith Aldridge, circa 1980
Crutcher, Margaret, left, with friends, circa 1940
Crutcher, Margaret B., right, with Native children, South Florida, circa 1935
Crutcher, Margaret B. and Peggy Ridlehoover Morris with unknown man, circa 1960
Crutcher, Margaret B., Mary Wall, and Allen Aldridge at lookout on way to Oak Creek, Arizona, circa 1960
Crutcher, Margaret Beauchamp with great niece Margaret D. Morris, circa 1952
Crutchers fishing in Alabama or North Florida, circa 1950
Crutchers' fishing trip with friends, circa 1950
Crutchers, left, and Pitts at Beauchamp Farm, circa 1950
Crutchers' new home, Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1950
Crutcher, unknown, 1944
Cub Scouts meeting, Pack 23, at Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church, Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1955
Daughters of Joe A. and Anne D. Bush Beauchamp, circa 1960
Deacon/elder/minister at Morrison Chapel Presbyterian Church, circa 1950
Denny's, Shepherdsville, 2000
Dog "Boyo", circa 1960
Cacti with yellow flowers, 2004
Carol, daughter of Nina Krause, with truck, circa 2005
Caterpillar, 2013
Caterpillar on milkweed flower, 2013
Children, circa 1940
Christmas party, circa 1960
Christmas party attendees, circa 1960
Christmas tree at Crutcher home, circa 1950
Church, 2005
Cottage, circa 1940
Couple, circa 1940
Couple at Christmas party, circa 1960
Couple cooking on campfire, undated
Couple in front of automobile, undated
Couple in snow attire, undated
Couple on porch, Beauchamp home, undated
Couple on steps, undated
Couple portrait, circa 1960
Crockett, Adams and other family members posing after dinner at Morrison Chapel Presbyterian Church, Hancock County, Kentucky, circa 1900
Crockett, Granville Smith portrait on mantelpiece, Beauchamp farm (Crockett was a son of renowned Colonel Anthony Crockett of the American Revolution and War of 1812), circa 1960
Crutcher home, Montgomery, Alabama, 1952
Crutcher, John and Margaret B. and Edith Beauchamp Aldridge, circa 1945
Crutcher, John and Margaret B. and unknown man, circa 1945
Crutcher, John and Margaret B. with niece Peggy Ridlehoover, circa 1945
Crutcher, Margaret Julia Beauchamp, circa 1901-1940
Crutcher, Margaret Beauchamp and friend, circa 1920-1922
Crutcher, Margaret Beauchamp and horse, circa 1920
Crutcher, Margaret B. and Myrtle, caregiver of Anne D. Bush Beauchamp, circa 1950
Crutcher, Margaret B., center, circa 1920
Crutcher, Margaret B., fifth from left, second row, circa 1920
Crutcher, Margaret, 5 months, 1901
Crutcher, Margaret holding Peggy Ridlehoover, circa 1935
Crutcher, Margaret, left, and friends, Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1930
Crutcher, Margaret, far right, circa 1920
Crutcher, Margaret on right, with woman holding dog, circa 1940
Dresser, circa 1950
Crutcher, Margaret J. Beauchamp, circa 1919-1920
Discussion group on WHAS-TV, fifth grade, Emmet Field Grade School, 1956 or 1957
E-F, 1920-2005, undated
Emmanuel Church service, Geneva, Switzerland (where Gerard Moser was rector), circa 1985
Family, 1950
Family, circa 2000
Family gathering, Beauchamp Farm, 1953
Family reunion picnic, Beauchamp Farm, circa 1960
Family room in home of Allen and Edith Aldridge, Lewisport, Kentucky, circa 1967
Feland, Joan Stoughton Ridlehoover, circa 1925-1975
Feland, Joan Ridlehoover and Gregg Swem, circa 1970
Feland, Joan Ridlehoover and Peggy Ridlehoover Morris, circa 1930
Feland, Joan Ridlehoover and Peggy Ridlehoover Morris with Gerard Moser and family, circa 1985
Feland, Joan Ridlehoover, Anne Swem, and Sonny Ridlehoover, circa 1930
Feland, Joan, Douglas Wall, Mary Aldridge Wall, and Peggy and Mac Morris, home of Sue Bush Pitt, 1972
Feland, Joan Ridlehoover, far left, and Sonny Ridlehoover, circa 1930
Feland, Joan Ridlehoover in lake, circa 1940
Feland, Joan Ridlehoover in mother's wedding dress, Beauchamp Farm, 1947
Feland, Joan Ridlehoover, Peggy Ridlehoover Morris, and Sonny Ridlehoover, circa 1930
Feland, Joan Ridlehoover petting dog at Virginia home, 1963
Feland, Joan Ridlehoover, Sonny Ridlehoover, and "Ed", circa 1928
Feland, Joan Ridlehoover, Sonny Ridlehoover, and Peggy Ridlehoover Morris, circa 1930
Feland, Joan Ridlehoover, Sonny Ridlehoover, and Peggy Ridlehoover Morris gathering flowers, circa 1930
Feland, Joan Ridlehoover with doll, circa 1926
Feland, Joan and John Ridlehoover with Gregg Swem and dog "Fritz", 1953
"Fishing trip on Christmas Eve", 1968
Friend or family member, name unknown, circa 1950
Frosty fence, Beauchamp Farm, circa 1960
Elderly couple, undated
Eleanor, granddaughter of Nina Krause, circa 2005
Family, undated
Family at dinner table, undated
Feland, Armstead I, brother of John Feland, and II, circa 1940
Feland, Joan Stoughton Ridlehoover, 1927-circa 1945
Feland, Joan and Sonny Ridlehoover in holly hocks at Beauchamp Farm, circa 1930
Feland, Joan in snow with dog, Hancock County, Kentucky, circa 1941
Feland, Joan in swimsuit, circa 1945
Feland, Joan nineteenth birthday, 1945
Fields, Oklahoma, undated
Fishing, undated
Friends of Margaret Crutcher, circa 1920
Feland, Joan Stoughton Ridlehoover, circa 1926
Feland, Joan and Sonny Ridlehoover, circa 1930
G-H, 1920-2013, undated
Geese on lake, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, 2001
Grand Canyon, circa 1960
Hancher, Sara with daughters Sally (later Rose) and Priscilla (later White), circa 1940
Home of Peggy and Mac Morris, Benton, Kentucky, circa 1975
Home of John and Margaret Crutcher, Gilmer Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1950
Home of Margaret B. Crutcher, Lewisport, Kentucky, circa 1965
Home of William Longest Taylor, Lewisport, Kentucky, circa 1970
Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1949
House, circa 1960-1961, undated
Garden at Crutchers' home, 1952
Garden pepper, 2013
Girl, undated
Girl playing violin, circa 1920
Girls in swimsuits, circa 1950
Girls sitting in grass, undated
"Governor", 1922
Group of children, undated
Group of women, undated
Holiday greeting card from Helen and Theodor Swem with photo of fox, undated
Home of Robert C. Beauchamp land marker, undated
House in Arizona, 2005
"Hudson", 1922
I-J, 1943-1987, undated
Ingram, Stacey Anne, circa 1985-1987
Ingram, Stacey A. and great-grandmother Edith Aldridge, 1986
Iris bed of Margaret B. Crutcher, Beauchamp Farm, circa 1960
Jackson, Harry, family friend, 1943
Jackson, Harry and Jackie Olinger, family friends of the Ridlehoovers, 1943
Jefferson Davis monument, Fairview, Kentucky, circa 1950
Infant, circa 1950
Infant (possibly Gregg Swem), circa 1950
Infant in carriage, circa 1950
Ingram, Stacey A., 1985
"Just some silly girls", undated
Jones, Winifred Kelly with mother Katherine Bush Kelly, undated
Infant in crib outside, Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1949
K-L, 1932-2005
Kentucky Lake, circa 1950
Kentucky State Fair, circa 1990
Lake, circa 1950
Lake, circa 2000
Lambert, Mary B. Aldridge Wall, 1932
Le Grand, Gordon Jr., Montgomery, Alabama, 1964
Krause, Bill admiring rose blooms, circa 2005
Krause, Bill and dog Mocha, circa 2005
Krause, Nina, circa 2005
Krause, Nina on porch, circa 2005
Krause, Nina with coffee mug, circa 2005
Lindstrom, Richard and Anne McDowell, circa 1960
Lambert, Mary B. Aldridge Wall, 1932
M-N, 1920-2015, undated
Mason, Julia, 1941
Mason, Martha Robb and Gregg Swem, 1947
"Mary, Gregg, Peg, Joan, Mother, and Pappy", 1947
Mason, Martha holding Margaret D. Morris, 1953
Mason, Robb at Robert C. Beauchamp home, circa 1972
Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama, where Margaret B. Crutcher worked in library in World War II era, circa 1940
"Mike and wife", undated
Mime (Anne B. Ridlehoover Swem), 1942
"Mommy and Julie", undated
Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1948
Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1950
Morris, Caroline, 18 months, 1997
Morris, David and Mac, circa 1940
Moser, Gerard in reverend attire, 1986
Morris, Mac, circa 1950
Morris, Mac and Peggy Ridlehoover at Kentucky Lake, circa 1950
Morris, Mac and Peggy Ridlehoover on trip as newlyweds, circa 1951
Morris, Mac on bull, circa 1951
Morris, Mac on horse at Beauchamp Farm, 1951
Morris, Mac, World War II, Navy, circa 1945
Morris, Kaytlin birthday party, circa 2000
Morris, Margaret D. with caregiver of Anne D. Bush Beauchamp, circa 1954
Morris, Margaret Jake, undated
Morris, Margaret Jake holding son, undated
Morris, Margaret Jake, left, son Mac Morris, and daughter-in-law Peggy Ridlehoover Morris, undated
Morris, Margaret Jake and Peggy Ridlehoover Morris, circa 1950
Morris, Margaret Jake on right with family members, circa 1930
Morris, Peggy Ridlehoover and "Bozo", 1941
Morris, Peggy Ridlehoover and Gregg Swem, 1950
Morris, Peggy and Gregg Swem on porch of Margaret Crutcher, Montgomery, Alabama, 1950
Morris, Peggy Ridlehoover, circa 1930
Morris, Peggy Ridlehoover, Beauchamp Farm, circa 1930
Morris, Peggy Ridlehoover on bull, circa 1951
Morris, Peggy Ridlehoover on donkey, circa 1951
Morris, Peggy Ridlehoover on horse, Beauchamp Farm, 1951
Morris, Peggy Ridlehoover working at Hallmark shop, Benton, Kentucky, circa 1980
Morris, Mac, 1969
Morris, Mac and Peggy, circa 1950
Morris, Mac and Peggy at Kentucky Lake, circa 1950
Morris, Peggy Ridlehoover on Santa's lap, circa 1990
Moser, Arthur and son Charles, 1935
Moser, Charles or Gerard, 1935
Moser, Gerard in reverend attire, Geneva, Switzerland, 1984
Moser, Gerard, Reverend of Emmanuel Church in Geneva, Switzerland, with wife and children, and first cousins Peggy and Joan Ridlehoover, circa 1980
"Mr. Ridlehoover, Mommy, and Joan", circa 1926
Mrs. Lander, undated
"Mrs. Mumps", circa 1920
Musketeer (?), undated
Myrtle, caregiver for Anne D. Bush Beauchamp, circa 1954
Myrtle, housekeeper and caregiver for Anne D. Bush Beauchamp, with dogs, circa 1954
Native man wrestling alligator, Miami, Florida, circa 1950
Native man wrestling alligator on left, John Crutcher on right, Miami, Florida, circa 1950
Nephew (?) of Gregg Swem after high school graduation, 2000
Main Street Alliance, circa 2015
Man holding infant, circa 1960
Manila Hotel, Manila, Philippines, circa 1942-1945
Man in formal attire, circa 1930
Man on swing, 1944
Man working on automobile, circa 1930
March flowers, Joe Pye weed, and lighthouse lamp, circa 2004
Marina, undated
Mason, Robb and Katherine, circa 1903
Miles, grandson of Nina Krause, circa 2005
Miles, grandson of Nina Krause, examining digital camera, circa 2005
Mitchell, Bruce, from Sand Mountain, Alabama (friend of Wade Hall and Gregg Swem), 2010
Morris, Allen commencement ceremony, Murray University, 1996
Morris, Peggy Ridlehoover, circa 1935-1945
Morris, Peggy and Crutchers at Panama City Beach, Florida, circa 1950
Morris, Peggy and cousin David Terry Beauchamp, circa 1936
Morris, Peggy and Joan Feland, circa 1945
Morris, Peggy, Sonny Ridlehoover, and cousin Mary Aldridge, Beauchamp Farm, undated
Morris, Peggy at beach, circa 1950
Morris, Peggy, aunt Margaret B. Crutcher, and sister Joan Feland, circa 1945
Morris, Peggy in Central Park, Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1939
Morris, Peggy on a horse at Beauchamp Farm, undated
Morris, Peggy, Panama City Beach, Florida, circa 1950
Morris, Peggy with Beauchamp and Mason relatives, Hancock County, Kentucky, circa 1940
Moser family, 1962
Moser, Gerard with wife and son at Sinai, 1997
Navy sailors, circa 1940
Navy ship, circa 1940
Morris, Mac and Peggy and John and Joan Feland on trip to Mexico, 1957
Morris, Margaret "Peggy" Ridlehoover, circa 1937
Neal, Patricia, autographed to Gregg Swem (Swem was interviewing her for the Courier-Journal), 1979
Miller, Ann by Gregg Swem III proof sheet (Swem was interviewing her for the Courier-Journal), 1979
Neal, Patricia, talking with children at Walden Theatre, staff photos by Bill Luster Accent, Courier Journal, proof sheet, 1979
O-P, 1915-2013, undated
Ohio River at Tell City, Indiana and Hancock County, Kentucky, undated
Oklahoma (?), circa 1940
Oklahoma, oil fields, 1949
Partygoers, circa 1930
Patriotic celebration, circa 1930
Pitt, Alexander M., and granddaughter Erika Aponte, circa 1975
Pitt, Alexander M. and Sue Bush Beauchamp twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1971
Pitt, Sue B. Beauchamp, circa 1930
Pitt, Sue B. Beauchamp and daughter Susan, circa 1950
Pitt, Sue B. Beauchamp gardening at home, circa 1970
Pitt, Susan, 1948-1949
Pitt, Susan W. and Christmas stocking at Crutcher home, Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1950
Pitt, Susan W. and grandfather Joe Beauchamp on horse at Beauchamp Farm, 1951
Pitt, Susan W. and mother Sue B. Beauchamp Pitt, 1950
Pitt, Susan W. and father Alexander Pitt, circa 1970
Pitt, Susan W., Christmas in Alabama at aunt Margaret B. Crutcher's new home, circa 1950
Pitt, Susan, nine months, 1949
Pitt, Susan, seven months, 1949
Pitt, Susan W. visiting in aunt Margaret B. Crutcher's new home, Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1950
Pitt, Susan with mother Sue B. Beauchamp Pitt, circa 1950
Public Springs, Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1949
Older couple, circa 1950
Older couple on porch, circa 1950
Older woman, circa 1950
Older woman in formal attire, circa 1950
Peacock, Greenville, Indiana, 2013
"Picnickers", undated
Pitt, Sue Beauchamp, circa 1930
Pitt, Sue and husband Alexander McDonough, 1946
Pitt, Sue, Anne D. Bush Beauchamp, Edith Aldridge, Margaret Crutcher, Anne Swem, left to right, circa 1915
Pitt, Susan, Christmas at Crutchers' home, circa 1950
Pitt, Susan, seventeen months, 1950
Pitt, Susan, three months, with Beauchamp grandparents, 1949
Post office, Manila, Philippines, circa 1942-1945
Purple flowers, 2004
Ohio River from banks in Hancock County, Kentucky, circa 1930
Pitt, Sue Bush Beauchamp, circa 1930
Pitt, Sue B. during World War II, stationed at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, circa 1930
Pitt, Sue Beauchamp, 1942
Q-R, 1927-2001, undated
Ramada Inn sign, 1975
"Ready to leave for Christmas in Arizona", circa 1960
"Rex and her puppies", Swem home, Louisville, 1954
Ridlehoover, Anne D., 1942
Ridlehoover, Anne D. and Franklin with Joan, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Anne D. and friend, undated
Ridlehoover children, circa 1930-1935,undated
Ridlehoover children at Beauchamp Farm, 1941-1942
Ridlehoover children leaving for Louisville after Christmas at Beauchamp Farm, 1941
Ridlehoover children with grandparents Beauchamp, circa 1939
Ridlehoover infant, unknown, circa 1930
Ridlehoover family, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Joan Stoughton, circa 1927-1950
Ridlehoover, Joan and father Franklin, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Joan and Peggy playing in snow, Beauchamp farm, 1941
Ridlehoover, Joan and Sonny, circa 1930-1932
Ridlehoover, Joan and Sonny and unknown, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Joan and Sonny gathering flowers, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Joan and Sonny with pet goat at Beauchamp Farm, circa 1940
Ridlehoover, Joan at Indian Lake, Hawesville, Kentucky, circa 1945
Ridlehoover, Joan in her grandmother's wedding dress, 1947
Ridlehoover, Joan milking "Lena", circa 1940
Ridlehoover, Julie and friends, circa 1970
Ridlehoover, Peggy, circa 1930-1949
Ridlehoover, Peggy and Mary Aldridge, circa 1947
Ridlehoover, Peggy and Mary Aldridge visit to Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1947
Ridlehoover, Peggy in dark bathing suit, right, Panama City Beach, Florida, circa 1947
Ridlehoover, Peggy on left, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Peggy on right, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Peggy visiting in Montgomery, Alabama with the Crutchers, circa 1950
Ridlehoover, Peggy, six or seven years old, Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1936
Ridlehoover, Samuel Franklin Jr. on right, undated
Ridlehoover, Samuel Franklin Jr. with Sonny on shoulder, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Sonny, circa 1928-1950
Ridlehoover, Sonny and cat, New York City, 1952
Ridlehoover, Sonny and horse, Beauchamp Farm, 1956
Ridlehoover, Sonny and Peggy, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Sonny, Anne Swem, and Julie Ridlehoover, circa 1970
Ridlehoover, Sonny at golf course, while serving in the U.S. Army, 1949
Ridlehoover, Samuel Jr. holding baby Joan Ridlehoover, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Sonny, Central Park, Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1940
Ridlehoover, Sonny in wagon, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Sonny, 6 months, 1928
Ridlehoover, Samuel Jr. and Joan, 1927
Ridlehoover, Sonny and Joan, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Joan, Sonny, and man with infant, unknown, circa 1930
Ridlehoover-Swem siblings, 1990
Road in Arkansas, 1949
Rodgers, Jerry and Jacquelyn, Louisville friends, 1992
Rooster and snow at Beauchamp Farm, circa 1950
Red pansies, 2004
Ridlehoover children, circa 1935
Ridlehoover children and cousin Mary Aldridge, Beauchamp Farm, circa 1930-1940, undated
Ridlehoover family, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Samuel Jr., Joan, and Sonny, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Samuel Jr. and child, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Sonny and Joan, circa 1928
Ridlehoover, Sonny and schoolmates, circa 1940
Ridlehoover, Sonny and Joan eating watermelon, Beauchamp Farm, circa 1930
Ridlehoover, Sonny, Beauchamp Farm, circa 1925-1940
Ridlehoover, Sonny's classmates, circa 1940
Ridlehoover, Sonny with dog, undated
Ridlehoover, Samuel Jr. (copy), undated
Ridlehoover, Samuel Jr., family, 1930
Rose, Neil and Sally Hancher, fiftieth anniversary, 2001
Ridlehoover children, removed from gilt case, circa 1930-1935
S-T, 1904-2014, undated
Samford, Alice E. (Virginia friend of Gregg Swem), 1976
Side of building, 1975
Side of house, 1975
Snow at Beauchamp Farm, 1967
Snowy bush, Beauchamp Farm, circa 1960
Snowy tree, Benton, Kentucky, circa 1975
Snowy yard, circa 1950
Stained glass window in Emmanuel Church, Geneva, Switzerland, 1986
Summer eating porch, Beauchamp Farm, circa 1950
Swem, Anne Dunnington Beauchamp Ridlehoover, circa 1920-1965
Swem, Anne and Joan Ridlehoover in canoe, circa 1945
Swem, Anne, Beauchamp Farm, circa 1920
Swem, Anne, Gregg Swem, and Joe Beauchamp on horse, 1948
Swem, Anne holding Gregg Swem, circa 1947
Swem, Anne holding Joan Ridlehoover, circa 1926
Swem, Anne swimming with one of her children, circa 1940-1945
Swem, Anne with Joan and Sonny Ridlehoover, 1928
Swem, Earl Gregg Jr., circa 1950
Swem, Earl Gregg Jr. and Anne with Gregg, Joan, and Peggy, circa 1947
Swem, Earl Gregg Jr., World War II, Philippines, 1945
Swem family at Beauchamp Farm, 1947
Swem, Gregg, 1946-circa 1990
Swem, Gregg and Anne Swem, circa 1946
Swem, Gregg and Anne D. Bush Beauchamp, 1947
Swem, Gregg and Joe A. Beauchamp on horse, circa 1950
Swem, Gregg and Joe A. Beauchamp on horse-driven mowing machine, 1954
Swem, Gregg and grandmother Anne D. Bush Beauchamp, 1947
Swem, Gregg and Helen, Evergreen, Colorado, 1988
Swem, Gregg, Anne, and Peggy, 1950
Swem, Gregg and Theodor "Ted", Evergreen, Colorado, 1988
Swem, Gregg at graduation party of family member (nephew?), circa 2000
Swem, Gregg, Everett Avenue, Louisville, circa 1947
Swem, Gregg in bassinet, circa 1946
Swem, Gregg in lap, circa 1946
Swem, Gregg, Neil Rose, and Mac and Peggy Morris, 1997
Swem, Gregg on cot, circa 1946
Swem, Gregg on horse "Bill", Beauchamp Farm, 1952-1954
Swem, Gregg on pony, Field Avenue, Louisvile, 1954
Swem, Gregg and Mac Barr in wagon, Field Avenue, Louisville, circa 1950
Swem, Gregg and Priscilla H. White, 1996
Swem, Gregg and Susan Pitt on horse, circa 1950
Swem, Gregg and Susan Pitt on tractor, circa 1950
Swem, Gregg at Beauchamp Farm, circa 1948
Swem, Gregg at Josef Digman's house, 1975
Swem, Gregg backyard at Beauchamp Farm, 1948
Swem, Gregg on horse, 1953
Swem, Gregg on horse at Beauchamp Farm, 1951
Swem, Gregg on pony, Field Avenue, Louisville, 1954
Swem, Gregg with friends Edith and Walter, 1967
Swem, Gregg with older couple, 1985
Swem, Gregg, Susan Pitt, and Anne Bush Beauchamp, 1953
Swem, Helen, wife of Ted Swem, 2014
Swimming hole, Hancock County, Kentucky, circa 1920
Taylor, Adelaide L. and Julia Mason, Fourth of July party, 1980
Taylor, Adelaide L. and Margaret B. Crutcher, 1982
Taylor, Vivian, Julia Mason, Adelaide L. Taylor, and Margaret B. Crutcher, 1981
Tools on exhibit at The Filson Club Historical Society, circa 1980
Salubria land marker, Culpeper County, Virginia, home of great-grandfather James Farish Hansbrough and other forebears of Gregg Swem, circa 2000
"Sleeping", circa 1920
Snow at Beauchamp Farm, circa 1960
Spadehaven, former home of Dr and Mrs. Earl Gregg Swem, 119 Chandler Court, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1996
Saint Domingo Church, Manila, Philippines, circa 1940
Swem, Anne Dunnington Beauchamp Ridlehoover, circa 1923-1925
Swem, Anne and children Joan and Sonny Ridlehoover, circa 1930
Swem, Anne and daughter Joan Ridlehoover, circa 1926
Swem, Anne, Beauchamp Farm, undated
Swem, Anne portrait, 1922
Swem, Antonia Regina, eleven months, daughter of Robert Swem, 1992
Swem, Gregg, 1950
Swem, Gregg and Falk von Usslow (?), German friend visiting Louisville, 1996
Swem, Gregg and friends at event, 2003
Swem, Gregg and Priscilla H. White, 2001
Swem, Gregg and Santa at Stewart's or Kaufman's Department Store, circa 1950
Swem, Earl Gregg Jr. and Anne Swem, circa 1969
Swem, Lilia Hansbrough with daughter-in-law Anne Swem and Gregg, 1946
Taylor, Adelaide Christmas card, cousin from Hancock County, Kentucky, circa 1980
Three young girls, undated
Toddler and infant, undated
Toddler in crib outside, Montgomery, Alabama, 1948
Toddler in stroller, 1948
Town covered in snow, aerial, undated
Town in distance, circa 1920
Tree-lined lake, circa 1950
Two children, undated
Two men holding string of fish, circa 1950
Two women in desert, undated
Two women, river in background, undated
Swem, Anne Dunnington Beauchamp Ridlehoover, circa 1904-1925
Swem, Gregg and classmates around Christmas tree, first grade, Emmet Field Grade School, 1952
Swem, Gregg, dancing group for WHAS-TV program, Emmet Field Grade School, 1956
Swem, Gregg, fifth grade photo, Emmet Field Grade School, 1957
Swem, Gregg, first grade photo, Emmet Field Grade School, circa 1952
Swem, Gregg, Bill Mootz, Sarah Lansdell, and Owen Hardy, left to right, promotional photo of Louisville Courier Journal arts staff, circa 1980
Swem, Gregg, singing group for WHAS-TV, fifth grade, Emmet Field Grade School, 1956 or 1957
Swem, Gregg visit to Santa, 1949
Swem, Helen with granddaughter Mikaley Briggs, Christmas card, circa 2005
Taylor, Adelaide L., wife of C. Waitman Taylor, circa 1930
The Gills - The Aerial Glorions, autographed, from Courier Journal coverage by Gregg Swem, circa 1975
The Gills iron-jaw juggling, from Courier Journal coverage by Gregg Swem, circa 1975
U-Z, 1920-2003, undated
Unidentified woman and Peggy Ridlehoover Morris, circa 1950
University of Kentucky, circa 1950
Wall, Andy, great-grandson of Edith B. Aldridge, circa 1980
Wall, Doug and Libby and Stacey Ingram, circa 1986
Wall, Douglas and Mary B. Aldridge, Peggy and Mac Morris, and Joan Feland, 1972
Wall, John, 1974-1980
Wall, Martha Edwards, circa 1950-1966
Wall, Martha and son Douglas "Andy" with birthday cake, 1982
Wall, Martha Edwards on bike, circa 1956
Wall, Martha with Guy Allen Aldridge and sons, John and Andy, 1982
Wall, Mary B. Aldridge, 1979
Wall, Mary "Libby" E., 1966-1972
Weber, Caroline, Courier Journal and Louisville Times telephone operator, undated
White, Priscilla H. after poetry reading and workshop in Tucson, Arizona, 1997
White, Priscilla H. and Gregg Swem, 2003
Williamsburg, Virginia, Governor's Palace, circa 1949
Woman, circa 1950
Woman in snowy yard, circa 1960
Woman on beach, circa 1950
Woman with dogs, circa 1950
Waddell Memorial Church (Presbyterian), Rapidan, Virginia, circa 1990-2000
Wall, Mary, circa 1931
Wall, Mary and cousin Peggy Ridlehoover at Beauchamp Farm, undated
Wall, Mary, daughter of Edith and Allen Aldridge, high school graduation, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1949
Wall, Mary, four months, circa 1931
Wall, Mary, circa 1980
Woman, circa 1940-1960
Woman and girl, circa 1920
Woman bottle feeding baby, circa 1950
Woman holding baby, circa 1930-1950
Woman holding toddler, undated
Woman in formal attire, undated
Woman in rocking chair, undated
Woman in sitting room, undated
Woman in winter attire, undated
Woman walking on beach, circa 1950
Women, circa 1950
Women watching men do something (?), undated
Young boy and girl, 1937
Young boy on bicycle, undated
Young girl, circa 1950
Young girl and infant, undated
Young woman portrait, undated
Publications, 1941-2015, undated
Scope and Contents
The Publications series (1941-2015, undated) primarily comprises catalogs, calendars, and news articles and clippings collected by Gregg Swem. Notably, there are articles about Hancock County, where his mother was from, and also some clippings collected by his mother, Anne Swem.
Art and Antique Catalogue, WKPC Channel 15 (first fundraiser for the station, organized by Wade Hall), 1980
"Bobby Flinn '66 Continues to Find Musical Inspiration at his Alma Mater" article, College of William and Mary Alumni Magazine, 2012
Brunswick County Lake Gaston calendars of events, 1999-2003
"So It's Been Told: Footnotes to Hancock County History" article, 1985
Taste of Brunswick Festival 2000 pamphlet, 2000
Taste of Brunswick Festival booklet, 2009
From the Pool's Edge by Dody Carlisle, exercise instructor, Wellness Center, Louisville, 2011
News articles, Hancock County (copies), undated
News articles and clippings (copies), undated
News clippings, 1956-1971, undated
News clippings, Gregg Swem, 1952-1971, undated
Newspaper obituaries, family members, 1978-2010
"New York, New York" published short story by Peter Van Metre, friend of Franklin Ridlehoover, 1976 (copy), undated
Second Lieutenant Sue Bush Beauchamp article, The Hancock Clarion (copy), undated
"Shrub Love" article (copy), undated
"The Romance of Heraldry" catalog, undated
Newspapers and clippings, 1941-2015
"Recognition of a Local Visionary", Messenger-Inquirer supplement about C. Waitman Taylor, cousin from Owensboro and Hancock County, 2011
The Hancock Clarion newspapers and clippings collected by Anne Swem, 1972-1984
Realia, 1866-1964, undated
Scope and Contents
The Realia collection (1866-1964, undated) comprises sentimental objects collected by Gregg Swem, such as pins from childhood extracurricular activities, handmade baby clothes from infanthood, a wooden relic from his grandfather Joe Beauchamp's farm dated back to the 1860s, and a strangely large amount of hair cuttings from his mother, Anne Swem.
Infant clothing of Gregg Swem, some homemade, and hairbrush, circa 1946
Embroidered patches, Red Cross and Young Men's Christian Association, undated
Felt letter "B" with pin, undated
Handkerchief, circa 1950
American Red Cross Volunteer pin, circa 1960
Badge pin, circa 1950
Fountain pens of Anne Swem from her high school or college days, in box, circa 1920
Hair of Anne Swem, two cuttings, in New York World's Fair bag, circa 1920-1923
"In Friendship: Ottawa" pin, undated
Maple leaf pin, undated
Wooden relic from the Beauchamp farm, Hancock County, Kentucky, likely from porch floorboard or a door, circa 1866
Young Men's Christian Association Fish Club pin, circa 1960
Class ring, Atherton High School, 1964
Native American flint or arrowhead found at Beauchamp farm, Ohio River, between Hawesville and Lewisport, Kentucky, undated
Gilt photo case, circa 1930
Photograph/painting of Ann Millian Stone Bush (1838-1928), possibly colored by Patty Thum (Mrs. Bush, great-grandmother of Gregg Swem, was blind.), undated
Christmas carols sung by 7-year-old Gregg Swem, recorded by Miss Laura Weiss who was his piano teacher in Louisville, 1953
Subject files, 1920-2012, undated
Scope and Contents
The Subject files series (1920-2012, undated) comprises several sub-series of papers collected and created by Gregg Swem organized by topic, such as from birth and early childhood, church, education, extracurricular activities, and travel.
Birth and early childhood, 1946-1950
Baby book, Gregg Swem, 1946
Baby diary, unused, 1946
Baby hair, Gregg Swem, circa 1946
Formula sheet and hospital menu from birth of Gregg Swem, 1946
"The Little Cat" booklet by Gregg Swem, circa 1950
Church, 1950-1992
Church, miscellaneous, circa 1950-1985
Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church, 1950-1958
Recital programs, Clifton Unitarian Church, 1954
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, 1954-1992
"The Bishop's Letter", 1956
Wyt and Science script, program, and sheet music, First Unitarian Church, 1971
Education, 1951-1970, undated
"An Annual Report of Giving" - The Development Council, College of William and Mary, 1970
Architectural course sketchbook, College of William and Mary, circa 1966
Atherton High School commencement invitation, schedule, programs, PTA sheet, 1963-1964
Atherton High School student directories, 1961-1963
College of William and Mary photo directories, 1968-1969
College of William and Mary, papers and programs, 1964-1968
Emmet Field School Parent-Teachers Association address book and bulletins, 1955-1958
Emmet Field School - newsletters, schoolwork, schedules, programs,, circa 1951- 1958
Diploma, Atherton High School, 1964
Music festival programs, 1960-1964
Play production programs, circa 1956-1958
School crafts and cards, circa 1951-1958
School progress reports, 1951-1957
Short stories, "A Week to Remember" and "A Country Lane I Like" for English class, 1961
The Aerial, Atherton High School publication, 1964
The Cynosure, Barret Junior High School newspaper, 1959-1961
The Dayman, Louisville Country Day, Volume III Number XV, 1960
The Field Glass, Emmet Field School newspaper, 1952
University of Louisville commencement exercises, 1969
The Flat Hat, College of William and Mary newspaper, 1964
Extracurricular activities, 1951-2008, undated
Automobile driving instruction certificate, Louisville Taxicab and Transfer Co., 1962
Boy Scouts of America, 1955-1956
Boy Scouts pack badges/sashes, circa 1955
Certificate of Recognition for Community Volunteer Service, 1962
Cub Scout Program Quarterly, Winter 1955 and Summer 1957, 1955-1957
Standard first aid course exam, circa 1960
Swimming Certificate of Merit, City of Louisville, 1956
The American National Red Cross certificates and papers, 1956-1965
The Den Mother's Book, Boy Scouts of America, 1951
Young Men's Christian Association certificates, 1959
Bachelor of Square Dancing diploma, Eufaula, Alabama, 2008
"The Story of Oil", Cub Scout project, 1954
Travel, 1950-1972, undated
American Express travel brochure, mailing list, itinerary, hotel lists, 1972
French customs slip; skirt material, circa 1972
Grosset's French Phrase Book and Dictionary for Travelers, 1971
New York World's Fair maps, pamphlet, 1964-1965
Pocket memo chronicling European travels kept by Anne Swem, 1972
Tour brochures, circa 1950-1970
Assorted, 1920-2012, undated
Celebrazione di Venere menu, 2006
Ceremony of Lighting the Yule Log program, College of William and Mary, undated
Choate School of Dance card, undated
Christmas gift tag addressed to Gregg Swem, circa 1950
Christmas place cards with pine cuttings, 1951
Clippings from funeral of Edith Bush or Anne Bush Beauchamp, circa 1960
Cut and fold activity, buildings and heavy machinery, undated
Envelopes, print albums and negative envelopes with writing providing context for photographs, circa 1920-2009
Flags, unknown, undated
Funeral programs, 2009-2012
Hall, Wade poem "The House on the Hill", undated
Hand-drawn map, undated
"How I Spent My Summer Vacation" booklet by Anne Swem (see corresponding sub-series of photographs), circa 1980
J.S. Sanders and Company Book Publishers mail-outs, catalogs, 1998
Material descriptions, circa 2018
Notes taken at John Warren/Elizabeth Taylor political rally (covered by Gregg Swem for Courier Journal), 1978
One-day fishing license, Margaret Beauchamp Crutcher, 1960
"O' Tannenbaum, O' Tannenbaum" lyrics, handwritten, circa 1960
Palmer, Gail "Dirty Movies" business card (interviewed by Gregg Swem for newspaper), undated
Photo mounting corners, Dennison Manufacturing Co., circa 1950
Pitt, Sue Bush Beauchamp Christmas card, World War II, circa 1940
Polio vaccine cards, 1954
Postage stamp treasure hunt, undated
Postcards, unused - Virginia, Kentucky, Mexico, Washington D.C., etcetera, circa 1958
Ridlehoover, Joan "letter" to Aunt Bush (child's pencil scratch), 1927
Ridlehoover III, Samuel "Sonny" Franklin funeral programs, eulogies, obituary, etcetera, 1999
Smallpox vaccination certificate, Peggy Ridlehoover, 1936
Souvenir impression of the Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, undated
Stallings, Clyde eulogy by Gregg Swem, 2007
Swem, Anne silhouette cards, circa 1940
The Oak Room menu (location of Anne Swem's 80th birthday celebration), 1984
"The Road Back to History" Hancock County tour program, 1974
Turner's Indoor Circus program, 1956
Van Metre, Peter, friend of Frank Ridlehoover, letter and short story about childhood, 1999
Wedding program Frances Batte and Henry Hardenbach, Merchant's Hope Church (friends from William and Mary), 1968
Drawing of Jean Howerton Coady, arts editor, by Stephen Sebree, signed by Louisville Courier Journal staff, circa 1986
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