Francis Huntington Swett and Mary Elizabeth Glenn Swett Papers, circa 1932-1956

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Summary

Creator:
Swett, Francis Huntington
Abstract:
Contains the research files for Francis Huntington Swett (1893-1943) and correspondence regarding his wife Mary Elizabeth Swett's (1895-1955) death. Francis Swett was a professor of anatomy and the first chair of the Department of Anatomy at Duke University School of Medicine. Following his death, Elizabeth Swett began working in the Duke School of Medicine's admissions office. Types of materials include research drawings and figures, notes, charts, correspondence, reports, and photographs. Materials range in date from 1932 to 1956.
Extent:
1.5 Linear Feet (1 carton)
Language:
English
Collection ID:
MC.0112

Background

Scope and content:

Contains the professional and personal papers of Francis Huntington Swett and Mary Elizabeth Swett. The professional papers document Francis Swett's research while he was a professor in Duke University's Department of Anatomy. Correspondence primarily pertains to Mrs. Swett's death on November 6, 1955, which occurred while she was attending a service honoring deceased members of the early Duke Medical and Hospital staff, including her husband. Types of materials include research drawings and figures, notes, charts, correspondence, reports, and photographs. The photographs include Francis Huntington Swett; his wife, Mary Elizabeth Glenn Swett; and unidentified groups. Materials range in date from 1932 to 1956.

Biographical / historical:

Francis Huntington Swett was born in 1893 to Eugene Newhall Swett and Caroline Huntington Swett in Maine. He received an AB degree from Bates College in 1916, an MA from Brown University in 1917, and a PhD from Yale University in 1922. During World War I, Swett served in the Navy. From 1922 to 1925, he worked as an Instructor and Associate in Anatomy at Johns Hopkins University. In 1925, he became an Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University. From 1930 until his death in 1943, Swett served as a Professor of Anatomy and the first chair of the Department of Anatomy at Duke University School of Medicine.
Swett married Mary Elizabeth Glenn in 1924.Upon his death in 1943, Elizabeth Swett, born in 1895 to Alexander Glenn and Agnes Pillsbury, began working in the School of Medicine's admissions office, where she worked until her death in 1955.

Acquisition information:
Accession A2006.016 (acquired from Francis Huntington Swett, February 2006), Accession A2010.055 (transferred by Duke University Medical Center Library, September 2010)
Processing information:

Processed by Dawne Howard Lucas: 2011; encoded by Dawne Howard Lucas: 2011

Arrangement:
Organized into the following series: Papers, circa 1932-1956.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Medical Center Archives.
Rules or conventions:
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This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals or IRB approval may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Duke University assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Francis Huntington Swett and Mary Elizabeth Glenn Swett Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.