University of Chicago Library/Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60637
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Image: Photo of cadet nurses in capping ceremony at Provident Training School, 1945, from the Provident Phalanx, courtesy of the University of Chicago Library/Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
Title: Harold Swift Papers, 1897-1962
Content: The papers of Harold H. Swift, member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago from 1914 to 1955, consist of correspondence, reports, and documents related to his activities as a member and later as chairman of the Board during this period of the University's history. There are a few letters which date as early as 1907, the year of Swift's graduation from the University, and material from the last seven years of his life (1955-62). The bulk of the collection dates between 1922 and 1948, when Swift was chairman of the Board.
Dates: 1897-1962
Size: 109.5 linear feet, 217 boxes
Access: Unrestricted
Language: English
Selected inventory:
| Title Identifier | Box/Folder # | Item Description |
| Series V: Administration-Divisions, Schools, and Colleges, Subseries 2: Medical and Biological, Sub-subseries 8: Other Hospitals and Research Fund | Box 130, Folders 20-21, Provident Hospital, 1932-1940; 1943-1950 | Contains documentation surrounding an agreement between the University Chicago and Provident Hospital |
| Series V: Administration-Divisions, Schools, and Colleges, Subseries 2: Medical and Biological, Sub-subseries 8: Other Hospitals and Research Fund | Box 131, Folder 2, Provident Hospital, "The Provident Phalanx", Vol. I nos. 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, Vol. II nos. 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 | Contains several issues of the Provident Phalanx (Provident Hospital and Training School newsletter/journal) |