Guide to the C. A. Swoyer Family Papers, 1890s-1982 SPEC.RARE.0148 Finding aid prepared by Audrey Wimbiscus, Sierra McGee Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
1858 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH, 43210
2025 September This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2025-10-06T10:04-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard C. A. Swoyer Family Papers SPEC.RARE.0148 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 2.484 Cubic feet 1890s-1982 C. A. (Clarence Albert) Swoyer (1884-1954) was an amateur telephone historian born in Pickaway County, Ohio, who lived most of his life in Columbus, Ohio. Swoyer was interested in amateur photography, and documented his family’s everyday life through the camera lens. The C.A. Swoyer Family Papers, dated 1890s to 1982, contains photographs, glass plate negatives, glass slides, and film negatives mostly created by C.A. Swoyer. Also included are awards for Swoyer's photography, newspaper articles about his photography, obituary and memorial information for Swoyer, and materials related to his interest in the history of telephones and scientific inventions. (14) card boxes; (2) oversize folders; (1) 5" letter document box; (1) 2.5" letter document box English Swoyer (Family) Swoyer, C. A. (Clarence Albert) Arrangement of Materials

The C. A. Swoyer Family Papers are arranged in 4 series:

Series 1: C. A. Swoyer Personal Interests and Swoyer Family Glass Plate Negatives and Photographs Series 2: Washington YMCA Trip Glass Slides and Photographs Series 3: South Side "Y" Park Glass Slides and Photographs Series 4: C. A. Swoyer Personal Papers

 Acquisitions Information

Accession No. RARE.2022.0073: Larry Hamill, 2022 January

 Preferred Citation

[identification of item], C. A. Swoyer Family Papers, SPEC.RARE.0148, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains glass slides, glass plate negatives.

 Access to Materials

Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room only.

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Processed by: Audrey Wimbiscus, Sierra McGee, 2025 September; Finding aid written by: Audrey Wimbiscus, Sierra McGee, 2025 September

 Biographical Note

C. A. (Clarence Albert) Swoyer (1884-1954) was an amateur telephone historian born in Pickaway County, Ohio, who lived most of his life in Columbus, Ohio. He was the son of Ephraim and Joanna Rebecca Swoyer, and married Ethel Karlsberger in 1909. They had their first daughter, Hazel, in 1910, and a second daughter, Marie, in 1913. Swoyer's grandson is Larry Hamill, a Columbus, Ohio area photographer.

Swoyer worked as a machinist, draftsman, telephone switchman, and telephone repairman over the course of his career. During this time, he combined his personal interest in the history of the telephone with his professional work at telephone companies such as the Ohio Bell Telephone Company, the Central Union Telephone Company, the Home Telephone Company of Puget Sound, the Columbus Citizens Telephone Company, and the Ohio State Telephone Company. Swoyer ended his career as an information assistant at Ohio Bell, where he was assigned to research telephone history.

Swoyer was interested in the history of the telephone and contributed his telephone knowledge to the following organizations: the Franklin County Historical Society, The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, Telephone Pioneers of America, and The Ohio Historical Society. He also collected sheet music for songs about telephones, amassing over 300 songs. Swoyer also was interested in amateur photography, and documented his family’s everyday life through the camera lens.

 Scope and Contents

The C.A. Swoyer Family Papers, dated 1890s to 1982, features photographic materials of various subjects including the Swoyer family, the South Side "Y" Park in Columbus, a YMCA trip to Tacoma, Washington, landscapes, and telephone poles. A majority of the photographs were taken in Columbus, Ohio, where Swoyer lived with his family. Also included in the C.A. Swoyer Family Papers are awards for Swoyer's photography, newspaper articles about his photography, obituary and memorial information for Swoyer, and materials related to his interest in the history of telephones and scientific inventions. This collection contains images in multiple formats including photographs, glass slides, glass plate negatives, and film negatives created by C.A. Swoyer; it is possible there are small amounts of those items taken by others, but Swoyer was the main photographer.

 Related Materials Larry Hamill Photography Records National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America Swoyer (Family) Swoyer, C. A. (Clarence Albert) Black-and-white negatives Black-and-white photographs Camping--Washington (State)--Tacoma--20th century Clippings (information artifacts) Family life--Ohio--19th century Family life--Ohio--20th century Glass plate negatives Landscape photography--20th century Lantern slides Men--Societies and clubs--United States--20th century Photographers--Ohio--Columbus--19th century Photographers--Ohio--Columbus--20th century Photographers--Washington (State)--Tacoma--20th century Portrait photography--Ohio--19th century Portrait photography--Ohio--20th century Telephone companies--Employees Telephone--History Travel photography--Washington (State)--Tacoma--20th century C. A. Swoyer Personal Interests and Swoyer Family Glass Plate Negatives and Photographs Series 1 1890s-1982 Arrangement of Materials

Items in this series are arranged in chronological order by date; items with the same date are further arranged in alphabetical order by item title.

 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains glass plate negatives.

 Scope and Contents

The C. A. Swoyer Personal Interests and Swoyer Family Glass Plate Negatives and Photographs date from the 1890s to 1982. They consist of photographs and glass plate negatives primarily taken by C. A. Swoyer focusing on his family and his interests: telephones, technology, and landscapes. Many of the images are of Hazel and Marie, his two daughters. Images dating after Swoyer’s death in 1954 were likely taken by another unidentified member of the Swoyer family and kept with Swoyer’s images. Item titles in quotation marks are taken from captions assigned by Swoyer.

 Brick church glass plate negative 1 1 1890s Family portrait glass plate negative 1 2 1890s Footbridge over water glass plate negative 1 3 1890s Swoyer family glass plate negatives 1 4-5 1890s Two women on footbridge glass plate negative 1 6 1890s Two women, two men sitting on fence glass plate negative 1 7 1890s Two women, two men with wagon glass plate negative 1 8 1890s Unidentified family portrait glass plate negative 1 9 1890s Woman in floor length dress glass plate negative 1 10 1890s Woman with sunflowers glass plate negative 1 11 1890s Family photographs 12 1 1890s-1910s Field of crops glass plate negative 1 12 1890s-1910s "These Are My Jewels" Columbus Statehouse statue glass plate negative 1 13 1894 "E. Swoyer and family (without Edward), Asheville, Ohio" glass plate negative, photograph 1 14 12 2 1896 Swoyer family portrait postcards 12 3 1896-1913 Camping trip film negatives 12 4 circa 1900s Children playing in a lake film negative 12 5 circa 1900s Fred, Julia, Henry, and Edna Ahrens photograph 12 6 circa 1900s "Grace Conner Kindler" portrait photograph 12 7 circa 1900s "H. H. Craiglow" portrait photograph 12 8 circa 1900s "Lucille Mary Freeman" portrait photograph 12 9 circa 1900s Male portraits photograph 12 10-11 circa 1900s Boat on river glass plate negative 1 15 1900s Boulders glass plate negative 1 16 1900s China cabinet glass plate negative 1 17 1900s Family glass plate negatives 1 18-19 1900s Female portrait glass plate negative 2 1-4 1900s Five women glass plate negative 2 5 1900s Frozen fountain glass plate negative 2 6 1900s Landscape glass plate negative 2 7 1900s Male portrait glass plate negative 2 8-13 1900s Man in football uniform glass plate negative 2 14 1900s Man reading magazine glass plate negative 2 15 1900s Man standing on boulder glass plate negative 2 16 1900s Man writing in woods glass plate negative 2 17 1900s Multiple generations family portrait glass plate negative 2 18 1900s Ohio State Capitol building glass plate negative 2 19 1900s People with instruments on hay stack glass plate negative 3 1 1900s Staircase in the woods glass plate negative 3 2 1900s Three women seated glass plate negative 3 3 1900s Two men with car glass plate negatives 3 4-5 1900s Woman standing in yard glass plate negative 3 6 1900s Woman with kissing couple glass plate negative 3 7 1900s Wooded landscape glass plate negative 3 8 1900s Minnesota State Capitol building glass plate negative 3 9 1905 Karlsberger (Ethel) portrait photograph 12 12 1906 May 15 Two women photograph 12 13 circa 1907-1910 "Craiglow's wedding picture" photograph 12 14 1907 "Clarence Swoyer and Ethel Karlsberger at Welch Avenue, and South High Street, Columbus Ohio, Sunday evening" photograph 12 15 1907 June 2 City on lakeshore glass plate negative 3 10 1909 City with mountain landscape glass plate negative 3 11 1909 Men with telephone switchboard glass plate negative 3 12 1909 Point Defiance Park glass plate negatives 3 13-14 1909 Sunset over water glass plate negative 3 15 1909 Swoyer (J. Edgar) headstone glass plate negative 3 16 1909 Telephone pole glass plate negative 3 17 1909 Totem pole glass plate negative 3 18 1909 Totem pole, telephone pole glass plate negative 3 19 1909 Trees, logs glass plate negative 4 1 1909 Warehouse on bay glass plate negatives 4 2-3 1909 1497 S. 4th St., Columbus, Ohio house glass plate negatives, photograph 4 4-11 12 16 1910s Barnhouse photograph 12 17 1910s Baseball themed dartboard glass plate negative 4 12 1910s Casco Easy Polish, "Casco Rag" sheet music glass plate negative 4 13 1910s Clarence boxing himself double exposure glass plate negative 4 14 1910s Clarence double exposure glass plate negative 4 15 1910s Clarence playing clarinet and plugging ears double exposure glass plate negative 4 16 1910s Clarence pushing self in wheelbarrow double exposure glass plate negative 4 17-18 1910s Dartboard glass plate negative 4 19 1910s Domed building glass plate negative 5 1 1910s Family portrait glass plate negative 5 2 1910s Female portrait photograph 12 18 1910s Forest landscape glass plate negative 5 3 1910s Fountain with statue glass plate negative 5 4 1910s Four women photograph 12 19 1910s Hazel and Marie photograph 12 20 1910s Lawn sprinkler photograph 12 21 1910s Male group portrait glass plate negative 5 5 1910s Male portrait glass plate negative 5 6 1910s Man and girl outside of house glass plate negative 5 7 1910s Man by telephone pole glass plate negatives 5 8-9 1910s Man holding cigar glass plate negative 5 10 1910s Man sitting on cliff glass plate negative 5 11 1910s Man using telephone glass plate negative 5 12 1910s Man with cane glass plate negative 5 13 1910s Man with car, telephone pole glass plate negative 5 14 1910s Man with telephone pole glass plate negative 5 15-16 1910s Minnesota state capitol building glass plate negative 5 17 1910s Old woman photograph 12 22 1910s Oval race track glass plate negatives 5 18-19 6 1 1910s Piano glass plate negative 6 2 1910s "Post No Bills, A Big Feat" written on shoe soles glass plate negative 6 3 1910s Ship in Puget Sound glass plate negative 6 4 1910s Sun over water glass plate negative 6 5 1910s Swoyer (Clarence) portrait glass plate negative 6 6 1910s Telephone pole glass plate negatives 6 7-8 1910s Three masted ship at dock glass plate negative 6 9 1910s Toddler standing behind gate glass plate negative 6 10 1910s Top of telephone pole glass plate negative 6 11 1910s Top of telephone pole outside building glass plate negative 6 12 1910s Tree reflected on water glass plate negative 6 13 1910s Trees, telephone pole glass plate negative 6 14 1910s Two men with car glass plate negative 6 15 1910s Wheeled cannon glass plate negative 6 16 1910s "William McKinley statue at capitol" glass plate negative 6 17 1910s "Baby Hazel in high chair" glass plate negative 7 1 1910 Clarence reading newspaper with Hazel glass plate negative 7 2 1910 Ethel and Hazel glass plate negatives 6 18-19 1910 Hazel glass plate negative 7 3-15 1910 Hazel in carriage glass plate negative 7 16 1910 "Hazel in sleigh" glass plate negative 7 17 1910 "Hazel under Christmas tree" glass plate negative 7 18 1910 Swoyer family portrait glass plate negative 8 1-2 1910 Hazel in grass glass plate negative 7 19 1911 Hazel photograph 12 23 circa 1911-1915 Hazel glass plate negatives 8 3-7 1911 Hazel holding flowers glass plate negative 8 8 1911 Hazel in snow glass plate negative 8 9 1911 Hazel on scale glass plate negatives 8 10-11 1911 Hazel outside glass plate negatives 8 12-16 1911 Hazel with book glass plate negatives 8 17-19 1911 Hazel double exposure glass plate negative 9 1 1912 Hazel with Christmas tree glass plate negative 9 2 1912 "Hazel with Clarence, grandmothers" glass plate negative 9 3-4 1912 Swoyer family portrait on railroad bridge glass plate negative 9 5 1912 Hazel glass plate negatives 9 6-7 1913 Hazel and Marie glass plate negative 9 8 1913 Hazel holding eggs glass plate negative 9 9 1913 Hazel holding Marie glass plate negative 9 10 1913 Hazel in sandbox glass plate negatives 9 11-12 1913 Hazel in snow glass plate negatives 9 13-14 1913 Hazel outside glass plate negatives 9 15-16 1913 Hazel with basket glass plate negatives 9 17-18 1913 Hazel with dandelion glass plate negative 9 19 1913 Hazel with dog glass plate negative 10 1 1913 Hazel with shovel glass plate negative 10 2 1913 Marie glass plate negatives 10 3-7 1913 Hazel and Marie photograph 12 24 circa 1914-1916 Ethel, Hazel, and Marie glass plate negative 10 8 1914 Hazel glass plate negative 10 9 1914 Hazel on steps glass plate negative 10 10 1914 Hazel with umbrella glass plate negative 10 11 1914 Marie glass plate negatives 10 12-13 1914 Hazel glass plate negative 10 14 1915 Hazel and Marie glass plate negatives 10 15-16 1915 Hazel and Marie roller skating glass plate negative 10 17 1915 Hazel and Marie with cat glass plate negative 10 18 1915 Niagara Falls negatives, photographs photograph 12 25 1915 July Hazel and Marie photographs 12 26 circa 1916-1917 "Buckeye Lake" photograph 12 27 1916 Hazel and Marie glass plate negative 10 19 1916 Hazel and Marie on steps glass plate negative 11 1 1916 Hazel wrapped in blanket glass plate negative 11 2 1916 Swoyer family portrait photographs, negatives 12 28 1916 "Hazel and Marie in Schiller Park" photographs 12 29 1916 June 11 Hazel and Marie portrait photograph 12 30 1916 June 11 Box of war mail glass plate negative 11 3 1918 Swoyer (Ethel) photograph 12 31 1918 June 9 Ohio Stadium photographs 12 32 circa 1920s Casco Easy Polish bottles glass plate negatives 11 4-5 1920s Hazel and Bell Telephone News magazine glass plate negatives 11 6-7 1920 Hazel and Marie glass plate negative 11 8 1920 Radio made by Clarence Swoyer photographs 12 33 1923 February 8-15 "Mrs. Joanna R. Swoyer and Family, Ashville, Ohio" photographs 12 34 1927 April 24 "Castor oil plant over 12 foot high, raised by John Karlsberger, 1397 S. 4th St., Columbus, Ohio" photograph 12 35 1932 October Park landscape photographs 12 36 1933 May 14 "Mrs. Joanna R. Swoyer, Ashville, Ohio" negatives 12 37 1937 May 8 "St. John Lutheran Church (Windfall) Cardington, Ohio" photograph 12 38 1938 August 24 Christmas Day negatives 12 39 1940 December 25 "Neil House, Columbus, Ohio" photograph 12 40 1942 December 5 Young (Pete) portrait photograph, negative 12 41 1944 April 30 "The Book of the Year (If It Was Real)" photograph 12 42 1945 September 18 Two people portrait negative 12 43 1947 July 27 "Castalia, Ohio" negatives 12 44 1947 August 22 Boys smiling negative 12 45 1947 August 24 Family playing baseball negatives 12 46 1948 May 31 "Part of Mrs. Marie Schuliger's Sunday School Class, Emmanuel Lutheran Church" negatives 12 47 1948 July 4 Family gathering at 847 Euclaire Avenue, Columbus, Ohio photograph 12 48 1948 July 10 Wedding at Obetz Lutheran church negatives 12 49 1949 February 28 Houses on Euclaire Avenue negatives 12 50 1949 May 2 Child playing outside negatives 12 51 1949 September 4 Child holding American flag ngatives 12 52 circa 1950s Child playing with a dog negatives 12 53 circa 1950s Family portrait negatives 12 54 circa 1950s Five women in saris photograph 12 55 circa 1950s House under construction negatives 12 56 circa 1950s Man standing in front of a large door negative 12 57 circa 1950s Parade of carriages negatives 12 58 circa 1950s Baby in a bassinet negative 12 59 circa 1950-1951 "Grant Hospital Columbus, Ohio" negative 12 60 1950 May 21 Women holding baby negatives 12 61 1950 June 7 Man holding baby negatives 12 62 1950 June 22 "Telephone Pioneers of America, Breakers Hotel, Cedar Point, Ohio" photographs 12 63 1950 July 2 "Christ Lutheran Church" negatives 12 64 1950 August 13 Family portrait negatives 12 65 1950 August 13 Child on bed negative 12 66 1950 August 26 "1497 S. 4th St. Columbus, Ohio" negative 12 67 1950 September 4 Child playing with toys negatives 12 68 1950 November 16 Family in front of Christmas tree negatives 12 69 1950 December Hamill (Larry) Christmas portrait photograph 12 70 1950 December 25 Child playing in the kitchen negatives 12 71 1951 February 22 Two members of the Lutheran Church negatives 12 72 1951 May 13 Child playing outside negatives 12 73 1951 May 13, 16 "Delaware, Ohio dam" negative 12 74 1951 July 8 Child playing outside negatives 12 75 1951 August 10-31 Woman portrait negative 12 76 1951 August 31 Child playing with corn, workbench negatives 12 77 1951 September 27 Child riding a tricycle negatives 12 78 1951 October 14 Children playing in front of a Christmas tree negative 12 79 1951 December Child playing outside negatives 12 80 1952 May 14 "Marcy, Ohio" negative 12 81 1952 May 27 Child playing with toys negative 12 82 1952 June 3 Child portrait negative 12 83 1952 October 1 Child and jack-o-lantern negative 12 84 1952 October 29 Family Christmas portrait negatives 12 85 1952 December 25 Child portrait negative 12 86 1953 March 5 Child inspecting a wheel negative 12 87 1953 May 28 "Near Bradenton, Florida" photograph 12 88 1954 February 26 Man and woman photograph 12 89 1970s Wedding photograph 12 90 1979 May Family photograph 12 91 1982 January 25 Washington YMCA Trip Glass Slides and Photographs Series 2 1908-1909 Arrangement of Materials

In this series, the glass slides were numbered by Swoyer and remain in that order in the container list. Folders of film negatives of the glass slides and photograph copies follow the glass slides in the container list; they are arranged in chronological order.

 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains glass slides.

 Scope and Contents

The Washington YMCA Trip Glass Slide and Photographs date from 1908 and 1909 and consist of a set of photographs taken by Swoyer on a trip to Tacoma, Washington with a group of men from the YMCA. Item titles in quotation marks are taken from captions assigned by Swoyer.

 Sailboat glass slide 13 1 1908 "U.S.S. Rhode Island, Tacoma" glass slide 13 2 1908 May 30 "U.S.S. Pennsylvania nearing Puget Sound Navy Yard" glass slide 13 3 1908 June 14 "U.S.S. Washington and Tennessee in Tacoma's harbor at night" glass slide 13 4 1908 April 18 "Tacoma, Washington" glass slide 13 5 1908 Sun over the lake glass slide 13 6 1908 Totem pole and building glass slide 13 7 1908 Fallen log glass slide 13 8 1908 Forest landscape glass slide 13 9 1908 "Paradise River" glass slide 13 10 1908 River landscape glass slide 13 11 1908 "Foot bridge across Nisqually Canyon - 350 feet above river" glass slide 13 12 1908 Waterfall glass slide 13 13-14 1908 "Nevada Falls" glass slide 13 15 1908 Waterfall glass slide 13 16 1908 Horses in the forest glass slide 13 17 1908 Man posing in front of large tree glass slide 13 18 1908 "Mount Tacoma from Nisqually river" glass slide 13 19 1908 February 25 "Mount Tacoma from Paradise Valley" glass slide 13 20 1908 February 22 Mount Tacoma facts glass slide 13 21 1908 "Mount Tacoma from YMCA Camp Paradise Valley" glass slide 13 22 1908 "Part of YMCA Camp, Paradise Valley" glass slide 13 23 1908 July 25 "Tacoma YMCA camp, Paradise Valley" glass slide 13 24 1908 July 22 YMCA group glass slide 13 25 1908 July "YMCA campfire Paradise Valley" glass slide 13 26 1908 July 2 "YMCA Bible class Paradise Valley" glass slide 13 27 1908 July 22 "Paradise Valley from YMCA camp" glass slide 16 1 1908 July 22 "Pinnacle Peak from YMCA camp" glass slide 16 2 1908 July 22 Forest landscape glass slide 16 3 1908 Forest and lake landscape glass slide 16 4 1908 "Totoosh Range" glass slide 16 5 1908 July 25 Mountain landscape glass slide 16 6 1908 "Our guide lying in the snow at YMCA camp, Paradise Valley" glass slide 16 7 1908 July 23 Men in a conga line glass slide 16 8 1908 People in the snow glass slide 16 9 1908 People swimming glass slide 16 10 1908 People on the beach glass slide 16 11 1908 Men on the beach glass slide 16 12 1908 Men in a human pyramid glass slide 16 13 1908 "YMCA party climbing Mount Tacoma" glass slides 16 14-15 1908 July 23 Men on Mount Tacoma glass slide 16 16 1908 "Close view of Gibralter Rock" glass slide 16 17 1908 "Mount Adams and Tatoosh Range from Gibralter" glass slide 16 18 1908 July 23 Mountain landscape (Photograph by H. Blair) glass slide 16 19 1908 "East side of crater on Mount Tacoma" glass slide 16 20 1908 February 23 "On the stream heated rocks in the crater on Mount Tacoma" glass slide 16 21 1908 July 23 "Liberty Cap from the summit of Mount Tacoma" glass slide 16 22 1908 July 23 "Columbia Crest - highest point on Mount Tacoma" glass slide 16 23 1908 August 23 "Looking across the crater on Mount Tacoma" glass slide 16 24 1908 July 23 Mountain landscape glass slide 16 25 1908 "Successful climbers to the summit of Mount Tacoma" glass slide 16 26 1908 July 23 "Mount Tacoma from Longmire Springs" glass slide 16 27 1908 July 26 Washington trip film negatives 12 92 1908 Tacoma, Washington trip film negatives 15 1 1908 "Vernon Holt Tacoma Washington" photographs, film negatives 15 2 1908 "Home Telephone Co., Tacoma" photographs, film negatives 12 93 1908-1909 Tacoma accomodation photographs 15 3 1909 "Tacoma, Washington" photographs, film negatives 15 4 1909 January 10 South Side "Y" Park Glass Slides and Photographs Series 3 1928-1933 Arrangement of Materials

The glass slides in this series were numbered by Swoyer and remain in that order in the container list. Folders of film negatives and photographs follow the glass slides in the container list; they are arranged in chronological order.

 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains glass slides.

 Scope and Contents

The South Side "Y" Park Glass Slides and Photographs date from 1928 to 1933. They consist of images taken by Swoyer of the landscape and people at the South Side “Y” Park in south Columbus, Ohio. Item titles in quotation marks are taken from captions assigned by Swoyer.

 South Side "Y" Park glass slide 14 1 1928 Open field glass slides 14 2-3 1928 Open field and river glass slide 14 4 1928 River glass slide 14 5 1928 Tree landscape glass slide 14 6 1928 River landscape glass slide 14 7 1928 Tree reflections in river glass slide 14 8 1928 River debris glass slide 14 9 1928 Ripples in river glass slide 14 10 1928 River landscape glass slides 14 11-13 1928 River bank glass slide 14 14 1928 Field landscape glass slide 14 15 1928 Baseball player glass slides 14 16-18 1928 Two men playing baseball glass slide 14 19 1928 Three women in a field glass slide 14 20 1928 "Emmanuel Lutheran Church, South Side 'Y' Park, Columbus, Ohio" glass slide 14 21 1929 September 22 "South Side 'Y' Park, Columbus, Ohio" glass slide 14 22 1929 September 22 Boys in a rowboat glass slide 14 23 1928 People in river glass slide 14 24 1929 "South Side 'Y' Park Navy" glass slide 14 25 1929 September 22 "South Side" glass slide 14 26 1928-1929 Girl and dog glass slide 14 27 1928-1929 "South Side 'Y' Park" glass slide 14 28 1929 September 22 Women looking at pots glass slide 14 29 1929 Group posing by trees glass slide 14 30 1928-1929 "Emmanual Lutheran group at South Side 'Y' Park" glass slide 14 31 1929 September 22 "South Side 'Y' Park" glass slide 14 32 1929 Emmanuel Lutheran group picnic glass slide 14 33 1929 September 22 Park use numbers glass slide 14 34 1929 'Y' Park social membership glass slides 14 35-36 1928-1929 "South Side 'Y' Park" glass slide 14 37 1929 September 21 Man looking through periscope glass slide 14 38 1929 "Ralph Smith contortionist, South Side 'Y' Park" glass slide 14 39 1929 "Looking 'em over at South Side 'Y' Park, Columbus, Ohio" glass slide 14 40 1929 "Happy Days are here again" glass slide 14 41 1928-1929 'Y' Park glass slide 14 42 1929 South Side "Y" Park gathering film negatives 15 5 1930 September 20 "South Side Young People's Council, Columbus, Ohio" photograph 15 6 1931 January 5 South Side "Y" Park photographs 15 7 1931 February-1933 May C. A. Swoyer Personal Papers Series 4 1905-1955 Arrangement of Materials

Items in this series are arranged in chronological order.

 Scope and Contents

The C. A. Swoyer Personal Papers date from 1905 to 1955 and consist of items collected by and about Swoyer. These include newspaper clippings related to his interest in science and technology, clippings about Swoyer’s personal interest in the history of the telephone and his collection of sheet music relating to the telephone, an award for photography, and programs and announcements of memorials for Swoyer following his death.

 International Correspondence Schools Mechanical Drawing diploma RARE Shared 6 1 1905 October 24 Berry's Photographic Matts sample book 15 8 circa 1920s Swoyer family individual portraits 15 9 1927-1937 "How to Build a Bicycle Catamaran" Science and Invention magazine clipping 15 10 1929 November Reverend G. E. Swoyer Doctor of Divinity degree announcement 15 11 1933 June Newspaper National Snapshot Awards certificate, newspaper article, and photograph RARE Shared 6 2 1937 First patent granted in the United States copy 15 12 1940s "430 Songs Sing of Telephone" Telephone News 15 13 1941 January "Salon for Amateurs" newspaper articles 15 14 circa 1946 "Telephone Historian" The Columbus Sunday Dispatch newspaper clipping 15 15 1948 October 17 Swoyer (C. A.) memorial announcements, programs 15 16 1954-1955