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Lewis B. Schwellenbach photograph collection, 1917-1948

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Schwellenbach, Lewis B. (Lewis Baxter), 1894-1948
Title
Lewis B. Schwellenbach photograph collection
Dates
1917-1948 (inclusive)
Quantity
5 folders, (40 photographic prints)
Collection Number
PH0738
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Access to a portion of the collection is restricted. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.

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Languages
Collection materials are in English.
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Content Description

This collection contains 40 photographic prints of Lewis B. Schwellenbach. Subjects include Schwellenbach's time at the University of Washington, serving in the Army, his election to the US Senate, his appointment and swearing in as a U.S. District judge, and his time as Secretary of Labor. There are numerous photographs of Schwellenbach with other political figures from the 1930s and 1940s.

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Biographical Note

Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (September 20, 1894–June 10, 1948) was born in Superior, Wisconsin and moved to Spokane, Washington in 1902. Schwellenbach was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from January 3, 1935, to December 16, 1940, when he resigned to become a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. He served as the 5th United States Secretary of Labor from 1945 until his death in 1948.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.

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Administrative Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Autographed photographs, 1923-1948

    Five autographed photographs of Harry S. Truman, Cordell Hull, Admiral Nimitz, Calvin Coolidge, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

    Access restricted: For terms of access, contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

  • Portraits, 1917-1948

    9 photographic prints

    This series includes photographs of Schwellenbach during his time at the University of Washington, in uniform during his time in the US Army circa 1918, and portraits taken throughout his adult life and political career. There is one portrait of Schwellenbach and his wife, Anne, in 1948.

    • Description: Portraits
      Dates: 1917-1948
      Container: Folder PH0738 Folder 2
      Location: Portraits, 1917-1948

  • Political Figures and Events, 1934-1948

    26 photographic prints

    This series includes photographs from Schwellenbach's election to Senate, his appointment and swearing in as a U.S. District judge, and numerous photographs of Schwellenbach with other political figures from the 1930s and 1940s.

    The collection includes photographs of Schwellenbach with President Franklin D. Roosevelt; President Harry S. Truman; First Lady Bess Truman; Margaret Truman; Vice President John Garner; Vice President Alben Barkley; Senators Hugo Black (AL), Henry F. Ashurst (AZ), Hiram Johnson (CA), Walter George (GA), Sherman Minton (IN), Alben Barkley (KY), Arthur Vandenberg (MI), Pat Harrison (MS), James E. Murray (MT), Edward R. Burke (NE), Key Pittman (NV), Robert A. Taft (OH), Joseph Guffey (PA), Theodore Green (RI), James F. Byrnes (SC), Thomas Connally (TX), Robert La Follette (WI), and Matthew Neely (WV); Rep. Fiorello La Guardia (NY); Correspondence Secretary Marvin McIntyre; Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson; and cartoonist George McManus.

    A photograph of President Truman's cabinet includes Robert A. Lovett (Defense) James Forrestal (Navy, Defense), John Wesley Snyder (Treasury), Tom C. Clark (Attorney General), Robert E. Hannegan (Postmaster General), W. Averell Harriman (Commerce), Clinton Anderson (Agriculture), Julius Albery Krug (Interior), and Lewis B. Schwellenbach (Labor).

    A photograph of President Truman announcing the end of World War II includes Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff; Secretary of State James F. Byrnes; Cordell Hull, Secretary of State under President Roosevelt; Secretary of the Interior Julius Albery Krug; Foreign Economic Administrator Leo T. Crowley; Major General Philip Bracken Fleming; Director of Economic Stabilization William Hammatt Davis; Secretary of the Treasury John Wesley Snyder; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Attorney General Tom C. Clark; and Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach.

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Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)


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