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Verne Sturges Swan papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 37-5-1399

Scope and content

Includes sketches, architectural notes, and the Charles Goodwin Sands Memorial medal awarded to Cornell student Verne S. Swan in 1921. Also music-related notebooks and a formal portrait photograph.

Dates

[ca.1919-1957]

Creator

Swan, Verne Sturges, 1891- (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Verne Swan graduated from Cornell in 1921 with a degree in architecture. An amateur musician who collected and built instruments in his spare time, he bequeathed his collection to Cornell. Many of the instruments were sold, resulting in a Music Department scholarship in his name.