Guide to the Thomas Swain Barclay Papers
Stanford University Libraries
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0327
Creator:
Barclay, Thomas Swain, 1894-
Title: Thomas Swain Barclay papers
Dates: 1915-1984
Physical Description:
9 Linear feet
Summary: Correspondence, ephemera, photographs and scrapbooks relating to
the American political process, student government at Stanford, and his teaching
activities. Includes some correspondence from James Farley.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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Cite As
Thomas Swain Barclay Papers (SC0327). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Political scientist. Professor of political science at Stanford University from 1927
until his retirement as emeritus in 1958, Barclay also served on the U.S. State
Department's Peace Commission after World War I. In his active political life, he served
for 18 years as a member of national and state Democratic Party committees, as a
delegate (1936 Democratic National Convention), as a presidential elector (1944), and as
assistant to Democratic Party chairman James Farley (1940).
Description of the Collection
Correspondence, ephemera, photographs and scrapbooks relating to the American political
process, student government at Stanford, and his teaching activities. Includes some
correspondence from James Farley.
Access Terms
Barclay, Thomas Swain, 1894-
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius),
1888-1976
Stanford University--Students.
Stanford University. Dept. of Political
Science--Faculty.
Democratic Party--California.
Students--Political activity
United States--Politics and Government.
Collection Contents
Papers Accession ARCH-1991-079
Box 1
Certificate of appreciation to Barclay from U.S. Senate, signed by
Frank Church, Lee Metcalf, Mark O. Hatfield, and Alan Cranston; on the occasion
of the fiftieth anniversary of the Department of Political Science,
1970
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OS item boxed with assorted SC oversize materials:
