Abstract The dates span from 1864 up to 2015, starting with A W Swaney in the Spanish American War. They include correspondence (mainly between family members), unpublished manuscripts (mainly AGS but also manuscripts and short stories from others), bound reports (including one from AGS as American Consulate Chief to China), journals (looked like AGS) school notes and records (AGS), oversize certificates (AGS), scrapbooks (maily photographs and clippings, probably put together by AGS), subject files...