Pre-gubernatorial Career
The Pre-gubernatorial subgroup includes the papers created by John Swainson prior to his assuming the office of governor. Largely files from his one-term as lieutenant governor, including his 1960 campaign papers, this subgroup is interesting for Swainson's letters to his parents while serving during the Second World War. For documentation of the politics and government of the 1950s, the researcher is directed first to the papers of G. Mennen Williams.