Included in the photographic Prints, series are two feet of images, most of which are part of Set One, thus corresponding to the four-volume index prepared by Swain, which is in box 1. The Prints subseries is the one most useful to researchers interested in browsing photographs of the Ann Arbor area and the university. Many of the images are fine photographic and photomechanical prints, presumably printed by Swain, but others are black and white copy prints prepared by the Kelsey for reference purposes. Prints can be browsed by subject and for most of them, original negative numbers, which have been extrapolated from the four volume index, are noted on the back of the print.
The "Ann Arbor and Environs" files includes several dramatic images of the Armistice Day Parade on November 11, 1918; cityscapes and buildings; and pictures of area businesses and residences. There are also a number of lyrical pastoral landscapes, focusing on country roads, waterways, plants and gardens. The "University of Michigan" file is strong in representing campus buildings and campus views, including wintry scenes, all carefully composed. Particularly well documented are the Martha Cook Residence, fraternity and sorority houses, the Michigan League, and the Michigan Union under construction. A third file consists of formal portraits of Ann Arbor and university men, women, children, infants and family groups. Swain also photographed painted portraits and daguerreotypes; images in the folder entitled "Individuals: Copies" include James B. Angell, Professor Walter Dennison, and Martha Cook. The subseries includes two albums containing photographs of engineering projects, physics labs, and scientific apparatus and equipment. Negatives (8x10 film and 1 glass plate) for some of these images and negatives with similar content are filed behind the albums.