{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=John+Foster+Dulles\u0026view=list","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=John+Foster+Dulles\u0026page=1\u0026view=list"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":7,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"viu_viu01208","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Additional Louis J. Halle, Jr. Papers\n         1938-1987","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu01208#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu01208#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThis addition to the Louis J. Halle, Jr.Collection, consisting of ca. 3,850 items (13 Hollinger boxes; ca. 4.5 linear feet), 1938-1987, contains a chronological correspondence file kept by Louis J. Halle, Jr.'s secretary during his tenure at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, topical correspondence, and lecture notes, talks, speeches, articles, and book reviews by Louis J. Halle, Jr.. The composition of this group of papers is very similiar to previous Louis J. 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Halle, Jr. Papers\n         1938-1987","ca. 3,850","There are no restrictions.","The collection arrived at the Library in fair order and the\n         orginal reverse chronological order and subject divisions have\n         been maintained. The papers are arranged in the following\n         series:","I) Chronological Correspondence (Boxes 1-2)","II) Topical Correspondence (Boxes 3-7)","III) Articles, Book Reviews, and Lectures (7-13)","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","This addition to the \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. Collection, consisting\n         of ca. 3,850 items (13 Hollinger boxes; ca. 4.5 linear feet),\n         1938-1987, contains a chronological correspondence file kept\n         by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's secretary during\n         his tenure at the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , \n          Geneva, Switzerland , topical\n         correspondence, and lecture notes, talks, speeches, articles,\n         and book reviews by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. . The composition of\n         this group of papers is very similiar to previous \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. accessions but the\n         collection contains more material from his tenure in the \n          State Department , departmental\n         correspondence as a professor at the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , and many more of his earlier lectures.","The chronological correspondence file of outgoing \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. letters generally\n         concerns the business of the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's lecture and\n         speaking engagements, personal business, and the publication\n         of \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's books, especially \n          Cold War as History and \n          The Society of Man .","Other topics include: the Cold War (November 8, 1965); the\n         Foreign Service Act of 1946 (January 31, 1966); the \n          Rockefeller Foundation (February 25,\n         1966); the division of \n          Berlin in August of 1961 (March 7, 1966);\n         response to \n          George Kennan 's comments concerning \n          Cold War as History (April 27, 1966);\n         Strategic Studies Program at \n          Geneva (June 1967); notes on Peace on\n         Earth Assembly at \n          Geneva (June 2, 1967); problems with\n         university publishing (April 21 \u0026 May 30, 1967); \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's departure from the \n          State Department (April 11, 1967); \n          Great Britain and nuclear weapons (April\n         11, 1967 \u0026 January 20, 1970); discussion of a curriculum\n         of international relations (March 24, 1967); the development\n         of East-West relations (March 3, 1967); contemporary history\n         (August 3, 1967); violence and polemic license (May 13, June\n         12 \u0026 December 10, 1968); \n          William Shakespeare 's identity (February\n         5, 1968); the purpose of universities (December 19, 1969); the\n         academic establishment (October 21, 1970); and \n          Vietnam (June 26, 1970).","Occasionally miscellaneous articles and drafts appear in\n         the chronological file. These include: \"The Danger That Our\n         Power Poses for Us\" (ca. March 31, 1967); \"Hamlet and the\n         World\" afterword (November 27, 1967); \"The U.S. in the Far\n         East\" introduction (November 20, 1967); a draft concerning \n          Keesing's Contemporary Archives (October 6,\n         1967); \"A Multitude of Cold Wars\" (March 4, 1968); \" \n          George Kennan and the Common Mind\" (March\n         1, 1968); \"International Behavior and the Prospects for Human\n         Survival\" (January 14, 1969); \"Observations on the Proposed\n         Program of Civilization and Foreign Affairs Put Forward by\n         Fletcher\" (June 16, 1969); \"Professionalism and the Foreign\n         Service\" (January 14, 1969); colloquium on \"Nato and Security\n         in the Seventies\" (October 8-11, 1969); \"Between Arms Race,\n         Arms Control, and Crisis Management -The Dialogue of the\n         Superpowers\" (September 15, 1969); \"What Do We Mean By a World\n         at Peace?\" (March 6-8, 1970); and \"Poetry and Statesmanship\"\n         (May 29, 1971).","Subjects or correspondents in individual topical files will\n         be listed under the name of the file as follows:","British Broadcasting Corporation includes\n         correspondence from \n          George Fischer ; the invasion of \n          Czechoslovakia , liberalization of East \n          Europe and the \n          Soviet Union (August 28, 1968); a \n          Dean Rusk interview concerning communism,\n         the \n          Vietnam War, Chinese-American relations,\n         and the 1961 \n          Vienna Summit Meeting between \n          John F. Kennedy and \n          Nikita Khruschev (December 14, 1976); a\n         talk on the written English language and the theory of\n         knowledge (August 24, 1977); and a talk on the human mind\n         titled \"Mind: Chance or Necessity\" (July 29, 1977).","State Department Career contains several\n         articles, \"New Weapons and the Future,\" \"History and the\n         Present,\" \"Our Deteriorating Latin American Relations,\" \"The\n         Problem of Formulating American Foreign Policy,\" \"Communist\n         Experience,\" \"Force and Consent in International Affairs,\" \"A\n         Critique of Current U.S. Foreign Policy,\" and \"Morals and\n         Foreign Policy.\" Also present is a carbon of a letter from \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. to \n          John Foster Dulles , July 28, 1954,\n         written upon \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's departure from \n          State Department service. In it, \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. urges the use of\n         calculated restraint in international affairs, furnishing\n         examples of problems resulting from lack of it and specifying\n         objectives for the \n          State Department .","Cass Canfield of \n          Harper and Brothers usually concerns the\n         publication of several \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. books, \n          Choice for Survival , \n          Civilization and Foreign Policy , and \n          Dream and Reality , but also discusses the\n         case of government atomic advisor Dr. \n          Robert Oppenheimer (June 3, 1954).","Civilization and Foreign Policy contains reviews concerning\n         the book, correspondence with \n          Cass Canfield and \n          Ivan von Auw, Jr. , as well as \n          George Kennan (January 26, 1955); \n          Ken Thompson (January 3, 1955); \n          Joseph Halle Schaffner (December 30,\n         1954); \n          Dean Acheson (December 23, 1953 \u0026\n         March 5, May 26, \u0026 October 5, 1954); and \n          Walter Lippmann (July 21, 1954). Also\n         present is a biographical sketch of \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. (October 22,\n         1954).","Encounter includes several \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. articles and his\n         correspondence with its editor \n          Melvin J. Lasky . Among these are: \"Truth\n         and Consequences\" (September 3, 1962); \"The Problem of Two\n         Germanies: A Fabian Approach\" (February 21, 1964); \"The\n         Flickering Lamp\" (August 13, 1967); \"Lessons of the Nuclear\n         Age\" (July 4, 1967 \u0026 March 17, 1969); \"Why the Revolt\n         Against Hitler Was Ignored: A Note in the Margin of \n          David Astor 's Page\" (July 8, 1969); \" \n          Karl Marx : His Death and Resurrection\"\n         (attached to October 7, 1969); \"A World At Peace ?\" (December\n         15, 1970); and \"Western Cohesion and Alternative Patterns for\n         the 1970's\" (October 23, 1970). Other subjects or writers\n         include: \n          Alastair Buchan (July 4 \u0026 September\n         15,1967); \n          United States student extremists (August\n         9, 1969); the \"hero worship\" of \n          Mahatma Gandhi and \n          Karl Marx (October 7, 1969); and the\n         Japanese translation of \n          Cold War as History (November 7, 1969).","International Institute for Strategic\n         Studies contains \n          Alastair Buchan 's \"The American Temper\n         1966,\" notes concerning the \n          United States (June 14, 1966), and \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's \"Strategy and\n         Ideology\" (September 13, 1968).","George Kennan 's correspondence contains\n         copies of many of his own articles, such as: \"Credo of a Civil\n         Servant\" (February 12, 1954); Address at the \n          University of Notre Dame (May 15,1953);\n         Address at \n          Princeton University (February 21, 1953);\n         Address at the meeting of the \n          Pennsylvania Bar Association (January 16,\n         1953); \"History and Diplomacy as Viewed by a Diplomatist\"\n         (January 20 \u0026 May 1, 1956); \"Industrial Society and\n         Western Political Dialogue\" (ca. 1959); and \"Rebels Without a\n         Program\" (June 7, 1968).","Other topics include: \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's response to \n          George Kennan 's \"Notes for Essays:\n         1951-1952\" (June 19, 1953); the political slant of the\n         security program of 1954 (December 15, 1954); morality in\n         foreign policy (April 12, 1955 \u0026 January 9, 1956); \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's preparation of his\n         lectures (March 8, 1957); Kennan's earlier tour of \n          South America (March 17, 1959); the\n         political environment of 1960 (February 22, 1960); Kennan's\n         comments regarding \n          Cold War as History (April 20, 1966); Kennan's\n          Memoirs (January 16 \u0026 22, 1968); Kennan's\n         opinion concerning \n          Richard Nixon 's overture to \n          China (attached to January 11, 1972); and\n         nuclear weapons (July 17, 1977).","Manas has \"Why is There No Voltaire\" (July 31, 1968), and a\n         discussion of the presumption of scientists regarding\n         political questions (July 1, 1968).","Ernst Mayr concerning evolutionary theory\n         (April 18 \u0026 29, 1983) and his meeting with the young \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. (February 14,\n         1983).","Men and Nations folders contain scattered correspondence\n         with \n          Walter Lippmann and \n          Alastair Buchan and several \n          Harry Simple essays.","NATO Defense College folder consists of\n         several lectures given by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. at the College,\n         including: \"The Balance of Power as a Stabilizing Factor in\n         International Relations\" (November 9, 1976); \"The Causes of\n         the Conflict Between East and West (February 27, 1973 \u0026\n         September 10, 1974); \"Basic Changes in International Relations\n         in the 20th Century\" (1973); \"The Role of Military Force in\n         the Nuclear Age\" (1962); \"Military Power as an Instrument of\n         Policy in the Nuclear Age\" (1958, 1959, \u0026 1961); and \"The\n         Armed Forces as an Element of Power\" (1958). There is also a\n         letter from \n          Stansfield Turner (July 22, 1975).","Nature of Power has a letter from \n          Dean Acheson , October 26, 1954, and a\n         discussion of the book title (September 28 \u0026 October 15,\n         1954).","Personal file kept by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. while employed at the \n          State Department and containing publishing\n         suggestions, family correspondence, letters of introduction,\n         and others. Topics and correspondents include: \n          Charles Gamper (July 16, 1945); the\n         protection of the Duck Hawk (June 18, 1945); \n          Rita Halle Kleeman regarding community\n         projects for Mexican laborers (July 19 \u0026 26, 1945);\n         Bolivian affairs (July 18 \u0026 28, 1945); a Conservation\n         Conference (March 30 \u0026 May 1, 1946); description of \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's various jobs in the\n          State Department (October 28, November 3\n         \u0026 20, 1947); article on birds of \n          Argentina (October 20 \u0026 November 10,\n         1947); controversy regarding \n          William Vogt 's \n          Road to Survival (January 10, 1949); and \n          Andrew V. Corry (January 8, February 13,\n         \u0026 April 30, 1949).","United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation\n         Administration mission to \n          Latin America ; \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. joined the\n         organization as Diplomatic Advisor in August 1, 1944, and this\n         file contains the itinerary for this wartime mission (October\n         9, 1944).","The third series of this collection consists of articles,\n         books reviews, talks, and lectures prepared by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. . The following\n         publications represent the majority of these articles and book\n         reviews: \n          Foreign Service Journal , \n          Atlantic Naturalist , \n          The New Republic , \n          Encounter , \n          Manas , \n          Saturday Review , \n          Audubon , especially the issue on \n          Antarctica (March 1973), \n          British Birds , and the \n          Virginia Quarterly Review . Among the\n         miscellaneous articles is \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's letter to the\n         editor of \n          The Times concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis\n         and the British Press (1962).","Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's lectures,\n         1947-1974, cover the period from his employment by the \n          State Department until his retirement from\n         the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , \n          Geneva, Switzerland .","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies","State Department","Rockefeller Foundation","British Broadcasting Corporation","Harper and Brothers","International Institute for Strategic\n         Studies","University of Notre Dame","Princeton University","Pennsylvania Bar Association","NATO Defense College","United Nations","Louis J. Halle, Jr.","George Kennan","William Shakespeare","George Fischer","Dean Rusk","John F. Kennedy","Nikita Khruschev","John Foster Dulles","Cass Canfield","Robert Oppenheimer","Ivan von Auw, Jr.","Ken Thompson","Joseph Halle Schaffner","Dean Acheson","Walter Lippmann","Melvin J. Lasky","David Astor","Karl Marx","Alastair Buchan","Mahatma Gandhi","Richard Nixon","Ernst Mayr","Harry Simple","Stansfield Turner","Charles Gamper","Rita Halle Kleeman","William Vogt","Andrew V. Corry","English"],"unitid_tesim":["10603-g"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Additional Louis J. Halle, Jr. Papers\n         1938-1987"],"collection_title_tesim":["Additional Louis J. Halle, Jr. Papers\n         1938-1987"],"collection_ssim":["Additional Louis J. Halle, Jr. Papers\n         1938-1987"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":[""],"creator_ssim":[""],"acqinfo_ssim":["Mr. Louis J. Halle, Jr. of Geneva, Switzerland, gave the Library\n            this addition to his papers on \n             July 1, 1987 ."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["ca. 3,850"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection arrived at the Library in fair order and the\n         orginal reverse chronological order and subject divisions have\n         been maintained. The papers are arranged in the following\n         series:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eI) Chronological Correspondence (Boxes 1-2)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eII) Topical Correspondence (Boxes 3-7)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIII) Articles, Book Reviews, and Lectures (7-13)\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection arrived at the Library in fair order and the\n         orginal reverse chronological order and subject divisions have\n         been maintained. The papers are arranged in the following\n         series:","I) Chronological Correspondence (Boxes 1-2)","II) Topical Correspondence (Boxes 3-7)","III) Articles, Book Reviews, and Lectures (7-13)"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Louis Joseph Halle, 1938-1987, Accession #10603-g, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of Louis Joseph Halle, 1938-1987, Accession #10603-g, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis addition to the \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eCollection, consisting\n         of ca. 3,850 items (13 Hollinger boxes; ca. 4.5 linear feet),\n         1938-1987, contains a chronological correspondence file kept\n         by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's secretary during\n         his tenure at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGraduate Institute of International\n         Studies\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGeneva, Switzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e, topical\n         correspondence, and lecture notes, talks, speeches, articles,\n         and book reviews by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e. The composition of\n         this group of papers is very similiar to previous \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eaccessions but the\n         collection contains more material from his tenure in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, departmental\n         correspondence as a professor at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGraduate Institute of International\n         Studies\u003c/corpname\u003e, and many more of his earlier lectures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe chronological correspondence file of outgoing \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eletters generally\n         concerns the business of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGraduate Institute of International\n         Studies\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's lecture and\n         speaking engagements, personal business, and the publication\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's books, especially \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCold War as History\u003c/bibref\u003eand \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Society of Man\u003c/bibref\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include: the Cold War (November 8, 1965); the\n         Foreign Service Act of 1946 (January 31, 1966); the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRockefeller Foundation\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n         1966); the division of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003ein August of 1961 (March 7, 1966);\n         response to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e's comments concerning \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCold War as History\u003c/bibref\u003e(April 27, 1966);\n         Strategic Studies Program at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGeneva\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 1967); notes on Peace on\n         Earth Assembly at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGeneva\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 2, 1967); problems with\n         university publishing (April 21 \u0026amp; May 30, 1967); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's departure from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 11, 1967); \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003eand nuclear weapons (April\n         11, 1967 \u0026amp; January 20, 1970); discussion of a curriculum\n         of international relations (March 24, 1967); the development\n         of East-West relations (March 3, 1967); contemporary history\n         (August 3, 1967); violence and polemic license (May 13, June\n         12 \u0026amp; December 10, 1968); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c/persname\u003e's identity (February\n         5, 1968); the purpose of universities (December 19, 1969); the\n         academic establishment (October 21, 1970); and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVietnam\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 26, 1970).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOccasionally miscellaneous articles and drafts appear in\n         the chronological file. These include: \"The Danger That Our\n         Power Poses for Us\" (ca. March 31, 1967); \"Hamlet and the\n         World\" afterword (November 27, 1967); \"The U.S. in the Far\n         East\" introduction (November 20, 1967); a draft concerning \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eKeesing's Contemporary Archives\u003c/bibref\u003e(October 6,\n         1967); \"A Multitude of Cold Wars\" (March 4, 1968); \" \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003eand the Common Mind\" (March\n         1, 1968); \"International Behavior and the Prospects for Human\n         Survival\" (January 14, 1969); \"Observations on the Proposed\n         Program of Civilization and Foreign Affairs Put Forward by\n         Fletcher\" (June 16, 1969); \"Professionalism and the Foreign\n         Service\" (January 14, 1969); colloquium on \"Nato and Security\n         in the Seventies\" (October 8-11, 1969); \"Between Arms Race,\n         Arms Control, and Crisis Management -The Dialogue of the\n         Superpowers\" (September 15, 1969); \"What Do We Mean By a World\n         at Peace?\" (March 6-8, 1970); and \"Poetry and Statesmanship\"\n         (May 29, 1971).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects or correspondents in individual topical files will\n         be listed under the name of the file as follows:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003eBritish Broadcasting Corporation\u003c/corpname\u003eincludes\n         correspondence from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Fischer\u003c/persname\u003e; the invasion of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCzechoslovakia\u003c/geogname\u003e, liberalization of East \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSoviet Union\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 28, 1968); a \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003einterview concerning communism,\n         the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVietnam\u003c/geogname\u003eWar, Chinese-American relations,\n         and the 1961 \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVienna\u003c/geogname\u003eSummit Meeting between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNikita Khruschev\u003c/persname\u003e(December 14, 1976); a\n         talk on the written English language and the theory of\n         knowledge (August 24, 1977); and a talk on the human mind\n         titled \"Mind: Chance or Necessity\" (July 29, 1977).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003eCareer contains several\n         articles, \"New Weapons and the Future,\" \"History and the\n         Present,\" \"Our Deteriorating Latin American Relations,\" \"The\n         Problem of Formulating American Foreign Policy,\" \"Communist\n         Experience,\" \"Force and Consent in International Affairs,\" \"A\n         Critique of Current U.S. Foreign Policy,\" and \"Morals and\n         Foreign Policy.\" Also present is a carbon of a letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e, July 28, 1954,\n         written upon \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's departure from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003eservice. In it, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eurges the use of\n         calculated restraint in international affairs, furnishing\n         examples of problems resulting from lack of it and specifying\n         objectives for the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCass Canfield\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHarper and Brothers\u003c/corpname\u003eusually concerns the\n         publication of several \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ebooks, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eChoice for Survival\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCivilization and Foreign Policy\u003c/bibref\u003e, and \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDream and Reality\u003c/bibref\u003e, but also discusses the\n         case of government atomic advisor Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Oppenheimer\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1954).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCivilization and Foreign Policy contains reviews concerning\n         the book, correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCass Canfield\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eIvan von Auw, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e(January 26, 1955); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eKen Thompson\u003c/persname\u003e(January 3, 1955); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Halle Schaffner\u003c/persname\u003e(December 30,\n         1954); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e(December 23, 1953 \u0026amp;\n         March 5, May 26, \u0026amp; October 5, 1954); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippmann\u003c/persname\u003e(July 21, 1954). Also\n         present is a biographical sketch of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(October 22,\n         1954).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncounter includes several \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003earticles and his\n         correspondence with its editor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMelvin J. Lasky\u003c/persname\u003e. Among these are: \"Truth\n         and Consequences\" (September 3, 1962); \"The Problem of Two\n         Germanies: A Fabian Approach\" (February 21, 1964); \"The\n         Flickering Lamp\" (August 13, 1967); \"Lessons of the Nuclear\n         Age\" (July 4, 1967 \u0026amp; March 17, 1969); \"Why the Revolt\n         Against Hitler Was Ignored: A Note in the Margin of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Astor\u003c/persname\u003e's Page\" (July 8, 1969); \" \n         \u003cpersname\u003eKarl Marx\u003c/persname\u003e: His Death and Resurrection\"\n         (attached to October 7, 1969); \"A World At Peace ?\" (December\n         15, 1970); and \"Western Cohesion and Alternative Patterns for\n         the 1970's\" (October 23, 1970). Other subjects or writers\n         include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlastair Buchan\u003c/persname\u003e(July 4 \u0026amp; September\n         15,1967); \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003estudent extremists (August\n         9, 1969); the \"hero worship\" of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMahatma Gandhi\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eKarl Marx\u003c/persname\u003e(October 7, 1969); and the\n         Japanese translation of \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCold War as History\u003c/bibref\u003e(November 7, 1969).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003eInternational Institute for Strategic\n         Studies\u003c/corpname\u003econtains \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlastair Buchan\u003c/persname\u003e's \"The American Temper\n         1966,\" notes concerning the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 14, 1966), and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's \"Strategy and\n         Ideology\" (September 13, 1968).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence contains\n         copies of many of his own articles, such as: \"Credo of a Civil\n         Servant\" (February 12, 1954); Address at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Notre Dame\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 15,1953);\n         Address at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePrinceton University\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 21, 1953);\n         Address at the meeting of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePennsylvania Bar Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 16,\n         1953); \"History and Diplomacy as Viewed by a Diplomatist\"\n         (January 20 \u0026amp; May 1, 1956); \"Industrial Society and\n         Western Political Dialogue\" (ca. 1959); and \"Rebels Without a\n         Program\" (June 7, 1968).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's response to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e's \"Notes for Essays:\n         1951-1952\" (June 19, 1953); the political slant of the\n         security program of 1954 (December 15, 1954); morality in\n         foreign policy (April 12, 1955 \u0026amp; January 9, 1956); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's preparation of his\n         lectures (March 8, 1957); Kennan's earlier tour of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth America\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 17, 1959); the\n         political environment of 1960 (February 22, 1960); Kennan's\n         comments regarding \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCold War as History\u003c/bibref\u003e(April 20, 1966); Kennan's\n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c/bibref\u003e(January 16 \u0026amp; 22, 1968); Kennan's\n         opinion concerning \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Nixon\u003c/persname\u003e's overture to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003e(attached to January 11, 1972); and\n         nuclear weapons (July 17, 1977).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManas has \"Why is There No Voltaire\" (July 31, 1968), and a\n         discussion of the presumption of scientists regarding\n         political questions (July 1, 1968).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eErnst Mayr\u003c/persname\u003econcerning evolutionary theory\n         (April 18 \u0026amp; 29, 1983) and his meeting with the young \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(February 14,\n         1983).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMen and Nations folders contain scattered correspondence\n         with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippmann\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlastair Buchan\u003c/persname\u003eand several \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHarry Simple\u003c/persname\u003eessays.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003eNATO Defense College\u003c/corpname\u003efolder consists of\n         several lectures given by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eat the College,\n         including: \"The Balance of Power as a Stabilizing Factor in\n         International Relations\" (November 9, 1976); \"The Causes of\n         the Conflict Between East and West (February 27, 1973 \u0026amp;\n         September 10, 1974); \"Basic Changes in International Relations\n         in the 20th Century\" (1973); \"The Role of Military Force in\n         the Nuclear Age\" (1962); \"Military Power as an Instrument of\n         Policy in the Nuclear Age\" (1958, 1959, \u0026amp; 1961); and \"The\n         Armed Forces as an Element of Power\" (1958). There is also a\n         letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eStansfield Turner\u003c/persname\u003e(July 22, 1975).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNature of Power has a letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e, October 26, 1954, and a\n         discussion of the book title (September 28 \u0026amp; October 15,\n         1954).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal file kept by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewhile employed at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003eand containing publishing\n         suggestions, family correspondence, letters of introduction,\n         and others. Topics and correspondents include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Gamper\u003c/persname\u003e(July 16, 1945); the\n         protection of the Duck Hawk (June 18, 1945); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRita Halle Kleeman\u003c/persname\u003eregarding community\n         projects for Mexican laborers (July 19 \u0026amp; 26, 1945);\n         Bolivian affairs (July 18 \u0026amp; 28, 1945); a Conservation\n         Conference (March 30 \u0026amp; May 1, 1946); description of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's various jobs in the\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 28, November 3\n         \u0026amp; 20, 1947); article on birds of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eArgentina\u003c/geogname\u003e(October 20 \u0026amp; November 10,\n         1947); controversy regarding \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Vogt\u003c/persname\u003e's \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRoad to Survival\u003c/bibref\u003e(January 10, 1949); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew V. Corry\u003c/persname\u003e(January 8, February 13,\n         \u0026amp; April 30, 1949).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Nations\u003c/corpname\u003eRelief and Rehabilitation\n         Administration mission to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ejoined the\n         organization as Diplomatic Advisor in August 1, 1944, and this\n         file contains the itinerary for this wartime mission (October\n         9, 1944).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe third series of this collection consists of articles,\n         books reviews, talks, and lectures prepared by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e. The following\n         publications represent the majority of these articles and book\n         reviews: \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eForeign Service Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAtlantic Naturalist\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe New Republic\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEncounter\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eManas\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSaturday Review\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAudubon\u003c/bibref\u003e, especially the issue on \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAntarctica\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 1973), \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBritish Birds\u003c/bibref\u003e, and the \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c/bibref\u003e. Among the\n         miscellaneous articles is \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's letter to the\n         editor of \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Times\u003c/bibref\u003econcerning the Cuban Missile Crisis\n         and the British Press (1962).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's lectures,\n         1947-1974, cover the period from his employment by the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003euntil his retirement from\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGraduate Institute of International\n         Studies\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGeneva, Switzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["SCOPE AND CONTENT"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This addition to the \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. Collection, consisting\n         of ca. 3,850 items (13 Hollinger boxes; ca. 4.5 linear feet),\n         1938-1987, contains a chronological correspondence file kept\n         by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's secretary during\n         his tenure at the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , \n          Geneva, Switzerland , topical\n         correspondence, and lecture notes, talks, speeches, articles,\n         and book reviews by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. . The composition of\n         this group of papers is very similiar to previous \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. accessions but the\n         collection contains more material from his tenure in the \n          State Department , departmental\n         correspondence as a professor at the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , and many more of his earlier lectures.","The chronological correspondence file of outgoing \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. letters generally\n         concerns the business of the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's lecture and\n         speaking engagements, personal business, and the publication\n         of \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's books, especially \n          Cold War as History and \n          The Society of Man .","Other topics include: the Cold War (November 8, 1965); the\n         Foreign Service Act of 1946 (January 31, 1966); the \n          Rockefeller Foundation (February 25,\n         1966); the division of \n          Berlin in August of 1961 (March 7, 1966);\n         response to \n          George Kennan 's comments concerning \n          Cold War as History (April 27, 1966);\n         Strategic Studies Program at \n          Geneva (June 1967); notes on Peace on\n         Earth Assembly at \n          Geneva (June 2, 1967); problems with\n         university publishing (April 21 \u0026 May 30, 1967); \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's departure from the \n          State Department (April 11, 1967); \n          Great Britain and nuclear weapons (April\n         11, 1967 \u0026 January 20, 1970); discussion of a curriculum\n         of international relations (March 24, 1967); the development\n         of East-West relations (March 3, 1967); contemporary history\n         (August 3, 1967); violence and polemic license (May 13, June\n         12 \u0026 December 10, 1968); \n          William Shakespeare 's identity (February\n         5, 1968); the purpose of universities (December 19, 1969); the\n         academic establishment (October 21, 1970); and \n          Vietnam (June 26, 1970).","Occasionally miscellaneous articles and drafts appear in\n         the chronological file. These include: \"The Danger That Our\n         Power Poses for Us\" (ca. March 31, 1967); \"Hamlet and the\n         World\" afterword (November 27, 1967); \"The U.S. in the Far\n         East\" introduction (November 20, 1967); a draft concerning \n          Keesing's Contemporary Archives (October 6,\n         1967); \"A Multitude of Cold Wars\" (March 4, 1968); \" \n          George Kennan and the Common Mind\" (March\n         1, 1968); \"International Behavior and the Prospects for Human\n         Survival\" (January 14, 1969); \"Observations on the Proposed\n         Program of Civilization and Foreign Affairs Put Forward by\n         Fletcher\" (June 16, 1969); \"Professionalism and the Foreign\n         Service\" (January 14, 1969); colloquium on \"Nato and Security\n         in the Seventies\" (October 8-11, 1969); \"Between Arms Race,\n         Arms Control, and Crisis Management -The Dialogue of the\n         Superpowers\" (September 15, 1969); \"What Do We Mean By a World\n         at Peace?\" (March 6-8, 1970); and \"Poetry and Statesmanship\"\n         (May 29, 1971).","Subjects or correspondents in individual topical files will\n         be listed under the name of the file as follows:","British Broadcasting Corporation includes\n         correspondence from \n          George Fischer ; the invasion of \n          Czechoslovakia , liberalization of East \n          Europe and the \n          Soviet Union (August 28, 1968); a \n          Dean Rusk interview concerning communism,\n         the \n          Vietnam War, Chinese-American relations,\n         and the 1961 \n          Vienna Summit Meeting between \n          John F. Kennedy and \n          Nikita Khruschev (December 14, 1976); a\n         talk on the written English language and the theory of\n         knowledge (August 24, 1977); and a talk on the human mind\n         titled \"Mind: Chance or Necessity\" (July 29, 1977).","State Department Career contains several\n         articles, \"New Weapons and the Future,\" \"History and the\n         Present,\" \"Our Deteriorating Latin American Relations,\" \"The\n         Problem of Formulating American Foreign Policy,\" \"Communist\n         Experience,\" \"Force and Consent in International Affairs,\" \"A\n         Critique of Current U.S. Foreign Policy,\" and \"Morals and\n         Foreign Policy.\" Also present is a carbon of a letter from \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. to \n          John Foster Dulles , July 28, 1954,\n         written upon \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's departure from \n          State Department service. In it, \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. urges the use of\n         calculated restraint in international affairs, furnishing\n         examples of problems resulting from lack of it and specifying\n         objectives for the \n          State Department .","Cass Canfield of \n          Harper and Brothers usually concerns the\n         publication of several \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. books, \n          Choice for Survival , \n          Civilization and Foreign Policy , and \n          Dream and Reality , but also discusses the\n         case of government atomic advisor Dr. \n          Robert Oppenheimer (June 3, 1954).","Civilization and Foreign Policy contains reviews concerning\n         the book, correspondence with \n          Cass Canfield and \n          Ivan von Auw, Jr. , as well as \n          George Kennan (January 26, 1955); \n          Ken Thompson (January 3, 1955); \n          Joseph Halle Schaffner (December 30,\n         1954); \n          Dean Acheson (December 23, 1953 \u0026\n         March 5, May 26, \u0026 October 5, 1954); and \n          Walter Lippmann (July 21, 1954). Also\n         present is a biographical sketch of \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. (October 22,\n         1954).","Encounter includes several \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. articles and his\n         correspondence with its editor \n          Melvin J. Lasky . Among these are: \"Truth\n         and Consequences\" (September 3, 1962); \"The Problem of Two\n         Germanies: A Fabian Approach\" (February 21, 1964); \"The\n         Flickering Lamp\" (August 13, 1967); \"Lessons of the Nuclear\n         Age\" (July 4, 1967 \u0026 March 17, 1969); \"Why the Revolt\n         Against Hitler Was Ignored: A Note in the Margin of \n          David Astor 's Page\" (July 8, 1969); \" \n          Karl Marx : His Death and Resurrection\"\n         (attached to October 7, 1969); \"A World At Peace ?\" (December\n         15, 1970); and \"Western Cohesion and Alternative Patterns for\n         the 1970's\" (October 23, 1970). Other subjects or writers\n         include: \n          Alastair Buchan (July 4 \u0026 September\n         15,1967); \n          United States student extremists (August\n         9, 1969); the \"hero worship\" of \n          Mahatma Gandhi and \n          Karl Marx (October 7, 1969); and the\n         Japanese translation of \n          Cold War as History (November 7, 1969).","International Institute for Strategic\n         Studies contains \n          Alastair Buchan 's \"The American Temper\n         1966,\" notes concerning the \n          United States (June 14, 1966), and \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's \"Strategy and\n         Ideology\" (September 13, 1968).","George Kennan 's correspondence contains\n         copies of many of his own articles, such as: \"Credo of a Civil\n         Servant\" (February 12, 1954); Address at the \n          University of Notre Dame (May 15,1953);\n         Address at \n          Princeton University (February 21, 1953);\n         Address at the meeting of the \n          Pennsylvania Bar Association (January 16,\n         1953); \"History and Diplomacy as Viewed by a Diplomatist\"\n         (January 20 \u0026 May 1, 1956); \"Industrial Society and\n         Western Political Dialogue\" (ca. 1959); and \"Rebels Without a\n         Program\" (June 7, 1968).","Other topics include: \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's response to \n          George Kennan 's \"Notes for Essays:\n         1951-1952\" (June 19, 1953); the political slant of the\n         security program of 1954 (December 15, 1954); morality in\n         foreign policy (April 12, 1955 \u0026 January 9, 1956); \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's preparation of his\n         lectures (March 8, 1957); Kennan's earlier tour of \n          South America (March 17, 1959); the\n         political environment of 1960 (February 22, 1960); Kennan's\n         comments regarding \n          Cold War as History (April 20, 1966); Kennan's\n          Memoirs (January 16 \u0026 22, 1968); Kennan's\n         opinion concerning \n          Richard Nixon 's overture to \n          China (attached to January 11, 1972); and\n         nuclear weapons (July 17, 1977).","Manas has \"Why is There No Voltaire\" (July 31, 1968), and a\n         discussion of the presumption of scientists regarding\n         political questions (July 1, 1968).","Ernst Mayr concerning evolutionary theory\n         (April 18 \u0026 29, 1983) and his meeting with the young \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. (February 14,\n         1983).","Men and Nations folders contain scattered correspondence\n         with \n          Walter Lippmann and \n          Alastair Buchan and several \n          Harry Simple essays.","NATO Defense College folder consists of\n         several lectures given by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. at the College,\n         including: \"The Balance of Power as a Stabilizing Factor in\n         International Relations\" (November 9, 1976); \"The Causes of\n         the Conflict Between East and West (February 27, 1973 \u0026\n         September 10, 1974); \"Basic Changes in International Relations\n         in the 20th Century\" (1973); \"The Role of Military Force in\n         the Nuclear Age\" (1962); \"Military Power as an Instrument of\n         Policy in the Nuclear Age\" (1958, 1959, \u0026 1961); and \"The\n         Armed Forces as an Element of Power\" (1958). There is also a\n         letter from \n          Stansfield Turner (July 22, 1975).","Nature of Power has a letter from \n          Dean Acheson , October 26, 1954, and a\n         discussion of the book title (September 28 \u0026 October 15,\n         1954).","Personal file kept by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. while employed at the \n          State Department and containing publishing\n         suggestions, family correspondence, letters of introduction,\n         and others. Topics and correspondents include: \n          Charles Gamper (July 16, 1945); the\n         protection of the Duck Hawk (June 18, 1945); \n          Rita Halle Kleeman regarding community\n         projects for Mexican laborers (July 19 \u0026 26, 1945);\n         Bolivian affairs (July 18 \u0026 28, 1945); a Conservation\n         Conference (March 30 \u0026 May 1, 1946); description of \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's various jobs in the\n          State Department (October 28, November 3\n         \u0026 20, 1947); article on birds of \n          Argentina (October 20 \u0026 November 10,\n         1947); controversy regarding \n          William Vogt 's \n          Road to Survival (January 10, 1949); and \n          Andrew V. Corry (January 8, February 13,\n         \u0026 April 30, 1949).","United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation\n         Administration mission to \n          Latin America ; \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. joined the\n         organization as Diplomatic Advisor in August 1, 1944, and this\n         file contains the itinerary for this wartime mission (October\n         9, 1944).","The third series of this collection consists of articles,\n         books reviews, talks, and lectures prepared by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. . The following\n         publications represent the majority of these articles and book\n         reviews: \n          Foreign Service Journal , \n          Atlantic Naturalist , \n          The New Republic , \n          Encounter , \n          Manas , \n          Saturday Review , \n          Audubon , especially the issue on \n          Antarctica (March 1973), \n          British Birds , and the \n          Virginia Quarterly Review . Among the\n         miscellaneous articles is \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's letter to the\n         editor of \n          The Times concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis\n         and the British Press (1962).","Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's lectures,\n         1947-1974, cover the period from his employment by the \n          State Department until his retirement from\n         the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , \n          Geneva, Switzerland ."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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The papers are arranged in the following\n         series:","I) Chronological Correspondence (Boxes 1-2)","II) Topical Correspondence (Boxes 3-7)","III) Articles, Book Reviews, and Lectures (7-13)","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","This addition to the \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. Collection, consisting\n         of ca. 3,850 items (13 Hollinger boxes; ca. 4.5 linear feet),\n         1938-1987, contains a chronological correspondence file kept\n         by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's secretary during\n         his tenure at the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , \n          Geneva, Switzerland , topical\n         correspondence, and lecture notes, talks, speeches, articles,\n         and book reviews by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. . The composition of\n         this group of papers is very similiar to previous \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. accessions but the\n         collection contains more material from his tenure in the \n          State Department , departmental\n         correspondence as a professor at the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , and many more of his earlier lectures.","The chronological correspondence file of outgoing \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. letters generally\n         concerns the business of the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's lecture and\n         speaking engagements, personal business, and the publication\n         of \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's books, especially \n          Cold War as History and \n          The Society of Man .","Other topics include: the Cold War (November 8, 1965); the\n         Foreign Service Act of 1946 (January 31, 1966); the \n          Rockefeller Foundation (February 25,\n         1966); the division of \n          Berlin in August of 1961 (March 7, 1966);\n         response to \n          George Kennan 's comments concerning \n          Cold War as History (April 27, 1966);\n         Strategic Studies Program at \n          Geneva (June 1967); notes on Peace on\n         Earth Assembly at \n          Geneva (June 2, 1967); problems with\n         university publishing (April 21 \u0026 May 30, 1967); \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's departure from the \n          State Department (April 11, 1967); \n          Great Britain and nuclear weapons (April\n         11, 1967 \u0026 January 20, 1970); discussion of a curriculum\n         of international relations (March 24, 1967); the development\n         of East-West relations (March 3, 1967); contemporary history\n         (August 3, 1967); violence and polemic license (May 13, June\n         12 \u0026 December 10, 1968); \n          William Shakespeare 's identity (February\n         5, 1968); the purpose of universities (December 19, 1969); the\n         academic establishment (October 21, 1970); and \n          Vietnam (June 26, 1970).","Occasionally miscellaneous articles and drafts appear in\n         the chronological file. These include: \"The Danger That Our\n         Power Poses for Us\" (ca. March 31, 1967); \"Hamlet and the\n         World\" afterword (November 27, 1967); \"The U.S. in the Far\n         East\" introduction (November 20, 1967); a draft concerning \n          Keesing's Contemporary Archives (October 6,\n         1967); \"A Multitude of Cold Wars\" (March 4, 1968); \" \n          George Kennan and the Common Mind\" (March\n         1, 1968); \"International Behavior and the Prospects for Human\n         Survival\" (January 14, 1969); \"Observations on the Proposed\n         Program of Civilization and Foreign Affairs Put Forward by\n         Fletcher\" (June 16, 1969); \"Professionalism and the Foreign\n         Service\" (January 14, 1969); colloquium on \"Nato and Security\n         in the Seventies\" (October 8-11, 1969); \"Between Arms Race,\n         Arms Control, and Crisis Management -The Dialogue of the\n         Superpowers\" (September 15, 1969); \"What Do We Mean By a World\n         at Peace?\" (March 6-8, 1970); and \"Poetry and Statesmanship\"\n         (May 29, 1971).","Subjects or correspondents in individual topical files will\n         be listed under the name of the file as follows:","British Broadcasting Corporation includes\n         correspondence from \n          George Fischer ; the invasion of \n          Czechoslovakia , liberalization of East \n          Europe and the \n          Soviet Union (August 28, 1968); a \n          Dean Rusk interview concerning communism,\n         the \n          Vietnam War, Chinese-American relations,\n         and the 1961 \n          Vienna Summit Meeting between \n          John F. Kennedy and \n          Nikita Khruschev (December 14, 1976); a\n         talk on the written English language and the theory of\n         knowledge (August 24, 1977); and a talk on the human mind\n         titled \"Mind: Chance or Necessity\" (July 29, 1977).","State Department Career contains several\n         articles, \"New Weapons and the Future,\" \"History and the\n         Present,\" \"Our Deteriorating Latin American Relations,\" \"The\n         Problem of Formulating American Foreign Policy,\" \"Communist\n         Experience,\" \"Force and Consent in International Affairs,\" \"A\n         Critique of Current U.S. Foreign Policy,\" and \"Morals and\n         Foreign Policy.\" Also present is a carbon of a letter from \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. to \n          John Foster Dulles , July 28, 1954,\n         written upon \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's departure from \n          State Department service. In it, \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. urges the use of\n         calculated restraint in international affairs, furnishing\n         examples of problems resulting from lack of it and specifying\n         objectives for the \n          State Department .","Cass Canfield of \n          Harper and Brothers usually concerns the\n         publication of several \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. books, \n          Choice for Survival , \n          Civilization and Foreign Policy , and \n          Dream and Reality , but also discusses the\n         case of government atomic advisor Dr. \n          Robert Oppenheimer (June 3, 1954).","Civilization and Foreign Policy contains reviews concerning\n         the book, correspondence with \n          Cass Canfield and \n          Ivan von Auw, Jr. , as well as \n          George Kennan (January 26, 1955); \n          Ken Thompson (January 3, 1955); \n          Joseph Halle Schaffner (December 30,\n         1954); \n          Dean Acheson (December 23, 1953 \u0026\n         March 5, May 26, \u0026 October 5, 1954); and \n          Walter Lippmann (July 21, 1954). Also\n         present is a biographical sketch of \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. (October 22,\n         1954).","Encounter includes several \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. articles and his\n         correspondence with its editor \n          Melvin J. Lasky . Among these are: \"Truth\n         and Consequences\" (September 3, 1962); \"The Problem of Two\n         Germanies: A Fabian Approach\" (February 21, 1964); \"The\n         Flickering Lamp\" (August 13, 1967); \"Lessons of the Nuclear\n         Age\" (July 4, 1967 \u0026 March 17, 1969); \"Why the Revolt\n         Against Hitler Was Ignored: A Note in the Margin of \n          David Astor 's Page\" (July 8, 1969); \" \n          Karl Marx : His Death and Resurrection\"\n         (attached to October 7, 1969); \"A World At Peace ?\" (December\n         15, 1970); and \"Western Cohesion and Alternative Patterns for\n         the 1970's\" (October 23, 1970). Other subjects or writers\n         include: \n          Alastair Buchan (July 4 \u0026 September\n         15,1967); \n          United States student extremists (August\n         9, 1969); the \"hero worship\" of \n          Mahatma Gandhi and \n          Karl Marx (October 7, 1969); and the\n         Japanese translation of \n          Cold War as History (November 7, 1969).","International Institute for Strategic\n         Studies contains \n          Alastair Buchan 's \"The American Temper\n         1966,\" notes concerning the \n          United States (June 14, 1966), and \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's \"Strategy and\n         Ideology\" (September 13, 1968).","George Kennan 's correspondence contains\n         copies of many of his own articles, such as: \"Credo of a Civil\n         Servant\" (February 12, 1954); Address at the \n          University of Notre Dame (May 15,1953);\n         Address at \n          Princeton University (February 21, 1953);\n         Address at the meeting of the \n          Pennsylvania Bar Association (January 16,\n         1953); \"History and Diplomacy as Viewed by a Diplomatist\"\n         (January 20 \u0026 May 1, 1956); \"Industrial Society and\n         Western Political Dialogue\" (ca. 1959); and \"Rebels Without a\n         Program\" (June 7, 1968).","Other topics include: \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's response to \n          George Kennan 's \"Notes for Essays:\n         1951-1952\" (June 19, 1953); the political slant of the\n         security program of 1954 (December 15, 1954); morality in\n         foreign policy (April 12, 1955 \u0026 January 9, 1956); \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's preparation of his\n         lectures (March 8, 1957); Kennan's earlier tour of \n          South America (March 17, 1959); the\n         political environment of 1960 (February 22, 1960); Kennan's\n         comments regarding \n          Cold War as History (April 20, 1966); Kennan's\n          Memoirs (January 16 \u0026 22, 1968); Kennan's\n         opinion concerning \n          Richard Nixon 's overture to \n          China (attached to January 11, 1972); and\n         nuclear weapons (July 17, 1977).","Manas has \"Why is There No Voltaire\" (July 31, 1968), and a\n         discussion of the presumption of scientists regarding\n         political questions (July 1, 1968).","Ernst Mayr concerning evolutionary theory\n         (April 18 \u0026 29, 1983) and his meeting with the young \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. (February 14,\n         1983).","Men and Nations folders contain scattered correspondence\n         with \n          Walter Lippmann and \n          Alastair Buchan and several \n          Harry Simple essays.","NATO Defense College folder consists of\n         several lectures given by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. at the College,\n         including: \"The Balance of Power as a Stabilizing Factor in\n         International Relations\" (November 9, 1976); \"The Causes of\n         the Conflict Between East and West (February 27, 1973 \u0026\n         September 10, 1974); \"Basic Changes in International Relations\n         in the 20th Century\" (1973); \"The Role of Military Force in\n         the Nuclear Age\" (1962); \"Military Power as an Instrument of\n         Policy in the Nuclear Age\" (1958, 1959, \u0026 1961); and \"The\n         Armed Forces as an Element of Power\" (1958). There is also a\n         letter from \n          Stansfield Turner (July 22, 1975).","Nature of Power has a letter from \n          Dean Acheson , October 26, 1954, and a\n         discussion of the book title (September 28 \u0026 October 15,\n         1954).","Personal file kept by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. while employed at the \n          State Department and containing publishing\n         suggestions, family correspondence, letters of introduction,\n         and others. Topics and correspondents include: \n          Charles Gamper (July 16, 1945); the\n         protection of the Duck Hawk (June 18, 1945); \n          Rita Halle Kleeman regarding community\n         projects for Mexican laborers (July 19 \u0026 26, 1945);\n         Bolivian affairs (July 18 \u0026 28, 1945); a Conservation\n         Conference (March 30 \u0026 May 1, 1946); description of \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's various jobs in the\n          State Department (October 28, November 3\n         \u0026 20, 1947); article on birds of \n          Argentina (October 20 \u0026 November 10,\n         1947); controversy regarding \n          William Vogt 's \n          Road to Survival (January 10, 1949); and \n          Andrew V. Corry (January 8, February 13,\n         \u0026 April 30, 1949).","United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation\n         Administration mission to \n          Latin America ; \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. joined the\n         organization as Diplomatic Advisor in August 1, 1944, and this\n         file contains the itinerary for this wartime mission (October\n         9, 1944).","The third series of this collection consists of articles,\n         books reviews, talks, and lectures prepared by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. . The following\n         publications represent the majority of these articles and book\n         reviews: \n          Foreign Service Journal , \n          Atlantic Naturalist , \n          The New Republic , \n          Encounter , \n          Manas , \n          Saturday Review , \n          Audubon , especially the issue on \n          Antarctica (March 1973), \n          British Birds , and the \n          Virginia Quarterly Review . Among the\n         miscellaneous articles is \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's letter to the\n         editor of \n          The Times concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis\n         and the British Press (1962).","Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's lectures,\n         1947-1974, cover the period from his employment by the \n          State Department until his retirement from\n         the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , \n          Geneva, Switzerland .","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies","State Department","Rockefeller Foundation","British Broadcasting Corporation","Harper and Brothers","International Institute for Strategic\n         Studies","University of Notre Dame","Princeton University","Pennsylvania Bar Association","NATO Defense College","United Nations","Louis J. Halle, Jr.","George Kennan","William Shakespeare","George Fischer","Dean Rusk","John F. 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These include: \"The Danger That Our\n         Power Poses for Us\" (ca. 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Kennedy\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNikita Khruschev\u003c/persname\u003e(December 14, 1976); a\n         talk on the written English language and the theory of\n         knowledge (August 24, 1977); and a talk on the human mind\n         titled \"Mind: Chance or Necessity\" (July 29, 1977).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003eCareer contains several\n         articles, \"New Weapons and the Future,\" \"History and the\n         Present,\" \"Our Deteriorating Latin American Relations,\" \"The\n         Problem of Formulating American Foreign Policy,\" \"Communist\n         Experience,\" \"Force and Consent in International Affairs,\" \"A\n         Critique of Current U.S. Foreign Policy,\" and \"Morals and\n         Foreign Policy.\" Also present is a carbon of a letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e, July 28, 1954,\n         written upon \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's departure from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003eservice. In it, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eurges the use of\n         calculated restraint in international affairs, furnishing\n         examples of problems resulting from lack of it and specifying\n         objectives for the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eCass Canfield\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHarper and Brothers\u003c/corpname\u003eusually concerns the\n         publication of several \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ebooks, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eChoice for Survival\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCivilization and Foreign Policy\u003c/bibref\u003e, and \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eDream and Reality\u003c/bibref\u003e, but also discusses the\n         case of government atomic advisor Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Oppenheimer\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1954).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCivilization and Foreign Policy contains reviews concerning\n         the book, correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCass Canfield\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eIvan von Auw, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e(January 26, 1955); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eKen Thompson\u003c/persname\u003e(January 3, 1955); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Halle Schaffner\u003c/persname\u003e(December 30,\n         1954); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e(December 23, 1953 \u0026amp;\n         March 5, May 26, \u0026amp; October 5, 1954); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippmann\u003c/persname\u003e(July 21, 1954). Also\n         present is a biographical sketch of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(October 22,\n         1954).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncounter includes several \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003earticles and his\n         correspondence with its editor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMelvin J. Lasky\u003c/persname\u003e. Among these are: \"Truth\n         and Consequences\" (September 3, 1962); \"The Problem of Two\n         Germanies: A Fabian Approach\" (February 21, 1964); \"The\n         Flickering Lamp\" (August 13, 1967); \"Lessons of the Nuclear\n         Age\" (July 4, 1967 \u0026amp; March 17, 1969); \"Why the Revolt\n         Against Hitler Was Ignored: A Note in the Margin of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Astor\u003c/persname\u003e's Page\" (July 8, 1969); \" \n         \u003cpersname\u003eKarl Marx\u003c/persname\u003e: His Death and Resurrection\"\n         (attached to October 7, 1969); \"A World At Peace ?\" (December\n         15, 1970); and \"Western Cohesion and Alternative Patterns for\n         the 1970's\" (October 23, 1970). Other subjects or writers\n         include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlastair Buchan\u003c/persname\u003e(July 4 \u0026amp; September\n         15,1967); \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003estudent extremists (August\n         9, 1969); the \"hero worship\" of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMahatma Gandhi\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eKarl Marx\u003c/persname\u003e(October 7, 1969); and the\n         Japanese translation of \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCold War as History\u003c/bibref\u003e(November 7, 1969).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003eInternational Institute for Strategic\n         Studies\u003c/corpname\u003econtains \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlastair Buchan\u003c/persname\u003e's \"The American Temper\n         1966,\" notes concerning the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 14, 1966), and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's \"Strategy and\n         Ideology\" (September 13, 1968).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e's correspondence contains\n         copies of many of his own articles, such as: \"Credo of a Civil\n         Servant\" (February 12, 1954); Address at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Notre Dame\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 15,1953);\n         Address at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePrinceton University\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 21, 1953);\n         Address at the meeting of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePennsylvania Bar Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 16,\n         1953); \"History and Diplomacy as Viewed by a Diplomatist\"\n         (January 20 \u0026amp; May 1, 1956); \"Industrial Society and\n         Western Political Dialogue\" (ca. 1959); and \"Rebels Without a\n         Program\" (June 7, 1968).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's response to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e's \"Notes for Essays:\n         1951-1952\" (June 19, 1953); the political slant of the\n         security program of 1954 (December 15, 1954); morality in\n         foreign policy (April 12, 1955 \u0026amp; January 9, 1956); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's preparation of his\n         lectures (March 8, 1957); Kennan's earlier tour of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth America\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 17, 1959); the\n         political environment of 1960 (February 22, 1960); Kennan's\n         comments regarding \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCold War as History\u003c/bibref\u003e(April 20, 1966); Kennan's\n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c/bibref\u003e(January 16 \u0026amp; 22, 1968); Kennan's\n         opinion concerning \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRichard Nixon\u003c/persname\u003e's overture to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003e(attached to January 11, 1972); and\n         nuclear weapons (July 17, 1977).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManas has \"Why is There No Voltaire\" (July 31, 1968), and a\n         discussion of the presumption of scientists regarding\n         political questions (July 1, 1968).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eErnst Mayr\u003c/persname\u003econcerning evolutionary theory\n         (April 18 \u0026amp; 29, 1983) and his meeting with the young \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(February 14,\n         1983).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMen and Nations folders contain scattered correspondence\n         with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippmann\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlastair Buchan\u003c/persname\u003eand several \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHarry Simple\u003c/persname\u003eessays.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003eNATO Defense College\u003c/corpname\u003efolder consists of\n         several lectures given by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eat the College,\n         including: \"The Balance of Power as a Stabilizing Factor in\n         International Relations\" (November 9, 1976); \"The Causes of\n         the Conflict Between East and West (February 27, 1973 \u0026amp;\n         September 10, 1974); \"Basic Changes in International Relations\n         in the 20th Century\" (1973); \"The Role of Military Force in\n         the Nuclear Age\" (1962); \"Military Power as an Instrument of\n         Policy in the Nuclear Age\" (1958, 1959, \u0026amp; 1961); and \"The\n         Armed Forces as an Element of Power\" (1958). There is also a\n         letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eStansfield Turner\u003c/persname\u003e(July 22, 1975).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNature of Power has a letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e, October 26, 1954, and a\n         discussion of the book title (September 28 \u0026amp; October 15,\n         1954).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal file kept by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewhile employed at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003eand containing publishing\n         suggestions, family correspondence, letters of introduction,\n         and others. Topics and correspondents include: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Gamper\u003c/persname\u003e(July 16, 1945); the\n         protection of the Duck Hawk (June 18, 1945); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRita Halle Kleeman\u003c/persname\u003eregarding community\n         projects for Mexican laborers (July 19 \u0026amp; 26, 1945);\n         Bolivian affairs (July 18 \u0026amp; 28, 1945); a Conservation\n         Conference (March 30 \u0026amp; May 1, 1946); description of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's various jobs in the\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 28, November 3\n         \u0026amp; 20, 1947); article on birds of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eArgentina\u003c/geogname\u003e(October 20 \u0026amp; November 10,\n         1947); controversy regarding \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Vogt\u003c/persname\u003e's \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRoad to Survival\u003c/bibref\u003e(January 10, 1949); and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew V. Corry\u003c/persname\u003e(January 8, February 13,\n         \u0026amp; April 30, 1949).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Nations\u003c/corpname\u003eRelief and Rehabilitation\n         Administration mission to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ejoined the\n         organization as Diplomatic Advisor in August 1, 1944, and this\n         file contains the itinerary for this wartime mission (October\n         9, 1944).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe third series of this collection consists of articles,\n         books reviews, talks, and lectures prepared by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e. The following\n         publications represent the majority of these articles and book\n         reviews: \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eForeign Service Journal\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAtlantic Naturalist\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe New Republic\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEncounter\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eManas\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSaturday Review\u003c/bibref\u003e, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAudubon\u003c/bibref\u003e, especially the issue on \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAntarctica\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 1973), \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBritish Birds\u003c/bibref\u003e, and the \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c/bibref\u003e. Among the\n         miscellaneous articles is \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's letter to the\n         editor of \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Times\u003c/bibref\u003econcerning the Cuban Missile Crisis\n         and the British Press (1962).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eLouis J. Halle, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e's lectures,\n         1947-1974, cover the period from his employment by the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003euntil his retirement from\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGraduate Institute of International\n         Studies\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGeneva, Switzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["SCOPE AND CONTENT"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This addition to the \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. Collection, consisting\n         of ca. 3,850 items (13 Hollinger boxes; ca. 4.5 linear feet),\n         1938-1987, contains a chronological correspondence file kept\n         by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's secretary during\n         his tenure at the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , \n          Geneva, Switzerland , topical\n         correspondence, and lecture notes, talks, speeches, articles,\n         and book reviews by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. . The composition of\n         this group of papers is very similiar to previous \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. accessions but the\n         collection contains more material from his tenure in the \n          State Department , departmental\n         correspondence as a professor at the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , and many more of his earlier lectures.","The chronological correspondence file of outgoing \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. letters generally\n         concerns the business of the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's lecture and\n         speaking engagements, personal business, and the publication\n         of \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's books, especially \n          Cold War as History and \n          The Society of Man .","Other topics include: the Cold War (November 8, 1965); the\n         Foreign Service Act of 1946 (January 31, 1966); the \n          Rockefeller Foundation (February 25,\n         1966); the division of \n          Berlin in August of 1961 (March 7, 1966);\n         response to \n          George Kennan 's comments concerning \n          Cold War as History (April 27, 1966);\n         Strategic Studies Program at \n          Geneva (June 1967); notes on Peace on\n         Earth Assembly at \n          Geneva (June 2, 1967); problems with\n         university publishing (April 21 \u0026 May 30, 1967); \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's departure from the \n          State Department (April 11, 1967); \n          Great Britain and nuclear weapons (April\n         11, 1967 \u0026 January 20, 1970); discussion of a curriculum\n         of international relations (March 24, 1967); the development\n         of East-West relations (March 3, 1967); contemporary history\n         (August 3, 1967); violence and polemic license (May 13, June\n         12 \u0026 December 10, 1968); \n          William Shakespeare 's identity (February\n         5, 1968); the purpose of universities (December 19, 1969); the\n         academic establishment (October 21, 1970); and \n          Vietnam (June 26, 1970).","Occasionally miscellaneous articles and drafts appear in\n         the chronological file. These include: \"The Danger That Our\n         Power Poses for Us\" (ca. March 31, 1967); \"Hamlet and the\n         World\" afterword (November 27, 1967); \"The U.S. in the Far\n         East\" introduction (November 20, 1967); a draft concerning \n          Keesing's Contemporary Archives (October 6,\n         1967); \"A Multitude of Cold Wars\" (March 4, 1968); \" \n          George Kennan and the Common Mind\" (March\n         1, 1968); \"International Behavior and the Prospects for Human\n         Survival\" (January 14, 1969); \"Observations on the Proposed\n         Program of Civilization and Foreign Affairs Put Forward by\n         Fletcher\" (June 16, 1969); \"Professionalism and the Foreign\n         Service\" (January 14, 1969); colloquium on \"Nato and Security\n         in the Seventies\" (October 8-11, 1969); \"Between Arms Race,\n         Arms Control, and Crisis Management -The Dialogue of the\n         Superpowers\" (September 15, 1969); \"What Do We Mean By a World\n         at Peace?\" (March 6-8, 1970); and \"Poetry and Statesmanship\"\n         (May 29, 1971).","Subjects or correspondents in individual topical files will\n         be listed under the name of the file as follows:","British Broadcasting Corporation includes\n         correspondence from \n          George Fischer ; the invasion of \n          Czechoslovakia , liberalization of East \n          Europe and the \n          Soviet Union (August 28, 1968); a \n          Dean Rusk interview concerning communism,\n         the \n          Vietnam War, Chinese-American relations,\n         and the 1961 \n          Vienna Summit Meeting between \n          John F. Kennedy and \n          Nikita Khruschev (December 14, 1976); a\n         talk on the written English language and the theory of\n         knowledge (August 24, 1977); and a talk on the human mind\n         titled \"Mind: Chance or Necessity\" (July 29, 1977).","State Department Career contains several\n         articles, \"New Weapons and the Future,\" \"History and the\n         Present,\" \"Our Deteriorating Latin American Relations,\" \"The\n         Problem of Formulating American Foreign Policy,\" \"Communist\n         Experience,\" \"Force and Consent in International Affairs,\" \"A\n         Critique of Current U.S. Foreign Policy,\" and \"Morals and\n         Foreign Policy.\" Also present is a carbon of a letter from \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. to \n          John Foster Dulles , July 28, 1954,\n         written upon \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's departure from \n          State Department service. In it, \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. urges the use of\n         calculated restraint in international affairs, furnishing\n         examples of problems resulting from lack of it and specifying\n         objectives for the \n          State Department .","Cass Canfield of \n          Harper and Brothers usually concerns the\n         publication of several \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. books, \n          Choice for Survival , \n          Civilization and Foreign Policy , and \n          Dream and Reality , but also discusses the\n         case of government atomic advisor Dr. \n          Robert Oppenheimer (June 3, 1954).","Civilization and Foreign Policy contains reviews concerning\n         the book, correspondence with \n          Cass Canfield and \n          Ivan von Auw, Jr. , as well as \n          George Kennan (January 26, 1955); \n          Ken Thompson (January 3, 1955); \n          Joseph Halle Schaffner (December 30,\n         1954); \n          Dean Acheson (December 23, 1953 \u0026\n         March 5, May 26, \u0026 October 5, 1954); and \n          Walter Lippmann (July 21, 1954). Also\n         present is a biographical sketch of \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. (October 22,\n         1954).","Encounter includes several \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. articles and his\n         correspondence with its editor \n          Melvin J. Lasky . Among these are: \"Truth\n         and Consequences\" (September 3, 1962); \"The Problem of Two\n         Germanies: A Fabian Approach\" (February 21, 1964); \"The\n         Flickering Lamp\" (August 13, 1967); \"Lessons of the Nuclear\n         Age\" (July 4, 1967 \u0026 March 17, 1969); \"Why the Revolt\n         Against Hitler Was Ignored: A Note in the Margin of \n          David Astor 's Page\" (July 8, 1969); \" \n          Karl Marx : His Death and Resurrection\"\n         (attached to October 7, 1969); \"A World At Peace ?\" (December\n         15, 1970); and \"Western Cohesion and Alternative Patterns for\n         the 1970's\" (October 23, 1970). Other subjects or writers\n         include: \n          Alastair Buchan (July 4 \u0026 September\n         15,1967); \n          United States student extremists (August\n         9, 1969); the \"hero worship\" of \n          Mahatma Gandhi and \n          Karl Marx (October 7, 1969); and the\n         Japanese translation of \n          Cold War as History (November 7, 1969).","International Institute for Strategic\n         Studies contains \n          Alastair Buchan 's \"The American Temper\n         1966,\" notes concerning the \n          United States (June 14, 1966), and \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's \"Strategy and\n         Ideology\" (September 13, 1968).","George Kennan 's correspondence contains\n         copies of many of his own articles, such as: \"Credo of a Civil\n         Servant\" (February 12, 1954); Address at the \n          University of Notre Dame (May 15,1953);\n         Address at \n          Princeton University (February 21, 1953);\n         Address at the meeting of the \n          Pennsylvania Bar Association (January 16,\n         1953); \"History and Diplomacy as Viewed by a Diplomatist\"\n         (January 20 \u0026 May 1, 1956); \"Industrial Society and\n         Western Political Dialogue\" (ca. 1959); and \"Rebels Without a\n         Program\" (June 7, 1968).","Other topics include: \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's response to \n          George Kennan 's \"Notes for Essays:\n         1951-1952\" (June 19, 1953); the political slant of the\n         security program of 1954 (December 15, 1954); morality in\n         foreign policy (April 12, 1955 \u0026 January 9, 1956); \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's preparation of his\n         lectures (March 8, 1957); Kennan's earlier tour of \n          South America (March 17, 1959); the\n         political environment of 1960 (February 22, 1960); Kennan's\n         comments regarding \n          Cold War as History (April 20, 1966); Kennan's\n          Memoirs (January 16 \u0026 22, 1968); Kennan's\n         opinion concerning \n          Richard Nixon 's overture to \n          China (attached to January 11, 1972); and\n         nuclear weapons (July 17, 1977).","Manas has \"Why is There No Voltaire\" (July 31, 1968), and a\n         discussion of the presumption of scientists regarding\n         political questions (July 1, 1968).","Ernst Mayr concerning evolutionary theory\n         (April 18 \u0026 29, 1983) and his meeting with the young \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. (February 14,\n         1983).","Men and Nations folders contain scattered correspondence\n         with \n          Walter Lippmann and \n          Alastair Buchan and several \n          Harry Simple essays.","NATO Defense College folder consists of\n         several lectures given by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. at the College,\n         including: \"The Balance of Power as a Stabilizing Factor in\n         International Relations\" (November 9, 1976); \"The Causes of\n         the Conflict Between East and West (February 27, 1973 \u0026\n         September 10, 1974); \"Basic Changes in International Relations\n         in the 20th Century\" (1973); \"The Role of Military Force in\n         the Nuclear Age\" (1962); \"Military Power as an Instrument of\n         Policy in the Nuclear Age\" (1958, 1959, \u0026 1961); and \"The\n         Armed Forces as an Element of Power\" (1958). There is also a\n         letter from \n          Stansfield Turner (July 22, 1975).","Nature of Power has a letter from \n          Dean Acheson , October 26, 1954, and a\n         discussion of the book title (September 28 \u0026 October 15,\n         1954).","Personal file kept by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. while employed at the \n          State Department and containing publishing\n         suggestions, family correspondence, letters of introduction,\n         and others. Topics and correspondents include: \n          Charles Gamper (July 16, 1945); the\n         protection of the Duck Hawk (June 18, 1945); \n          Rita Halle Kleeman regarding community\n         projects for Mexican laborers (July 19 \u0026 26, 1945);\n         Bolivian affairs (July 18 \u0026 28, 1945); a Conservation\n         Conference (March 30 \u0026 May 1, 1946); description of \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's various jobs in the\n          State Department (October 28, November 3\n         \u0026 20, 1947); article on birds of \n          Argentina (October 20 \u0026 November 10,\n         1947); controversy regarding \n          William Vogt 's \n          Road to Survival (January 10, 1949); and \n          Andrew V. Corry (January 8, February 13,\n         \u0026 April 30, 1949).","United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation\n         Administration mission to \n          Latin America ; \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. joined the\n         organization as Diplomatic Advisor in August 1, 1944, and this\n         file contains the itinerary for this wartime mission (October\n         9, 1944).","The third series of this collection consists of articles,\n         books reviews, talks, and lectures prepared by \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. . The following\n         publications represent the majority of these articles and book\n         reviews: \n          Foreign Service Journal , \n          Atlantic Naturalist , \n          The New Republic , \n          Encounter , \n          Manas , \n          Saturday Review , \n          Audubon , especially the issue on \n          Antarctica (March 1973), \n          British Birds , and the \n          Virginia Quarterly Review . Among the\n         miscellaneous articles is \n          Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's letter to the\n         editor of \n          The Times concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis\n         and the British Press (1962).","Louis J. Halle, Jr. 's lectures,\n         1947-1974, cover the period from his employment by the \n          State Department until his retirement from\n         the \n          Graduate Institute of International\n         Studies , \n          Geneva, Switzerland ."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Public Health Servicefrom 1920 to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat and served primarily in Europeand Indonesiafrom 1933 until his retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters. In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports, memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I. Booth FamilyPapers, II. Papers of Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr., and III. Papers of Ambassador Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr.There are various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more detailed description of the papers, especially biographical and organizational information, can be found later in this guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III). This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f, 6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n, 6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to the Booth family, and consists of ca. 270 items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978. Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs of the Booth family; and biographical and genealogical information in the form of correspondence, notes, copies of family documents, and printed material concerning the Boothand allied families such as Armistead, Thomson, Throckmorton, Gilliam, Rootes, Bernard, and Terry.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include Rebecca Hicks Booth, Robert Henry Booth, Edwin Gilliam Booth, and the latter's children, Edwin Gilliam Booth, Archer Jones Booth, Francis Rebecca Booth, and Sarah Tanner Booth, as well as Clara Haxall Thomson Booth, Lucy Almira Booth, Hugh Smith Cumming, Charles J. Cabaniss, and William Cabell Rives.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth's two older sons fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in Virginia. Archer Jones Boothwrote to his father from Clark County, and to his grandmother from a camp near Fredericksburgmentioning long marches and various campsites. Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr., wrote to his father from a camp near Yorktown(June 5, 1861), discussing camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that President [Jefferson] Daviswould send an additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S. Steamer Selma off Mobile, Alabama(April 13, 1864) mentioning the occupation of Vicksburgby Yankees, the defense of Richmond, and news of Archer's regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from E. C. Cabellto Edwin Gilliam Booth(November 22, 1846 and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between Booth and his brother, Archer, and the Bank of Florida; two letters from William Cabell Rivesto Edwin Gilliam Booth(July 5, 1858 and November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.to his sister, Frances Rebecca Booth, from Paris, France(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00113#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viu_viu00113","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00113","_root_":"viu_viu00113","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00113","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00113.xml","title_ssm":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984"],"title_tesim":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["6922-b, -d, -e, -f, -h, -i,\n         -k, -l, -m, -n, -p, -r, -s, -u, -w, -ab, -ac and -ad"],"text":["6922-b, -d, -e, -f, -h, -i,\n         -k, -l, -m, -n, -p, -r, -s, -u, -w, -ab, -ac and -ad","Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984","ca. 53,100 items","Collection is open to research.","Organization ORGANIZATION This subgroup of the \n             Cumming Papers is divided into three\n            series: I. Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming Papers is divided into three\n            series: I. Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","Organization ORGANIZATION The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","ORGANIZATION","The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","Organization ORGANIZATION This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Shenstone","Winfield Academy","University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill","University of Virginia","Court of Appeals","Nottoway Church","Virginia Legislature","National Centennial Exhibition","Hampton-Sydney College","University of Pennsylvania","Confederate Army","Nottoway Cavalry","Third Virginia Regiment","Confederate Navy","Carter's Grove","Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary","U. S. 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Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewas born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca (Hicks) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eBiography\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Biography","Biography"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\""],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Cumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. 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Coast Guard","Mesa Verde National Park","1924 Democratic National Convention","St. Mary's Episcopal\n                     Church","Committee of Red Cross\n                     Societies","United Daughter of the\n                     Confederacy","Anderson and Sheppard,\n                           Ltd.","Atlantic Council","Bath County Community\n                        Hospital","Berkshire Farm For Boys\n                           (Washington Committee)","Board of Examiners of Foreign\n                           Service","Frederick Bunnell-Vassar\n                           College","Chevy Chase Club","Christ\n                        Church","Cosmos Club","University of\n                        Pennsylvania","Hugh Smith Cumming\n                        Trust","Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming\n                           Memorial Fund","Diplomatic and Consular Officers,\n                        Retired","Davidson College","Princeton University Oral History\n                        Project","Episcopal Diocese and Research\n                        Committees","Foreign Service Advisory\n                           Committee","Foxcroft School","Garth Newel Music Center","Historic Georgetown,\n                           Inc.","Meridan House\n                           Foundation","Metropolitan Club","Moscow Church","National Cathedral\n                        Association","The Raven Society","State\n                        Department","Swannanoa","United States Navy","University of the\n                        Pacific","University of\n                        Virginia","Virginia Historical\n                           Society","Virginia Military\n                        Institute","Washington Institute of Foreign\n                           Affairs","Birne T. West Trust","Woodrow Wilson House\n                           Council","U.S. Guard Coast","U. S. Antartic\n                     Service","University of Virginia O.W.L.S.\n                     Society","Coast Guard"],"famname_ssim":["Cumming Family","Booth Family","Booth family","Booth","Armistead","Thomson","Throckmorton","Gilliam","Rootes","Bernard","Terry","Cumming family","Leake","Haxall","Cabaniss","Cumming","Hicks family","Thomson Family","Armistead family","Terry family","Thomson family","Kendrick Family","West Family","Wise Family"],"persname_ssim":["Edwin Gilliam Booth","Gilliam Booth","Rebecca (Hicks) Booth","Theodorick Pryor","John Taylor Lomax","Sarah Tanner Jones","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.","Archer Jones Booth","Frances Rebecca Booth","Sarah Tanner Booth","William Travis Booth","Abraham Lincoln","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.","Henry Edwin Dwight","Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth","David Comfort","Big Bethel","Clara Haxall Thomson","Lucy Almira Booth","Henrietta Edwina Booth","Edwin Gilliam Booth, III","Clara Thomson Booth","John Thomson Booth","William Harris Booth","George Wythe","Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.","Hugh Smith","Lucy Booth Cumming","Winifred Burney West","Booth Family","Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr.","Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr.","Rebecca Hicks Booth","Robert Henry Booth","Francis Rebecca Booth","Clara Haxall Thomson Booth","Hugh Smith Cumming","Charles J. Cabaniss","William Cabell Rives","[Jefferson] Davis","E. C. Cabell","HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","Hugh S. Cumming","Lucy Cumming","Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Rupert Blue","Virginia","James F. Epes","Clara Booth","Henrietta Wise","Charles J. Hatfield","Herbert Hoover","[Thomas] Parran","Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming","Lucy B. Cumming","Edwin G. Booth","HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","Dean Acheson","Joseph W. Alsop","John A. Blatnik","Daniel J. Boorstin","John Stewart Bryan","Harry F. Byrd, Jr.","Richard E. Byrd","Bernard P. Chamerlain","Virginius Dabney","C. Douglas Dillon","Thomas N. Downing","Allen W. Dulles","John Foster Dulles","Homer Ferguson","J. Allen Frear, Jr.","Douglas Southall Freeman","J. William Fulbright","Wilson D. Gillette","Joseph C. Grew","Christian A. Herter","Lou Henry Hoover","Cordell Hull","Herschel V. Johnson","Walter Lippman","Henry Cabot Lodge","John O. Marsh, Jr.","Christopher C. McGrath","David C. Mearns","L. Quincy Mumford","Stanley F. Reed","Eleanor Roosevelt","Elliot Roosevelt","Dean Rusk","Hugh D. Scott, Jr.","John W. Snyder","John Sparkman","Maurice Stans","Edward E. Stettinius, Jr.","Potter Stewart","Robert Taft, Jr.","Edward Thye, Jr.","Harry S. Truman","Edwin Barclay","Chiang Kai-shek","Andrei Gromyko","George Kennan","Hunter Holmes McGuire","Raoul Wallenberg","Frank A. West","Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960","Julius P. Barclay","Edmund Berkeley, Jr.","Colgate W. Darden, Jr.","Ernest H. Ern","Arthur P. Gray III","Frank L. Hereford, Jr.","William H. Runge","B. F. D. Runk","Edgar F. Shannon","John Cook Wyllie","Richard M. Nixon","Diana Whiting Smith Cumming","Bird McGuire","James P. Clarke","Claude A. Swanson","Robert H. Booth","Edwin Gilliam\n                     Booth","Clara Haxell (Thomson)\n                     Booth","Archer Jones\n                     Booth","Frances Rebecca\n                     Booth","Lucy Booth","Hugh Smith\n                     Cumming","Gilliam\n                     Booth","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                     Jr.","Annie Terry","Rebecca Sealy Terry\n                     White","Edwin Gilliam","E. G. Booth","Hugh S. Cumming Sr.","Lucy Booth\n                     Cumming","Hugh S. Cumming,\n                     Jr.","Franklin D. Roosevelt","H. Morganthou, Jr.","Winifred Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                     Sr.","Bess Furman","Hugh S. Cumming,\n                     Sr.","Hugh Smith\n                        Cumming","Winifred B. Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                        Jr.","Hugh S. Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Lucy Booth\n                        Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Nell Hayne","Culver Gleysteen","John B. Kendrick, II","Margaret Kendrick","Anthony Lake","Oscar Morland","H. R. Mumford","Marjorie Savage","Birne T. West","Diana Whiting Smith\n                     Cumming","Marion Kemp","[Bob Wilson]"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":222,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:08:16.902Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eGENERAL DESCRIPTION\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming Family\u003c/famname\u003epapers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGENERAL DESCRIPTION\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming Family\u003c/famname\u003epapers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                     \u003cpersname\u003e[Bob Wilson]\u003c/persname\u003ebroadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSheridan, Wyoming\u003c/geogname\u003e. Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e. 5 minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.\u003c/p\u003e"],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00113","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00113","_root_":"viu_viu00113","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00113","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00113.xml","title_ssm":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984"],"title_tesim":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["6922-b, -d, -e, -f, -h, -i,\n         -k, -l, -m, -n, -p, -r, -s, -u, -w, -ab, -ac and -ad"],"text":["6922-b, -d, -e, -f, -h, -i,\n         -k, -l, -m, -n, -p, -r, -s, -u, -w, -ab, -ac and -ad","Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984","ca. 53,100 items","Collection is open to research.","Organization ORGANIZATION This subgroup of the \n             Cumming Papers is divided into three\n            series: I. Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming Papers is divided into three\n            series: I. Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","Organization ORGANIZATION The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","ORGANIZATION","The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","Organization ORGANIZATION This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Shenstone","Winfield Academy","University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill","University of Virginia","Court of Appeals","Nottoway Church","Virginia Legislature","National Centennial Exhibition","Hampton-Sydney College","University of Pennsylvania","Confederate Army","Nottoway Cavalry","Third Virginia Regiment","Confederate Navy","Carter's Grove","Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary","U. S. 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Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eBiography\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewas born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca (Hicks) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewas born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca (Hicks) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eBiography\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Biography","Biography"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\""],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Cumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Lucy Booth\n                        Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Nell Hayne","Culver Gleysteen","John B. Kendrick, II","Margaret Kendrick","Anthony Lake","Oscar Morland","H. R. Mumford","Marjorie Savage","Birne T. West","Diana Whiting Smith\n                     Cumming","Marion Kemp","[Bob Wilson]"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":222,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:08:16.902Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eGENERAL DESCRIPTION\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming Family\u003c/famname\u003epapers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. 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Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGENERAL DESCRIPTION\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming Family\u003c/famname\u003epapers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                     \u003cpersname\u003e[Bob Wilson]\u003c/persname\u003ebroadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSheridan, Wyoming\u003c/geogname\u003e. Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e. 5 minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00113"}},{"id":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"E: Subject Files","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05"],"id":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00113","_root_":"viu_viu00113","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00113","viu_viu00113_c03","viu_viu00113_c03_c01"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00113","viu_viu00113_c03","viu_viu00113_c03_c01"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984","SUBGROUP III: PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR HUGH SMITH\n               CUMMING, JR.","Series I. 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West"],"_nest_path_":"/components#2/components#0/components#4","timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:08:16.902Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00113","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00113","_root_":"viu_viu00113","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00113","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00113.xml","title_ssm":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984"],"title_tesim":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["6922-b, -d, -e, -f, -h, -i,\n         -k, -l, -m, -n, -p, -r, -s, -u, -w, -ab, -ac and -ad"],"text":["6922-b, -d, -e, -f, -h, -i,\n         -k, -l, -m, -n, -p, -r, -s, -u, -w, -ab, -ac and -ad","Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984","ca. 53,100 items","Collection is open to research.","Organization ORGANIZATION This subgroup of the \n             Cumming Papers is divided into three\n            series: I. Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming Papers is divided into three\n            series: I. Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","Organization ORGANIZATION The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","ORGANIZATION","The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","Organization ORGANIZATION This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Shenstone","Winfield Academy","University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill","University of Virginia","Court of Appeals","Nottoway Church","Virginia Legislature","National Centennial Exhibition","Hampton-Sydney College","University of Pennsylvania","Confederate Army","Nottoway Cavalry","Third Virginia Regiment","Confederate Navy","Carter's Grove","Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary","U. S. 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At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewas born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca (Hicks) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eBiography\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Biography","Biography"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\""],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Cumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Lucy Booth\n                        Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Nell Hayne","Culver Gleysteen","John B. Kendrick, II","Margaret Kendrick","Anthony Lake","Oscar Morland","H. R. Mumford","Marjorie Savage","Birne T. West","Diana Whiting Smith\n                     Cumming","Marion Kemp","[Bob Wilson]"],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Shenstone","Winfield Academy","University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill","University of Virginia","Court of Appeals","Nottoway Church","Virginia Legislature","National Centennial Exhibition","Hampton-Sydney College","University of Pennsylvania","Confederate Army","Nottoway Cavalry","Third Virginia Regiment","Confederate Navy","Carter's Grove","Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary","U. S. 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West Trust","Woodrow Wilson House\n                           Council","U.S. Guard Coast","U. S. 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Cumming, Jr.","Hugh Smith","Lucy Booth Cumming","Winifred Burney West","Booth Family","Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr.","Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr.","Rebecca Hicks Booth","Robert Henry Booth","Francis Rebecca Booth","Clara Haxall Thomson Booth","Hugh Smith Cumming","Charles J. Cabaniss","William Cabell Rives","[Jefferson] Davis","E. C. Cabell","HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","Hugh S. Cumming","Lucy Cumming","Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Rupert Blue","Virginia","James F. Epes","Clara Booth","Henrietta Wise","Charles J. Hatfield","Herbert Hoover","[Thomas] Parran","Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming","Lucy B. Cumming","Edwin G. Booth","HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","Dean Acheson","Joseph W. Alsop","John A. Blatnik","Daniel J. Boorstin","John Stewart Bryan","Harry F. Byrd, Jr.","Richard E. Byrd","Bernard P. Chamerlain","Virginius Dabney","C. Douglas Dillon","Thomas N. Downing","Allen W. Dulles","John Foster Dulles","Homer Ferguson","J. Allen Frear, Jr.","Douglas Southall Freeman","J. William Fulbright","Wilson D. Gillette","Joseph C. Grew","Christian A. Herter","Lou Henry Hoover","Cordell Hull","Herschel V. Johnson","Walter Lippman","Henry Cabot Lodge","John O. Marsh, Jr.","Christopher C. McGrath","David C. Mearns","L. Quincy Mumford","Stanley F. Reed","Eleanor Roosevelt","Elliot Roosevelt","Dean Rusk","Hugh D. Scott, Jr.","John W. Snyder","John Sparkman","Maurice Stans","Edward E. Stettinius, Jr.","Potter Stewart","Robert Taft, Jr.","Edward Thye, Jr.","Harry S. Truman","Edwin Barclay","Chiang Kai-shek","Andrei Gromyko","George Kennan","Hunter Holmes McGuire","Raoul Wallenberg","Frank A. West","Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960","Julius P. Barclay","Edmund Berkeley, Jr.","Colgate W. Darden, Jr.","Ernest H. Ern","Arthur P. Gray III","Frank L. Hereford, Jr.","William H. Runge","B. F. D. Runk","Edgar F. Shannon","John Cook Wyllie","Richard M. Nixon","Diana Whiting Smith Cumming","Bird McGuire","James P. Clarke","Claude A. Swanson","Robert H. Booth","Edwin Gilliam\n                     Booth","Clara Haxell (Thomson)\n                     Booth","Archer Jones\n                     Booth","Frances Rebecca\n                     Booth","Lucy Booth","Hugh Smith\n                     Cumming","Gilliam\n                     Booth","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                     Jr.","Annie Terry","Rebecca Sealy Terry\n                     White","Edwin Gilliam","E. G. Booth","Hugh S. Cumming Sr.","Lucy Booth\n                     Cumming","Hugh S. Cumming,\n                     Jr.","Franklin D. Roosevelt","H. Morganthou, Jr.","Winifred Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                     Sr.","Bess Furman","Hugh S. Cumming,\n                     Sr.","Hugh Smith\n                        Cumming","Winifred B. Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                        Jr.","Hugh S. Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Lucy Booth\n                        Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Nell Hayne","Culver Gleysteen","John B. Kendrick, II","Margaret Kendrick","Anthony Lake","Oscar Morland","H. R. Mumford","Marjorie Savage","Birne T. West","Diana Whiting Smith\n                     Cumming","Marion Kemp","[Bob Wilson]"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":222,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:08:16.902Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eGENERAL DESCRIPTION\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming Family\u003c/famname\u003epapers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGENERAL DESCRIPTION\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming Family\u003c/famname\u003epapers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                     \u003cpersname\u003e[Bob Wilson]\u003c/persname\u003ebroadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSheridan, Wyoming\u003c/geogname\u003e. Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e. 5 minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05"}},{"id":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05_c27","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"John Foster Dulles: \n                        Princeton University Oral History\n                        Project(Folder 1 of 2)","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05_c27#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05_c27","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05_c27"],"id":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05_c27","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00113","_root_":"viu_viu00113","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00113","viu_viu00113_c03","viu_viu00113_c03_c01","viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00113","viu_viu00113_c03","viu_viu00113_c03_c01","viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984","SUBGROUP III: PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR HUGH SMITH\n               CUMMING, JR.","Series I. 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Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming Papers is divided into three\n            series: I. Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","Organization ORGANIZATION The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","ORGANIZATION","The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","Organization ORGANIZATION This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Shenstone","Winfield Academy","University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill","University of Virginia","Court of Appeals","Nottoway Church","Virginia Legislature","National Centennial Exhibition","Hampton-Sydney College","University of Pennsylvania","Confederate Army","Nottoway Cavalry","Third Virginia Regiment","Confederate Navy","Carter's Grove","Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary","U. S. Public Health Service","Bank of Florida","U.S. Public Health Service","Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service","American Medical Association","Sanitation Committee","League of Red Cross Societies","American University Union","Red Cross","Public Health Laboratories","Lausanne Peace Conference","Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations","Public Health Service","Commission on Nutrition","Lubianka prison","Pan American Sanitary Bureau","Beechwood","Committee of Red Cross Societies","United Daughters of the Confederacy","U.S. Antarctic Service","State Department","Alibi Club","John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University","Bath County Community Hospital","National Cathedral Association","Raven Society","Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund","O.W.L.S. Society","Virginia Military Institute","U. S. Coast Guard","Mesa Verde National Park","1924 Democratic National Convention","St. Mary's Episcopal\n                     Church","Committee of Red Cross\n                     Societies","United Daughter of the\n                     Confederacy","Anderson and Sheppard,\n                           Ltd.","Atlantic Council","Bath County Community\n                        Hospital","Berkshire Farm For Boys\n                           (Washington Committee)","Board of Examiners of Foreign\n                           Service","Frederick Bunnell-Vassar\n                           College","Chevy Chase Club","Christ\n                        Church","Cosmos Club","University of\n                        Pennsylvania","Hugh Smith Cumming\n                        Trust","Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming\n                           Memorial Fund","Diplomatic and Consular Officers,\n                        Retired","Davidson College","Princeton University Oral History\n                        Project","Episcopal Diocese and Research\n                        Committees","Foreign Service Advisory\n                           Committee","Foxcroft School","Garth Newel Music Center","Historic Georgetown,\n                           Inc.","Meridan House\n                           Foundation","Metropolitan Club","Moscow Church","National Cathedral\n                        Association","The Raven Society","State\n                        Department","Swannanoa","United States Navy","University of the\n                        Pacific","University of\n                        Virginia","Virginia Historical\n                           Society","Virginia Military\n                        Institute","Washington Institute of Foreign\n                           Affairs","Birne T. West Trust","Woodrow Wilson House\n                           Council","U.S. Guard Coast","U. S. Antartic\n                     Service","University of Virginia O.W.L.S.\n                     Society","Coast Guard","Cumming Family","Booth Family","Booth family","Booth","Armistead","Thomson","Throckmorton","Gilliam","Rootes","Bernard","Terry","Cumming family","Leake","Haxall","Cabaniss","Cumming","Hicks family","Thomson Family","Armistead family","Terry family","Thomson family","Kendrick Family","West Family","Wise Family","Edwin Gilliam Booth","Gilliam Booth","Rebecca (Hicks) Booth","Theodorick Pryor","John Taylor Lomax","Sarah Tanner Jones","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.","Archer Jones Booth","Frances Rebecca Booth","Sarah Tanner Booth","William Travis Booth","Abraham Lincoln","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.","Henry Edwin Dwight","Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth","David Comfort","Big Bethel","Clara Haxall Thomson","Lucy Almira Booth","Henrietta Edwina Booth","Edwin Gilliam Booth, III","Clara Thomson Booth","John Thomson Booth","William Harris Booth","George Wythe","Hugh S. 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Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eBiography\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewas born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca (Hicks) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewas born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca (Hicks) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eBiography\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Biography","Biography"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\""],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Cumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. 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Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGENERAL DESCRIPTION\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming Family\u003c/famname\u003epapers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                     \u003cpersname\u003e[Bob Wilson]\u003c/persname\u003ebroadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSheridan, Wyoming\u003c/geogname\u003e. Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e. 5 minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05_c27"}},{"id":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05_c28","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"John Foster Dulles: \n                        Princeton University Oral History\n                        Project(Folder 2 of 2)","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05_c28#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05_c28","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05_c28"],"id":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05_c28","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00113","_root_":"viu_viu00113","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00113","viu_viu00113_c03","viu_viu00113_c03_c01","viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00113","viu_viu00113_c03","viu_viu00113_c03_c01","viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984","SUBGROUP III: PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR HUGH SMITH\n               CUMMING, JR.","Series I. 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Correspondence","E: Subject Files","John Foster Dulles: \n                        Princeton University Oral History\n                        Project(Folder 2 of 2)","Princeton University Oral History\n                        Project","John Foster Dulles","Box Box 16"],"title_filing_ssi":"John Foster Dulles : \n                         Princeton University Oral History\n                        Project (Folder 2 of 2)","title_ssm":["John Foster Dulles: \n                        Princeton University Oral History\n                        Project(Folder 2 of 2)"],"title_tesim":["John Foster Dulles: \n                        Princeton University Oral History\n                        Project(Folder 2 of 2)"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1966-1970"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1966/1970"],"normalized_title_ssm":["John Foster Dulles: \n                        Princeton University Oral History\n                        Project(Folder 2 of 2)"],"component_level_isim":[4],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":161,"date_range_isim":[1966,1967,1968,1969,1970],"names_ssim":["Princeton University Oral History\n                        Project","John Foster Dulles"],"corpname_ssim":["Princeton University Oral History\n                        Project"],"persname_ssim":["John Foster Dulles"],"containers_ssim":["Box Box 16"],"_nest_path_":"/components#2/components#0/components#4/components#27","timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:08:16.902Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00113","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00113","_root_":"viu_viu00113","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00113","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00113.xml","title_ssm":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984"],"title_tesim":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["6922-b, -d, -e, -f, -h, -i,\n         -k, -l, -m, -n, -p, -r, -s, -u, -w, -ab, -ac and -ad"],"text":["6922-b, -d, -e, -f, -h, -i,\n         -k, -l, -m, -n, -p, -r, -s, -u, -w, -ab, -ac and -ad","Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984","ca. 53,100 items","Collection is open to research.","Organization ORGANIZATION This subgroup of the \n             Cumming Papers is divided into three\n            series: I. Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming Papers is divided into three\n            series: I. Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","Organization ORGANIZATION The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","ORGANIZATION","The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","Organization ORGANIZATION This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Shenstone","Winfield Academy","University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill","University of Virginia","Court of Appeals","Nottoway Church","Virginia Legislature","National Centennial Exhibition","Hampton-Sydney College","University of Pennsylvania","Confederate Army","Nottoway Cavalry","Third Virginia Regiment","Confederate Navy","Carter's Grove","Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary","U. S. 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Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eBiography\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewas born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca (Hicks) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewas born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca (Hicks) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eBiography\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Biography","Biography"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\""],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Cumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Lucy Booth\n                        Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Nell Hayne","Culver Gleysteen","John B. Kendrick, II","Margaret Kendrick","Anthony Lake","Oscar Morland","H. R. Mumford","Marjorie Savage","Birne T. West","Diana Whiting Smith\n                     Cumming","Marion Kemp","[Bob Wilson]"],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Shenstone","Winfield Academy","University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill","University of Virginia","Court of Appeals","Nottoway Church","Virginia Legislature","National Centennial Exhibition","Hampton-Sydney College","University of Pennsylvania","Confederate Army","Nottoway Cavalry","Third Virginia Regiment","Confederate Navy","Carter's Grove","Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary","U. S. 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West Trust","Woodrow Wilson House\n                           Council","U.S. Guard Coast","U. S. 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Cumming, Jr.","Hugh Smith","Lucy Booth Cumming","Winifred Burney West","Booth Family","Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr.","Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr.","Rebecca Hicks Booth","Robert Henry Booth","Francis Rebecca Booth","Clara Haxall Thomson Booth","Hugh Smith Cumming","Charles J. Cabaniss","William Cabell Rives","[Jefferson] Davis","E. C. Cabell","HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","Hugh S. Cumming","Lucy Cumming","Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Rupert Blue","Virginia","James F. Epes","Clara Booth","Henrietta Wise","Charles J. Hatfield","Herbert Hoover","[Thomas] Parran","Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming","Lucy B. Cumming","Edwin G. Booth","HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","Dean Acheson","Joseph W. Alsop","John A. Blatnik","Daniel J. Boorstin","John Stewart Bryan","Harry F. Byrd, Jr.","Richard E. Byrd","Bernard P. Chamerlain","Virginius Dabney","C. Douglas Dillon","Thomas N. Downing","Allen W. Dulles","John Foster Dulles","Homer Ferguson","J. Allen Frear, Jr.","Douglas Southall Freeman","J. William Fulbright","Wilson D. Gillette","Joseph C. Grew","Christian A. Herter","Lou Henry Hoover","Cordell Hull","Herschel V. Johnson","Walter Lippman","Henry Cabot Lodge","John O. Marsh, Jr.","Christopher C. McGrath","David C. Mearns","L. Quincy Mumford","Stanley F. Reed","Eleanor Roosevelt","Elliot Roosevelt","Dean Rusk","Hugh D. Scott, Jr.","John W. Snyder","John Sparkman","Maurice Stans","Edward E. Stettinius, Jr.","Potter Stewart","Robert Taft, Jr.","Edward Thye, Jr.","Harry S. Truman","Edwin Barclay","Chiang Kai-shek","Andrei Gromyko","George Kennan","Hunter Holmes McGuire","Raoul Wallenberg","Frank A. West","Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960","Julius P. Barclay","Edmund Berkeley, Jr.","Colgate W. Darden, Jr.","Ernest H. Ern","Arthur P. Gray III","Frank L. Hereford, Jr.","William H. Runge","B. F. D. Runk","Edgar F. Shannon","John Cook Wyllie","Richard M. Nixon","Diana Whiting Smith Cumming","Bird McGuire","James P. Clarke","Claude A. Swanson","Robert H. Booth","Edwin Gilliam\n                     Booth","Clara Haxell (Thomson)\n                     Booth","Archer Jones\n                     Booth","Frances Rebecca\n                     Booth","Lucy Booth","Hugh Smith\n                     Cumming","Gilliam\n                     Booth","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                     Jr.","Annie Terry","Rebecca Sealy Terry\n                     White","Edwin Gilliam","E. G. Booth","Hugh S. Cumming Sr.","Lucy Booth\n                     Cumming","Hugh S. Cumming,\n                     Jr.","Franklin D. Roosevelt","H. Morganthou, Jr.","Winifred Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                     Sr.","Bess Furman","Hugh S. Cumming,\n                     Sr.","Hugh Smith\n                        Cumming","Winifred B. Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                        Jr.","Hugh S. Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Lucy Booth\n                        Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Nell Hayne","Culver Gleysteen","John B. Kendrick, II","Margaret Kendrick","Anthony Lake","Oscar Morland","H. R. Mumford","Marjorie Savage","Birne T. West","Diana Whiting Smith\n                     Cumming","Marion Kemp","[Bob Wilson]"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":222,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:08:16.902Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eGENERAL DESCRIPTION\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming Family\u003c/famname\u003epapers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGENERAL DESCRIPTION\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming Family\u003c/famname\u003epapers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                     \u003cpersname\u003e[Bob Wilson]\u003c/persname\u003ebroadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSheridan, Wyoming\u003c/geogname\u003e. Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e. 5 minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00113_c03_c01_c05_c28"}},{"id":"viu_viu00113_c03_c01","type":"Subseries","attributes":{"title":"Series I. 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Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming Papers is divided into three\n            series: I. Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","Organization ORGANIZATION The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","ORGANIZATION","The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","Organization ORGANIZATION This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Shenstone","Winfield Academy","University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill","University of Virginia","Court of Appeals","Nottoway Church","Virginia Legislature","National Centennial Exhibition","Hampton-Sydney College","University of Pennsylvania","Confederate Army","Nottoway Cavalry","Third Virginia Regiment","Confederate Navy","Carter's Grove","Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary","U. S. 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Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. 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In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewas born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca (Hicks) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eBiography\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Biography","Biography"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\""],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Cumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGENERAL DESCRIPTION\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming Family\u003c/famname\u003epapers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                     \u003cpersname\u003e[Bob Wilson]\u003c/persname\u003ebroadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSheridan, Wyoming\u003c/geogname\u003e. Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e. 5 minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00113_c03_c01"}},{"id":"viu_viu00113_c03","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"SUBGROUP III: PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR HUGH SMITH\n               CUMMING, JR.","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00113_c03#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00113_c03","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00113_c03"],"id":"viu_viu00113_c03","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00113","_root_":"viu_viu00113","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00113","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00113","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00113"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00113"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984"],"text":["Cumming Family Papers \n         1777-1984","SUBGROUP III: PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR HUGH SMITH\n               CUMMING, JR.","Alibi Club","Anderson and Sheppard,\n                           Ltd.","Atlantic Council","Bath County Community\n                        Hospital","Berkshire Farm For Boys\n                           (Washington Committee)","Board of Examiners of Foreign\n                           Service","Frederick Bunnell-Vassar\n                           College","Chevy Chase Club","Christ\n                        Church","Cosmos Club","University of\n                        Pennsylvania","Hugh Smith Cumming\n                        Trust","Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming\n                           Memorial Fund","Diplomatic and Consular Officers,\n                        Retired","Davidson College","Princeton University Oral History\n                        Project","Episcopal Diocese and Research\n                        Committees","Foreign Service Advisory\n                           Committee","Foxcroft School","Garth Newel Music Center","Historic Georgetown,\n                           Inc.","Meridan House\n                           Foundation","Metropolitan Club","Moscow Church","National Cathedral\n                        Association","The Raven Society","State\n                        Department","Swannanoa","United States Navy","University of the\n                        Pacific","University of\n                        Virginia","Virginia Historical\n                           Society","Virginia Military\n                        Institute","Washington Institute of Foreign\n                           Affairs","Birne T. 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Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming Papers is divided into three\n            series: I. Correspondence and Legal Papers; II.\n            Genealogical Papers; and, III. Photographs and Printed\n            Material. The folders in the first series have been\n            arranged chronologically. The folders in the second series\n            have been arranged in alphabetical order by family name.\n            The series entitled \"Miscellaneous\" contains photographs\n            and printed material, with folders in alphabetical\n            order.","Organization ORGANIZATION The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","ORGANIZATION","The papers of Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , are arranged\n            chronologically and have been arranged in five series: 1)\n            Correspondence; 2) Memoirs; 3) Miscellaneous Papers; 4)\n            Bound Volumes; and 5) Oversize Items.","Organization ORGANIZATION This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","ORGANIZATION","This subgroup is divided into three series: I.\n            Correspondence, II. Photographs and Miscellaneous, and III.\n            Bound Volumes. Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Shenstone","Winfield Academy","University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill","University of Virginia","Court of Appeals","Nottoway Church","Virginia Legislature","National Centennial Exhibition","Hampton-Sydney College","University of Pennsylvania","Confederate Army","Nottoway Cavalry","Third Virginia Regiment","Confederate Navy","Carter's Grove","Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary","U. S. Public Health Service","Bank of Florida","U.S. Public Health Service","Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service","American Medical Association","Sanitation Committee","League of Red Cross Societies","American University Union","Red Cross","Public Health Laboratories","Lausanne Peace Conference","Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations","Public Health Service","Commission on Nutrition","Lubianka prison","Pan American Sanitary Bureau","Beechwood","Committee of Red Cross Societies","United Daughters of the Confederacy","U.S. Antarctic Service","State Department","Alibi Club","John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University","Bath County Community Hospital","National Cathedral Association","Raven Society","Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund","O.W.L.S. Society","Virginia Military Institute","U. S. 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William Fulbright","Wilson D. Gillette","Joseph C. Grew","Christian A. Herter","Lou Henry Hoover","Cordell Hull","Herschel V. Johnson","Walter Lippman","Henry Cabot Lodge","John O. Marsh, Jr.","Christopher C. McGrath","David C. Mearns","L. Quincy Mumford","Stanley F. Reed","Eleanor Roosevelt","Elliot Roosevelt","Dean Rusk","Hugh D. Scott, Jr.","John W. Snyder","John Sparkman","Maurice Stans","Edward E. Stettinius, Jr.","Potter Stewart","Robert Taft, Jr.","Edward Thye, Jr.","Harry S. Truman","Edwin Barclay","Chiang Kai-shek","Andrei Gromyko","George Kennan","Hunter Holmes McGuire","Raoul Wallenberg","Frank A. West","Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960","Julius P. Barclay","Edmund Berkeley, Jr.","Colgate W. Darden, Jr.","Ernest H. Ern","Arthur P. Gray III","Frank L. Hereford, Jr.","William H. Runge","B. F. D. Runk","Edgar F. Shannon","John Cook Wyllie","Richard M. Nixon","Diana Whiting Smith Cumming","Bird McGuire","James P. Clarke","Claude A. Swanson","Robert H. 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Series I is divided into five subseries of\n            correspondence: general, chronological, alphabetical files,\n            topical files, and subject files. Series II contains\n            photographs followed by miscellaneous folders. Folder\n            headings have been modified as necessary and the material\n            has been arranged chronologically within each series."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eBiography\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewas born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca (Hicks) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewas born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca (Hicks) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. At age ten he\n            was sent to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he began a\n            friendship with \n            \u003cpersname\u003eTheodorick Pryor\u003c/persname\u003e, who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eOxford, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e; he\n            matriculated at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eunder the supervision of\n            Judge \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Taylor Lomax\u003c/persname\u003e, a professor at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a judge of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCourt of Appeals\u003c/corpname\u003e; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1833, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Jones\u003c/persname\u003e(May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Travis Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Church\u003c/corpname\u003e. In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Legislature\u003c/corpname\u003efor the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003eto pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Centennial Exhibition\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFairmont Park, Philadelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore information on Booth may be found in \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Edwin Dwight\u003c/persname\u003e(F230.B74).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner (Jones) Booth\u003c/persname\u003e. He\n            attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eWinfield Academy\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDinwiddie County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was prepared for\n            college by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Comfort\u003c/persname\u003e, a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHampton-Sydney College\u003c/corpname\u003efor two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebefore enrolling\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003eat\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Army\u003c/corpname\u003eas a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNottoway Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein the G and E\n            companies of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eThird Virginia Regiment\u003c/corpname\u003e. His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBig Bethel\u003c/persname\u003eon June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate Navy\u003c/corpname\u003e, and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile Bay\u003c/geogname\u003e, where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePensacola\u003c/geogname\u003e, and later released on\n            parole.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war he visited \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, then returned to live at \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eShenstone\u003c/corpname\u003e\" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCarter's Grove\u003c/corpname\u003e, \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJefferson County, West Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e; they\n            had the following children: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Edwina Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, III\u003c/persname\u003e(July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Harris Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1907, he settled in the old \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Wythe\u003c/persname\u003ehome at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, and was a member of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBoard of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary\u003c/corpname\u003e. He died at home on January 5, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cbioghist\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eBiography\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/bioghist\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee entries from: \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Was Who In America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eWho's Who in America\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n            \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Cyclopedia of American Biography\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003efrom the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information","Biography","Biography"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia . In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861). Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia . Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia . More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74). Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole. After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ). In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","Edwin Gilliam Booth was born on January\n            11, 1810, at \" \n             Shenstone , \" \n             Nottoway County , to \n             Gilliam Booth and \n             Rebecca (Hicks) Booth . At age ten he\n            was sent to \n             Winfield Academy in \n             Dinwiddie County , where he began a\n            friendship with \n             Theodorick Pryor , who later became one\n            of the most influential and successful ministers in\n            southeastern \n             Virginia . His chief preparation for\n            college was at \n             Oxford, North Carolina ; he\n            matriculated at the \n             University of North Carolina at Chapel\n            Hill in 1824, (at the age of fourteen) after an\n            arduous course in classics and mathematics. Subsequently,\n            he studied law at \n             Fredericksburg under the supervision of\n            Judge \n             John Taylor Lomax , a professor at the \n             University of Virginia and a judge of\n            the \n             Court of Appeals ; and, although not a\n            well-disciplined student, he was diligent in his quest for\n            legal knowledge, and afterward returned to \n             Nottoway County to practice law in the\n            five southeastern counties of \n             Virginia .","In 1833, he married \n             Sarah Tanner Jones (May 10, 1811,\n            -August 29, 1860) with whom he had five children: \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , (February\n            27, 1839 -January 5, 1922); \n             Archer Jones Booth (May 22, 1844\n            -November 22, 1864); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (December 17,\n            1846 -June 7, 1885); \n             Sarah Tanner Booth (June 3, 1848\n            -September 23, 1865); and, \n             William Travis Booth (July 12, 1850\n            -June 25, 1861).","Booth was known for his public spirit and devotion to\n            politics, his activities for the welfare of man and for the\n            promotion of Christianity. On August 30, 1838, he made a\n            public profession of his faith in Christ, and was soon made\n            the ruling elder in the \n             Nottoway Church . In 1847, he was\n            elected from the Nottoway District to serve in the \n             Virginia Legislature for the 1848 and\n            1849 sessions, and took part in the revision and\n            codification of the civil laws of \n             Virginia . During the Civil War, he\n            attempted to alleviate the miseries of military prisons by\n            obtaining permission to assist friends in prison. He\n            received permission from President \n             Abraham Lincoln to pass through the\n            blockade in April 1863, and dined with Lincoln and Davis\n            over the month, by their invitations. In 1876, he erected\n            the Old Virginia Building at the \n             National Centennial Exhibition in \n             Fairmont Park, Philadelphia .","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Sr. , passed away\n            on February 13, 1886 in \n             Philadelphia .","More information on Booth may be found in \n             The Life and Character of Edwin Gilliam\n               Booth by \n             Henry Edwin Dwight (F230.B74).","Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , was born on\n            February 27, 1839, in \n             Nottoway County to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth and \n             Sarah Tanner (Jones) Booth . He\n            attended \n             Winfield Academy , \n             Dinwiddie County , and was prepared for\n            college by \n             David Comfort , a Princeton graduate.\n            He then attended \n             Hampton-Sydney College for two years,\n            graduating in 1859, and spent part of a session at the \n             University of Virginia before enrolling\n            in the \n             University of Pennsylvania at\n            Philadelphia where he graduated as a doctor of medicine in\n            1861.","During the Civil War, he enlisted in the \n             Confederate Army as a member of the \n             Nottoway Cavalry in the G and E\n            companies of the \n             Third Virginia Regiment . His company\n            fought at the Battle of \n             Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. On May 1,\n            1863, he was commissioned as assistant surgeon in the \n             Confederate Navy , and was a surgeon on\n            the C. S. S. Selma during the Battle of \n             Mobile Bay , where their fleet was\n            defeated and the steamer was sunk on August 5, 1864. He was\n            taken prisoner and sent to \n             Pensacola , and later released on\n            parole.","After the war he visited \n             Europe , then returned to live at \" \n             Shenstone \" until ca. 1886 when he\n            moved to \" \n             Carter's Grove , \" James City County.\n            In October 1870, he married \n             Clara Haxall Thomson of \n             Jefferson County, West Virginia ; they\n            had the following children: \n             Lucy Almira Booth (July 15, 1871\n            -1960); \n             Frances Rebecca Booth (October 1, 1873\n            -? ); \n             Henrietta Edwina Booth (January 6,\n            1876-? ); \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, III (July 14, 1878\n            -? ); \n             Clara Thomson Booth (July 10, 1880 -?\n            ); \n             John Thomson Booth (May 13, 1883 -? );\n            and, \n             William Harris Booth (June 16, 1885 -?\n            ).","In 1907, he settled in the old \n             George Wythe home at \n             Williamsburg , and was a member of the \n             Board of Visitors of the College of William and\n            Mary . He died at home on January 5, 1922.","Biography BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\"","BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES","See entries from: \n             Who Was Who In America , Volume II, 1943 -1950, page 139; \n             Who's Who in America , 1984-1985, 43rd edition, Volume I, A-K, pp.\n            723-724; the \n             National Cyclopedia of American Biography , pp. 279-280, and the obituary for \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. from the November\n            26, 1986 \"Washington Post.\""],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Cumming Family\n            Papers, Accession 6922-b, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information","Scope and Content","Scope and Content","Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Scope and Content GENERAL DESCRIPTION The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family . Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963. The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities. The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad. SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry . Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives . Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle. Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","GENERAL DESCRIPTION","The \n             Cumming Family papers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n             Hugh Smith and \n             Lucy Booth Cumming , Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n             Winifred Burney West , as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n             Booth Family .","Dr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n             U. S. Public Health Service from 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n             Europe and \n             Indonesia from 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.","The majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.","The collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n             Booth Family Papers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. , and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. There are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.","SUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n             Booth family , and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n             Booth family ; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n             Booth and allied families such as \n             Armistead , \n             Thomson , \n             Throckmorton , \n             Gilliam , \n             Rootes , \n             Bernard , and \n             Terry .","Correspondents include \n             Rebecca Hicks Booth , \n             Robert Henry Booth , \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , and the latter's\n            children, \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth , \n             Archer Jones Booth , \n             Francis Rebecca Booth , and \n             Sarah Tanner Booth , as well as \n             Clara Haxall Thomson Booth , \n             Lucy Almira Booth , \n             Hugh Smith Cumming , \n             Charles J. Cabaniss , and \n             William Cabell Rives .","Edwin Gilliam Booth 's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n             Virginia . \n             Archer Jones Booth wrote to his father\n            from \n             Clark County , and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n             Fredericksburg mentioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. , wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n             Yorktown (June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n             [Jefferson] Davis would send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n             Mobile, Alabama (April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n             Vicksburg by Yankees, the defense of \n             Richmond , and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.","Other letters of interest include those from \n             E. C. Cabell to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n             Bank of Florida ; two letters from \n             William Cabell Rives to \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth (July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n             Edwin Gilliam Booth, Jr. to his sister,\n             Frances Rebecca Booth , from \n             Paris, France (February 5, 1866).","Scope and Content SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items. Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898. Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe . Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922). Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920. The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933). Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939). The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters. This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia . Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","SUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup of the \n             Cumming family papers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n             Hugh Smith Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming (1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.","Correspondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n             Hugh S. Cumming concerning the birth of\n             Lucy Cumming , 1897, and \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n             Lucy Cumming in 1898.","Letters from \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. to his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n             U.S. Public Health Service (1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n             Public Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service by the \n             American Medical Association (July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n             Sanitation Committee (November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n             Rupert Blue 's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n             Philadelphia (August 17, 1912), and his\n             Virginia Survey and other inspection\n            work along the \n             Atlantic Seaboard , especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n             Europe , 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n             France for evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n             United States in 1919 at the \n             Cannes conference which organized the \n             League of Red Cross Societies and\n            headed a medical mission to \n             Poland . Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n             England (December 20, 1918); \n             American University Union in \n             Europe (December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n             Brest, France (January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n             Rheims, France (February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n             Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 20,\n            1919); \n             Red Cross Conference at \n             Cannes (March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n             Public Health Laboratories (April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n             Europe (April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n             Europe , including \n             England , \n             France , \n             Belgium , \n             Poland , \n             Spain , \n             Italy , \n             Greece , and \n             Turkey , his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n             Europe .","Letters to \n             Lucy Booth Cumming include the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n             Archer Jones Booth , (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n             James F. Epes (November 26, 1903); \n             Leake and \n             Haxall genealogy (October 21, 1905); \n             Thomson genealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n             Cabaniss genealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n             Lausanne Peace Conference (December 26,\n            1922).","Lucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n             Clara Booth , and sister, \n             Henrietta Wise , while residing in \n             Yokohama, Japan , (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n             Europe in 1919-1920.","The miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n             Charles J. Hatfield 's comments\n            introducing \n             Hugh S. Cumming at the \n             University of Pennsylvania (October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n             Committee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations (January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n             Herbert Hoover 's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n             Public Health Service (February 25,\n            1933).","Dr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n             Commission on Nutrition (May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n             [Thomas] Parran (May 12, 1939).","The letters of \n             Winifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming (1907-1978) to \n             Lucy B. Cumming , 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n             Sweden , \n             Russia , and \n             Indonesia . Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n             Moscow , its living conditions, and the\n             Lubianka prison , which was near the\n            Cumming's \n             Moscow quarters.","This collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n             Hugh S. Cumming 's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n             Hampton, Virginia , and ending with his\n            last day at the \n             Pan American Sanitary Bureau on\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n             Nottoway County, Virginia .","Other items of note include two speeches of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n             Lucy B. Cumming 's grandfather, \n             Edwin G. Booth , \" \n             Beechwood \" in \n             York County, Virginia , (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n             Lucy Booth Cumming ; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n             Cannes, France , (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n             Committee of Red Cross Societies ; a\n            scrapbook of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n             Lucy Cumming 's membership certificate\n            in the \n             United Daughters of the Confederacy ;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Scope and Content SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR. SCOPE AND CONTENT This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations. As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland. Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman . In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg . Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\" Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 . Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia . The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects. Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie . The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour. Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941. Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","SUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n             HUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.","SCOPE AND CONTENT","This subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. , a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n             Moscow , \n             Stockholm , \n             Paris , and \n             Indonesia ; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n             University of Virginia ; American\n            activities in \n             Iceland and \n             Greenland before and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.","As a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.","Among the noted correspondents are: \n             Dean Acheson ; \n             Joseph W. Alsop ; \n             John A. Blatnik ; \n             Daniel J. Boorstin ; \n             John Stewart Bryan ; \n             Harry F. Byrd, Jr. ; \n             Richard E. Byrd ; \n             Bernard P. Chamerlain ; \n             Virginius Dabney ; \n             C. Douglas Dillon ; \n             Thomas N. Downing ; \n             Allen W. Dulles ; \n             John Foster Dulles ; \n             Homer Ferguson ; \n             J. Allen Frear, Jr. ; \n             Douglas Southall Freeman ; \n             J. William Fulbright ; \n             Wilson D. Gillette ; \n             Joseph C. Grew ; \n             Christian A. Herter ; \n             Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n             Cordell Hull ; \n             Herschel V. Johnson ; \n             Walter Lippman ; \n             Henry Cabot Lodge ; \n             John O. Marsh, Jr. ; \n             Christopher C. McGrath ; \n             David C. Mearns ; \n             L. Quincy Mumford ; \n             Stanley F. Reed ; \n             Eleanor Roosevelt ; \n             Elliot Roosevelt ; \n             Dean Rusk ; \n             Hugh D. Scott, Jr. ; \n             John W. Snyder ; \n             John Sparkman ; \n             Maurice Stans ; \n             Edward E. Stettinius, Jr. ; \n             Potter Stewart ; \n             Robert Taft, Jr. ; \n             Edward Thye, Jr. ; \n             Harry S. Truman .","In addition, there are references to: \n             Edwin Barclay ; \n             Chiang Kai-shek ; \n             Andrei Gromyko ; \n             George Kennan ; \n             Hunter Holmes McGuire ; \n             Raoul Wallenberg .","Cumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n             Winifred Burney West (1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n             Hankow, China , and in \n             Moscow where her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n             Frank A. West , she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n             Hankow , January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n             Chiang Kai-shek , December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n             Moscow , May 11, 1951; and meeting \n             Andrei Gromyko , November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"","Letters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n             Cordell Hull , 1933-1950; \n             Walter Lippman discussing the case of \n             Raoul Wallenberg , December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n             Eleanor Roosevelt , June 13, 1950; \n             Richard E. Byrd regarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service , August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n             Harry S. Truman 's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n             Moscow , August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n             Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. , and of his\n            mother, \n             Lucy Booth Cumming, 1960 .","Correspondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n             State Department , a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n             Germany , November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n             Edwin Barclay which involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n             Latin America , \n             Europe , and \n             Asia .","The subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n             Cumming family , the \n             Alibi Club , the \n             John Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University , \n             Bath County Community Hospital , the \n             National Cathedral Association , the \n             State Department , Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.","Correspondence and files regarding the \n             University of Virginia include the \n             Raven Society , the \n             Hugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund , the \n             O.W.L.S. Society , and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n             Julius P. Barclay , \n             Edmund Berkeley, Jr. , \n             Colgate W. Darden, Jr. , \n             Ernest H. Ern , \n             Arthur P. Gray III , \n             Frank L. Hereford, Jr. , \n             William H. Runge , \n             B. F. D. Runk , \n             Edgar F. Shannon , and \n             John Cook Wyllie .","The photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n             Virginia Military Institute in 1918, \n             U. S. Coast Guard activities in \n             Greenland during 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n             Reykjavik, Iceland , and \n             Washington, D.C. Of special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n             Mesa Verde National Park , \n             Colorado , and four photographs of \n             Richard M. Nixon during a visit to \n             Indonesia as part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.","Bound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n             Albemarle County, Virginia , 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n             Diana Whiting Smith Cumming , a school\n            teacher and resident of \n             Hampton, Virginia . Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n             Greenland during 1941.","Other items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n             1924 Democratic National Convention ;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n             Bird McGuire , \n             James P. Clarke , and \n             Claude A. Swanson ; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n             Liberia , February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n             U.S. Antarctic Service ; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n             Nevada during 1957.","A) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                      [Bob Wilson] broadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                      Sheridan, Wyoming . Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                      China , \n                      Russia , \n                      Indonesia , and \n                      Sweden . 5 minutes.","B) ca. 1951. Series of satirical songs,\n                     recorded at the American embassy in \n                      Moscow during the Korean War,\n                     when embassy personnel were restricted to the\n                     grounds and entertainment was scarce. 30\n                     minutes."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Lucy Booth\n                        Cumming","Hugh Smith Cumming,\n                        Sr.","Nell Hayne","Culver Gleysteen","John B. Kendrick, II","Margaret Kendrick","Anthony Lake","Oscar Morland","H. R. Mumford","Marjorie Savage","Birne T. 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Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGENERAL DESCRIPTION\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming Family\u003c/famname\u003epapers consist of ca.\n            53,100 items (23 Hollinger boxes, ca. 8 linear shelf feet),\n            1777-1778, 1806 (1820-1977) 1984, including correspondence,\n            financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings,\n            photographs, bound volumes, writings, printed material, and\n            miscellaneous related items pertaining to the life and\n            activities of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, Sr., and their\n            son, Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986), and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as other\n            family members. Also present are papers relating to the \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Cumming (1869-1948) was Surgeon General of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003efrom 1920\n            to 1936; Ambassador Cumming (1900-) was a career diplomat\n            and served primarily in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1933 until his\n            retirement in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection is chiefly correspondence\n            dealing with family, professional, and diplomatic matters.\n            In addition, Ambassador Cumming maintained extensive files\n            containing additional correspondence, photographs, reports,\n            memoranda, notes, and other related materials regarding his\n            public and personal activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection has been divided into three subgroups: I.\n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth Family\u003c/famname\u003ePapers, II. Papers of Dr.\n            and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and III.\n            Papers of Ambassador \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eThere are\n            various series and subseries within each subgroup. A more\n            detailed description of the papers, especially biographical\n            and organizational information, can be found later in this\n            guide, under each subgroup. The descriptions were compiled\n            by Robin D. Wear (Subgroup I), T. Sharon Defibaugh\n            (Subgroup II), and Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. (Subgroup III).\n            This collection contains 6922-b, 6922-d, 6922-e, 6922-f,\n            6922-h, 6922-h, 6922-i, 6922-k, 6922-l, 6922-m, 6922-n,\n            6922-p, 6922-r, 6922-s, 6922-u, 6922-w, 6922-ab, 6922-ac\n            and 6922-ad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP I BOOTH FAMILY PAPERS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the Cumming Papers pertains chiefly to\n            the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e, and consists of ca. 270\n            items, (Boxes 1 and 2), encompassing the years 1814-1978.\n            Included are correspondence, legal papers, and photographs\n            of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth family\u003c/famname\u003e; and biographical and\n            genealogical information in the form of correspondence,\n            notes, copies of family documents, and printed material\n            concerning the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003eand allied families such as \n            \u003cfamname\u003eArmistead\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThrockmorton\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eGilliam\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eRootes\u003c/famname\u003e, \n            \u003cfamname\u003eBernard\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n            \u003cfamname\u003eTerry\u003c/famname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRebecca Hicks Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Henry Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n            children, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrancis Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tanner Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, as well as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Haxall Thomson Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Almira Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Cabaniss\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e's two older sons\n            fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003ewrote to his father\n            from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eClark County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and to his grandmother\n            from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFredericksburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning long marches\n            and various campsites. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, wrote to his\n            father from a camp near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 5, 1861), discussing\n            camp life, the hardships of warfare, and their hopes that\n            President \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Jefferson] Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewould send an\n            additional 25,000 men; and, later writes from the C. S.\n            Steamer Selma off \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMobile, Alabama\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 13, 1864)\n            mentioning the occupation of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVicksburg\u003c/geogname\u003eby Yankees, the defense of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, and news of Archer's\n            regiment and an anticipated battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther letters of interest include those from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eE. C. Cabell\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(November 22, 1846\n            and November 14, 1847) concerning a controversy between\n            Booth and his brother, Archer, and the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBank of Florida\u003c/corpname\u003e; two letters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Cabell Rives\u003c/persname\u003eto \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth\u003c/persname\u003e(July 5, 1858 and\n            November 24, 1862); and a lengthy letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister,\n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Rebecca Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 5, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP II PAPERS OF DR. AND MRS. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, SR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003epapers includes papers of\n            Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e(1869-1948) and\n            his wife, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1960), and\n            contains ca. 825 items, (Boxes 3-7, 4 Hollinger boxes, 3.5\n            linear shelf feet), 1897-1956. They consist of\n            correspondence, memoirs, essays, speeches, invitations,\n            printed items, photographs, legal papers, bound volumes,\n            and oversize items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence forms the largest series of the papers;\n            there are letters of congratulation to Dr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the birth of\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1897, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, 1900, as well as\n            letters of condolence regarding the death of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003ein 1898.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003eto his wife, Lucy,\n            1900-1938, were usually written during his absences from\n            home due to work connected with his appointments to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Public Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(1894-1920)\n            and as Surgeon General (1920-1936); they contain references\n            to his inspection and quarantine duties, departmental\n            gossip, family news, and personal observations about the\n            various places that he visited. Notable topics include: the\n            endorsement of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health and Marine Hospital\n            Service\u003c/corpname\u003eby the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Medical Association\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 13,\n            1905); the case of an insane Russian alien (November 12,\n            1911); Lucy's appointment to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSanitation Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e(November 15,\n            1912); Surgeon General \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRupert Blue\u003c/persname\u003e's and Cumming's chances of\n            an assignment in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 17, 1912), and his\n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginia\u003c/persname\u003eSurvey and other inspection\n            work along the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAtlantic Seaboard\u003c/geogname\u003e, especially of\n            sewage systems and oyster beds (1914-1915). The majority of\n            Dr. Cumming's letters to his wife were written during his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1918-1920, where he visited\n            and inspected ports of embarkation, evacuation points,\n            departing ships, and camps used by the American forces in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003efor evidence of epidemics or\n            disease. He also represented the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919 at the \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003econference which organized the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLeague of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003eand\n            headed a medical mission to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Topics in this group include:\n            post-war conditions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 20, 1918); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican University Union\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(December 29, 1918); abominable\n            conditions at the American camp at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBrest, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(January 9, 1919);\n            effects of shelling on the ruins at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRheims, France\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 9, 1919);\n            typhoid fever outbreak at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRotterdam, Netherlands\u003c/geogname\u003e(February 20,\n            1919); \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRed Cross\u003c/corpname\u003eConference at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 20, 1919); chances for an\n            enduring peace (March 28, 1919); work on a committee on\n            preventive medicine and hygiene and a subcommittee on \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Laboratories\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 3-23,\n            1919); and comments on the high cost of food and its affect\n            upon the morals of civilians in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(April 24, 1919). These letters,\n            in general, describe Cumming's itinerary while in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, including \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBelgium\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePoland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSpain\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreece\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTurkey\u003c/geogname\u003e, his duties of inspection, and\n            the appearance of post-war \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003einclude the\n            following topics: a sketch of the life of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArcher Jones Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, (an uncle of hers)\n            as a Confederate soldier, by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Epes\u003c/persname\u003e(November 26, 1903); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eLeake\u003c/famname\u003eand \n            \u003cfamname\u003eHaxall\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (October 21, 1905); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eThomson\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (March 29, 1914;\n            [February 9, 1934]; November 15, 1929); \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCabaniss\u003c/famname\u003egenealogy (September 27, 1933)\n            and photographs of celebrities attending the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLausanne Peace Conference\u003c/corpname\u003e(December 26,\n            1922).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Cumming also corresponded with her mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClara Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, and sister, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenrietta Wise\u003c/persname\u003e, while residing in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYokohama, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, (1906), and while\n            visiting her husband in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1919-1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous correspondence of Hugh and Lucy\n            Cumming contains: a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharles J. Hatfield\u003c/persname\u003e's comments\n            introducing \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003eat the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Pennsylvania\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 20,\n            1930); copy of Mrs. Cumming's comments in a prologue to a\n            series of radio broadcasts regarding the health of young\n            people for the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee on Periodic Health\n            Examinations\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 12, 1932), and a copy of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e's letter of\n            appreciation to Cumming about his work in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePublic Health Service\u003c/corpname\u003e(February 25,\n            1933).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. and Mrs. Cumming's letters to their son, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, generally\n            contain family news and descriptions of trips undertaken in\n            connection with Cumming's work as Surgeon General, with\n            occasional references to Dr. Cumming's viewpoints amd\n            opinions, including the technical meeting of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommission on Nutrition\u003c/corpname\u003e(May 24 and 31,\n            1937) and his opinion of his successor, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[Thomas] Parran\u003c/persname\u003e(May 12, 1939).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney (West)\n            Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978) to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, 1948-1956, furnish a\n            varied picture of the life of the wife of a diplomat and\n            her responsibilities in the work of an embassy. These\n            letters were written while her husband, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, (1900-1986) was\n            stationed in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Two letters in particular\n            (March 5 and 19, 1951) describe the city of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, its living conditions, and the\n            \u003ccorpname\u003eLubianka prison\u003c/corpname\u003e, which was near the\n            Cumming's \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003equarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection also contains the typescript of Dr. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's personal memoirs,\n            beginning with his birth on August 17, 1869, in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and ending with his\n            last day at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePan American Sanitary Bureau\u003c/corpname\u003eon\n            February 1, 1947, and Lucy Cumming's memoirs of her\n            childhood in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNottoway County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of note include two speeches of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \"Toast at Tennis\n            Club\" (N.D.) and \"Address at the opening session of the\n            Septima Conferencia Sanitaria\" (November 1924), and a Power\n            of Attorney re the estate of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy B. Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's grandfather, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin G. Booth\u003c/persname\u003e, \" \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBeechwood\u003c/corpname\u003e\" in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eYork County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, (June 19,\n            1919). The collection also contains a diary and date book\n            of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e; a pictoral record\n            of the Medical Conference held at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCannes, France\u003c/geogname\u003e, (April 1-11, 1919) at\n            the invitation of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eCommittee of Red Cross Societies\u003c/corpname\u003e; a\n            scrapbook of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, containing\n            academic diplomas, official certificates, honorary degrees,\n            appointments, photographs, newsclippings, obituaries, etc.;\n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e's membership certificate\n            in the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited Daughters of the Confederacy\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            and a charcoal-and-chalk profile sketch of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSUBGROUP III PAPERS OF AMBASSADOR \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHUGH SMITH CUMMING, JR.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSCOPE AND CONTENT\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subgroup consists of ca. 5,200 items (Boxes 7-23,\n            ca. 4.5 linear shelf feet), 1777-1778, 1806, 1820,\n            1861-1892, 1907 (1931-1977) 1984, correspondence,\n            photographs, financial and legal items, newspaper\n            clippings, tape recordings, bound volumes and miscellaneous\n            items relating to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, a career\n            diplomat. These papers are chiefly comprised of personal\n            and diplomatic correspondence. Topics of interest in the\n            subgroup include: Cumming's life as a diplomat in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eStockholm\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eParis\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e; European economic\n            conditions, 1939-1945; the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e; American\n            activities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIceland\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003ebefore and during World War\n            II; diplomacy, family and personal matters; and\n            involvements in civic and professional organizations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs a diplomat, Cumming corresponded with several\n            prominent contemporaries, especially his fellow diplomats,\n            but the majority of their letters are concerned with\n            routine matters. The correspondence was written in various\n            places: Austria, Belgium, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Great\n            Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy,\n            Liberia, the Netherlands, Poland, South America, the Soviet\n            Union, Sweden, and Switzerland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the noted correspondents are: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Acheson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph W. Alsop\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Blatnik\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stewart Bryan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry F. Byrd, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBernard P. Chamerlain\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eVirginius Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eC. Douglas Dillon\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eThomas N. Downing\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAllen W. Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHomer Ferguson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Allen Frear, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDouglas Southall Freeman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJ. William Fulbright\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilson D. Gillette\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph C. Grew\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristian A. Herter\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e(Mrs. Herbert Hoover);\n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHerschel V. Johnson\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cabot Lodge\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn O. Marsh, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChristopher C. McGrath\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDavid C. Mearns\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eL. Quincy Mumford\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eStanley F. Reed\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eElliot Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDean Rusk\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh D. Scott, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn W. Snyder\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Sparkman\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMaurice Stans\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward E. Stettinius, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003ePotter Stewart\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Taft, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thye, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are references to: \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Kennan\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHunter Holmes McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCumming's correspondence, 1907-1984, relates to his life\n            and career and includes letters from and to his wife, his\n            mother, relatives, friends, and colleagues. There are\n            several letters congratulating him on his marriage to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West\u003c/persname\u003e(1907-1978), 1935,\n            as well as her letters to members of her family, 1930-1932\n            and 1951-1952, while she was living in the American\n            Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow, China\u003c/geogname\u003e, and in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere her husband was counselor\n            to the American Embassy. In these letters, which were\n            primarily addressed to her brother-in-law, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank A. West\u003c/persname\u003e, she discusses her\n            social and personal activities. The letters contain\n            references to contemporary events and individuals such as:\n            executions taking place near the American Consulate in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHankow\u003c/geogname\u003e, January 30, 1931; the U.S.S.\n            Panay's attempt to pay ransom to secure the release of a\n            kidnap victim, February 27, 1931; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eChiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e, December 16, 1930;\n            May Day celebrations in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, May 11, 1951; and meeting \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAndrei Gromyko\u003c/persname\u003e, November 11 and 18,\n            1951. Her Moscow letters were signed \"jed.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of interest include several from Mr. and Mrs. \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, 1933-1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Lippman\u003c/persname\u003ediscussing the case of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRaoul Wallenberg\u003c/persname\u003e, December 8, 1947; a\n            thank-you letter from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c/persname\u003e, June 13, 1950; \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard E. Byrd\u003c/persname\u003eregarding his efforts\n            on behalf of the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e, August 21 and\n            December 27, 1941; and President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHarry S. Truman\u003c/persname\u003e's appointment of\n            Cumming to the personal rank of Minister while serving as\n            deputy chief of mission and counselor of the embassy at \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e, August 14, 1951; condolence\n            letters, 1948-1949, regarding the death of his father, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e, and of his\n            mother, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Booth Cumming, 1960\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence from Cumming's diplomatic service,\n            1926-1964, includes copies of correspondence with the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, a report on economic\n            and political situations in Nazi \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, November 15, 1939, and an\n            incomplete report of an assassination attempt against\n            Liberian President \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Barclay\u003c/persname\u003ewhich involved the use of\n            medicine men and magic, 1934, as well as several\n            confidential reports and related papers pertaining to his\n            service in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLatin America\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAsia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe subject files, 1934-1984, comprise the largest\n            section of the collection; arranged alphabetically by name\n            or subject, they contain correspondence and related papers\n            pertaining to Cumming's civic and professional activities.\n            These include appointments and efficiency reports, papers\n            regarding members of the \n            \u003cfamname\u003eCumming family\u003c/famname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eAlibi Club\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eJohn Foster Dulles Oral History Project at\n            Princeton University\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eBath County Community Hospital\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Cathedral Association\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eState Department\u003c/corpname\u003e, Diplomatic and\n            Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR) and other similar\n            subjects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and files regarding the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003einclude the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRaven Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eHugh S. and Lucy Booth Cumming Memorial\n            Fund\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eO.W.L.S. Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and others. As a\n            consequence, he corresponded with several members of its\n            faculty, students, and staff such as \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJulius P. Barclay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdmund Berkeley, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eColgate W. Darden, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eErnest H. Ern\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eArthur P. Gray III\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eFrank L. Hereford, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Runge\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. D. Runk\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eEdgar F. Shannon\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cook Wyllie\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs, 1918-1961, pertain to: life at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1918, \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Coast Guard\u003c/corpname\u003eactivities in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941; the first\n            commerical flight between \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eReykjavik, Iceland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003eOf special interest is\n            a 1923 photograph of Cumming as a park ranger in \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eMesa Verde National Park\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eColorado\u003c/geogname\u003e, and four photographs of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003eduring a visit to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003eas part of his 1953 Asian\n            tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound volumes, 1777 -1778, 1806, 1820, 1850-1892 and\n            1941, include a scrapbook regarding Sunday School\n            conventions in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1868-1875,\n            a journal containing entries regarding the issuing of\n            military rations, 1777-1778; and a 1866-1868 diary and\n            commonplace book of \n            \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Whiting Smith Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e, a school\n            teacher and resident of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Also present is\n            Cumming's diary of his official trip to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGreenland\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther items of interest include: passsports of Hugh and\n            Winifred Cumming, 1922-1947; invitations, a 1909 school\n            report, guest tickets to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003e1924 Democratic National Convention\u003c/corpname\u003e;\n            three 1913 visitor passes to public viewing galleries in\n            Congress from \n            \u003cpersname\u003eBird McGuire\u003c/persname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eJames P. Clarke\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n            \u003cpersname\u003eClaude A. Swanson\u003c/persname\u003e; two tape recordings\n            of Cumming interviews, 1954 and 1969; an article by him\n            regarding \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLiberia\u003c/geogname\u003e, February, 1937; three pages\n            from the New York Daily Tribune, April 23, 1861, with\n            references to the early phase of the Civil War, a 1940\n            Cumming article on the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. Antarctic Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; and a pass for\n            Cumming as an official observer at a nuclear test explosion\n            (\"Diablo\") in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eNevada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA) 5 December 1969 [Telephone] interview of\n                     Ambassador Cumming by \n                     \u003cpersname\u003e[Bob Wilson]\u003c/persname\u003ebroadcast over\n                     KWYO, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSheridan, Wyoming\u003c/geogname\u003e. Discusses\n                     his diplomatic service in \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eRussia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n                     \u003cgeogname\u003eSweden\u003c/geogname\u003e. 5 minutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB) ca. 1951. 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