Cumming Family Papers 1874-1984

Location of collection:

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400110

160 McCormick Rd

Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Brenda Gunn

Email: bg9ba@virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 924-1037

Phone: (434) 243-1776

Fax: (434) 924-4968

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Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Cumming Family Papers, Accession 6922-aa, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Creator:

Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr.

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Cumming Family Papers, Accession 6922-aa, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

This addition to the papers of Ambassador Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.contains ca. 1800 items (4 Hollinger boxes, 1.5 linear feet), 1874-1984, chiefly correspondence of Hugh and Winifred Cummingand genealogical material. The collection is arranged into four series: correspondence, topical, genealogy, and photographs and printed material.

The correspondence includes: correspondence between Hugh and Winifred Cumming while he was away on diplomatic missions in England, Canada, and Iceland; letters concerning a book, Recollections of a Childhood in Nottoway, by Lucy Booth Cumming; and correspondence with St. Paul's Church, Washington, D.C., and the University of Virginia.

In the topical files are papers relating to his diplomatic service, including Indonesian affairs and an interview for the John Foster Dulles Oral History Project.

Families represented in the genealogical material include the Ballentine, Blandy, Booth, Cryer, Epes, Forman, Canabiss, Gholson, Martiau, and Starke families.

The photographs are predominantly those of the University of VirginiaMedical Class of 1891-1892 (with members identified) and the past Presidents and Board of Governors at the Metropolitan Club, November 3, 1969.

Acquisition information:

This collection was given to the Library on May 13, 1985, by the Honorable Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr., of Washington, D.C., and has no restrictions.

Processing information:

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Physical location:

Physical description:

ca. 1800 items