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(Hugh Smith), 1869-1948","United States. Department of State","family papers","Correspondence","photographs","Fair - fragile paper and photographs","This collection is open for research use.","Some daguerreotypes have glass coverings that are cracked. Please handle with extreme care.","This addition to the Cumming Family Papers, the first series in this finding aid, is arranged into four files: Correspondence that relate to the personal and professional lives of members of the Cumming Family; Photographs which include portraits of family ancestors and famous individuals, as well as images depicting the professional lives of family members; Scrapbooks relating to Hugh S. Cumming's children, Winifred Burney West, and to Diana Cumming; and Printed and miscellaneous materials.","The folders in each of these files are arranged chronologically, except for undated photographs and a written commentary of various photographs. The undated photographs are arranged alphabetically by the subject's last name after the dated folders.","Arrangement is as follows:","Series 1- Cumming Family Papers addition ViU-2021-0153","\n   File 1- Correspondence\t\t","\n   File 2- Photographs\t\t","\n   File 3- Scrapbooks\t\t","\n   File 4- Printed and miscellaneous materials","Samuel Cumming, a purported former resident of  Wigtownshire, Scotland , was born circa 1816 and died before 1916. After immigrating to  Baltimore, Maryland  around 1823, he moved to Virginia before August 13, 1868, to continue his profession as a  stonemason  at Fort Monroe. There, he married  Diana Whiting Smith  of  Elizabeth City County  and had at least two children, Samuel Gordon Cumming and Hugh Smith Cumming. In  1879 , he established the  Hampton Presbyterian Church , now known as First Presbyterian Church. He remarried after Diana's death to  Margaret Cumming , and had several other children, including the Presbyterian Missionary, Calvin Knox Cumming. His son, Samuel Gordon Cumming, an attorney in Hampton, Virginia, died in 1920 after being shot by his wife, Elizabeth Bell Waller, following a divorce agreement. Marital ties expanded the Cumming Family to include members from the Waller, Booth, West, Whiting, Kendrick and Smith families. ","Hugh Smith Cumming was born on  August 17, 1869 , in  Hampton, Virginia . He attended high school at  Baltimore City College  and then matriculated at the University of Virginia to study medicine. In  1896 , he married  Lucy Almira Booth , whose grandfather,  Edwin Gilliam Booth , was a noted Philadelphia  lawyer  and philanthropist to Confederate prisoners held in Northern prisons during the American Civil War. The couple had three children:  Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. ,  Clara Diana Cumming  (Kendrick,) and  Lucy Booth Cumming , who died as an infant. His half-nephew, Samuel Calvin Cumming, was a Major General in the United States Marine Corps who served during the first and second World Wars and died in  1986 . ","He graduated from medical school at the  University College of Medicine  in  Richmond, Virginia . A year later, in  1895 , he began working as a  physician  for the United States Marine Hospital Service during which time he was stationed in  San Francisco  and  Ellis Island , among other posts. During the World War I, he was then detailed to the  U.S. Navy  as an adviser in sanitation. In  February 1920 , he was appointed to be the fifth Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service by President  Woodrow Wilson . He kept his position as Surgeon General until he retired in  1936  but continued working as director of the  Pan American Sanitary Bureau  until his death in 1948.  ","Hugh Smith Cumming's son, Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. was born  March 10, 1900 , in Richmond, Virginia, and married Winifred Burney West in  1935 , with whom he had no recorded children. He graduated from  Western High School  in  Washington, D.C.  before attending the Virginia Military Institute and serving in the  United States Army  during the first World War. After graduating with a degree in law from the University of Virginia in  1924 , he worked in the international department of the  National City Bank of New York . ","In  1927 , Cumming, Jr., accepted a position at the United States Department of State as a  clerk  with the U.S. Legation in  Peking, China . He was then transferred to  Washington, D.C.  and worked to assist diplomatic and economic relations between the U.S. and several Northern European countries, namely  Sweden , and in  1936 , he was appointed Executive Assistant to U.S. Secretary of State,  Cordell Hull . ","During the World War II, he represented the State Department during the Joint Anglo Swedish American Commission dealing with Allied Pilots downed in Neutral Sweden. After the war, he was a founding conference delegate to the United Nations, and from  1947  to  1950 , was counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Sweden. From  1950  to  1952 , he acted as counselor of the U.S. Embassy in  Moscow  and briefly acted as its ambassador.  ","Cumming, Jr., was the  Deputy Secretary General  for Political Affairs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) before U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated him for the position of ambassador to Indonesia, where he served in  Djakarta  from 1954-1957. After returning to Washington, he organized the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research. He retired in  1964 , after working as Counselor for the State Department.  ","He was a member of several social clubs, including the Alibi Club of Washington, D.C., and the Chevy Chase club of Chevy Chase, Maryland. He survived his wife by eight years and died in  1986 .  ","Reference list:","Cumming, H. S. (1945–1977). Hugh S. Cumming papers (MS C 325). Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. ","Edwin Gilliam Booth (1810-1886). American Aristocracy. (n.d.) https://americanaristocracy.com/people/edwin-gillam-booth  ","First Presbyterian Church of Hampton. \"Our History.\" First Presbyterian Church of Hampton. Accessed June 25, 2025. https://www.firstpreshampton.org/our-history. ","Hamm, Robert D. \"Diana Whiting Smith.\" Hamm Roots. Accessed June 25, 2025. https://hammroots.com/getperson.php?personID=I149131\u0026tree=Main. ","Hugh S. Cumming. (1948). American Journal of Public Health, 39, 225–225. https://doi.org/10.70706/ajph  ","Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. FamilySearch.org. (n.d.-b). https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L5YN-CJ6/hugh-smith-cumming-jr.-1900-1986  ","Hugh Smith Cumming. FamilySearch.org. (n.d.-a). https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/K4LF-9J2/hugh-smith-cumming-1869-1948  ","JAMA. (1936, March 7). Surgeon general Hugh S. Cumming retires | JAMA | jama network. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1155674  ","Priest, E. (2016, January 13). Samuel Cumming. FamilySearch.org. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFLR-N1Q?lang=en  ","Washington Post. (1986, November 26). Hugh Cumming Jr. dies. Washington Post. https://web.archive.org/web/20171227122650/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/11/26/hugh-cumming-jr-dies/e58af8fc-ccb7-4c30-926e-7212c7c34208/ ","The purpose of this collection guide is to describe the most recently acquired part(s) of this collection (2021-0153). Boxes listed in this collection guide do not start with Box 1 because previous acquisitions are listed in the library catalog (Virgo) and/or Archival Resources of the Virginias (ARVAS).  ","Box numbering begins at 84. Staff counted all of the boxes in earlier additions and then continued numbering boxes after that total. ","The records/guides for this collection's original acquisition and other previous additions can be found in VIRGO, the Library's online catalog, as well as (in many cases) on the Archival Repositories of the Virginias (ARVAS) website.","For best results, search using the collection's Identifier/Call Number.","This addition to the Cumming family papers, includes correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and certificates related to members of the  Cumming  family, with most pertaining to  United States Surgeon General ,  Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.  (1869-1948) and his son,  Ambassador Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.  (1900-1986). Items include materials related to Hugh Cumming, Jr.'s service in the United States Department of State, and to Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.'s study at the  University of Virginia , as well as Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.'s study at the  Virginia Military Institute .  ","Most of the correspondence relates to the social and professional lives of Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. and his wife,  Winifred Burney West Cumming . The periods covered include Cumming's time as  United States Ambassador  to  Indonesia , but more broadly relate to his time in the  United States Department of State . There is a small amount of correspondence relating to Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. and his career as Surgeon General of the United States, as well as travel documents and White House invitations mostly relating to  Diana Cumming Kendrick  and her husband,  Manville Kendrick .  ","Many photographs include images of Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. and Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.'s public service careers along with portraits of members of the Cumming,  Kendrick ,  Booth , and  West  families. Of particular interest is a series of inscribed and autographed regular and oversize photograph portraits of individuals involved in the careers of Hugh Cumming, Sr. and Hugh Cumming, Jr. Autographed portraits include those from  Richard M. Nixon ,  Herbert Hoover ,  Lou Henry Hoover ,  Dwight D. Eisenhower ,  Cordell Hull , and  Sukarno . There are eleven daguerreotypes of family ancestors and an included folder of commentary on their subjects by Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. Also, of note are photographs of the Department of State by Henry \"Hank\" G. Walker for Life Magazine. ","Scrapbooks in this addition include Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.'s scrapbook (ca. 1900), which contains descriptions of his newborn children and photographs. An included copy of A.O Kaplan's \"The Baby Biography,\" (ca. 1897-1898) describes the infancy of Lucy Booth Cumming and important events around the time of her birth, along with loose correspondence, parlor cards, and childhood photographs of her. This copy of \"The Baby Biography\" was filled in by her parents, Hugh S. Cumming and Lucy Booth Cumming. Diana Cumming's scrapbook (ca. 1918) holds pasted-in letters, ticket stubs, photographs, and illustrations, among other items. The memorial scrapbook regarding Winifred Burney West Cumming is an unbound second volume of a series of photocopied condolence letters to her widower, Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. ","Printed materials and miscellaneous items comprise Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.'s  1893  copy of the University of Virginia \"Corks and Curls\" Yearbook, newspaper clippings, and U.S. Department of State Commendations awarded to Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. It also includes a roster of the Virginia Military Institute's Class of  1921  and an etching by Don Swann of the University of Virginia's Rotunda. Oversize materials include a caricature and the official public service appointments of Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.","This collection may contain some in-copyright material. Visit our Permissions and Publishing page (https://www.library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/publishing) for more information about use of Special Collections materials. 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From \u003cdate\u003e1950\u003c/date\u003e to \u003cdate\u003e1952\u003c/date\u003e, he acted as counselor of the U.S. Embassy in \u003cgeogname\u003eMoscow\u003c/geogname\u003e and briefly acted as its ambassador.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCumming, Jr., was the \u003coccupation\u003eDeputy Secretary General\u003c/occupation\u003e for Political Affairs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) before U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated him for the position of ambassador to Indonesia, where he served in \u003cgeogname\u003eDjakarta\u003c/geogname\u003e from 1954-1957. After returning to Washington, he organized the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research. He retired in \u003cdate\u003e1964\u003c/date\u003e, after working as Counselor for the State Department.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHe was a member of several social clubs, including the Alibi Club of Washington, D.C., and the Chevy Chase club of Chevy Chase, Maryland. He survived his wife by eight years and died in \u003cdate\u003e1986\u003c/date\u003e.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReference list:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCumming, H. S. (1945–1977). Hugh S. Cumming papers (MS C 325). Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdwin Gilliam Booth (1810-1886). American Aristocracy. (n.d.) https://americanaristocracy.com/people/edwin-gillam-booth  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFirst Presbyterian Church of Hampton. \"Our History.\" First Presbyterian Church of Hampton. Accessed June 25, 2025. https://www.firstpreshampton.org/our-history. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHamm, Robert D. \"Diana Whiting Smith.\" Hamm Roots. Accessed June 25, 2025. https://hammroots.com/getperson.php?personID=I149131\u0026amp;tree=Main. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHugh S. Cumming. (1948). American Journal of Public Health, 39, 225–225. https://doi.org/10.70706/ajph  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHugh Smith Cumming, Jr. FamilySearch.org. (n.d.-b). https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L5YN-CJ6/hugh-smith-cumming-jr.-1900-1986  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHugh Smith Cumming. FamilySearch.org. (n.d.-a). https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/K4LF-9J2/hugh-smith-cumming-1869-1948  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJAMA. (1936, March 7). Surgeon general Hugh S. Cumming retires | JAMA | jama network. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1155674  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePriest, E. (2016, January 13). Samuel Cumming. FamilySearch.org. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFLR-N1Q?lang=en  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWashington Post. (1986, November 26). Hugh Cumming Jr. dies. Washington Post. https://web.archive.org/web/20171227122650/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/11/26/hugh-cumming-jr-dies/e58af8fc-ccb7-4c30-926e-7212c7c34208/ \u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Samuel Cumming, a purported former resident of  Wigtownshire, Scotland , was born circa 1816 and died before 1916. After immigrating to  Baltimore, Maryland  around 1823, he moved to Virginia before August 13, 1868, to continue his profession as a  stonemason  at Fort Monroe. There, he married  Diana Whiting Smith  of  Elizabeth City County  and had at least two children, Samuel Gordon Cumming and Hugh Smith Cumming. In  1879 , he established the  Hampton Presbyterian Church , now known as First Presbyterian Church. He remarried after Diana's death to  Margaret Cumming , and had several other children, including the Presbyterian Missionary, Calvin Knox Cumming. His son, Samuel Gordon Cumming, an attorney in Hampton, Virginia, died in 1920 after being shot by his wife, Elizabeth Bell Waller, following a divorce agreement. Marital ties expanded the Cumming Family to include members from the Waller, Booth, West, Whiting, Kendrick and Smith families. ","Hugh Smith Cumming was born on  August 17, 1869 , in  Hampton, Virginia . He attended high school at  Baltimore City College  and then matriculated at the University of Virginia to study medicine. In  1896 , he married  Lucy Almira Booth , whose grandfather,  Edwin Gilliam Booth , was a noted Philadelphia  lawyer  and philanthropist to Confederate prisoners held in Northern prisons during the American Civil War. The couple had three children:  Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. ,  Clara Diana Cumming  (Kendrick,) and  Lucy Booth Cumming , who died as an infant. His half-nephew, Samuel Calvin Cumming, was a Major General in the United States Marine Corps who served during the first and second World Wars and died in  1986 . ","He graduated from medical school at the  University College of Medicine  in  Richmond, Virginia . A year later, in  1895 , he began working as a  physician  for the United States Marine Hospital Service during which time he was stationed in  San Francisco  and  Ellis Island , among other posts. During the World War I, he was then detailed to the  U.S. Navy  as an adviser in sanitation. In  February 1920 , he was appointed to be the fifth Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service by President  Woodrow Wilson . He kept his position as Surgeon General until he retired in  1936  but continued working as director of the  Pan American Sanitary Bureau  until his death in 1948.  ","Hugh Smith Cumming's son, Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. was born  March 10, 1900 , in Richmond, Virginia, and married Winifred Burney West in  1935 , with whom he had no recorded children. He graduated from  Western High School  in  Washington, D.C.  before attending the Virginia Military Institute and serving in the  United States Army  during the first World War. After graduating with a degree in law from the University of Virginia in  1924 , he worked in the international department of the  National City Bank of New York . ","In  1927 , Cumming, Jr., accepted a position at the United States Department of State as a  clerk  with the U.S. Legation in  Peking, China . He was then transferred to  Washington, D.C.  and worked to assist diplomatic and economic relations between the U.S. and several Northern European countries, namely  Sweden , and in  1936 , he was appointed Executive Assistant to U.S. Secretary of State,  Cordell Hull . ","During the World War II, he represented the State Department during the Joint Anglo Swedish American Commission dealing with Allied Pilots downed in Neutral Sweden. After the war, he was a founding conference delegate to the United Nations, and from  1947  to  1950 , was counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Sweden. From  1950  to  1952 , he acted as counselor of the U.S. Embassy in  Moscow  and briefly acted as its ambassador.  ","Cumming, Jr., was the  Deputy Secretary General  for Political Affairs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) before U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated him for the position of ambassador to Indonesia, where he served in  Djakarta  from 1954-1957. After returning to Washington, he organized the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research. He retired in  1964 , after working as Counselor for the State Department.  ","He was a member of several social clubs, including the Alibi Club of Washington, D.C., and the Chevy Chase club of Chevy Chase, Maryland. He survived his wife by eight years and died in  1986 .  ","Reference list:","Cumming, H. S. (1945–1977). Hugh S. Cumming papers (MS C 325). Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. ","Edwin Gilliam Booth (1810-1886). American Aristocracy. (n.d.) https://americanaristocracy.com/people/edwin-gillam-booth  ","First Presbyterian Church of Hampton. \"Our History.\" First Presbyterian Church of Hampton. Accessed June 25, 2025. https://www.firstpreshampton.org/our-history. ","Hamm, Robert D. \"Diana Whiting Smith.\" Hamm Roots. Accessed June 25, 2025. https://hammroots.com/getperson.php?personID=I149131\u0026tree=Main. ","Hugh S. Cumming. (1948). American Journal of Public Health, 39, 225–225. https://doi.org/10.70706/ajph  ","Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. FamilySearch.org. (n.d.-b). https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L5YN-CJ6/hugh-smith-cumming-jr.-1900-1986  ","Hugh Smith Cumming. FamilySearch.org. (n.d.-a). https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/K4LF-9J2/hugh-smith-cumming-1869-1948  ","JAMA. (1936, March 7). Surgeon general Hugh S. Cumming retires | JAMA | jama network. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1155674  ","Priest, E. (2016, January 13). Samuel Cumming. FamilySearch.org. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFLR-N1Q?lang=en  ","Washington Post. (1986, November 26). Hugh Cumming Jr. dies. Washington Post. https://web.archive.org/web/20171227122650/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/11/26/hugh-cumming-jr-dies/e58af8fc-ccb7-4c30-926e-7212c7c34208/ "],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMSS 6922, Cumming Family Papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["MSS 6922, Cumming Family Papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe purpose of this collection guide is to describe the most recently acquired part(s) of this collection (2021-0153). Boxes listed in this collection guide do not start with Box 1 because previous acquisitions are listed in the library catalog (Virgo) and/or Archival Resources of the Virginias (ARVAS).  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox numbering begins at 84. 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"],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe records/guides for this collection's original acquisition and other previous additions can be found in VIRGO, the Library's online catalog, as well as (in many cases) on the Archival Repositories of the Virginias (ARVAS) website.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFor best results, search using the collection's Identifier/Call Number.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The records/guides for this collection's original acquisition and other previous additions can be found in VIRGO, the Library's online catalog, as well as (in many cases) on the Archival Repositories of the Virginias (ARVAS) website.","For best results, search using the collection's Identifier/Call Number."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis addition to the Cumming family papers, includes correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and certificates related to members of the \u003cfamname\u003eCumming\u003c/famname\u003e family, with most pertaining to \u003coccupation\u003eUnited States Surgeon General\u003c/occupation\u003e, \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Sr.\u003c/persname\u003e (1869-1948) and his son, \u003coccupation\u003eAmbassador\u003c/occupation\u003e \u003cpersname\u003eHugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e (1900-1986). Items include materials related to Hugh Cumming, Jr.'s service in the United States Department of State, and to Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.'s study at the \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, as well as Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.'s study at the \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Military Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMost of the correspondence relates to the social and professional lives of Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. and his wife, \u003cpersname\u003eWinifred Burney West Cumming\u003c/persname\u003e. The periods covered include Cumming's time as \u003coccupation\u003eUnited States Ambassador\u003c/occupation\u003e to \u003cgeogname\u003eIndonesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, but more broadly relate to his time in the \u003ccorpname\u003eUnited States Department of State\u003c/corpname\u003e. There is a small amount of correspondence relating to Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. and his career as Surgeon General of the United States, as well as travel documents and White House invitations mostly relating to \u003cpersname\u003eDiana Cumming Kendrick\u003c/persname\u003e and her husband, \u003cpersname\u003eManville Kendrick\u003c/persname\u003e.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMany photographs include images of Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. and Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.'s public service careers along with portraits of members of the Cumming, \u003cfamname\u003eKendrick\u003c/famname\u003e, \u003cfamname\u003eBooth\u003c/famname\u003e, and \u003cfamname\u003eWest\u003c/famname\u003e families. Of particular interest is a series of inscribed and autographed regular and oversize photograph portraits of individuals involved in the careers of Hugh Cumming, Sr. and Hugh Cumming, Jr. Autographed portraits include those from \u003cpersname\u003eRichard M. Nixon\u003c/persname\u003e, \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e, \u003cpersname\u003eLou Henry Hoover\u003c/persname\u003e, \u003cpersname\u003eDwight D. Eisenhower\u003c/persname\u003e, \u003cpersname\u003eCordell Hull\u003c/persname\u003e, and \u003cname\u003eSukarno\u003c/name\u003e. There are eleven daguerreotypes of family ancestors and an included folder of commentary on their subjects by Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. Also, of note are photographs of the Department of State by Henry \"Hank\" G. Walker for Life Magazine. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eScrapbooks in this addition include Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.'s scrapbook (ca. 1900), which contains descriptions of his newborn children and photographs. An included copy of A.O Kaplan's \"The Baby Biography,\" (ca. 1897-1898) describes the infancy of Lucy Booth Cumming and important events around the time of her birth, along with loose correspondence, parlor cards, and childhood photographs of her. This copy of \"The Baby Biography\" was filled in by her parents, Hugh S. Cumming and Lucy Booth Cumming. Diana Cumming's scrapbook (ca. 1918) holds pasted-in letters, ticket stubs, photographs, and illustrations, among other items. The memorial scrapbook regarding Winifred Burney West Cumming is an unbound second volume of a series of photocopied condolence letters to her widower, Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePrinted materials and miscellaneous items comprise Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.'s \u003cdate\u003e1893\u003c/date\u003e copy of the University of Virginia \"Corks and Curls\" Yearbook, newspaper clippings, and U.S. Department of State Commendations awarded to Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. It also includes a roster of the Virginia Military Institute's Class of \u003cdate\u003e1921\u003c/date\u003e and an etching by Don Swann of the University of Virginia's Rotunda. Oversize materials include a caricature and the official public service appointments of Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This addition to the Cumming family papers, includes correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and certificates related to members of the  Cumming  family, with most pertaining to  United States Surgeon General ,  Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.  (1869-1948) and his son,  Ambassador Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.  (1900-1986). Items include materials related to Hugh Cumming, Jr.'s service in the United States Department of State, and to Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.'s study at the  University of Virginia , as well as Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.'s study at the  Virginia Military Institute .  ","Most of the correspondence relates to the social and professional lives of Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. and his wife,  Winifred Burney West Cumming . The periods covered include Cumming's time as  United States Ambassador  to  Indonesia , but more broadly relate to his time in the  United States Department of State . There is a small amount of correspondence relating to Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. and his career as Surgeon General of the United States, as well as travel documents and White House invitations mostly relating to  Diana Cumming Kendrick  and her husband,  Manville Kendrick .  ","Many photographs include images of Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. and Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.'s public service careers along with portraits of members of the Cumming,  Kendrick ,  Booth , and  West  families. Of particular interest is a series of inscribed and autographed regular and oversize photograph portraits of individuals involved in the careers of Hugh Cumming, Sr. and Hugh Cumming, Jr. Autographed portraits include those from  Richard M. Nixon ,  Herbert Hoover ,  Lou Henry Hoover ,  Dwight D. Eisenhower ,  Cordell Hull , and  Sukarno . There are eleven daguerreotypes of family ancestors and an included folder of commentary on their subjects by Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. Also, of note are photographs of the Department of State by Henry \"Hank\" G. Walker for Life Magazine. ","Scrapbooks in this addition include Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.'s scrapbook (ca. 1900), which contains descriptions of his newborn children and photographs. An included copy of A.O Kaplan's \"The Baby Biography,\" (ca. 1897-1898) describes the infancy of Lucy Booth Cumming and important events around the time of her birth, along with loose correspondence, parlor cards, and childhood photographs of her. This copy of \"The Baby Biography\" was filled in by her parents, Hugh S. Cumming and Lucy Booth Cumming. Diana Cumming's scrapbook (ca. 1918) holds pasted-in letters, ticket stubs, photographs, and illustrations, among other items. The memorial scrapbook regarding Winifred Burney West Cumming is an unbound second volume of a series of photocopied condolence letters to her widower, Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. ","Printed materials and miscellaneous items comprise Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.'s  1893  copy of the University of Virginia \"Corks and Curls\" Yearbook, newspaper clippings, and U.S. Department of State Commendations awarded to Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. It also includes a roster of the Virginia Military Institute's Class of  1921  and an etching by Don Swann of the University of Virginia's Rotunda. Oversize materials include a caricature and the official public service appointments of Hugh S. Cumming, Jr."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection may contain some in-copyright material. Visit our Permissions and Publishing page (https://www.library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/publishing) for more information about use of Special Collections materials. The library can provide copyright information upon request, but users are responsible for making their own determination about lawful use of collections materials.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["This collection may contain some in-copyright material. Visit our Permissions and Publishing page (https://www.library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/publishing) for more information about use of Special Collections materials. The library can provide copyright information upon request, but users are responsible for making their own determination about lawful use of collections materials."],"names_ssim":["Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library","Hampton Presbyterian Church","Baltimore City College","University College of Medicine","U.S. Navy","Pan American Sanitary Bureau","Western High School","United States Army","National City Bank of New York","University of Virginia","Virginia Military Institute","United States Department of State","Cumming","Kendrick","Booth","West","Sukarno","Diana Whiting Smith","Margaret Cumming","Lucy Almira Booth","Edwin Gilliam Booth","Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr.","Clara Diana Cumming","Lucy Booth Cumming","Woodrow Wilson","Cordell Hull","Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.","Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.","Winifred Burney West Cumming","Diana Cumming Kendrick","Manville Kendrick","Richard M. Nixon","Herbert Hoover","Lou Henry Hoover","Dwight D. 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(Hugh Smith), 1869-1948","United States. Department of State","family papers","Correspondence","photographs","Fair - fragile paper and photographs","This collection is open for research use.","Some daguerreotypes have glass coverings that are cracked. Please handle with extreme care.","This addition to the Cumming Family Papers, the first series in this finding aid, is arranged into four files: Correspondence that relate to the personal and professional lives of members of the Cumming Family; Photographs which include portraits of family ancestors and famous individuals, as well as images depicting the professional lives of family members; Scrapbooks relating to Hugh S. Cumming's children, Winifred Burney West, and to Diana Cumming; and Printed and miscellaneous materials.","The folders in each of these files are arranged chronologically, except for undated photographs and a written commentary of various photographs. The undated photographs are arranged alphabetically by the subject's last name after the dated folders.","Arrangement is as follows:","Series 1- Cumming Family Papers addition ViU-2021-0153","\n   File 1- Correspondence\t\t","\n   File 2- Photographs\t\t","\n   File 3- Scrapbooks\t\t","\n   File 4- Printed and miscellaneous materials","Samuel Cumming, a purported former resident of  Wigtownshire, Scotland , was born circa 1816 and died before 1916. After immigrating to  Baltimore, Maryland  around 1823, he moved to Virginia before August 13, 1868, to continue his profession as a  stonemason  at Fort Monroe. There, he married  Diana Whiting Smith  of  Elizabeth City County  and had at least two children, Samuel Gordon Cumming and Hugh Smith Cumming. In  1879 , he established the  Hampton Presbyterian Church , now known as First Presbyterian Church. He remarried after Diana's death to  Margaret Cumming , and had several other children, including the Presbyterian Missionary, Calvin Knox Cumming. His son, Samuel Gordon Cumming, an attorney in Hampton, Virginia, died in 1920 after being shot by his wife, Elizabeth Bell Waller, following a divorce agreement. Marital ties expanded the Cumming Family to include members from the Waller, Booth, West, Whiting, Kendrick and Smith families. ","Hugh Smith Cumming was born on  August 17, 1869 , in  Hampton, Virginia . He attended high school at  Baltimore City College  and then matriculated at the University of Virginia to study medicine. In  1896 , he married  Lucy Almira Booth , whose grandfather,  Edwin Gilliam Booth , was a noted Philadelphia  lawyer  and philanthropist to Confederate prisoners held in Northern prisons during the American Civil War. The couple had three children:  Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. ,  Clara Diana Cumming  (Kendrick,) and  Lucy Booth Cumming , who died as an infant. His half-nephew, Samuel Calvin Cumming, was a Major General in the United States Marine Corps who served during the first and second World Wars and died in  1986 . ","He graduated from medical school at the  University College of Medicine  in  Richmond, Virginia . A year later, in  1895 , he began working as a  physician  for the United States Marine Hospital Service during which time he was stationed in  San Francisco  and  Ellis Island , among other posts. During the World War I, he was then detailed to the  U.S. Navy  as an adviser in sanitation. In  February 1920 , he was appointed to be the fifth Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service by President  Woodrow Wilson . He kept his position as Surgeon General until he retired in  1936  but continued working as director of the  Pan American Sanitary Bureau  until his death in 1948.  ","Hugh Smith Cumming's son, Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. was born  March 10, 1900 , in Richmond, Virginia, and married Winifred Burney West in  1935 , with whom he had no recorded children. He graduated from  Western High School  in  Washington, D.C.  before attending the Virginia Military Institute and serving in the  United States Army  during the first World War. After graduating with a degree in law from the University of Virginia in  1924 , he worked in the international department of the  National City Bank of New York . ","In  1927 , Cumming, Jr., accepted a position at the United States Department of State as a  clerk  with the U.S. Legation in  Peking, China . He was then transferred to  Washington, D.C.  and worked to assist diplomatic and economic relations between the U.S. and several Northern European countries, namely  Sweden , and in  1936 , he was appointed Executive Assistant to U.S. Secretary of State,  Cordell Hull . ","During the World War II, he represented the State Department during the Joint Anglo Swedish American Commission dealing with Allied Pilots downed in Neutral Sweden. After the war, he was a founding conference delegate to the United Nations, and from  1947  to  1950 , was counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Sweden. From  1950  to  1952 , he acted as counselor of the U.S. Embassy in  Moscow  and briefly acted as its ambassador.  ","Cumming, Jr., was the  Deputy Secretary General  for Political Affairs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) before U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated him for the position of ambassador to Indonesia, where he served in  Djakarta  from 1954-1957. After returning to Washington, he organized the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research. He retired in  1964 , after working as Counselor for the State Department.  ","He was a member of several social clubs, including the Alibi Club of Washington, D.C., and the Chevy Chase club of Chevy Chase, Maryland. He survived his wife by eight years and died in  1986 .  ","Reference list:","Cumming, H. S. (1945–1977). Hugh S. Cumming papers (MS C 325). Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. ","Edwin Gilliam Booth (1810-1886). American Aristocracy. (n.d.) https://americanaristocracy.com/people/edwin-gillam-booth  ","First Presbyterian Church of Hampton. \"Our History.\" First Presbyterian Church of Hampton. Accessed June 25, 2025. https://www.firstpreshampton.org/our-history. ","Hamm, Robert D. \"Diana Whiting Smith.\" Hamm Roots. Accessed June 25, 2025. https://hammroots.com/getperson.php?personID=I149131\u0026tree=Main. ","Hugh S. Cumming. (1948). American Journal of Public Health, 39, 225–225. https://doi.org/10.70706/ajph  ","Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. FamilySearch.org. (n.d.-b). https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L5YN-CJ6/hugh-smith-cumming-jr.-1900-1986  ","Hugh Smith Cumming. FamilySearch.org. (n.d.-a). https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/K4LF-9J2/hugh-smith-cumming-1869-1948  ","JAMA. (1936, March 7). Surgeon general Hugh S. Cumming retires | JAMA | jama network. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1155674  ","Priest, E. (2016, January 13). Samuel Cumming. FamilySearch.org. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFLR-N1Q?lang=en  ","Washington Post. (1986, November 26). Hugh Cumming Jr. dies. Washington Post. https://web.archive.org/web/20171227122650/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1986/11/26/hugh-cumming-jr-dies/e58af8fc-ccb7-4c30-926e-7212c7c34208/ ","The purpose of this collection guide is to describe the most recently acquired part(s) of this collection (2021-0153). Boxes listed in this collection guide do not start with Box 1 because previous acquisitions are listed in the library catalog (Virgo) and/or Archival Resources of the Virginias (ARVAS).  ","Box numbering begins at 84. Staff counted all of the boxes in earlier additions and then continued numbering boxes after that total. ","The records/guides for this collection's original acquisition and other previous additions can be found in VIRGO, the Library's online catalog, as well as (in many cases) on the Archival Repositories of the Virginias (ARVAS) website.","For best results, search using the collection's Identifier/Call Number.","This addition to the Cumming family papers, includes correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and certificates related to members of the  Cumming  family, with most pertaining to  United States Surgeon General ,  Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.  (1869-1948) and his son,  Ambassador Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.  (1900-1986). Items include materials related to Hugh Cumming, Jr.'s service in the United States Department of State, and to Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.'s study at the  University of Virginia , as well as Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.'s study at the  Virginia Military Institute .  ","Most of the correspondence relates to the social and professional lives of Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. and his wife,  Winifred Burney West Cumming . The periods covered include Cumming's time as  United States Ambassador  to  Indonesia , but more broadly relate to his time in the  United States Department of State . There is a small amount of correspondence relating to Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. and his career as Surgeon General of the United States, as well as travel documents and White House invitations mostly relating to  Diana Cumming Kendrick  and her husband,  Manville Kendrick .  ","Many photographs include images of Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. and Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.'s public service careers along with portraits of members of the Cumming,  Kendrick ,  Booth , and  West  families. Of particular interest is a series of inscribed and autographed regular and oversize photograph portraits of individuals involved in the careers of Hugh Cumming, Sr. and Hugh Cumming, Jr. Autographed portraits include those from  Richard M. Nixon ,  Herbert Hoover ,  Lou Henry Hoover ,  Dwight D. Eisenhower ,  Cordell Hull , and  Sukarno . There are eleven daguerreotypes of family ancestors and an included folder of commentary on their subjects by Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. Also, of note are photographs of the Department of State by Henry \"Hank\" G. Walker for Life Magazine. ","Scrapbooks in this addition include Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.'s scrapbook (ca. 1900), which contains descriptions of his newborn children and photographs. An included copy of A.O Kaplan's \"The Baby Biography,\" (ca. 1897-1898) describes the infancy of Lucy Booth Cumming and important events around the time of her birth, along with loose correspondence, parlor cards, and childhood photographs of her. This copy of \"The Baby Biography\" was filled in by her parents, Hugh S. Cumming and Lucy Booth Cumming. Diana Cumming's scrapbook (ca. 1918) holds pasted-in letters, ticket stubs, photographs, and illustrations, among other items. The memorial scrapbook regarding Winifred Burney West Cumming is an unbound second volume of a series of photocopied condolence letters to her widower, Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. ","Printed materials and miscellaneous items comprise Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.'s  1893  copy of the University of Virginia \"Corks and Curls\" Yearbook, newspaper clippings, and U.S. Department of State Commendations awarded to Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. It also includes a roster of the Virginia Military Institute's Class of  1921  and an etching by Don Swann of the University of Virginia's Rotunda. Oversize materials include a caricature and the official public service appointments of Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.","This collection may contain some in-copyright material. Visit our Permissions and Publishing page (https://www.library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/publishing) for more information about use of Special Collections materials. 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Cumming's children, Winifred Burney West, and to Diana Cumming; and Printed and miscellaneous materials.","The folders in each of these files are arranged chronologically, except for undated photographs and a written commentary of various photographs. The undated photographs are arranged alphabetically by the subject's last name after the dated folders.","Arrangement is as follows:","Series 1- Cumming Family Papers addition ViU-2021-0153","\n   File 1- Correspondence\t\t","\n   File 2- Photographs\t\t","\n   File 3- Scrapbooks\t\t","\n   File 4- Printed and miscellaneous materials"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSamuel Cumming, a purported former resident of \u003cgeogname\u003eWigtownshire, Scotland\u003c/geogname\u003e, was born circa 1816 and died before 1916. 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His son, Samuel Gordon Cumming, an attorney in Hampton, Virginia, died in 1920 after being shot by his wife, Elizabeth Bell Waller, following a divorce agreement. Marital ties expanded the Cumming Family to include members from the Waller, Booth, West, Whiting, Kendrick and Smith families. ","Hugh Smith Cumming was born on  August 17, 1869 , in  Hampton, Virginia . He attended high school at  Baltimore City College  and then matriculated at the University of Virginia to study medicine. In  1896 , he married  Lucy Almira Booth , whose grandfather,  Edwin Gilliam Booth , was a noted Philadelphia  lawyer  and philanthropist to Confederate prisoners held in Northern prisons during the American Civil War. The couple had three children:  Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. ,  Clara Diana Cumming  (Kendrick,) and  Lucy Booth Cumming , who died as an infant. His half-nephew, Samuel Calvin Cumming, was a Major General in the United States Marine Corps who served during the first and second World Wars and died in  1986 . ","He graduated from medical school at the  University College of Medicine  in  Richmond, Virginia . A year later, in  1895 , he began working as a  physician  for the United States Marine Hospital Service during which time he was stationed in  San Francisco  and  Ellis Island , among other posts. During the World War I, he was then detailed to the  U.S. Navy  as an adviser in sanitation. In  February 1920 , he was appointed to be the fifth Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service by President  Woodrow Wilson . He kept his position as Surgeon General until he retired in  1936  but continued working as director of the  Pan American Sanitary Bureau  until his death in 1948.  ","Hugh Smith Cumming's son, Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. was born  March 10, 1900 , in Richmond, Virginia, and married Winifred Burney West in  1935 , with whom he had no recorded children. He graduated from  Western High School  in  Washington, D.C.  before attending the Virginia Military Institute and serving in the  United States Army  during the first World War. After graduating with a degree in law from the University of Virginia in  1924 , he worked in the international department of the  National City Bank of New York . ","In  1927 , Cumming, Jr., accepted a position at the United States Department of State as a  clerk  with the U.S. Legation in  Peking, China . He was then transferred to  Washington, D.C.  and worked to assist diplomatic and economic relations between the U.S. and several Northern European countries, namely  Sweden , and in  1936 , he was appointed Executive Assistant to U.S. Secretary of State,  Cordell Hull . ","During the World War II, he represented the State Department during the Joint Anglo Swedish American Commission dealing with Allied Pilots downed in Neutral Sweden. After the war, he was a founding conference delegate to the United Nations, and from  1947  to  1950 , was counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Sweden. From  1950  to  1952 , he acted as counselor of the U.S. Embassy in  Moscow  and briefly acted as its ambassador.  ","Cumming, Jr., was the  Deputy Secretary General  for Political Affairs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) before U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated him for the position of ambassador to Indonesia, where he served in  Djakarta  from 1954-1957. After returning to Washington, he organized the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research. He retired in  1964 , after working as Counselor for the State Department.  ","He was a member of several social clubs, including the Alibi Club of Washington, D.C., and the Chevy Chase club of Chevy Chase, Maryland. He survived his wife by eight years and died in  1986 .  ","Reference list:","Cumming, H. S. (1945–1977). Hugh S. Cumming papers (MS C 325). Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. ","Edwin Gilliam Booth (1810-1886). American Aristocracy. (n.d.) https://americanaristocracy.com/people/edwin-gillam-booth  ","First Presbyterian Church of Hampton. \"Our History.\" First Presbyterian Church of Hampton. Accessed June 25, 2025. https://www.firstpreshampton.org/our-history. ","Hamm, Robert D. \"Diana Whiting Smith.\" Hamm Roots. Accessed June 25, 2025. https://hammroots.com/getperson.php?personID=I149131\u0026tree=Main. ","Hugh S. Cumming. (1948). American Journal of Public Health, 39, 225–225. https://doi.org/10.70706/ajph  ","Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. FamilySearch.org. 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