PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00114::Cumming Family Papers)//EN" "ViU00114.sgm" A Guide to the Cumming Family PapersCumming Family. 6922-aaProcessed by Special Collections Dept. staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Elizabeth SlombaFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Virginia Library © 1997 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 16, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00114::Cumming Family Papers)//EN" "ViU00114.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Cumming Family Papers A Collection in the Special Collections Department 6922-aa

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Elizabeth Slomba Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #6922-aa Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Cumming Family Papers 1874-1984 6922-aa ca. 1800 items English Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

 Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

 Preferred Citation

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

 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.

 Funding Note

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

 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.

 Container List SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE Correspondence of Hugh and Winifred Cumming 1937-1956 Box 1 (2 folders) Correspondence - General 1933-1983 Box 1 (2 folders) Letters re Recollections of a Childhood in Nottowayby Lucy Booth Cumming 1971-1973 Box 1 (2 folders) St. Paul's Church, Washington, D.C.- Correspondence 1958-1969 Box 1 University of Virginia Gift Fund- Correspondence 1972-1983 Box 1 SERIES II: TOPICAL Conference on the United States Ambassador 1963 Box 2 Indonesian Materials 1956-1961, 1973-1975 Box 2 The John Foster Dulles Oral History Project- Interview with Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. 1966-1967 Box 2 "The Overlook Property" 1973-1977 Box 2 "The Rebecca Fund" 1970-1978 Box 2 University of Virginia LibraryCorrespondence 1962-1975 Box 2 SERIES III: GENEALOGY Ballentine Family 1957, 1971-1972, n.d. Box 2 Blandy Family 1984 Box 2 Booth, Edwin Gilliam and Robert Henry 1971 Box 2 Booth Family- Mrs. S.B. Taylor Material [1971] Box 2 Booth FamilyCorrespondence 1874-1902 Box 2 Booth FamilyGenealogy 1961-1984, n.d. Box 2 (2 folders) Booth FamilyGenealogy - Colonial Dames of AmericaApplications n.d. Box 2 Booth FamilyMaterial, including copies and transcripts 1965-1972, n.d. Box 3 " Bothwell" and Blackstone, Virginia Correspondence 1971-1972 Box 3 Cryer Family 1971-1972, n.d. Box 3 Epes, William Dandridge- Information n.d. Box 3 Forman Family 1971, n.d. Box 3 Genealogical Material for Booth, Canabiss, and FormanFamilies 1964, 1971-1972, n.d. Box 3 Genealogy - Miscellaneous Correspondence 1935-1975 Box 3 Papers of Hugh and Winifred Cumming 1935-1978 Box 3 Gholson Family 1897, 1965 Box 3 Marriage, Church, and Real Estate Records for Nottoway County, 1746-1815 n.d. Box 3 Martiau Family 1984 Box 3 Starke, William E. and Edward B. 1971 Box 3 Wills n.d. Box 3 SERIES IV: PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTED Booth Familyand Home Photographs n.d. Box 4 Photographs 1891-1953 Box 4 Printed Material 1909-1984 Box 4 OVERSIZE ITEMS Photograph of " Hawthorne, " Jefferson County, West Virginia n.d. Oversize Genealogical Worksheets on the Booth, Epes, and Formanfamilies 1963, 1971 Oversize Genealogical Notes on the Boothand Cryerfamilies 1971 Oversize