PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00115::Cumming Family Papers)//EN" "ViU00115.sgm" A Guide to the Cumming Family PapersCumming Family. 6922-aeProcessed by Special Collections Dept. staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Gavin WatsonFunded 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::00115::Cumming Family Papers)//EN" "ViU00115.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-ae

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Gavin Watson Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #6922-ae Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Cumming Family Papers 1864-1986 6922-ae ca. 2,000 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-ae, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

These papers were bequeathed to the Library by Hugh S. Cumming, Jr., and were delivered by Ms. Diana C. Kendrick of Washington, D.C. on March 21, 1988.

 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.(1900-1986) consists of ca. 2,000 items (7 Hollinger boxes, ca. 3 linear feet), 1864-1986, and includes photographs, photograph albums, memorabilia, scrapbooks, slides, certificates, passports, diaries, correspondence, a law course notebook from the University of Virginia, genealogical material, legal papers, printed material, and a memorial album for Winifred B. Cumming(1907-1978).

The collection has been separated into three different types of material: miscellaneous papers, bound volumes, and photographs. The photographs comprise the largest amount of material.

The miscellaneous papers include certificates; correspondence; the Ft. Monroe Coast Artillery SchoolGunnery Bulletins (1918); genealogical material; gunnery notes and related printed material; the High School Cadet Corps Papers of Hugh Smith Cumming, Jr.; legal papers; a memorial album for Winifred Burney West Cumming; memorabilia; a report entitled, "Owners of `the Grove' from 1839-1906 ( Thomas Wynnethrough Dr. E. G. Booth)" by Lou Powers; newsclippings; and papers concerning the Washington Cathedral Association College of Church Musicians.

The correspondence is generally of a personal nature consisting of congratulatory letters upon Hugh Cumming, Jr.'s engagement to Winifred B. Westand letters from family and friends. An exception is an electrostatic copy of a letter from George Kennanto Elbridge Durbow, November 10, 1980, discussing their differences of opinion on foreign policy. There is also a folder of correspondence between Cumming and various University of Virginiaofficials.

Legal papers include Winifred B. Cumming Trustmaterial and copies of the wills of Birne T. West, Winifred B. Cumming, Hugh S. Cumming, Jr., and Edwin G. Booth(photostat).

The bound volumes include several printed works; diaries of Hugh S. Cumming, Jr., 1913, 1931-1932, 1945, and diaries/memorandum books, 1946, 1965-1983, 1985; and a law lecture course notebook.

Photographs, photograph albums, and slides include those from Cumming's service as Ambassador to Indonesia, 1953-1957; photographs of the Cummingand related families; " Carter's Grove" and " Overlook"; the Cummings in Europeand South America; European Scenes (1919, 1935-1936); Cumming at the Virginia Military Institute; vacation scenes; and the World War I Era.

Oversize material includes photographs, a map of Tierra del Fuego, and a Virginia Military InstituteMemorabilia Scrapbook.

 Container List SERIES I: MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS Certificates 1868-1986 Box 1 Correspondence 1922-1958, 1972-1984, n.d. Box 1 Correspondence with the University of Virginia 1979-1986 Box 1 Ft. Monroe Coast Artillery School: Gunnery Bulletins (4 folders) 1918 Box 1 Genealogical Material 1931-1979, n.d. Box 2 Gunnery Notes and Related Printed Material ca. 1918 Box 2 High School Cadet Corps Papers of Hugh Cumming, Jr. 1916-1917 Box 2 Legal Papers 1957-1983 Box 2 Legal Papers: Passports 1953-1968 Box 2 Legal Papers: Winifred B. Cumming TrustMaterial 1976-1980 Box 2 Memorial Album for Winifred Burney West Cumming, 1907-1978, Volumes I & II (2 folders) 1977-1978 Box 2 Miscellaneous Material 1900-1979, n.d. Box 3 "Owners of `the Grove' from 1839-1906 ( Thomas Wynnethrough Dr. E.G. Booth)" by Lou Powers 1984 May Box 3 Printed Material 1931-1975, n.d. Box 3 Virginia Military InstituteMemorabilia 1918-1919 Box 3 Washington Cathedral Association: College of Church Musicians 1961-1966, n.d. Box 3 SERIES II: BOUND VOLUMES Dinner Book kept by Winifred Cumming 1948 Box 3 Lecture Notebook re Code Pleading from lectures in the University of Virginia Law School 1922 Box 3 Log Book kept by Hugh Cumming, Jr.for his yacht San Joaquinin Sweden 1944-1951 Box 3 The Knights of the Horse-Shoeby Dr. William A. Caruthers 1881 Box 3 Directory of the Zeta Psi Fraternity 1926 Box 4 Legends of Lands Endby Claude O. Lanciano, Jr. 1971 Box 4 Walk a Little Faster Escape from Burma with General Stilwell in 1942by Henrietta Thompson 1980 Box 4 Letter Register 1919 Box 4 Diaries of Hugh Cumming, Jr. 1913, 1931-1932, 1945 Box 4 Diaries/Memoranda Books of Hugh Cumming, Jr. 1946, 1965-1983, 1985 Box 4 SERIES III: PHOTOGRAPHS SUBSERIES A: INDONESIA Photograph Album re the Presentation of Hugh Cumming, Jr.to President Sukarno as Ambassador of the United Statesto Indonesia 1953 Box 5 Photograph Album: Indonesia ca. 1953-1957 Box 5 Photograph Album: Visit of U.S. Vice-President Richard M. Nixonto Indonesia ca. 1953 Box 5 Photographs: IndonesiaMiscellaneous ca. 1953-1957 Box 5 Photographs: Indonesian Receptions and Embassy Duties (2 folders) ca. 1953-1957 Box 5 Photographs: Indonesian Transparencies ca. 1953-1957 Box 5 Photographs: Visit of Indonesian President Sukarno to the United States [1956 ?] Box 5 Photographs: Visit of U.S. Vice-President Richard M. Nixonto Indonesian President Sukarno ca. 1953 Box 6 Slides: Indonesia ca. 1954-1957 Box 6 (2 folders) SUBSERIES B: MISCELLANEOUS Photograph Album: Childhood Memory Book of Hugh Cumming, Jr. 1900-1926 Box 6 Photograph Album: Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.- Early Photographs ca. 1920's Box 6 Photographs: " Carter's Grove" and " Overlook" 1933, 1962-1978, n.d. Box 6 Photographs: Cumming Familyand Related Families (2 folders) 1864-1982, n.d. Box 6 Photographs: the Cummings in Europeand South America ca. 1933-1950 Box 7 Photographs: European Scenes 1919, 1935-1936 Box 7 Photographs: Miscellaneous ca. 1915-1982, n.d. Box 7 Photographs: Virginia Military Institute ca. 1918 Box 7 Photographs: World War I Era ca. 1917-1919 Box 7 Slides: Vacation Scenes (2 folders) n.d. Box 7 Home Movie: Motion picture, "Eva's Baby," includes various family scenes Home Movie (F-283) 16mm B & W, no sound, 4 inch reel Home Movie: 1954, Motion picture, visit to a military outpost in Indo-China Home Movie (F-284) 16 mm color, no sound, 4 inch reel Virginia Military InstituteMemorabilia Scrapbook (Pages removed from scrapbook) ca. 1918-1919 Oversize Box S-19 Map of Tierra del Fuego 1967 Oversize Box S-19 Sketch & Photograph of Hugh Cumming, Jr. n.d. Oversize Box S-19 Six Unidentified Photographs of Group Settings n.d. Oversize Box S-19 Photograph of the Junior Plattsburg Military Training Camp, Fort Terry, Plum Island, Long Island Sound 1916 Oversize Box S-19