Robert M. Cumnock (1848-1928) Biographical Materials 1877-1975

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Robert M. Cumnock (1848-1928) Biographical Materials 1877-1975

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This series includes materials from Cumnock's life at Northwestern and materials related to public interest in Cumnock after his death in 1928. The series includes biographical materials, correspondence, clippings, programs from speaking engagements, contracts, research correspondence and posthumous documents.

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Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). School of Oratory

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Cumnock, Robert McLean, 1844-1928

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Robert McLean Cumnock was born in Scotland in 1840 to a large Presbyterian family. He began teaching elocution at Northwestern University in 1868. Cumnock founded Northwestern University's School of Oratory in 1878. He died in 1928. As a small boy in 1842, Cumnock moved with his family to America, eventually settling in Mason, New Hampshire, by 1852. Cumnock paid his own way through Wilbraham Academy, a private secondary school, because his family could not afford it. Wh...