William M. Cummings diaries and related papers, 1924-1995.

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William M. Cummings diaries and related papers, 1924-1995.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313816893

Diaries and miscellaneous papers documenting the life of a St. Paul, Minnesota native who also lived in California (1957-1980, 1987-1995) and Florida (1983-1986). The collection provides a day-to-day account of the lives of a 20th century working class man and his family.

8.75 cu. ft. (9 boxes, containing 8 folders and 88 v.).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7314100

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Cummings, William M., 1917-1995.

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William M. Cummings was born November 18, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri, but his family moved to Redwood Falls, Minnesota in 1919 and to St. Paul in 1923. Cummings held a number of different jobs after dropping out of high school. He worked for the Work Projects Administration as a page at the St. Paul Public Library and as a field research worker on the Annals of Minnesota for the Minnesota Writers Project (1938-1941); at the Cudahy Meat Packing Plant (1941-1942); at the Gopher Ord...

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United States. Work Projects Administration (Minn.)

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Kilvert, Robert Francis, 1840-1879

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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

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