Papers of the Cumming family [manuscript], 1890-1989.

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Papers of the Cumming family [manuscript], 1890-1989.

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The collection consists chiefly of Cumming family photographs and copies, 1894-1978, including one of the League of Nations Interchange visit to Washington, D. C., November, 1935, and signed portraits of King Gusta and Queen Louise of Sweden, 1948. There are also photographs and real estate brochures of Cumming property in Georgetown and in Warm Springs, Va. A few items of family correspondence include letters, 1897, on the birth and death of a baby; letters, 1937 on a marriage; and a letter, 1988 from George Bush, congratulating Diana Kendrick for her work in the 1988 primaries. Miscellaneous items include an Alibi Club membership roster, 1986; an obituary for Lucy Booth Cumming; a hand illlustrated story "The girl who didn't believe in Santa Claus" (Winifred West Cummings); newsclippings from the Winifred West-Hugh Cumming wedding, 1935; and maps of Nottoway and Dinwiddie counties. Of interest are an "occupation" coin and a cocktail napkin, 1989, decorated with Wyoming cattle brands.

71(ca.) items.

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