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Walter Jack Cunningham and Barbara Virginia Cunningham collection of materials relating to M. E. M. Davis
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Walter Jack Cunningham and Barbara Virginia Cunningham collection of materials relating to M. E. M. Davis, circa 1908-1966.
Physical Description
1.38 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language
English
Notes
In English.
Provenance
Gift of Walter Jack Cunningham.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Walter Jack Cunningham (1917-2004), professor emeritus and former chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Yale University. He married Barbara Virginia Cunningham (1917-2011) in 1944.
M. E. M. Davis (1844-1909), American poet, writer, and editor.
Summary
Materials collected by Walter Jack Cunningham and his wife Barbara Virginia Cunningham relating to M. E. M. Davis, circa 1908-1966. Includes a 1908 calendar and photograph of Davis's home in New Orleans, Louisiana; a 1966 xerox copy of a booklet about Davis for her niece, playwright Mollie Moore Godbold; three volumes of the Texas Monthly (1930 April-June) with articles by Davis; and a scrapbook album (Box 2) containing clippings of poems and other writings by Davis and others.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Images
Added to Catalog
August 02, 2023
References
Walter Jack Cunningham Collection of Materials Relating to M. E. M. Davis. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Walter Jack Cunningham Collection of Materials Relating to M. E. M. Davis. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Calendars (documents)
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
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