Guide to the Lillian Cunningham Letters MSS.2691
Cunningham, Lillian - Letters
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by Amanda Haldy.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
March, 2010.
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2010-05-21T11:39-0500
- Language Usage:
English
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Lillian Cunningham Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.2691
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
2.0 Linear feet (Letters and evelopes; some miscellaneous papers and snapshots)
- Dates:
Bulk, 1915-1920
- Dates:
1907-1967
- Abstract:
This is a collection of love letters and friendly correspondence from Alabama and Mississippi, addressed to Lillian Cunningham of Tuscaloosa, with the bulk of the contents originating in the latter part of the 1910’s. There is also a small collection of older sister Daphne Cunningham's correspondence.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Lillian Cunningham Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Biographical/Historical note
Lillian Cunningham was born in 1900 in Mississippi and lived in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She attended the University of Alabama and was a member of the Kappa Delta social sorority. She passed away in Tuscaloosa in 1995.
Scope and Contents note
Contains love letters and friendly correspondence addressed to Lillian Cunningham of Tuscaloosa, with the bulk of the contents originating in the latter part of the 1910’s. While there is a small collection of letters from Cunningham’s mother and from a girlfriend, Neavis Quarles, the majority of letters represent the love interests of young men of Alabama and Mississippi, from such towns as Tupelo, Mississippi; Shannon, Mississippi; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Birmingham, Alabama; and Mobile, Alabama. One young man, Miller Allen, moved to Fresno California, and wrote a majority of his correspondence from there. A few of the young men, prominently including Miller Allen and Tip Robins, were enlisted during the Great War (World War One), with Miller Allen serving as a Sergeant in France and Germany, and Tip Robins training at naval air force bases around the East Coast and South East.
This collection also includes a small collection of similar letters addressed to Lillian Cunningham’s older sister, Daphne (nee Cunningham) Smith. Among the miscellaneous papers are Lillian’s notice of acceptance into the Kappa Delta social sorority of the Univeristy of Alabama, a 1911 Certificate of Confirmation for Daphne (nee Cunningham) Smith’s husband, Merrill Pratt Smith, and assorted snapshots of unidentified girls and boys, dated 1905. There are also a handful of postcards and greeting cards; most letters are handwritten, though a few are typewritten.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Anonymous gift, 2009.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Amanda Haldy, 2010.
OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE, 1918 Box 2691.002 Folder 10
INCOMING CORRESPONDENCE, 1914-67
Components in Detail
Miller Allen, 1914-15 Box 2691.001 Folder 1
Miller Allen, 1915 Box 2691.001 Folder 2
Miller Allen, 1916 Box 2691.001 Folder 3
Miller Allen, 1916 Box 2691.001 Folder 4
Miller Allen, 1917-18 Box 2691.001 Folder 5
Miller Allen, 1918-19 Box 2691.001 Folder 6
Mastin, 1918 Box 2691.001 Folder 7
Mastin, 1919-21 Box 2691.001 Folder 8
Tip Robins, 1918 Box 2691.001 Folder 9
Tip Robins, 1918-20 Box 2691.001 Folder 10
Joe Clark, 1915-17 Box 2691.002 Folder 1
Seale Vaughan, 1916 Box 2691.002 Folder 2
Seale Vaughan, 1917-20 Box 2691.002 Folder 3
Jack, 1917-19 Box 2691.002 Folder 4
Billy, 1918 Box 2691.002 Folder 5
Bill Whitesides, 1916-22 Box 2691.002 Folder 6
Neavis Quarles, 1918-20 Box 2691.002 Folder 7
Annie Cunningham (Mother), 1916-19 Box 2691.002 Folder 8
Miscellaneous, 1907-67 Box 2691.002 Folder 9
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS, SNAPSHOTS Box 2691.002 Folder 11
DAPHNE CUNNINGHAM, 1911-18
Components in Detail
Outgoing Box 2691.002 Folder 16
Incoming: Joe Clark, 1911-17 Box 2691.002 Folder 12
Incoming: Paul Allen, 1911-14 Box 2691.002 Folder 13
Incoming: James J. Durr, 1913-14 Box 2691.002 Folder 14
Incoming: Miscellaneous, 1914-18 Box 2691.002 Folder 15
Miscellaneous Papers Box 2691.002 Folder 17