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Title: Eugene Cunningham Papers
Dates (inclusive): 1915-1958
Collection Number: mssCunningham papers
Creator:
Cunningham, Eugene, 1896-1957.
Extent:
Approximately 6,000 pieces in 21 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of Western fiction writer Eugene Cunningham (1896-1957) and includes twelve manuscripts
of the works of
Cunningham and others, correspondence with friends and other writers of Western lore, five scrapbooks, and 250 photographs
(chiefly photographic reproductions of of Western figures).
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader
Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities.
The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the
researcher.
[Identification of item]. Eugene Cunningham Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Purchased from Mrs. Eugene Cunningham, June, 1959.
Eugene L. Cunningham (1896-1957), author of Western fiction and other works, grew up in Texas, served in the Navy during both
World Wars, and began writing in 1915.
He was a correspondent for various newspapers and magazines and made a trip on horseback and on foot over Central America.
After 1932 he wrote mainly Southwestern history and
fiction, such as
Triggernometry,
Riders of the Night, etc.
The collection contains the papers of Western fiction writer Eugene Cunningham (1896-1957) and includes manuscripts of the
works of Cunningham and others,
correspondence with friends and other writers of Western lore, five scrapbooks, and 250 photographs. There are twelve bound
typescript manuscripts of Cunningham's work, with handwritten corrections.
Within the correspondence, there are 21 letters from Western writer Eugene Manlove Rhodes and
104 letters from Rhodes's wife, May Louise (Davison) Purple Rhodes, as well as 12 letters from General Thomas Cruse, who was
with the
United States Army in Arizona during the Indian campaigns and wrote
Apache Days and After.
The photographs are chiefly of Western figures (many reproduced from the collection of Noah H. Rose of San Antonio, Texas).
Removed or Separated Material
photCL 102
The collection is arranged in the following 5 series:
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I. Manuscripts
- Bound volumes of typescripts of books by Cunningham
- Unbound manuscripts
- II. Correspondence
- III. Personal Papers
- IV. Scrapbooks
- V. Photographs
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Cruse, Thomas. Apache days and after.
Cunningham, Eugene, 1896-1957 -- Archives.
Cunningham, Eugene, 1896-1957 -- Photographs.
Rhodes, Eugene Manlove, 1869-1934.
Rhodes, May Davison.
Authors, American -- 20th century.
Authors, American -- West (U.S.) -- Archives.
Cowboys in literature.
Western stories.
Photographs West (U.S.) -- 20th century.
Scrapbooks West (U.S.) -- 20th century.
Cruse, Thomas, correspondent.
Cunningham, Eugene, 1896-1957, photographer.
Rhodes, Eugene Manlove, 1869-1934, correspondent.
Rhodes, May Davison, correspondent.