Inventory of the Eugene Lafayette Cunningham Papers, 1915-1958
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Inventory of the Eugene Lafayette Cunningham Papers, 1915-1958
The Huntington Library
San Marino, California
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Department
- The Huntington Library
- 1151 Oxford Road
- San Marino, California 91108
- Phone: (626) 405-2203
- Fax: (626) 449-5720
- Email: lgarcia@huntington.org
- URL: http://www.huntington.org/huntingtonlibrary.aspx?id=554
- Processed by:
- The Huntington Library staff
© 2000 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Eugene Lafayette Cunningham Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1915-1958
Creator:
Cunningham, Eugene Lafayette
Extent: Approximately 6,000 pieces
Repository: The Huntington Library
San Marino, California 91108
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Provenance
Purchased from Mrs. Eugene Cunningham, June, 1959.
Access
Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information
please go to following
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Publication Rights
In order to quote from, publish, or reproduce any of the manuscripts or visual materials, researchers must obtain formal permission
from the office of the Library Director. In most instances, permission is given by the Huntington as owner of the physical
property rights only, and researchers must also obtain permission from the holder of the literary rights. In some instances,
the Huntington owns the literary rights, as well as the physical property rights. Researchers may contact the appropriate
curator for further information.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Eugene Lafayette Cunningham Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
The collection contains correspondence with friends and other writers of Western lore, such as Eugene Manlove Rhodes and his
wife and to General Thomas Cruse, who was with the Army in Arizona during the Indian campaigns and wrote
Apache Days and After; 12 manuscripts of the works of Cunningham and others; photographs of Western figures (many reproduced from the collection
of Noah H. Rose of San Antonio, Texas).
Persons represented by three or more pieces
- Eugene Manlove Rhodes, 21 letters
- May Louise (Davison) Purple Rhodes, 104 letters
- Thomas Cruse, 12 letters
Container List
Bound volumes of typescripts of books by Cunningham
Volume Vol. 1.
Bravo Trail (published under pseudonym Leigh Carder)
Volume Vol. 3.
Deep Soundings (published under pseudonym Alan Corby)
Volume Vol. 4.
Outlaw Justice (published under pseudonym Leigh Carder)
Volume Vol. 5.
Pistol Passport (bound with Bravo Trail)
Volume Vol. 11
Triggernometry
Physical Description: (2 vols.)
Box 1
Buscadero Trail
Physical Description: (and variant copy)
Buscadero's Own Book (by H. Ziplinski?)
Nuestro Pueblo (re-write of Joseph Seewerker's Sketches)
Box 4
Cunningham, Cleve - Cunningham Eugene; Cunningham, Eugene Lafayette to A - Cur
Box 5
Cunningham, Eugene Lafayette to Da - Holl
Box 6
Cunningham, Eugene Lafayette to Holm - McV
Box 7
Cunningham, Eugene Lafayette to Men - Saun
Box 8
Cunningham, Eugene Lafayette to Sco - Z
Box 9
Cunningham, Istalena - First
Box 17
Diaries for 1915-1917, 1917, 1936
Draft of Lorn Moray story in form of letter
Miscellaneous lists, etc.
Miscellaneous pieces about Thomas Cruse and his book
Authors, actors, family (other photos are in Biographical Data in Box 17)
