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Contains 10 Results:

Elizabeth and William Cunningham correspondence, 1961 April-1963 December

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents File primarily contains personal and family correspondence in addition to William Cunningham's applications to graduate programs and his correspondence while a student at Temple University. Other items of interest include: Several scattered items on war tax resistance Letters to the editor about Russia, alcohol advertisements, and food stamps Letters to the Consumer...
Dates: 1961 April-1963 December

William Cunningham correspondence, 1950 - 1958

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents

File mostly contains letters from before Cunningham joined the Society of Friends. Contents primarily concern Cunningham's calling to join the ministry of another Protestant denomination, his time at Maryville College, and his attempts to return there after marrying in 1956. A few letters also discuss Elizabeth and William's conversion to Quakerism.

Dates: 1950 - 1958

William Cunningham correspondence, 1963 - 1968

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents

File contains job search correspondence with various colleges and universities, along with a copy of Cunningham's resume, a cover letter template, and lists of institutions contacted. Also present is a 1968 letter to the president of Temple University discussing the school's response to Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination and relationship with the North Philadelphia community.

Dates: 1963 - 1968

Jennie Ault letters to Elizabeth Cunningham, 1950 - 1956

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents

File contains letters sent to Elizabeth Cunningham from her mother Jennie Ault while Cunningham was at Ursinus College. Some letters refer to Cunningham as "Kollege Kid" or "KK".

Dates: 1950 - 1956

Elizabeth Cunningham miscellaneous correspondence, 1969 - 1992

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents File primarily contains letters to friends and family. Items of note include: A 1980 letter to the Commission on Human Relations involving an inappropriate workplace incident in Germantown A letter about a COBOL computer program used by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting for its accounting A letter about a person with mental illness who sporadically visited Germantown...
Dates: 1969 - 1992

Elizabeth Cunningham letters, 1988 - 1989

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents

File contains Elizabeth Cunningham's letters from the U.K. while on a staff exchange trip with London Yearly Meeting.

Dates: 1988 - 1989

Elizabeth Cunningham correspondence with mother and parents-in-law, 1960 - 1961

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents

File contains Elizabeth Cunningham's lettersto her mother Jennie Ault and her parents-in-law Alexander and Elise Cunningham from Maryville, Tennessee, where the family lived while William Cunningham finished his bachelor's degree. Most letters are duplicates of items in the Elizabeth and William Cunningham correspondence files.

Dates: 1960 - 1961

Jennie Ault correspondence with Carl T. Smith, 1951 - 1994

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents

File primarily contains correspondence but also includes a half-dozen sermons delivered by Smith in the 1950s.

Dates: 1951 - 1994

Elizabeth and William Cunningham correspondence, 1964 - 1967

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents File contains general family and personal correspondence. Items of note include: Material on from a racial discrimination case that Elizabeth and William Cunningham filed against a rental agent for refusing to rent to African Americans A letter to "the Back Benchers" describing the Cunningham's thoughts on issues raised by "Quakerism: a view from the back benches." A...
Dates: 1964 - 1967