Samuel Cunningham scrapbook

Collection — Box: MS.2013.026

Identifier: MS-2013-026

Dates

Creation: 1911 - 1931
Creation: Majority of material found within 1911 - 1916

Abstract

Scrapbook consists of annotated clippings from the Northern Whig, a paper in Belfast of which Samuel Cunningham was chairman for a time. The clippings in this volume are by pseudonymous authors including “Asmodeus,” ‘Merlin, and “Old Fogey,” possibly Cunningham himself. Topics discussed range from Home Rule, World War I, the Titanic, suffragists, elections, unions, Churchill, and the political situation in Ulster, to coupons, waiters, and margarine.

Creator

Cunningham, Samuel (Person)

Restrictions on access

Scrapbook is open for research. Materials are fragile; please use with care.

Restrictions on use

Though the copyright interests have not been transferred to Boston College, all of the items in the collection are in the public domain.

Biographical note

Samuel Cunningham (1862-1946) was a stockbroker, a chairman of the newspaper the Northern Whig, and a member of the Privy Council in Ireland; of the Ulster Unionist Council; and of the Senate of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.