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Samuel Cunningham scrapbook

 Collection — Box: MS.2013.026
Collection MS-2013-026: Samuel Cunningham scrapbook

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

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.

Extent

1 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

Purchased from Emerald Isle, 2001.

Title
Samuel Cunningham Scrapbook
Subtitle
1911-1931 (bulk 1911-1916)
Status
Marc Only
Author
Adrienne Pruitt
Date
September 2013
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository

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