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Malcolm Cummings Collection, 1860-1966.

NAU.MS.219
NAU.PH.657


Descriptive Summary

Creator: Jan S. Thornton
Collection NameMalcolm Cummings Collection,
Inclusive Dates: 1860-1966.
Physical Description2 file folders and one photograph collection.
AbstractLetters to Malcolm Cummings. Letters to Belle McLaury as fiancée of Byron Cummings. Trademark Certificate and advertising report for "Lift" candy. Photograph collection contains photographs of Malcolm as a boy.
Collection NumberNAU.MS.219
NAU.PH.657
Language English.
Repository Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department
Northern Arizona University
Cline Library
P.O. Box 6022
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022
Phone: 928 523 5551
Fax: 928 523 3770
Email: Special.Collections@nau.edu

Biographical Note

Malcolm Cummings, son of Byron Cummings, as a childhood playmate of John Weatherill's daughter Ida, discovered the inscription in Inscription House ruins. He accompanied his father on many archaeological digs; he was the youngest member of the Rainbow Bridge discovery team in 1909. He was credited with having built the museum and park headquarters at Tuzigoot, Graduate of U of A....lived mostly in California.


Scope and Content Note

Letters to Malcolm Cummings. Letters to Belle McLaury as fiancee of Byron Cummings. Trademark Certificate and advertising report for "Lift" candy.

Photograph colleciton contains phoographs of Malcolm Cummings as a boy, as well as various unidentified photographs and portraits of women.


Restrictions

Restrictions

None.

Copyright

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Administrative Information

Credit Line

Malcolm Cummings Collection, NAU.MS.219, Northern Arizona University. Special Collections and Archives Dept.

Malcolm Cummings Collection, NAU.PH.657, Northern Arizona University. Special Collections and Archives Dept.


Container List

Used copies of all original correspondence, undated.
Original manuscript file, undated.
NAU.PH.657, Photographs: , 1916 ca.
This collection contains photographs of Malcolm Cummings as a boy, as well as various pictures and portraits of unidentified women.