Cunningham family papers

 Collection – Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-1000

Collection Organization

The collection of materials related to both Harriet McKnight Cunningham and Don A. Cunningham spans from 1930 through to just after World War II in the form of journals and scrapbooks, some compiled later by their children.

The diaries and journals in the collection start when Harriet was just starting Junior High School and include a typical view of adolescent life in Bowling Green in sporadic entries about school, sports, and boys.

The scrapbooks in the collection that were compiled by Harriet serve as a counterpoint to her journals during the same years, with an array of ticket stubs, programs, clippings, ribbons, and other memorabilia. The scrapbook from the war period highlights through photographs what it was like as the married couple moved to various posts and bases.

The collection also includes several contemporary compiled scrapbooks created by Scott Cunningham and Cheryl Windisch with clippings, photographs, correspondence and documents highlighting and honoring the lives and careers of their parents.

Harriet McKnight calendar diary (scattered entries), January-December 1930

 File – Box 1, Folder: 1
Dates
Creation: January-December 1930

Harriet McKnight 5-year diary (scattered entries), January 1933-February 1934

 File – Box 1, Folder: 2
Dates
Creation: January 1933-February 1934

Harriet McKnight journal, March 22-August 5, 1934

 File – Box 1, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: March 22-August 5, 1934

Harriet McKnight journal, August 16-18, 1934

 File – Box 1, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: August 16-18, 1934

Harriet McKnight journal, September 13-October 30, 1934

 File – Box 1, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: September 13-October 30, 1934

Harriet McKnight journal, October 31, 1934-February 20, 1936

 File – Box 1, Folder: 5-8
Dates
Creation: October 31, 1934-February 20, 1936

Harriet McKnight journal, November 20-December 3, 1936

 File – Box 1, Folder: 9
Dates
Creation: November 20-December 3, 1936

Harriet McKnight calendar diary, November 27, 1936-July 29, 1937

 File – Box 1, Folder: 9
Dates
Creation: November 27, 1936-July 29, 1937

Harriet McKnight Scribble Book (creative writings), 1930-1939

 File – Box 1, Folder: 10
Dates
Creation: 1930-1939

The Grey Griffin (story by Harriet McKnight included), February 1935

 File – Box 1, Folder: 11
Dates
Creation: February 1935

Harriet McKnight High School Scrapbook, August 1933-June 1937

 Item – Box 2, Item: 1
Dates
Creation: August 1933-June 1937

Harriet McKnight BGSU Scrapbook, September 1937-June 1941

 Item – Box 2, Item: 2
Dates
Creation: September 1937-June 1941

Harriet McKnight Engagement/Wedding Scrapbook, June-September 1943

 Item – Box 2, Item: 3
Dates
Creation: June-September 1943

Harriet McKnight Cunningham family scrapbook, January 1944-June 1946

 Item – Box 2, Item: 4
Dates
Creation: January 1944-June 1946

Don Cunningham World War II scrapbook, 1944-1946

 Item – Box 2, Item: 5
Dates
Creation: 1944-1946

Wrapped volume: Harriet McKnight Cunningham scrapbook (compiled by Scott Cunningham/Cheryl Windisch)

 Item – Volume 1

Wrapped volume: Don A. Cunningham scrapbook, with Cunningham homes (compiled by Scott Cunningham/Cheryl Windisch)

 Item – Volume 2

Wrapped volume: Don Cunningham World War II scrapbook (compiled by Scott Cunningham/Cheryl Windisch)

 Item – Volume 3