Walter H. Cummings Collection

Collection — Box: VMF 4, Folder: 2

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf035

Staff Only

Autograph book containing autographs and correspondence of prominent figures in the social and policital like of the United States during 1872-1873.

Dates

Creation: 1872 March 26 -1873

Creator

Cummings, Walter H., 1852- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.

Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.

If you wish to publish or license Special Collections materials, please contact Special Collections to inquire about copyright status at (314) 935-5495 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. (Publish means quotation in whole or in part in seminar or term papers, theses or dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital forms, photographs, images, dramatic presentations, transcriptions, or any other form prepared for a limited or general public.)

Extent

1.00 items

1 folders

Additional Description

Biographical Information

Walter H. Cummings was born May 18th, 1852 to Almon and Jane Miller Cummings of Warsaw, New York. He grew up on his parents' farm and was educated at Perry and Warsaw Academies. At sixteen, Walter left home to work in a grocery store in Silver Springs, returning home three years later. He was married June 22nd, 1875 to Grace A. Woodruff, of East Gainesville, Wyoming Co., New York. The couple had one daughter, Ivy Grace Cummings, born in 1878. Upon the death of his father-in-law, Merritt Woodruff, Walter inherited a 600-acre estate. He was a member of the Congregational Church of Warsaw, New York, and served on its board of trustees. He also belonged to the Warsaw Masonic Lodge and was active in the local Republican party.