urn:taro:ttu.swcpc.00302 Albert B. Cunningham: An Inventory of Photographs, 1938-1953, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, April 26, 2002. Finding aid written in English. Tue Jul 22 14:55:34 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.swcpc.00302 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the Albert B. Cunningham Photograph Collection, 1938-1953 A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Descriptive Summary Cunningham, Albert Benjamin, 1888-1962 Albert B. Cunningham Photograph Collection, 1938-1953 Donated by Albert B. Cunningham, the photograph collection dates from 1938-1953. SWCPC 302 E2 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 12 b/w copy prints English. Biographical Sketch

Born in 1888 in West Virginia, Albert B. Cunningham was a veteran of World War I and a Methodist circuit rider. He received his Ph.D. from New York University in 1929 and came to Texas Tech University where he taught English for 20 years. Cunningham completed 42 novels and numerous short stories prior to his death in 1962. Many of these were mysteries written under the pseudonyms Garth Hale or Estil Dale.

 Scope and Contents

The collection contains portraits of Albert B. Cunningham, Texas Tech University English professor, novelist and mystery writer with his wife at their home in Lubbock, Texas.

 Index Terms

The subject headings used by the Southwest Collectin/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.

Subjects (Persons) Cunningham, Albert Benjamin, 1888-1962 Cunningham, Albert Benjamin, Mrs. Dale, Estil, 1888-1962 Hale, Garth, 1888-1962 Jones, Clifford Bartlett, 1885-1972 Subjects (Organizations) Texas Technological College. Dept of English Places Lubbock(Tex.) Subjects Authors--Texas--Lubbock--Photographs Novelists--Texas--Lubbock--Photographs Universities and colleges--Texas--Lubbock--Photographs Horsemanship--Photographs Horses--Photographs Acquisition

Gift, undated

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

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A. Ramirez

 Preferred Citation

Albert B. Cunningham Photograph Collection, 1938-1953, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas