Descriptive Summary
Cunningham, Minnie Fisher, 1882-1964
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Papers
1893-1992 Materials
are written in English.
90-176; 90-282; 92-291; 2002-136;
2009-282
2 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
The University of Texas at Austin
The Minnie Fisher
Cunningham Papers contain campaign material, correspondence, biographies, and
other documents that shed light on her life and activities. Minnie Fisher
Cunningham (1882-1964), nicknamed “Minnie Fish” by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, was a Texas suffragette and political leader, who cofounded and
served on several voting and political clubs.
Biographical NoteMinnie Fisher Cunningham (1882-1964),
nicknamed “Minnie Fish” by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was a Texas
suffragette and political leader, who cofounded and served on several voting
and political clubs. In 1901, she became one of the first three women to
graduate from the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston with a
pharmacy degree, and in 1928 she ran as the first female candidate from Texas
for the U.S. Senate. In 1944, she came in second out of nine in a race for
governor, losing to incumbent Coke Stephenson.
Scope and ContentsThe Minnie Fisher Cunningham Papers
contain campaign material, correspondence, biographies, and other documents
that shed light on her life and activities.
Access RestrictionsUnrestricted access.
Use RestrictionsUnrestricted use.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Cunningham, Minnie Fisher, 1882-1964 --
Archives.
Carpenter, Liz --
Archives.
Subjects
Women -- Suffrage -- Texas --
History.
Political campaigns -- Texas
-- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Places
Texas -- Politics and
government -- 1865-1950 -- Sources.
Preferred CitationMinnie Fisher Cunningham Papers,
1893-1992, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas
at Austin.
Related MaterialSee also
Jane Y. and
Arthur N. McCallum Family Papers, 1894-1982; Martin M. Crane Papers,
1834-1973;
Austin Women's
Suffrage Association Records, 1908-1915;
Mrs. Percy V.
Pennybacker Papers, 1878-1938; and Mrs. Walter B. "Estelle B." Sharp
Papers, 1899-1937.
Processing InformationThis collection was processed by
Laurel Rozema, October 2009.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
2.325/F37
Correspondence,
1893, 1922, 1944, undated
Broadcasts,
July-October 1944
Checkbook for Cunningham Campaign Headquarters,
1928
Publications,
1931
Song lyrics
Special Commission to State Military Welfare Commission
for MFC by Gov. W.P. Hobby,
[ca. 1917-1921]
UT Committee on the Foundation for Child Welfare and
Parent Education,
1930
Liz Carpenter papers:
Dedication of Texas Historical Marker for MFC,
1992
Trish Cunningham fellowship application,
1984
Biographical material on MFC:
Notes,
undated
Roosevelt Nicknamed
Her and another biography by John Carroll Eudy,
1982, undated
Minnie Fisher
Cunningham by Glenn K. Polan, thesis for MA in History at Sam Houston
State College,
1968
3T71
Photographs and postcard,
1920-1928, 1990, undated