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Accession #MC2004/725
TopicCunningham, Joseph: Photograph Collection,
KeywordsAthletics, Baseball, Basketball, Diversity, AAFRO, International, Multicultural, Clubs, Organizations, Societies, Lincoln Literary Society,
TitleJoseph Cunningham Photograph Collection
Size4 photographs
LocationPhotograph Box 200, Unit #7, IS
CitationJoseph Cunningham Photograph Collection, MC2004/725, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessResearchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenancePhotographs 2 & 4 are from the collection of Willard Burrous, donated by Mary Keller Ade.
Scope and Content
1Group photo of Lincoln Society, taken on 14 March 1903.  Cunningham is seated in middle of front row.  Many of the other students are also identified.
2Group photo of baseball team of 1904.  Cunningham is in back row, third from left.  Willard Burrous is in back row, far left.
3-4Group photo of basketball team of 1903-04.  Cunningham is in middle row, far right.  Willard Burrous is in middle row, far left.
Date of AccessionUnknown
Bio History NoteJoseph Cunningham was the first African-American college athlete at Manchester.  He was also one of the first African-American students, along with his sister Mattie Cunningham Dolby.
Archivist Note

Description prepared 17 May 2004 by Sara L. Smith

 


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