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035 $a(OCoLC)1515182698
035 $a(OCoLC)on1515182698
040 $aMR0$beng$cMR0
100 1 $aCunningham, J.O.
245 10 $aJ.O. Cunningham Journals,$f1853-1915
300 $f1 box$a(.25$flinear ft.)
351 $cGroup$aThe two journals are arranged in one quarter sized box.
490 0 $aSpecial Collections
506 $aThe records are accessible to the public within applicable copyright restrictions and limited to use at the Champaign County Historical Archives of The Urbana Free Library.
520 2 $aThis collection contains two journals written by Cunningham. The first journal was started in 1853 and 1915.The majority of the first journal was written in 1853, when Cunningham first moved to Urbana at the age of 23.It describes his career as a teacher in Eugene, Indiana after his graduation from Union Law School in Cleveland, Ohio, and ends shortly after his move to Urbana at the recommendation of his half-brother. Of interest is his commitment to the temperance movement organization the Sons of Temperance. Cunningham describes writing opinion letters to the Eugene Register in favor of outlawing the sale of alcohol, and the journal contains some clippings of these pieces in its later half. Other clippings note Cunningham's take-over of the Urbana Union and describe Abraham Lincoln's political career in Illinois. The second journal was written many years later between 1891 and 1915. In this journal, Cunningham describes attending the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Another passage details Cunningham and his wife Mary's donation of their home to the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which would later become the Cunningham Children's Home.
541 1 $cGift;$aCunningham Childrens Home;$d2014
544 $dSee also "Cunningham Family" vertical file in the$aChampaign County Historical Archives, The Urbana Free Library
544 $dSee also "Cunningham, J.O." vertical file in the$aChampaign County Historical Archives, The Urbana Free Library
544 $dDigital images of the didaries are preserved on the Archives' preservation server$aChampaign County Historical Archives, The Urbana Free Library
544 $dThe History of Champaign County by J.O. Cunningham in the$aChampaign County Historical Archives, The Urbana Free Library
544 $dA History of the Early Settlement of Champaign County, Ill by J.O Cunningham in the$aChampaign County Historical Archives, The Urbana Free Library
545 $aJoseph Oscar (J.O.) Cunningham was born on December 12, 1830 and died on April 30, 1917. He married Mary M. McConnoughey on October 13, 1853; they had no children. They moved to Urbana in 1853 from Eugene, Indiana after purchasing the Urbana Union newspaper, the only newspaper in Champaign County at the time. In 1905 he authored The History of Champaign County. He was a lawyer and elected county judge in 1861, and appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Industrial College (now named the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) in 1867. Joseph and Mary donated their home to the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which would later become the Cunningham Children's Home.
561 $aThe J.O. Cunningham Journals were donated to the Champaign County Historical Archives in 2014 by the Board of Cunningham Children's Home. The journals were given to Cunningham Children's Home by David Rogers, from Little Rock, Arkansas. He found the journals in his mother's collection, who had been an antique appraiser, dealer, and ran estate sales in Oklahoma and Texas.
600 34 $aCunningham Family
650 0 $aDiaries
650 0 $aJournals
650 0 $aJudges
650 0 $aSons of Temperance
650 0 $aUrbana Union (Urbana, Ill.)
650 0 $aWomen's Home Missionary Society
651 0 $aChampaign (Ill.)
651 0 $aIllinois--Champaign County
655 4 $aFinding Aids
655 4 $aDiairies
700 1 $aCunningham, J.O.
700 1 $aCunningham, Joseph Oscar
700 1 $aCunningham, Mary M.
700 1 $aMcConnoughey, Mary M.
856 4 $3View Collection Guide$uhttps://archivescatalog.urbanafreelibrary.org/polaris/custom/Repository/380%5FJOCunninghamJournals.pdf
856 4 $3View 1853 Journal$uhttps://archivescatalog.urbanafreelibrary.org/polaris/custom/Repository/CunninghamJournal1.pdf
856 4 $3View 1891 Journal$uhttps://archivescatalog.urbanafreelibrary.org/polaris/custom/Repository/CunninghamJournal2.pdf
856 4 $3View 1853 Transcription$uhttps://archivescatalog.urbanafreelibrary.org/polaris/custom/Repository/CunninghamJournalTranscription1.pdf
856 4 $3View 1891 Transcription$uhttps://archivescatalog.urbanafreelibrary.org/polaris/custom/Repository/CunninghamJournalTranscription2.pdf
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