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Series 2
Notebooks, 1961-1998
Boxes 7-13
Scope and Content Note
The series consists of notebooks written by Joe Cumming from 1961-1998. Notebooks include speeches and creative works, especially fiction and poems; diary entries; observations and quotes relating to Newsweek and freelance articles; and lesson plans and notes on teaching. The notebooks document Cumming's time as the Newsweek Atlanta Bureau Chief (1961-1979), as a student at Emory University's Institute for the Liberal Arts (ILA) and magazine writing instructor at Emory University (1979-1981), and as a professor for the University of West Georgia's Mass Communications and Theater Department (1981-1991). Topics in these notebooks include Cumming's studies; family life; professional life; and current events, such as the Civil Rights Movement and its subsequent effects on American education and social life from 1961-1998. Of particular note are the early notebooks covering 1961-1969 for their diary entries on the Civil Rights Movement and Cumming's professional career with Newsweek.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in chronological order.
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | 1961 September 16-1966 December 11 |
| 7 | 2 | 1963 January 22-1966 March 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 1967 December 20-1968 December 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1969 January 31-September 16 |
| 7 | 5 | 1969 July 28-1970 September 1 |
| 7 | 6 | 1970 January 28-September 15 |
| 7 | 7 | 1970 September 17-1971 January 2 |
| 7 | 8 | 1971 January 7-September 4 |
| 7 | 9 | 1971 June 14-1972 January 30 |
| 7 | 10 | 1972 January 3-June 3 |
| 7 | 11 | 1972 June 8-November 15 |
| 7 | 12 | 1973 January 3-December 26 |
| 7 | 13 | 1973 September 30-December 25 |
| 7 | 14 | 1974 January 21-December 23 |
| 7 | 15 | 1974 December 29-1975 June 6 |
| 7 | 16 | 1975 June 25-December 8 |
| 7 | 17 | 1975 December 15-1976 February 25 |
| 7 | 18 | 1976 February 26-May 16 |
| 7 | 19 | 1976 April 26-1978 March 30 |
| 8 | 1 | 1976 May 17-September 24 |
| 8 | 2 | 1976 September 29-1977 January 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1977 January 10-May 18 |
| 8 | 4 | 1977 April 28-August 22 |
| 8 | 5 | 1977 August 22-1978 January 1 |
| 8 | 6 | 1978 March 3-August 15 |
| 8 | 7 | 1978 August 15-December 26 |
| 8 | 8 | 1979 January 1-March 9 |
| 8 | 9 | 1979 February 3-June 3 |
| 8 | 10 | 1979 March 20-June 4 |
| 8 | 11 | 1979 June 4-September 6 |
| 8 | 12 | 1979 September 6-October 21 |
| 8 | 13 | 1979 October 22-1980 January 2 |
| 8 | 14 | 1980 January 1-June 2 |
| 8 | 15 | 1980 January 4-April 25 |
| 8 | 16 | 1980 June 4-September 15 |
| 8 | 17 | 1980 July 27-December 30 |
| 8 | 18 | 1980 December 30-1981 April 18 |
| 8 | 19 | 1981 April 18-June 9 |
| 8 | 20 | 1981 June 11-November 30 |
| 8 | 21 | 1981 December 1-1982 April 18 |
| 9 | 1 | 1982 April 27-August 27 |
| 9 | 2 | 1982 September 2-December 30 |
| 9 | 3 | 1982 December 31-1983 April 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 1983 April 6-July 11 |
| 9 | 5 | 1983 July 14-August 31 |
| 9 | 6 | 1983 September 1-1984 January 5 |
| 9 | 7 | 1984 January 6-March 23 |
| 9 | 8 | 1984 April 1-June 10 |
| 9 | 9 | 1984 June 10-September 14 |
| 9 | 10 | 1984 September 15-December 8 |
| 9 | 11 | 1984 December 2-1985 March 28 |
| 9 | 12 | 1985 April 5-June 16 |
| 9 | 13 | 1985 June 17-September 23 |
| 9 | 14 | 1985 September 26-December 25 |
| 9 | 15 | 1985 December 26-1986 March 2 |
| 9 | 16 | 1986 March 3-May 31 |
| 9 | 17 | 1986 June 1-29 |
| 9 | 18 | 1986 July 7-August 20 |
| 9 | 19 | 1986 August 24-November 11 |
| 9 | 20 | 1986 November 19-December 29 |
| 10 | 1 | 1987 January 2-April 27 |
| 10 | 2 | 1987 May 1-June 21 |
| 10 | 3 | 1987 June 25-August 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 1987 August 3-September 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 1987 September 20-October 30 |
| 10 | 6 | 1987 October 31-December 3 |
| 10 | 7 | 1987 December 5-1988 March 6 |
| 10 | 8 | 1988 January 16-June 4 |
| 10 | 9 | 1988 June 4-August 15 |
| 10 | 10 | 1988 August 17-October 26 |
| 10 | 11 | 1988 October 26-December 17 |
| 10 | 12 | 1988 December 19-1989 February 2 |
| 10 | 13 | 1989 February 2-March 28 |
| 10 | 14 | 1989 March 3-May 3 |
| 10 | 15 | 1989 May 4-June 13 |
| 10 | 16 | 1989 June 12-September 4 |
| 10 | 17 | 1989 August 20-October 28 |
| 10 | 18 | 1989 November 5-December 7 |
| 10 | 19 | 1989 November 7-1990 February 18 |
| 10 | 20 | 1990 February 19-May 16 |
| 10 | 21 | 1990 May 17-June 6 |
| 10 | 22 | 1990 June 7-July 30 |
| 11 | 1 | 1990 August 1-October 27 |
| 11 | 2 | 1990 October 27-December 9 |
| 11 | 3 | 1990 December 14-1991 February 10 |
| 11 | 4 | 1991 February 9-March 30 |
| 11 | 5 | 1991 March 30-May 28 |
| 11 | 6 | 1991 May 29-June 27 |
| 11 | 7 | 1991 October 22-1992 January 27 |
| 11 | 8 | 1992 January 30-April 10 |
| 11 | 9 | 1992 April 12-June 5 |
| 11 | 10 | 1992 June 9-September 10 |
| 11 | 11 | 1992 September 10-November 19 |
| 11 | 12 | 1992 November 21-1993 January 3 |
| 11 | 13 | 1993 January 9-April 14 |
| 11 | 14 | 1993 April 18-June 10 |
| 11 | 15 | 1993 June 19-October 8 |
| 11 | 16 | 1993 September 8-December 28 |
| 11 | 17 | 1994 January 2-March 30 |
| 11 | 18 | 1994 April 4-June 10 |
| 11 | 19 | 1994 June 11-August 31 |
| 11 | 20 | 1994 December 25-1995 March 17 |
| 11 | 21 | 1995 February 25-July 13 |
| 12 | 1 | 1995 July 12-October 30 |
| 12 | 2 | 1995 November 1-December 31 |
| 12 | 3 | 1996 January 1-April 5 |
| 12 | 4 | 1996 March 21- May 31 |
| 12 | 5 | 1996 May 31-August 4 |
| 12 | 6 | 1996 August 11-November 1 |
| 12 | 7 | 1996 November 7-1997 March 11 |
| 13 | 1 | 1997 March 11-May 5 |
| 13 | 2 | 1997 May 7-September 24 |
| 13 | 3 | 1997 September 25-1998 January 8 |
| 13 | 4 | 1998 March 8-December 3 |
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