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Glenn Cunningham to Leslie M. Heath

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Creator: Cunningham, Glenn, 1909-1988

Date: 1936 Aug. 9

Level of Description: Item

Material Type: Manuscripts

Call Number: Misc.: Heath

Unit ID: 207958

Biographical sketch: Distance runner; of Peabody, Kan.

Abstract: Letter written by Glenn Cunningham (1909-1988) on Olympic Village stationery during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, to Leslie M. Heath, Emporia, Kan. Cunningham, a well known Kansas runner who specialized in the mile, wrote about his defeat in the 1500 meter race. Mr. Heath, a postmaster and stamp collector, had asked Cunningham, whom he knew through sporting events, to send him some German stamps. The envelope indicated that Cunningham was living in Peabody, Kansas at this time and contains a postmark from the Olympic Village. The "over" directive at the bottom of the letter was added in pencil probably at a later date. The signatures on the back of the letter have not been authenticated.

Space Required/Quantity: 1 autograph letter signed ; one page with autographs on the reverse.

Title (Main title): Glenn Cunningham to Leslie M. Heath

Titles (Other):

  • Letter : ALS, Olympic Village, Berlin, Germany, to Leslie M. Heath, Emporia, Kan.

Part of: Allen Heath misc. collection.

Scope and Content

Locators:

Locator Contents
078-06-05-01   

Related Records or Collections

Related materials:

Cunningham, Glenn, 1909-1988. Glenn Cunningham collection, 1888-2007 (bulk 1932-1988), Ms. Collection No. 904, http://www.kshs.org/archives/309360

Cunningham, Glenn, 1909-1968. Letters of Glenn & Ruth Cunningham : ALS, Augusta, Kan. ; Plainview, Ark., to Robert & Elaine Keller, Springfield, Reeds Spring, Mo., 1973-1975; 1 folder; Robert & Elaine Keller misc. collection: http://www.kshs.org/archives/307278

Bibliography

Finding Aid Bibliography: "Leslie Melville Heath," Find a Grave website, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Heath&GSfn=Leslie&GSmn=M.&GSby=1899&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1971&GSdyrel=in&GSst=18&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=102516139&df=all& (accessed 4 Nov. 2015).

Index Terms

Subjects

    Personal correspondence
    Berlin (Germany)
    Emporia (Kan.)
    Lyon County (Kan.)
    Marion County (Kan.)
    Peabody (Kan.)
    Cunningham, Glenn, 1909-1988
    Runners (Sports) -- United States
    Nineteen thirty-six, A.D.
    Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
    Olympics
    Running races -- Germany -- Berlin
    Stamp collecting -- Kansas -- Emporia
    Track and field athletes -- Germany -- Berlin
    Track and field -- Germany -- Berlin

Creators and Contributors

    Cunningham, Glenn, 1909-1988
    Heath, Leslie M. (Leslie Melville), 1899-1971

Additional Information for Researchers

Add'l physical form: Glenn Cunningham letter, 1936 Aug. 9: Also available via Kansas Memory, Electronic resource. Topeka, Kan. : Kansas State Historical Society, c2007-15; http://www.kansasmemory.org