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Collection Title: Cumbus (Frederick P.) Scrapbook Collection Number: M411 Dates: ca. 1918-1978 Volume: .25 cu. ft. Provenance: Materials in this collection were donated by Mrs. Kirby Lodriques in 1995. Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Biographical/Historical Sketch: Frederick P. Cumbus was born in Alabama in 1895. He attended public school in Birmingham, and in 1917 he began working for the Birmingham Age-Herald. The same year he enlisted in the United States Army and served in Europe during World War I. After returning to the United States, Cumbus moved to New Orleans in 1921 and began working for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. He was a reporter for the civil courts, United States offices, and city hall. He was also automobile editor, acting city editor for a short time, and amusements editor. He followed these jobs with an eight-year stint as state editor from 1941 to 1949, when he became copy editor. He also served briefly in the Louisiana State Guard doing public relations work and editing a monthly publication, The Pelican State Guard. Cumbus retired from the Times-Picayune on July 1, 1964 after 43 years. During World War I, Cumbus met Theresa Grettan while in Southampton, England. They met in December 1918, and they were engaged by February 1919. They married after Grettan moved to the United States, and they had one daughter, Mary Theresa Cumbus Lodrigues. At the time of his death on March 23, 1978, Cumbus had four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Case File Due to its deteriorating condition, it was necessary to disassemble the Frederick P. Cumbus Scrapbook. The original scrapbook was comprised primarily of photographs, with loose items interspersed throughout. Photocopies of the photographs, as they appeared in the scrapbook, were made prior to their removal. Materials in this collection relate to Fred Cumbus’ tour of duty in World War I and his career at the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The collection contains photographs documenting his World War I experiences, newspaper articles written by Cumbus, and other records and photographs that document his journalistic career.
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2000-110 Ainsworth (Wiley) World War I Letters M411
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