Although the correspondence is small in quantity and of a nonpolitical nature, the letters provide insight into Paul Harvey Cunningham's personality, family life, and personal friendships. The newspaper clippings and scrapbooks trace Cunningham's public and political life. Mrs. Cunningham stated that her husband destroyed the major portion of his papers before he left Washington, D.C. This collection, then, constitutes the major portion of what remains of Paul Cunningham's papers.