Cumberland Valley State Normal School is abbreviated CVSNS. This series contains Sub-Series 1.1 (CVSNS Business Associates), Sub-Series 1.2 (CVSNS Record Books), Sub-Series 1.3 (CVSNS Financial Matters), Sub-Series 1.4 (CVSNS General Business), Sub-Series 1.5 (CVSNS Vouchers), Sub-Series 2 (McCune Personal Affairs), and Sub-Series 3 (McCune Professional Affairs). Most of the documents in this series pertain to CVSNS records kept by John McCune. John McCune was a local lawyer who advocated to have the normal school established in Shippensburg. He became a member of the board of trustees and was instrumental in building and organizing the institution. Sub-Series 2 and 3 are McCune's own private papers. While arranging this series, it was difficult at times to differentiate between McCune's personal and professional documents to those that were related to CVSNS. Documents in this series date from 1866-1895. Some documents in this series are fragile and have been placed in protective sleeves and should not be removed. In Sub-Series 1.4, Box 2, Folder 8 (Correspondence---Miscellaneous), most documents are illegible. It was difficult to determine if the gas and light bills were all for the school or if they also included John McCune's bills for his business. This series is arranged in alphabetical order. Sub-Series 1.5 is an exception to alphabetical order and is in chronological order. Sub-Series 3, Box 5 and Box 6 contains Charles Loucks' commentaries that give a detailed history and background of the documents as well as some commentaries on individuals mentioned in the documents. These commentaries serve as a helpful resource for research conducted with this collection.