Cox Family Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the personal lives of Meredith J. Cox (of Smith's Grove, KY) and his wife Elizabeth Clay Highland (of Mt. Sterling, KY). It includes commencement programs for both of them, news clippings and correspondence between Elizabeth and her grandfather and mother and also from their son William Cox while he was serving in World War II. Photographs of Eastern's homecoming and an unidentified home are also included. See the [url=https://ekufindingaids.libraryhost.com/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=89&q=]Meredith J. Cox Papers[/url] for his professional papers.
Dates
- Creation: 1919 - 1946
- Acquisition: 2019-06-27
Biographical or Historical Information
Meredith J. Cox (of Smith's Grove, KY) and his wife Elizabeth Clay Highland (of Mt. Sterling, KY) married in 1920. Elizabeth was the daughter of William P. Highland and the grandaughter of J.T. Highland. They had one son, William J. Cox who served in World War II. Meredith J. Cox was a chemistry faculty member at Eastern.
Note written by
Full Extent
1.00 folders
Language of Materials
English
Source of Acquisition
Putman, Alice C.
- Title
- Cox Family Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Couture, Jackie
- Date
- 07/13/2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository