Edward G. Cox photograph collection

Edward G. Cox photograph collection, 1906-circa 1960

Overview of the Collection

Collector: Cox, Edward G
Title: Edward G. Cox photograph collection
Dates: 1906-circa 1960 (inclusive)
19061956
Quantity: 25 photographic prints (1 folder) ; sizes vary
18 negatives
Collection Number: PH1241
Summary: Edward Cox in his office, outdoors and in Scottish attire. Also includes images the sailboatEbbtide.
Repository: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Additional Reference Guides
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Professor Edward Godfrey Cox was a teacher, scholar, bibliographer, and editor born on September 19,1876. He was a professor of English at Cornell from 1907-1911 and at the University of Washington from 1911-1947 and compiled "A Reference Guide to the Literature of Travel" that chronologically presented books on travel, voyages, and expeditions. This was published by the University of Washington Press from 1934-1949. He also worked as a stream warden in Alaska and as a commercial fisherman in the Pacific off Cape Flattery. For more than forty years he traveled in the Puget Sound and British Columbia waters on “Juno”-a 35-foot power cruiser. He also was interested in all things Scottish and traveled through Scotland on foot and by bicycle; he played the pipes expertly, danced all the Highland dances, and spoke and read Gaelic. He died in 1963.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Edward Cox in his office, on a ship and outdoors. Also includes images of the sailboat Ebbtide and one image of Cox in Scottish attire.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed by Stefanie Terasaki, 2014; processing completed in 2014.

Accessioned as PH2001-135.

Some images transferred from the Portraits Collection and the Edward Godfrey Cox Papers.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Portraits of Edward G. CoxReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Folder	item
1	1	Edward Cox in New York wearing Fraizer tartan	1906
1	2-6	Edward Cox seated in his office	circa 1934-circa 1947
1	7-8	Edward Cox eating aboard the sailboatEbbtide	undated
1	9-11	Edward Cox leaning on railing of the sailboatEbbtideand smoking a pipe	circa 1931-circa 1956
1	12	Edward Cox seated with pen and paper on the sailboatEbbtide	undated
1	13	Edward Cox with bucket of water and pipe outside a cabin	undated
1	14	Edward Cox leaning against tree outdoors	undated
1	15	Edward Cox seated with woman at table, probably at a cabin	undated
1	16	Edward Cox playing the bagpipe aboard his boatJunooff Decatur Island, San Juan Islands, WA	circa 1958

SailboatEbbtide,scenery and cabinReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Folder	item
1	17-19	SailboatEbbtideon the water	undated
1	20	View of cabins on hillside taken from the sailboat	undated
1	21	Road with fence and cabin visible through trees	undated
1	22	Front of a cabin	undated

University of Washington GatheringReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Folder	item
1	23	Helen Kahin and Melvin Rader seated Helen Kahin was part of the English Department and Melvin Rader was a professor of Philosophy at the University of Washington.	circa 1960
1	24-25	Edward Cox seated with Paul Coughlan, husband to Dr. Helen Kahin	circa 1960

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