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Ellen Hazard Cox papers, 1875-1980
Overview of the Collection
- Compiler
- Cox, Ellen Hazard, 1909-1992
- Title
- Ellen Hazard Cox papers
- Dates
- 1875-1980 (inclusive)18751980
- Quantity
- 0.45 cubic feet, (1 document case)
- Collection Number
- Coll 798
- Summary
- Diaries of Katherine Lucy and Emily Bancroft Trevett, materials relating to the 1941 Oregon Trail Pageant, and calendars and exhibit ephemera.
- Repository
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Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Ellen Margaret Hazard Cox (1909-1992) was born in Kansas, but spent the majority of her adult life in Portland, Oregon. Her husband was Albert L. Cox (1909-1972). Cox's relationship to Katherine Lucy Trevett and Emily Bancroft Nunn is unknown. Nunn left property to Cox when she died, according to a document in the Trevett and Bancroft family papers, Mss 854 at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Katherine Lucy ("Lulu") Trevett and Emily Bancroft ("Millie") Trevett were the daughters of hardware salesman and Oregon pioneer Theodore Brooks Trevett and his wife Mary Melissa Bancroft Trevett. Emily married Portland, Oregon physician Richard K. Nunn.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of: the diaries of Katherine Lucy ("Lulu") Trevett and Emily ("Millie") Bancroft Trevett (later Emily Bancroft Nunn) from when they were attending school in Weimar, Germany in the 1870s and 1880s; materials from the 1941 Oregon Trail Pageant in Eugene, Oregon; Ellen Hazard Cox's calendars for 1974 and 1980; and a newspaper clipping and a brochure about 1970s Portland-area exhibits that Cox visited.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Ellen Hazard Cox papers, Coll 798, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Restrictions on Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Ellen Hazard Cox Estate, care of Judith Cox Whipple, January 1994 (Lib. Acc. 21578).
Separated Materials
Some materials were separated to Photographs, Books, and Vertical Files collections, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Related Materials
Additional materials related to Katherine Lucy Trevett and Emily Bancroft Trevett Nunn are housed in the Trevett and Bancroft family papers, Mss 854, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Nunn, Emily Bancroft, 1867-1958
- Trevett, Katherine Lucy, 1866-1955
Corporate Names
- Oregon Trail Pageant
Geographical Names
- Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)--Description and travel--19th century
Form or Genre Terms
- calendars (documents by form)
- clippings (information artifacts)
- diaries
- ephemera (general object genre)
- programs (documents)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Nunn, Emily Bancroft, 1867-1958 (creator)
- Trevett, Katherine Lucy, 1866-1955 (creator)
