Cox (Alvin Joseph) Papers, 1893-1945

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Summary

Title:
Alvin Joseph Cox papers
Dates:
1893-1945
Creators:
Cox, Alvin Joseph.
Abstract:
Stanford materials in this collection, 1893-1906, include student application materials, notes from a lecture series by Rev. Charles R. Brown, class papers and exams, letters regarding his teaching position at Stanford, his Stanford diplomas, invitation from Jane L. Stanford (1905), and three photographs of the quad. Other papers include correspondence, 1907-1918; Cox's tribute to John Maxson Stillman; report written while director of the Bureau of Science in the Philippines, 1917; and a teaching certificate for Mary Amelia Barnett (Mrs. Alvin C. Cox), 1903.
Extent:
0.25 Linear Feet
Language:
Undetermined .
Preferred citation:

ALvin Joseph Cox Papers (SC0738). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

Stanford materials in this collection, 1893-1906, include student application materials, notes from a lecture series by Rev. Charles R. Brown, class papers and exams, letters regarding his teaching position at Stanford, his Stanford diplomas, invitation from Jane L. Stanford (1905), and three photographs of the quad. Other papers include correspondence, 1907-1918; Cox's tribute to John Maxson Stillman; report written while director of the Bureau of Science in the Philippines, 1917; and a teaching certificate for Mary Amelia Barnett (Mrs. Alvin C. Cox), 1903.

Biographical / historical:

Alvin Joseph Cox earned his a.b., 1901, and M.A., 1902, at Stanford and his Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Breslau, Germany, 1904. He was an instructor in the Dept. of Chemistry at Stanford from 1901-1907 (on leave 1902-04). He then became a chemist for the Philippine government's Bureau of Science, serving as chief of the chemical laboratory and then director of the Bureau (1914-19). He returned to San Francisco where he was a consulting chemist; in 1931 he joined the state agriculture department.

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About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
University Archives staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-10-08 10:24:49 -0700 .

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Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.

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Preferred citation:

ALvin Joseph Cox Papers (SC0738). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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