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By Dale S. Hashagen
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Meredith J. Cox collection is composed of seven boxes of material relating to Professor Cox's forty-one years of teaching college chemistry at Eastern Kentucky University (1924-1965). The material covers the large variety of Professor Cox's interests, including both his work on and off campus. There are lecture notes and tests concerning the subjects he taught, such as Chemistry 111, 112, 310, and 312. Professor Cox also taught general science and Sociology classes, but chemistry was his specialty.
Also included in the collection is Cox's correspondence with various companies and organizations concerning science as well as possible careers (primarily in medicine) for some of Eastern's students. Two interesting folders in the collection are The Challenge of Science--which concerns the struggle (or race) between Russia and the United States over science in education, and Writings, which is made up of several of Cox's own writings, professional papers, and publications.
Collection Historical Note
Meredith James Cox was born May 29, 1896, in Cave City, Kentucky, and spent his childhood in Smith Grove. He attended high school at Warren Academy in Bowling Green and did undergraduate work at Georgetown College (1913-1916) before receiving his B.S. degree in chemistry at Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1922. Continuing with graduate work, Cox received an M.A. degree in chemistry from Peabody in 1923. While in college he held membership in K.E.A., N.E.A. and Phi Delta Kappa, an educational fraternity.
In the 1920's he did further graduate work at the University of Wisconsin, Columbia University and Duke University. Before obtaining a teaching position at Eastern in 1924, Cox had held positions as principal of Hodgenville High School, instructor in science and coach of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, High School and professor of chemistry at Berea College.
Professor Cox actively served both his institution and his community. Aside from teaching a variety of general science and chemistry courses, he was the major force in the college's pre-medical program. Ten years a sponsor for the pre-medical students' Caduceus Club, he also served as an advisor for the rural medical interests. He wrote several articles about chemistry and related subjects in addition to spending a year (1960-1961) as visiting professor at the University of the Pacific. In the community Cox held membership on the board of the First Christian Church as well as important positions in the American Legion and the Elks. He and his wife, Elizabeth, traveled widely.
After his retirement from Eastern in 1965, Professor Cox helped to establish the chemistry department at Somerset Community College. He died in Richmond on April 30, 1976, less than one month prior to his eightieth birthday.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source:
Cox, Meredith, Mrs.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Barcode: 31234013816598
- Folder 1: Affiliated Schools of Medical Technology (Mercy Hospital), 1965
- Folder 2: Agriculture Department of (California), 1960
- Folder 3: Aiyea, Dr. H.F., 1955-1961
- Folder 4: American Association of University Professors, 1961
- Folder 5: American Chemical Society, 1955-1964
- Folder 6: American Institute of Foreign Trade, 1961
- Folder 7: Amis, Edwards, 1961
- Folder 8: Apparatus, undated
- Folder 9: Applications for Jobs and Requests, 1964-1965
- Folder 10: Approved Schools of Technology, 1963-1964
- Folder 11: Atomic Energy- Booklets and Articles, 1955-1966
- Folder 12: Avalon Cheese, 1964
- Folder 13: Dr. Black- Science and Education, 1958-1965
- Folder 14: Blackburn, W.E.- Science Education, 1958
- Folder 15: Bulletin Board Notices, 1964
- Folder 16: Caduceus Club, 1955-1965
- Folder 17: Chemistry Club, undated
- Folder 18: Caley, Dr. E.R.- (Ohio State University), 1951-1958
- Folder 19: Carbide and Carbon Chemical Company, 1952-1955
- Folder 20: Carbon Copies, 1951-1958
- Folder 21: Carbon Copies, 1960
- Folder 22: Carbon Copies, 1961-1962
- Folder 23: Carbon Copies, 1963
- Box 2
- Barcode: 31234013816580
- Folder 1: Carbon Copies, 1964
- Folder 2: Carbon Copies, 1965
- Folder 3: Catalog (1965-1966), 1964-1965
- Folder 4: Challenge to Science, The, 1927-1957
- Folder 5: Chemical Bond Approach, 1960
- Folder 6: Chemistry-Physics Building, New, 1964-1965
- Folder 7: Chemical Concerns, 1958
- Folder 8: Chemical Energizers, 1958
- Folder 9: Chemical Industry in Kentucky, 1958
- Folder 10: Chemistry Department-Program, etc., 1964-1965
- Folder 11: Chemistry 111-112, 310-312 Cost Sheets, undated
- Folder 12: Chemistry 111 References, undated
- Folder 13: Chemistry 111-112 Tests and Reviews, 1956-1962
- Folder 14: Chemistry 111 Chapters 2-10, 1939-1956
- Folder 15: Chemistry 111 Chapters 11-15, 1934-1960
- Folder 16: Chemistry 111 Chapters 16-19, 1941-1963
- Box 3
- Barcode: 31234013816572
- Folder 1: Chemistry 111 Chapters 20-22, 1943-1962
- Folder 2: Chemistry 112 Chapters 23-26, 1948-1962
- Folder 3: Chemistry 112 Chapters 27-34, 1949-1957
- Folder 4: Chemistry 112 Chapters 35-46, 1949-1962
- Folder 5: Chemistry 112b Lab Exams, undated
- Folder 6: Chemistry 112b Chapter 9 -Vitamins, 1941-1963
- Folder 7: Chemistry 112b- Lipids and Physiological Blood-Urine, 1946-1956
- Folder 8: Chemistry 112b- Protids, Proteins, Carbohydrates and Miscellaneous, 1943-1956
- Folder 9: Chemistry 112b- Nutrition, undated
- Folder 10: Chemistry 310- Tests and Chapters 1-7, 1946-1963
- Folder 11: Chemistry 310 Chapters 8-15, 1948-1963
- Box 4
- Barcode: 31234013816564
- Folder 1: Chemistry 310 Chapters 16-21, 1937-1963
- Folder 2: Chemistry 312- Experiments and Miscellaneous Materials, 1949-1953
- Folder 3: Chemistry 312 Chapters 22-27, 1938-1963
- Folder 4: Chemistry 312 Chapters 28-31, 1939-1963
- Folder 5: Chemistry 312 Chapters 32-36, 1950-1963
- Folder 6: Chemistry 312 and 310 Tests, undated
- Folder 7: Chemistry 312- Special Preparations, 1958
- Folder 8: Chemistry 312- Miscellaneous and Qualitative Analysis, 1939-1962
- Folder 9: Chemistry 412, 413 and.430, 1956
- Folder 10: Chemistry Clippings, 1954-1955
- Folder 11: Chemistry Curricula, undated
- Folder 12: Christmas Card List, 1959-1963
- Folder 13: Cincinnati, University of - Bulletins, 1946-1955
- Folder 14: Company Applications, 1958
- Folder 15: Continental Classroom, 1959
- Folder 16: Contracts- Incomplete, 1964
- Folder 17: Cornell University, 1947
- Folder 18: Cork Sizes, undated
- Folder 19: Council for Basic Education, 1956-1959
- Box 5
- Barcode: 31234013816622
- Folder 1: Cox, Nell and Cox, Dr. William, 1951-1964
- Folder 2: Dairying, 1959-1962
- Folder 3: Departmental Meetings, 1964-1965
- Folder 4: Dittos- Orientation 100, Chemistry 111, 112, etc., undated
- Folder 5: Films- United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1959
- Folder 6: Five Decades at Eastern- Chemistry Department, undated
- Folder 7: Forty Years at Eastern- Manuscript and Letters, 1964-1965
- Folder 8: Kentucky University of- Chemistry Department Syllabus, 1965-1967
- Folder 9: Majors in Chemistry, 1960-1961
- Folder 10: Margaret Hall School, 1964-1965
- Folder 11: Martin, Dr. Robert R., 1962-1965
- Folder 12: Massie, Dr. Samuel P., 1959
- Folder 13: Meadow, Dr. J. R., 1955-1956
- Folder 14: Medical College Admission Test, 1961
- Folder 15: Medical Scholarships, 1963-1964
- Folder 16: Medical Technology, 1963
- Folder 17: Merril, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, Beane and Smith, 1954-1961
- Folder 18: Moore, Dr. W.J., 1951-1965
- Folder 19: Murphey, James, 1964
- Folder 20: Myers, Dr. Raymond E., 1950-1955
- Folder 21: National Science Foundation, 1959-1964
- Folder 22: National Lock Company, 1954-1957
- Folder 23: Next Year's Assignment, 1964
- Folder 24: Non-Professional Objectives of Eastern, 1959
- Folder 25: Northwestern University, 1946
- Folder 26: Objects to be Weighed in Lab, undated
- Folder 27: O'Donnell, W.F., 1951-1959
- Folder 28: Ohio State University, 1947-1964
- Folder 29: Orientation 100, 1964
- Folder 30: College of the Pacific (California), 1960-1961
- Folder 31: Pennsylvania, University of, 1947-1948
- Folder 32: Ph.D.'s and M.D.'s, 1958-1965
- Folder 33: Physical Science Questionnaire, undated
- Folder 34: Plastics, 1953-1956
- Folder 35: Poetry, undated
- Folder 36: Powell, J.C., 1964
- Folder 37: Pre-Medicine, 1959-1960
- Folder 38: Pre-Medical Check-Up Sheets and Medical References, 1960-1963
- Folder 39: Retch Chemical- Formulator, undated
- Folder 40: Requirements for Admission to Dentistry and Optometry, 1954-1955
- Box 6
- Barcode: 31234013816556
- Folder 1: Resonance, undated
- Folder 2: Retirement (Teachers), 1955-1962
- Folder 3: Reynolds Metal Company, 1955
- Folder 4: Reynolds, Robert J., 1964
- Folder 5: Richardson, Dr. J.O., 1961
- Folder 6: Rowlett, Dr. John, 1964
- Folder 7: Rural Kentucky Medical Scholarship Fund, 1966-1967
- Folder 8: Salaries, 1958-1959
- Folder 9: Schedules, 1964-1966
- Folder 10: Scholarships- Applications, 1963
- Folder 11: Scholarships- Information, undated
- Folder 12: Schools of Medical Terminology, 1957-1965
- Folder 13: Science Achievement Program, 1961-1963
- Folder 14: Science 110- Anticipated Number of Students This Fall, 1964
- Folder 15: Science Book for Teachers and Children, 1961
- Folder 16: Science and the Schools, 1957
- Folder 17: Science 111, undated
- Folder 18: Science Teachers Awards- Letters, 1957-1958
- Folder 19: Sienko and Plane, undated
- Folder 20: Smith, Dr. Donn L., 1965
- Folder 21: Social Security, 1962-1964
- Folder 22: Sociology 100- Library Unit, 1941-1951
- Folder 23: Sociology 100- Parliamentary Law, undated
- Folder 24: Southern Association, 1949-1964
- Folder 25: Sputnik, 1958
- Folder 26: Stanfield, Dr. James, 1961
- Folder 27: Stewart, Dr. R.A., 1959-1960
- Folder 28: St. Louis University School of Medicine, undated
- Folder 29: Stock Room Inventory, undated
- Folder 30: Student Achievement Committee, undated
- Folder 31: Student Assistants, 1964
- Folder 32: Student Assistants, undated
- Folder 33: Students- Past, 1945-1946
- Box 7
- Barcode: 31234013816531
- Folder 1: Student Publications, 1955-1963
- Folder 2: Survey of Science Questionnaire, undated
- Folder 3: Taylor, Morris D., 1964
- Folder 4: Teaching Positions in Chemistry- Applicants, 1962-1965
- Folder 5: Tests- Chemistry 111, 112, 112b, 310, and 312, 1942-1964
- Folder 6: Tipton, Anne, 1964
- Folder 7: Tools of Learning, 1963
- Folder 8: Tulane University, 1949-1953
- Folder 9: Union Carbide Nuclear Company, 1957-1958
- Folder 10: Vanderbilt University, undated
- Folder 11: Visiting Professors, 1964
- Folder 12: Visiting Scientists, 1960-1965
- Folder 13: Wade, John, 1964
- Folder 14: Western Reserve University, 1946-1947
- Folder 15: Wilcox, H.E., 1960-1961
- Folder 16: Wiley, Dr. Richard H., 1955-1959
- Folder 17: Willoughby, Clay, 1956-1957
- Folder 18: Wood, Dr. J. Herman, 1951-1958
- Folder 19: Work Orders, 1964
- Folder 20: Writings, 1960
- Folder 21: Wybell, Dr. Robert E., 1959-1960
- Folder 22: Miscellaneous- Booklets, 1945-1955
- Folder 23: Miscellaneous, 1962-1966
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