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 Meredith J. Cox Papers for his professional papers.