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The collection consists of personal correspondence of the Bacon and Cox families and records relating to the Cox College and
Conservatory and its predecessors, Cox College and Southern Female College. The personal correspondence is comprised mainly
of letters (1853-1886) from Milton E. Bacon to his children. Written after his tenure at SFC, Bacon is living in Okolona,
then Aberdeen, Mississippi where he is involved in female academies. The letters discuss mainly family news, emphasizing the
education of his grandchildren and his current position. The collection also includes the personal correspondence of Charles
C. Cox (1883-1905) mainly to and from his wife Alice Bacon Cox, his daughter Alice Cox, and his friend Clem P. Steed of Macon,
Georgia.
Also included are records relating to the Southern Female College (LaGrange, Ga.), Cox College (LaGrange and College Park,
Ga.), and Cox College and Conservatory (College Park, Ga.) including college catalogs (1867-1922, with gaps); programs; newspaper
clippings; scrapbooks (1857-1912, with gaps) containing programs, flyers, and newspaper clippings; and photographs of the
Southern Female College and the Cox family.
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