Cox College and Conservatory records

Descriptive Summary
Title: Cox College and Conservatory records
Creator: Bacon, Milton E., 1818-1886
Creator: Cox College and Conservatory (College Park, Ga.)
Inclusive Dates: 1853-1962
Language(s): English
Extent: 6.4 Linear Feet (5 document boxes, 2 half boxes, 3 oversized boxes, 3 oversize folders A, 1 oversize folder B)
Collection Number: ms72
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

The Southern Female College (later know as Cox College) was established in ca. 1842 in LaGrange, Georgia. Milton E. Bacon (1818-1886) was president from 1843-1855. In 1857, I.F. Cox became president and eventually the name was changed to Cox College. In ca. 1895 the college was moved to College Park near Atlanta and not long after the name was changed to Cox College and Conservatory. Cox remained president until the school closed in 1923. His son, Charles C. Cox (1864-1905) served as principal for a number of years. He was married to Alice Bacon, daughter of Milton E. Bacon.

Scope and Content

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.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged into 4 series: (1) Correspondence; (2) Miscellaneous Catalogs and Print Material; (3) Scrapbooks; and (4) Photographs.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Cox College and Conservatory (College Park, Ga.) records, ms72, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Provenance

Gift of Mrs. Dan Burge, Atlanta, Ga. in July and September 1967.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 June 16.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Correspondence
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1	1	Letters, 1870-1873
1	2	Letters, 1874-1876
1	3	Letters, 1877-1878
1	4	Letters, 1879, January-May
1	5	Letters, 1879, June-December
1	6	Letters, 1880
1	7	Letters, 1881
1	8	Letters, 1883-1884
1	9	Letters, 1885-1886
1	10	Letters, 1887-1889
1	11	Letters, 1890-1891
1	12	Letters, 1892
1	13	Letters, 1893
1	14	Letters, 1894-1895
1	15	Letters, 1896-1899
1	16	Letters, 1900-1901
1	17	Letters, 1904
1	18	Letters, 1905, January-April
1	19	Letters, 1905, May 1-10
1	20	Letters, 1905, May 11-19
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2a	1	Letters, 1905, May 22
2a	2	Letters, 1905, May 22
2a	3	Letters, 1905, May 23
2a	4	Letters, 1905, May 24
2a	5	Letters, 1905, May 25
2a	6	Letters, 1905, May 26-27
2a	7	Letters, 1905, May 26-27
2a	8	Letters, 1905, May 28-31
2a	9	Letters, 1905, June 1-8
2a	10	Letters, 1905, June 9-30
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2b	11	Letters, 1905, July 1-16
2b	12	Letters, 1905, July 17-23
2b	13	Letters, 1905, July 24-31
2b	14	Letters, 1905, August
2b	15	Letters, 1905, September-December
2b	16	Letters, 1906-1907
2b	17	Letters, 1812
2b	18	Letters, 1920-1923 and undated

 

2. Catalogs and Print Material
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3	1	Atlanta Music Festival, 1905 1909
3	2	Alumnae
3	3	Arcade, 1907-1908
3	4	Catalogs, 1867-1868
3	5	Catalogs, 1869
3	6	Catalogs, 1870
3	7	Catalogs, 1871
3	8	Catalogs, 1872
3	9	Catalogs, 1873-1874
3	10	Catalogs, 1877-1878
3	11	Catalogs, 1878-1879
3	12	Catalogs, 1881-1882
3	13	Catalogs, 1883-1884
3	14	Catalogs, 1885
3	15	Catalogs, 1887
3	16	Catalogs, 1890-1891
3	17	Catalogs, 1894
3	18	Catalogs, 1896
3	19	Catalogs, 1899
3	20	Catalogs, 1901
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4	1	Catalogs, 1905-1906
4	2	Catalogs, 1906-1907
4	3	Catalogs, 1909
4	4	Catalogs, 1912
4	5	Catalogs, 1914
4	6	Catalogs, 1916
4	7	Catalogs, 1917
4	8	Catalogs, 1918-19
4	9	Catalogs, 1921-1922
4	10	Cox, Alice M.-School Report
4	11	Cox College and Conservatory and Environs, Undated
4	12	Empty Envelopes
4	13	Examinations & lists of Texts & Music
4	14	Newspaper clippings, 1874-1899
4	15	Southern Female College #2, Lagrange, 1895-1918
4	16	Newspaper clippings, 1900-1929
4	17	Newspaper clippings, undated
4	18	Newspaper clippings, 1930-1962
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5	1	North American Review Article Re Literature
5	2	Poems
5	3	Postcards
5	4	Recital Programs, 1873-1909
5	5	Scharwenka, Philipp Autograph on Certificate, 1894
5	6	Senior Class Book, 1919
5	7	Recital Programs, 1910-1928, undated
5	8	Southern Baptist College for Women Prospectus
5	9	Southern Female College Souvenir, 1890 - 96
5	10	Speeches
5	11	Teacher's Manuals, etc.
5	12	Winona Female College Catalog , 1880 - 81
5	13	Y.W.C.A. Committee Reports
5	14	Catalog, 1938
5	15	Miscellaneous
5	16	Miscellaneous Catalogues from Other Colleges
		Alabama  Central Female College-Tuscaloosa, Alabama1875-76
		Andrew Female College-Cuthbert, Georgia, 1869-70
		Atlanta Classical College-Atlanta, Georgia, 1867
		Augusta Academic and Collegiate Institute-Augusta, Georgia, 1868
		Columbia University-New York, New York, Summer Session, 1909
		Columbia University-New York, New York, 1909-10
		Eminence College-Eminence, Kentucky, 1871-72
		Lucy Cobb Institute-Athens, Georgia, 1874-75
		Orion Institute-Orion, Georgia, 1854-55
		Salem Female Academy-Salem, North Carolina, 1874-75
		Trinity University-Tehuacana, Texas, 1871-72
		Trinity University-Tehuacana, Texas, 1872-73
		Troy Female Seminary-Troy, New York, 1871
		Virginia Female Institute-Staunton, Virginia, 1869-70
		Von Ende Music School-New York, New York, 1911-12
		W.E. Ward's Seminary for Young Ladies-Nashville, Tennessee, 1869-70
		Young Female College-Thomasville, Georgia, 1874-75

 

3. Scrapbooks
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6	1	Southern Female College, 1857-1876
6	2	Southern Female College, 1877-1881
6	3	Southern Female College, 1874-1892
6	4	Southern Female College, 1881-1892
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7	1	Cox College, 1900-1905
7	2	Cox College, 1905-1910
7	3	Cox College and Conservatory, 1911-1912
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8	1	Notebook and Accounts, Various dates
8	2	Clippings, Programs, pamphlets, etc.
			(Some history of College in here)
8	3	Select Essays
			(Pictures of LaGrange Female Seminary in here)
8	4	Alumnae Records

 

4. Photographs

4.1 People

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C. C. Cox

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Mrs. Mamie Bacon Cox

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Alice Cox (Mrs Crenshaw

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Group pictures

President I.F. Cox & group of girls, no date

Graduating class of 1895

Southern Female College, 1893

Children in School yard, no date

Children in School yard, no date

Cox College Orchestra, no date

Southern Female College-Cox College, ca. 1912

I.F. Cox & group of girls, ca. 1870's

President Charles Cox & girls, ca. 1914

W.S. Cox & Girls, ca. 1918

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I.F. Cox, 1865-1888

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Sallie Cox ( Mrs. Stanton)

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4.2 Buildings

Main entry lobby

Museum

Southern Female College

Parlors

Library

Cox College, College Park

Southern Female College

4.3 Oversize

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I.F. Cox, President of College, 1865-1888

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Milton E. Bacon

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Charles C. Cox

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2A

Graduating Class (with President Charles Cox)- 2 photographs, 1914 & Undated

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3A

Class Portraits , circa 1912 & 1918

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4A

Class Portrait; Cox College, College Park, 1870 & 1895