Ellen Hazard Cox papers

Collection

Identifier: Coll798

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of: the diaries of Katherine Lucy ("Lulu") Trevett and Emily ("Millie") Bancroft Trevett (later Emily Bancroft Nunn) from when they were attending school in Weimar, Germany in the 1870s and 1880s; materials from the 1941 Oregon Trail Pageant in Eugene, Oregon; Ellen Hazard Cox's calendars for 1974 and 1980; and a newspaper clipping and a brochure about 1970s Portland-area exhibits that Cox visited.

Dates

1875-1980

Creator

Cox, Ellen Hazard, 1909-1992 (Compiler, Person)

Language of Materials

Portions of Katherine Lucy Trevett's 1875-1882 diary are in German.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Biographical / Historical

Ellen Margaret Hazard Cox (1909-1992) was born in Kansas, but spent the majority of her adult life in Portland, Oregon. Her husband was Albert L. Cox (1909-1972). Cox's relationship to Katherine Lucy Trevett and Emily Bancroft Nunn is unknown. Nunn left property to Cox when she died, according to a document in the Trevett and Bancroft family papers, Mss 854 at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Biographical / Historical

Katherine Lucy ("Lulu") Trevett and Emily Bancroft ("Millie") Trevett were the daughters of hardware salesman and Oregon pioneer Theodore Brooks Trevett and his wife Mary Melissa Bancroft Trevett. Emily married Portland, Oregon physician Richard K. Nunn.

Extent

0.45 Cubic Feet (1 document case)

Additional Description

Abstract

Diaries of Katherine Lucy and Emily Bancroft Trevett, materials relating to the 1941 Oregon Trail Pageant, and calendars and exhibit ephemera.

Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of the Ellen Hazard Cox Estate, care of Judith Cox Whipple, January 1994 (Lib. Acc. 21578).

Related Materials

Additional materials related to Katherine Lucy Trevett and Emily Bancroft Trevett Nunn are housed in the Trevett and Bancroft family papers, Mss 854, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.