Edith M. Fox papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 13-6-1093

Scope and content

Professional papers; articles and speeches about New York State history, Cornell University history, and archival topics; course materials from a Summer Session course in New York State history; certificate as a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists; and publications. Also, a story she wrote as a student, published in the Cornell student magazine, The Columns, Dec. 1929; typed lecture notes for English course taught by Professor J. C. Adams, 1931; student papers for William E. Strunk's Shakespeare course, 1931; letter from Katherine Rose Buckley describing her experiences as a student at Cornell, 1898-1899; and research notes on the history of women at Cornell compiled for Edith Fox.

Scope and content

Typescript paper: "The House that Sage Built or The Beginnings of Co-Education at Cornell University," by Edith M. Fox, 1966.

Scope and content

Tape recording and transcript of interview with by Edith M. Fox with Professor Mary Phillips and Mrs. Evelyn Claassen, n.d. Tape recording and transcript of reminiscences of Miss Martha Hitchcock and Mrs. Olaf Brauner (Inga Lohne Brauner), interviewed by Edith M. Fox, June 15, 1961.

Dates

1929-1962.

Creator

Fox, Edith M., 1905- (Person)
Phillips, Mary Geisler, 1881-1964. (Person)
Claasen, Evelyn Strong. (Person)
Hitchcock, Martha L., 1869-1966. (Person)
Brauner, Inga Lohne, 1887-1966. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Archivist. Edith Mead Fox graduated from Cornell University in 1932 and received an M.A. in 1945. She served as Curator and Archivist of the Collection of Regional History and University Archives (later the Dept. of Manuscripts and University Archives) at Cornell University from 1945 to 1967. She died in 1986.