James Trammell Cox Papers, 1854-1964 (bulk 1945-1964).

Summary

Creator:
Cox, James Trammell, 1921-1962.
Abstract:

James Trammell Cox (1921-1962) was a graduate student at the University of North Carolina and the University of Iowa, teacher of creative writing and literature at Clemson College, S.C., the University of Iowa, and Florida State University, and author of poems, critical essays, short stories, and novels. The collection include papers, chiefly 1945-1964, of James Trammell Cox, including correspondence with friends and literary agents, materials related to Cox's teaching of creative writing and literature, manuscripts of reviews, articles, poems, and stories by Cox, and related clippings and memorabilia.

Extent:
5,200 items (6.5 linear feet)
Language:
Materials in English
Library Catalog Link:
View UNC library catalog record for this item

Background

Biographical / historical:

James Trammell Cox (1921-1962) was a graduate student at the University of North Carolina and the University of Iowa, teacher of creative writing and literature at Clemson College, S.C., the University of Iowa, and Florida State University, and author of poems, critical essays, short stories, and novels Cox died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound following two years of poor health. He was married to Jean Hogan Cox, with whom he had two sons, Charles F. and Christopher H. Cox.

Scope and content:

The collection includes papers, chiefly 1945-1964, of James Trammell Cox, including correspondence with friends, literary agents, and other scholars; materials related to Cox's teaching of creative writing and literature; manuscripts of reviews articles, poems, and stories by Cox; and related clippings and memorabilia.

Acquisition information:

Received from Max Steele, English Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, February 1969. An addition was received from the Estate of Max Steele in March 2013 (Acc. 101765). Items were placed on loan by Mrs. Robert Erber and Max Steele in January 2012 (Acc. 101723).

Processing information:

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2009

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

Sensitive materials statement:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

No usage restrictions.

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the James Trammell Cox Papers, #3814, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu