Notebooks, index cards, manuscripts, correspondence, and printed ephemera relating to birds, especially starlings and woodpeckers.
Dates
- Creation: 1878-1969
Extent
1.43 Linear metres (8 physical shelfmarks)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark, e.g. MS. 14949/1].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. 14949/1-8
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 14949
Abstract
Papers of Arthur Henry Machell Cox (1870-1947), headmaster and ornithologist.
Biographical / Historical
Arthur Henry Machell Cox (1870-1947), headmaster and ornithologist. He was born in Hazelwood, Derby, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Headmaster of Mount House School, Hartley, Plymouth.
Arrangement
Material arranged as received from the Alexander Library of Ornithology.
Custodial History
Presented to the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology by the Executors of Sir Christopher Cox, A.H. Cox's son, 12 Sep 1983.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology (the Institute's library), 2018.
Topical
- Title
- Catalogue of the papers of Arthur Henry Machell Cox
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by EAD version by Sarah Thiel, Jen Patterson and Marion Lowman
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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