Accessions Information
June 15, 1974, 1 item; Diary (1939). Gift of Mrs. A. T. St. Amand, Winterville, N.C.
January 16, 1975, 10 items; Consisting of songbook, typescript travel accounts, photographs, clippings, and memorial.
December 8, 1976, 185 items; Correspondence (1917-1943) and a diary (1917-1920). Gifts of Mrs. Olivera Rouse, Greenville N.C.
March 7, 2001, 3 Containers, 259 items, 1.3 cubic feet; Papers, 1889-1935 [Bulk: 1922-33], including Salem Academy & College (Winston-Salem, NC) scrapbook ("The Girl Graduate") of photographs, letters & notes, clippings, memorabilia & printed materials, etc. (1909-11) & Yearbook (1911); correspondence with her mother, Mrs. B.T. Cox (1922-35, undated) dated American Mission School, Hankow, China; and printed materials relating to missionary activities in China (1924-29, undated) and music copyrights, also oversized materials including an entire issue of
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, NC) Vol. 4, No. 5 (12/3/1889) and a clipping entitled
Covenant of the League of Nations, "Central China Post" (2/17/1919). Donor: Kelly L. Adams.
October 26, 2005, 650 items, 0.450 cubic feet; Papers (1908-1910, 1931-1938) compiled by music teacher and missionary at St. Hilda's School, in Wuchang, China, including letters, clippings, and reports sent to her mother, Mrs. B. T. Cox, Winterville, NC, 1931-1938; diary notebooks and yearbooks from her years at Salem Academy and College, Winston-Salem, NC, 1908-1910. Rec'd 10/26/2005. Donor: Ms. Kelly L. Adams.
May 11, 2016, (unprocessed addition #5), 2.0 cubic feet; Material found at 126 N. Harding Street in Greenville, North Carolina, the former home of Protestant Episcopal music missionary to China Venetia Cox. Includes letters and school materials related to Lo-I (or Louis) Yin who attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, from 1949 to 1951. Yin apparently played the violin and came to the United States to attend the college on a scholarship related to Venetia Cox's music missionary work with Huachung University, Wuchang, Hupeh, China. Donor: Zachary Perkinson.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. A. T. St. Amand
Gift of Mrs. Olivera Rouse
Gift of Kelly L. Adams
Gift of Zachary Perkinson
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Copyright Notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Preferred Citation
Venetia Cox Papers (#263), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Processing Information
Processed by N. Fulghum, April, 1977
Processed by David R. Miller, October, 2009
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