Berkeley Cox family papers
Content Description
This collection contains items from the Berkeley Cox family papers. The collection contains cased photographs, hair of various family members, a glass plate photograph, a silver card case with calling cards, a medallion, a photograph, and a Mulberry Hill pamphlet. Many of the items have a small notation from a family member describing the people in photographs or the physical item. Family members represented in the collection include: Mary Berkeley Cox, Lewis Berkeley Cox, Francis Callendar Cox, Richard S. Cox, Eliza Williams, Bessie Cox, Catherine Cox Reynolds, Lewis Berkeley Cox, and son Berkeley Cox.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Provenance
Gift of Mary Berkeley Reynolds, 20 February 2025.
Language of Description
English
Script of Description
Latin
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- Creation: c. 1863-1897
Full Extent
.4 Cubic Feet (1 letter-sized document box)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license. The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library of the University of Virginia makes its bibliographic records and the metadata contained therein available for public use under the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Designation.
Inventory
12 items: Silver card case with cards of Mary Berkeley Cox, Cased photograph of Lewis Berkeley Cox, Cased photograph of Francis Callendar Cox, Cased photograph of Richard S. Cox and Eliza Williams, Cased negative of Bessie Cox, Glass plate photograph of Bessie Cox, Berkeley medallion belonging to Catherine Cox Reynolds, Photograph of Lewis Berkeley Cox and son Berkeley Cox, 1894, Mulberry Hill pamphlet and hair from Berkeley boys (1897), possibly Bessie Cox (1863), and Berkeley Cox (1896)