Jacob Dolson Cox (1828-1900)

Papers, 1851-1901

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INVENTORY

Note: An asterisk * denotes records.

Series 1.  Correspondence (Incoming)

		Subseries 1.  Calendared Correspondence (Incoming)
Box 1
	Calendared Correspondence (Incoming)
		Index and Calendar to Correspondence, 1861-1900  (3f)
		General Correspondence, 1861-68 (August)  (9f)

Box 2
		General Correspondence, 1868 (August)-1872 (May)  (21f)

Box 3
		General Correspondence, 1872 (June)-1900  (10f)


		Subseries 2.  Uncalendared Correspondence (Incoming)
Box 4
	Uncalendared Correspondence (Incoming)
		Charles N. Cox Correspondence, 1890-97 (17 items)
		Charles Scribners' Sons Correspondence, 1897-1900 (23 items) 
		C. L. Petricolas Correspondence, 1881-89 (17 items)
		Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1861-82, 1900 (23 items)


	Series 2.  Correspondence (Outgoing)

		Subseries 1.  Letter Press Copy Books
Box 5
	Letter Press Copy Books
		"Letter Press Copy Book No. 1," 1866-71, 1876-77, 1879
			(The inside front cover of the letter press volumes contains a 
			detailed description of the contents.)
		"Letter Press Copy Book No. 2," 1869-73

Box 6
		"Letter Press Copy Book No. 3," 1862, 1881-84
		"Letter Press Copy Book No. 4," 1895-1900

		Subseries 2.  Manifold Letter Books
Box 7
	Manifold Letter Books
		"Manifold Letter Book No. 1," 1852-63
		"Manifold Letter Book No. 2," 1863-66, 1870-71, 1877-79
		"Manifold Letter Book No. 3," 1868, 1879-80
		"Manifold Letter Book No. 4," 1880-84


	Series 2.  Correspondence (Outgoing) (cont.)

		Subseries 3.  Original Correspondence (Outgoing) 
Box 8
	Original Correspondence (Outgoing)
		Cox to Helen Cox Black and John Black, 1890-99 (26 items)
		Cox to Charles F. Cox, 1862-71 (20 items)
		Cox to his wife, (Helen Finney Cox), 1860-64 (20 items)
		Cox to Kenyon Cox, 1897
		Cox to James Monroe, 1860-97 (32 items)
		Cox to Jack Pope, 1897
		Cox to Rev. Thomas H. Robinson, 1852-79 (23 items)

		Subseries 4.  Non-Original Correspondence (Outgoing)

Box 8 (cont.)
	Non-Original Correspondence (Outgoing)
		Photostats from other repositories, 1862-93 (63 items)  (3f) 


	Series 3.  Files Relating to Jacob Dolson Cox's Legal Career

Box 9
	Files Relating to Jacob Dolson Cox's Legal Career
		Legal Records, 1842-84
		Account Book of Leggett & Cox Law Firm, 1853-75
		Supreme Court Reports Cover (from Law Office of Cox and Cochran, 
			signed by Jacob Dolson Cox), n.d.


	Series 4.  Files Relating to Jacob Dolson Cox's Military Career

		Subseries 1.  Military Records and Papers

Box 10 [Oversize]
	Military Records and Papers
		"Official Reports of Major General J.D. Cox," 1861-65 
			(2 oversize ledger volumes)
Box 11
		Diaries, 1864-65 (2 volumes)
		Diaries (MSS transcript of originals), n.d.
		Field Dispatches (Manifold Copies), 1864-65
		Field Dispatches of General Schofield (Printed), 1864
		Military History (Account of Service 1861-64), 1864
		Military Operations (Incls. MSS copies), 1864
		Miscellaneous Papers, 1861-65
		"Narration of Major Smith of Charlestown, W. VA," (MSS copy of 
			intercepted document, copy made 1898), 1861
		Maps of Military Operations, n.d.


	Series 4.  Files Relating to Jacob Dolson Cox's Military Career (cont.)

		Subseries 1.  Military Records and Papers (cont.)

Box 11 (cont.)
		Recommendation for Promotion, Major General Schofield to Major
			General William T. Sherman, 1864

		Subseries 2.  Military History Research Files

Box 12
	Military History Research Files
		Battle of Franklin Records
			Calendar and Index to Letters and Papers received about the 
				Battle of Franklin, n.d.
			Letters and Papers, 1864-76, 1881-82, 1885-98  (7f)
			Controversy with General Stanley, 1889
			Clippings, 1882-95  (4f)
			Published Accounts, 1886, 1888, 1896, [1921]
			Maps of Franklin, n.d.

Box 13
		Antietam (Notes and Correspondence), 1885-87 
		Surgeon C.S. Frink, (Surgeon's work at Franklin), 1881-96 (8 items)
		Emerson Opdycke (Tennessee Campaigns), 1882-96 (5 items)
		General Schofield (Tennessee and Atlanta Campaigns), 1880-97 (6f) 
			(50 items)
		Shiloh (Notes and clipping), n.d. 
		Battle of Chickamaugua Clippings, 1880s
		Battle of Nashville Clippings, 1880s

Box 14
	Military History Research Files (cont.)
		Correspondence Regarding Military Matters, 1881-89, 1893 (50 items) (5f)
		Notes Regarding Military Matters, c.1880s (14 items)

Box 15
		Fitz-John Porter Case
			Correspondence from Fitz-John Porter, 1880 (9 items)
			Correspondence regarding Porter, 1881-83 (16 items)
			Notes regarding Porter Case, c.1880-82
			Printed Material, 1862-80
			Clippings, 1880-82, n.d.


	Series 5.  Files Relating to Jacob Dolson Cox's Public Service

Box 16
	Files Relating to Jacob Dolson Cox's Public Service
		Annual Message of the Governor of Ohio to the Fifty-Seventh General
			Assembly, January 2, 1867
		Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1870

	Series 5.  Files Relating to Jacob Dolson Cox's Public Service 
			(cont.)

Box 16 (cont.)
		Appointment Book, 1865
		Congressional Directory, First Session, 45th Congress, 1877
		Letters and Accounts Received from the Treasury Department,
			1866-73  (3f)
		Treasury Certificates, 1869-70
		McGarrahan Case (McGarrahan vs. New Idria Mining Co. et al)
			MSS Material, 1869-70
			Printed Material, 1870-71  (2f)
		Notes, Presidential Cabinet Meeting, 1869
		Reconstruction and the Relations of the Races in the United States, 1865
		D.A. Weber Case, 1876-77


	Series 6.  Files Relating to Jacob Dolson Cox's Tenure at the 
			University of Cincinnati
Box 17
	Files  Relating to Cox's Tenure at the University of Cincinnati
		Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Law School of the 
			Cincinnati College, 1883
		"Law School of the Cincinnati College Dean's Office," (Letter Press Copy 
			Book), 1881-91
		History Lecture Outlines, 1886
		Miscellaneous Records, 1870-99


	Series 7.  Notes on Readings

Box 18
	Notes on Readings
		Commonplace Book (Notes on Readings), n.d.
		Notes on Philosophical Readings, 1866-70 (3 volumes)
		Notes on Spinoza, n.d. (2 volumes, part in shorthand)

	Series 8.  Scientific Notes and Writings

Box 19
	Scientific Notes and Writings
		Microscopical Rough Notes (Vol. VIII-XV), n.d. (8 vols)
		Tracing of Forbes' Map of Mt. Blanc and the Connected
			Mountains and Glacier System," 1872
		Scientific Writings (Printed), 1881-93, n.d. (49 items)  (4f)




	Series 9.  Talks and Writings

		Subseries 1.  Talks and Writings (Manuscript)

Box 20
	Talks and Writings (Manuscript)
		"Address Before the American Society of Miscroscopists," 1884
		"Address at the Dedication of the Garfield Memorial," 1890
		"An Inquiry into the Greatness of President Hayes," n.d.
		"The Anonymous Box (A Poetic Expression)," 1856 (copied 1867)
		"Education of the State," n.d.
		"The Influence of Oberlin College on Public Affairs During the half 
			century of its life," c.1883
		"Growth of the History of the Rebellion," n.d.
		"A Liberal Education," n.d.
		"Military Reminiscences of the Civil War," (partial), 1900
		"The Relation of Educated men to the Problems of Capital and Labor," n.d.
		"The Republicanism of the British System of Government and 
			Administration," n.d.
		"Some Phenomena in the Conjugation of Actinophy Sol," n.d.
		"The Ultimate rule of Right (For the Union)," n.d.
		Untitled Speech, n.d.
		Washington's Birthday Address (Chicago), 1899
		"What Knowledge is of Most Worth," n.d.

		Subseries 2.  Talks and Writings (Printed)

Box 21
	Talks and Writings (Printed)
		Talks and Writings, 1853-1900 (10f) (43 items)


	Series 10.  Book Reviews

Box 22
	Book Reviews
		List of Articles and Reviews by Jacob Dolson Cox (compiled by William 
			C. Cochran), n.d.
		Book Reviews (Manuscript), 1897-1900 (3 items)
		Book Reviews in the Nation, 1874-1900  (7f)


	Series 11.  Scrapbooks and Clippings

Box 23
	Scrapbooks and Clippings
		Scrapbooks, 1860-71 (3 volumes; Note: Volumes Kept by Charles F. Cox)
		Biographical Sketch, National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
			(Vol. 22, p. 231), n.d.
		Miscellaneous Clippings, 1878-95

	Series 11.  Scrapbooks and Clippings (cont.)

Box 24 [oversize]
		Scrapbook, 1861-72


	Series 12.  Miscellaneous Material

Box 25
	Miscellaneous Material
		Civil War Veterans Reunions, 1886, 1900
		Memorial Tributes, 1900
		Miscellany, 1851-1901
		Receipts, 1894-1895 (19 items)


	Series 13.  Photographs

Box 26
	Photographs
		Civil War Era Personages, c.1861-65 (1 album)
		Photographs, 1863-99, (16 items) (J.D. Cox, 5 items; Mrs. J.D. Cox, 
			3 items; Kenyon Cox, 2 items; Helen Finney Cox Black, 3 items; 
			John Black & Anna Mahan, 1 item each)

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