Papers, 1865-1961 (bulk 1920-1944).

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Papers, 1865-1961 (bulk 1920-1944).

Chiefly correspondence, reports, speeches, clippings, printed material, and photos, relating to Cox's tenure (1920-1942) as president of Emory University; together with correspondence, case files, and printed material relating to Atlanta Regional Labor Board, on which Cox served as vice-chairman (1934-1935), and National Labor Relations Board, and material relating to the Cox family and Civil War service of Christopher Columbus Cox in 34th Illinois Infantry Regiment. Correspondents include Martha Berry, Corra Harris, Herbert Hoover, John M. McCandless, Arthur J. Moore, Raymond B. Nixon, Franklin Nutting Palmer, and Richard B. Russell.

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United States. National Labor Relations Board

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After the first National Labor Relations Board was functionally abolished by the Supreme Court decision invalidating the National Industrial Recovery Act, May 27, 1935, a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was established as an independent agency by the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act (NLRA) (49 Stat. 195), dated July 5, 1935. The Supreme Court in 1937 declared the Board constitutional and sustained Congress’s power to regulate employers whose operations affected interstate commerce...

Berry, Martha, 1866-1942

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Martha Berry (1866-1941) was the founder of The Berry Schools in Mount Berry, near Rome, Georgia. From the description of Martha Berry paper, 1921 (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 76789882 Martha McChesney Berry (1866-1942), educator and founder of the Berry Schools, Berry College and its predecessor, Berry Junior College, resided in Mount Berry, Georgia. From the description of Martha Berry papers, 1902-1942. (Berry College). WorldCat record id:...

Emory university

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The Baccalaureate service is an inter-religious ceremony for all graduating Emory University students receiving bachelor's degrees and consists of prayers, music, and an address by the Emory University President. The Commencement ceremony includes all Emory University graduates and consists of an address by the commencement speaker, the conferral of honorary degrees and awards, and the conferral of degrees en masse. From the description of Emory University Baccalaureate and Commencem...

United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 34th (1861-1865)

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Parker, Franklin Nutting, 1867-1954

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Franklin Nutting Parker was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 20, 1867. He was the son of Bishop Linus Parker and Ellen Katherine Burruss Parker. He attended Centenary College of Louisiana and then Tulane University. Parker served in churches throughout Louisiana until 1911 when he left to become the Professor of Biblical Literature at Trinity College in Durham, North Carolina. He taught there for three years until he was sought by Bishop Warren A. Candler to come to the newly f...

Moore, Arthur J. (Arthur James), 1888-1974

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Bishop Arthur J. Moore (1888-1974), Methodist bishop and author of Georgia. From the description of Arthur J. Moore papers, 1910-1973 (bulk 1959-1960). (Arthur J Moore Methodist Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 38475799 Arthur James Moore, Methodist bishop and author, was born 26 December 1888 in Argyle, Georgia, and died 30 June 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia. Moore served the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and then the United Methodist Chur...

Cox, Christopher Columbus

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Harris, Corra, 1869-1935

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"Novelist Corra White Harris was one of the most celebrated women from Georgia for nearly three decades in the early twentieth century. She is best known for her first novel, A Circuit Rider's Wife (1910), though she gained a national audience a decade before its publication. From 1899 through the 1920s, she published hundreds of essays and short stories and more than a thousand book reviews in such magazines as the Saturday Evening Post, Harper's, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, and esp...

Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971

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Richard B. Russell (1897-1971), lawyer and politician, born in Winder, Georgia. Served as State Representative (1921-1931), Georgia Governor (1931-1933), and U.S. Senator (1933-1971). From the description of Richard B. Russell Jr. MacArthur hearing files, 1951-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477265 Bill Westmoreland was a Clerk in the Superior Court of Gilmer County, Georgia. From the description of Bill Westmoreland letter from Richard B. Russell, 1965. (...

Nixon, Raymond B. (Raymond Blalock), 1903-

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Raymond Blalock Nixon was born on June 10, 1903 in Live Oak, Florida. He earned his B.Ph. degree from Emory University (Atlanta, GA) in 1925, his M.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1934 and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1942. Dr. Nixon worked as a reporter, correspondent, editor and director of various newspapers and journals for over 60 years (1917-1982). In 1926, Dr. Nixon became an instructor in the division of journalism at Emory University. He was promoted to assistant pro...

Atlanta Regional Labor Board

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Cox, Harvey Warren, 1875-1944

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President of Emory University. From the description of Papers, 1865-1961 (bulk 1920-1944). (Emory University). WorldCat record id: 28419054 Harvey Warren Cox (1875-1944), President of Emory University from 1920-1942. From the description of Harvey Warren Cox papers, 1865-1961 (bulk 1920-1944). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557052 ...

McCandless, John M.

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Cox family.

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