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Box 8

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Joseph Herbert Cope Diaries, 1912 - 1938

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 2-8
Scope and Contents

Diaries from 1912, 1913 (partial), 1930 (partial), 1932, 1933 (partial), 1936, 1937, and 1938.

Dates: 1912 - 1938

Elizabeth Smith Cope Diary, 1941 - 1945

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Approximately half of this collection comprises artifacts from Burma, brought or sent to the United States by various members of the Cope family. The various textiles and cloth artifacts are of particular note.Most of the remaining half of the collection comprises correspondence between the Copes, their exended family, and/or people they knew in Burma. The remainder of the collection is various papers related to Burma, the Copes' educational achievements, and...
Dates: 1941 - 1945

Partial journal and writings, 1938

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Partial journal appears to be mostly pages from a pre-printed 1938 journal, written in by Elizabeth Smith Cope as she wrapped up her life in Burma and prepared to return to the United States after Herbert's death. It also includes a variety of clippings. The other blank book with notes and writings is unattributed, but includes glued-in clippings from 1955, so cannot be Joseph Herbert's.

Dates: 1938