Josiah Cox Russell

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Creator

Josiah Cox Russell

Extent

.5 linear ft.

Accession Numbers

A1995-046

Inclusive Dates

1890-1945 (unknown)

Languages

  • English

Historical or Biographical Information

Born September 3, 1900, at Richmond, Indiana, Russell was schooled at Earlham College, A.B.,1922; University of Rome, 1920-1921; Harvard University, A.M., 1923, Ph.D., 1926. His first professional position was as an Assistant in History at Radcliff College from 1923 to 1924. He went on to become an Assistant in History from 1924 to 1926 at Harvard University. Moving west, Dr. Russell became an Assistant Professor of History from 1927 to 1929 at Colorado College and then full Professor of History and Social Science in 1929 at New Mexico Normal School. In 1930 Dr. Russell was awarded The Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities for publications on his systematic examination for biographical data of the manuscripts of certain Latin authors of the thirteenth century England. Josiah Cox Russell's parents were Elbert Russell (1871-1951) and Lieuetta Lillian Cox Russell (1872-1969). He married Ruth Winslow Russell and they had one child, a girl, Joan Russell in 1939. Josiah Cox Russell died November 12, 1996 and was buried in the Craig Memorial Park in Saint Augustine, Florida.

Scope and Content

The collection contains journal publications from 1929 to the 1970s. Dr. Russell published articles on urban medieval towns and compared data on county populations. Included are materials on the Texas College of Arts and Industries, Research Stimulation Committee formed in 1965. Documents from the college's Senate Resolutions in 1975 are included in one folder.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged by subject, then chronologically in nine folders.

Repository

South Texas Archives, James C. Jernigan Library, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Access and Restrictions

Open for Research

Rights Statement

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from South Texas Archives, James C. Jernigan Library, Texas A&M University-Kingsville. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.

Preferred Citation

Dr. Josiah Cox Russell Collection, A1995-046.XXX.XXXX, South Texas Archives, James C. Jernigan Library, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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Acquisitions

A1995-046 – Transfer from the J.C. Jernigan Library by Roberta Pitts in 1995

Processing Information

Cecilia Aros Hunter processed the Josiah Cox Russell Collection, the Thien Wah Collection, the Jose Cisneros Collection and the Robert Runyon Collection in 1995 as one collection. Lori Atkins separated the four groups of materials in 2016, creating separate collections. The finding aid for Josiah Cox Russell was created by Lori Atkins and encoded into an EAD document by Daniel Thacker in 2017.