Lula Myrtle Teague Cox Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection is made up of twenty-five black and white photographs, a Sam Houston Normal Institute Diploma, a Sam Houston Normal Institute Commencement program, and a signed pillow cover from Lula Myrtle Teague Cox's childhood.
Dates
- 1904 - 1906
- 1914
Conditions Governing Use
The materials represented in this finding aid have been made available for research, teaching and private use. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) these items without prior permission on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies.
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Biographical / Historical
Lula Myrtle Teague (Cox) was born in Camp San Saba, Texas, in 1882 or 1883 to Hiram G. Teague and Annie Rotelia (also spelled as Rotillia) Picken Griffin. Hiram and Annie were married on September 6, 1880. Myrtle had two half-brothers, Joe and John Teague, two half-sisters, Maggie Teague Smith and Jennie Teague Schwalbe, and a younger sister named Lizzie. The family moved to Sherwood, Texas, in 1887 or 1888.
Myrtle attended Sam Houston Normal Institute and graduated in 1906. She was a teacher in Richland Springs, Texas, until she married X B (Mage) Cox, whom she had known since around 1900. They married on December 31, 1907, in Sherwood, Texas, and had two sons, Donald D. Cox and X B Cox Jr.
X B Cox Jr. married Melba W. Cox, and they had two children, X B Cox III, and Melba Ellen Cox Williams.
Extent
1 boxes (Flat, grey archival box.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The materials in this collection are arranged by content and date.
Physical Location
University Archives, Newton Gresham Library, room 400.
- Title
- Lula Myrtle Teague Cox Collection
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Donated by Melba W. Cox in memory of her husband X B Cox Jr., the son of Lula Myrtle Teague Cox.
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository