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Tench C. Coxe Collection
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2011.15.01 |
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| Title | Tench C. Coxe Collection |
| Creator | Tench C. Coxe and Family |
| Identifier | http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/coxe_tench/default_coxe_ten.htm |
| Keyword Subject | World War II ; Korean War ; Episcopal High School in Alexandria Virginia; chemical warfare ; Kyoto ; Rhododendron Festival ; Korea ; Chinese People's Volunteers |
| Subject LCSH |
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns Chemical warfare disposal Smoke screens Kyoto (Japan) Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Propaganda World War, 1939-1945 -- Anecdotes |
| Description | This collection contains an assortment of personal documents from Tench C. Coxe. This collection relates, mainly, to Tench C. Coxes's experiences in World War II and the Korean War as well as his life in the five years following his release from Korea. Documents include personal letters, photographs, war-related publications, newspaper clippings and memorabilia. Coverage: 1939-1957 |
| Publisher | D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville |
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| Date original | |
| Date digital | 2012-03-21 |
| Type | Collection ; Text ; Photographs ; Maps |
| Format | 1 carton |
| Source | M2011.15.01 |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Frank Coxe Oral History ; Speculation Lands Collection ; Frank Coxe Papers ; Tench Coxe Collection ; |
| Coverage temporal | 1939-1957 |
| Coverage spatial | Atlanta, GA ; Kyoto, Japan ; Busun Korea; Alexandria, VA ; Muroc, CA ; Fort Brag, NC ; Columbia, SC ; Wildflecken, Germany ; Namur, Belgium ; Siegen, Germany ; The Hauge, South Holland ; Asheville, NC |
| Rights |
Any display, publication, or public use must credit the
D.H. Ramsey
Library,
Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law. |
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| Acquisition | |
| Citation | Tench C. Coxe Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville |
| Processed by | Special Collections Staff, AAM, 2012. |
| Biography |
Tench C. Coxe III was born in 1923 to Mr. and Mrs. Tench C. Coxe Jr. of
Asheville, North Carolina. He attended the Episcopal High School of
Alexandria, Virginia where he graduated top of his class in 1942.
From high school, he went on to study at Yale University until he
enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944 and served until September 1946.
Throughout this period, he served as a lieutenant in the 2nd Chemical Battalion performing,
mainly, chemical warfare disposal through out Germany. Upon his release
he continued his studies at Yale and went on to the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill to study law. In 1951 he was drafted to
serve in the Korean War where he once again served as a lieutenant until
his release in 1952. Upon his release, he continued his studies at
Chapel Hill, graduating with honors in 1953. Tench C. Coxe III married Francis Mayburry in 1957 and relocated to Atlanta to serve as part of a law firm of Troutman, Sams, Schroder and Lockerman. In Atlanta, he became involved with multiple community organizations and fathered two children, Tench C. Coxe IV and Molly Coxe. |
| History | The Coxes are one of the most prominent families in Western North Carolina. Tench Coxe (1755-1824), between the years of 1795 and 1797 acquired 400,000 acres of land throughout Polk, Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell and Rutherford counties through land speculation. Many of his descendents remained in Western North Carolina where they continued to grow and expand Asheville and its surrounding communities from the creation of the Battery Park Hotel by Franklin Coxe to the expansion of the railroad into Asheville. |
ITEM LIST
| Box # | Folder # | Description |
| 1 | 1 | Letters to Beekman and associates, High School Transcripts |
| 1 | 2 | High School Transcripts, Correspondence from Yale |
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence to family members - 1944 |
| 1 | 4 | Correspondence to family - 1945 |
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence to family - January to March 1946 |
| 1 | 6 | Correspondence to family - April to June 1946 |
| 1 | 7 | Correspondence to family - July to September 1946 |
| 1 | 8 | Correspondence to family - June to October 1951 |
| 1 | 9 | Correspondence to family - November to December 1951 |
| 1 | 10 | Correspondence to family - 1952 |
| 1 | 11 | Newspaper clippings, letters |
| 1 | 12 | Miscellaneous |