Alvin Coox papers, bulk 1920s-1990s

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Summary

Creators:
Coox, Alvin D. (1924-1999)
Abstract:
This collection consists of files, photographs and audio recordings relating to the research and teaching career of military historian Alvin Coox (1924-1999), particularly pertaining to the 1939 Battle of Nomonhan between Japan and the Soviet Union.
Extent:
57.979 Linear Feet 54 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Alvin Coox papers, Collection no. 3016, East Asian Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of files, photographs and audio recordings relating to the research and teaching career of military historian Alvin Coox (1924-1999), particularly pertaining to the 1939 Battle of Nomonhan between Japan and the Soviet Union. Materials include interviews, biographies, correspondence, research files and clippings, audio tapes of interviews, history lessons, etc.

A portion of files in the Coox collection have been digitized in the USC Digital Library.

Biographical / historical:

Alvin D. Coox, a historian of modern Japanese military history, was born in Rochester, New York, in 1924. He earned a bachelor's from New York University and received a master's in history and a doctorate in history and government from Harvard University. In the late 1940s, he taught history at Harvard and was a senior historian at the Johns Hopkins University. In the 1950s and 1960s, he spent fifteen years in Japan, including six years as an intelligence analyst for the United States Air Force. In 1964, Coox began teaching at San Diego State University, and later also served as head of the Center for Asian Studies. He retired in 1995. He wrote eight books, including "Nomonham: Japan Against Russia, 1939" (Stanford University Press, 1986). He died in 1999.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Hisako Coox, 2010.
Processing information:

Parts of this collection are not fully processed. Box 55 appears to be missing.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the East Asian Library at eal@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the East Asian Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Alvin Coox papers, Collection no. 3016, East Asian Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
East Asian Library
Doheny Memorial Library, 1st floor
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1825, US
Contact:
(213) 740-1772
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