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The Nancy Hall and Edith Sylla Book Project on Gertrude Cox contains photocopies of correspondence, academic papers, newpaper articles, speeches and more. These materials were compiled by Nancy Hall and Edith Sylla as they prepared to write a book about Gertrude Cox.
Gertrude Mary Cox was born in Dayton, Iowa in 1900. She received a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Statistics from Iowa State College in 1929 and 1931 respectively, and then enrolled in a doctoral program in psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. From 1940-1960 Dr. Cox taught at NC State College, serving as the head of the Department of Experimental Physics from 1940-1949 before leaving that position to administer the North Carolina Institute of Physics. She is most noted for her role in the 1959 founding of the Research Triangle Institute, where she held the position of Director, Statistics Research Division until 1964. Gertrude Cox passed away in 1978.
Dr. Edith Sylla (1941-2023) graduated from Harvard College in 1963 before pursuing a Ph.D in History of Science at the Harvard graduate school. Dr. Sylla taught the history of science at North Carolina State University for 41 years. Dr. Nancy Hall (1942-2022) got her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in math from the University of Delaware before getting her Ph.D in History of Science from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2002. One of Dr. Hall’s academic interests was Gertrude Cox. Together, both women conducted research on Gertrude Cox in hopes of one day writing a book about her. This collection contains research Hall and Sylla compiled in preparation for this book.
This collection contains photocopies of correspondence, academic papers, newpaper articles, speeches, and other materials relating to Gertrude Cox's career in statistics from 1931-1995. Much of this collection may be duplicative of materials in the Gertrude Cox Papers.
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[Identification of item], Nancy Hall and Edith Sylla Book Project on Gertrude Cox, MC 00760, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of Rebecca Hall, 2024, August (Accession 2024.0088)
Processed by: Grace Midha, 2024 September; Finding aid written by: Grace Midha, 2024 September
Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Unless noted, digital media are not available online. Copies of unrestricted digital files will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access will be provided to use copies of unrestricted digital files rather than carrier media, such as CDs, DVDs, and floppy disks. Some or all electronic files may be unavailable or restricted due to privacy reasons, agreement with the donor, software is not available to interact with files, or because files cannot be retrieved from original media.
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[Identification of item], Nancy Hall and Edith Sylla Book Project on Gertrude Cox, MC 00760, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.