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This collection contains a letter written by British historian Sir George Cox in 1891 to suffragette and animal rights activist Frances Power Cobbe, praising her for her work in the animal rights movement.
Sir George Cox (1827-1902) was a British historian and priest who wrote extensively on ancient Greece and Greek mythology. He wrote this letter to his friend Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904), a writer, suffragette, feminist, and animal rights activist born in Ireland. She was an active participant in the anti-vivisection movement. Vivisection, a term that refers to experimentation on live animals, was a common focus of early animal rights activism, much of which was led by women. Frances Power Cobbe founded two organizations committed to ending vivisection: the Society for the Protection of Animals Liable to Vivisection (SAPLV) in 1875, and the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) in 1898. Both organizations still exist today and are now known as the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) and Cruelty Free International, respectively.
This collection contains a letter written by Sir George Cox in 1891 and given to Frances Power Cobbe in 1902 around the time of his death. The letter contains discussions about a sermon before shifting to focus on the anit-vivisection movement.
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[Identification of item], Sir George Cox Letter to Frances Power Cobbe, MSS 00480, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Purchase (Accession 2025.0056, May 2025)
Processed by: Grace Midha 2025 May; Finding aid written by: Grace Midha, 2025 May
This letter was written in 1891, but includes separate handwriting indicating that it was received by Frances Power Cobbe in 1902.
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[Identification of item], Sir George Cox Letter to Frances Power Cobbe, MSS 00480, 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.