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Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 : Papers
- Date
- [ca 1930-1980]
- By
- Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008
- Reference
- MS-Group-1146
- Description
An extensive collection of diaries, drafts, correspondence and other papers relating to Cox's work as a prominent British journalist, author, diplomat and intelligence officer with 2NZEF, as well as papers on his work with independent British television stations.
Source of title - Supplied
New Zealand expatriate journalist, writer, soldier, civil servant and television executive.
Quantity: 184 folder(s). 9 volume(s). 3.20 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter
Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts. Transfers made from here. - To Oral History Collection - Tapes and videos (OHColl-0719) - To Film Archive, four films (1) Russian celebrations, film for editor; (2)TV congreess, Holland); (3) Investiture; and (4) Suez and England - To Photographic Archive - Photographs and photograph albums (PA-Group-00638).
Processing information: Chief Librarian restriction removed from collection November 2022 following review by Research Librarian Manuscripts.
- Use/Reproduction
- Researchers who make major use of this collection must inform the Library, who will inform the literary executor of Sir Geoffrey Cox.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 184 folder(s), 9 volume(s), 3.20 Linear Metres, Business correspondence, Personal correspondence, Diaries, Drafts (Documents), Clippings, Manuscripts, Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter
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Why had they come all this way to die? / by Michael Fathers
Date: 1941 (ca 2004)
From: Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9573-07
Description: An account of New Zealanders involvement in the Crete Campaign. Includes description of the 2NZEF forces sailing from New Zealand to Egypt and involvement in Greek Campaign. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript
Papers re the Daily express and the News chronicle
Date: 1936-1938
From: Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 : Papers
Reference: 2003-005-7/16
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Battle of Crete - Articles
Date: 1965
From: Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 : Papers
Reference: 2003-005-3/16
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence with James McNeish
Date: 2004, 2007
From: Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9573-04
Description: Correspondence from James McNeish re his book `Dance of the peacocks'. Includes extracts from the draft text sent to Cox for comment. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Inward correspondence - General Freyberg
Date: 1942-1951
From: Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 : Papers
Reference: 2003-005-5/10
Description: Mainly letters of semi-private nature to Cox. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Reviews of The road to Trieste
Date: 1947
From: Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9573-19
Description: Cuttings of published reviews of Cox's book, `The road to Trieste (London, 1947) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter
Short biography of General Freyberg
Date: 1974
From: Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 : Papers
Reference: 2003-005-4/05
Description: Labelled `Dan Davin MS'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Draft official papers - New Zealand Legation
Date: 1942-1943
From: Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 : Papers
Reference: 2003-005-2/03
Description: Draft reports, analyses and summaries of interviews with US officials, all re war situation, US intentions after the war and post-war civil aviation. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Notes of Russian and Danish trip
Date: 1932
From: Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 : Papers
Reference: 2003-005-2/14
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Account of the Cox family in New Zealand
Date: [ca 1998]
From: Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 : Papers
Reference: 2003-005-3/02
Description: Typescript history of the Cox family in New Zealand. Includes covering letter from unidentified compiler. Quantity: 1 folder(s).