Jamie H. Cockfield Collection

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Identifier: MU-PP-0015

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Jamie H. Cockfield Collection Finding Aid

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Scope and Contents

The Cockfield Papers contain materials compiled by Cockfield during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, while teaching at Mercer University. The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, items related to the business of the history department, minutes of meetings of the Board of Student Publications, and items related to the Faculty Welfare Committee and College of Liberal Arts. Jamie H. Cockfield gave the papers to the Archives in August 1996.

In 2015 three additional boxes were received. They have been arranged into boxes 2, 3, and 4 as SERIES 8 in this finding aid, and the materials are arranged chronologically by year. Folders contain primarily correspondence, which may not be in date order within a particular year. Other materials include committee reports, course and departmental documents, and scholarly research.

Dates

Creation: 1967-1998

Creator

Cockfield, Jamie H. (Person)

Rights Statement

To quote in print, or otherwise reproduce in whole or in part in any publication, including on the World Wide Web, any material from this collection, the researcher must obtain permission from (1) the owner of the physical property and (2) the holder of the copyright. Persons wishing to quote from this collection should consult the reference archivist to determine copyright holders for information in this collection. Reproduction of any item must contain the complete citation to the original.

Biographical / Historical

Jamie H. Cockfield joined the history department at Mercer University in 1972. He received the BA degree from the University of South Carolina in 1967, the MA from the University of South Carolina in 1968, and the PhD from the University of Virginia in 1972. A specialist in Russian and Soviet history, Cockfield also addressed aspects of the military and diplomatic histories of France, Germany, and the United States. For nearly a generation, he led annual winter study tours of Russia. Cockfield was the author and/or editor of several books, including Dollars and Diplomacy: Ambassador David Rowland Francis and the Fall of Tsarism, 1916-17; Germany and the Fashoda Crisis, 1898-99; White Crow: The Life and Times of the Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich Romanov, 1859-1919; and With Snow on their Boots: The Tragic Odyssey of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France during World War I.