US-RPB-of1D.C1 Guide to the F. Morris Cochrane paperscirca 1939-1967 (Bulk 1945-1967) Finding aid prepared by Brown University Library staff Processing funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Brown University Archives
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English 21.0 Linear feet (bulk 1945-1967) circa 1939-1967 The F. Morris Cochran papers consist chiefly of office files compiled from 1945 to 1967, when Cochran was the Vice President in charge of all the business operations of Brown University. The files include materials regarding administrative and academic departments, the budget, insurance, personnel, professional and student associations, purchasing, and rental property. Some reports, including several entitled "DM Clayton Studies and Surveys" are also included. The papers are dated from circa 1939 to 1967. Cochran, F. Morris, (Friend Morris), 1897-1983 Cochrane (F. Morris) papers Biographical note

F. (Friend) Morris Cochran was born in Saint Marys, West Virginia, in 1897. He graduated from Denison University in Granville, Ohio, in 1919. From 1919 to 1920 he was the Registrar of Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia, where he became the business manager in 1926. Albion College in Albion, Michigan, appointed Cochran its business manager in 1929, a position he held until 1945 when he was appointed to the newly created post of business manager at Brown University in Provicence, Rhode Island. In 1946 he was appointed a VIce President with responsibility for all the business operations of the University, including administration of the budget, accounting, buildings and grounds, purchasing and dining services. Cochran held this post until leaving Brown in 1967.

Cochran was awarded an honorary Doctor of Business Administration degree by Albion College. He served as the President of the Educational Buyers Association in 1936, was Director of Educational and Institutional Service, Inc. from 1942 to 1945, and was a member of the Advisory Editorial Committee for the publication Accounting Manual for Colleges. He was the author of numerous articles on college management and served as a technical advisor in 1943 for the United States Army Air Forces.

Cochran and his wife Margaret Speicher Cochran were the parents of two children, Charles Morris Cochran and Barbara Ann Cochran. Cochran passed away in 1983.

 Brown files Series I 1939-1967 A 1 1 Miscellaneous -A & E 1 2 Advisory Committee on Campaign Collections 1 3 Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps 1 4 Albion 1 5 1952 Aldrich Bequest and Collection 1 6 Aldrich-Dexter Field 1 7 Alumni Fund 1 8 1950-1951 Ancillary Campus 1 9 Annuities 1 10 Annuity and Life Income Agreement 1 11 Annuity Forms 1 12 Mr. Appleget 1 13 1949-1959 Arnold 2 14 1947-1956 Associations--American Association on Emeriti 2 15 Associations--American Council on Education 2 16 1947 Associations--ASCAP 2 17 Associations--Associated Alumni 2 18 1946 Associations--Association of American Colleges 2 19 1954 Associations--Association of American Universities Study on Urban Universities 2 20 Associations--Brown Christian Association 2 21 1952-1959 Associations--Central Association of College and University Business Officers 2 22 1952 Associations--Central Association of College and University Business Officers 2 23 1947-1951 Associations--Chamber of Commerce 2 24 1960 Associations--Chamber of Commerce 3 25 1957-1959 Associations--(Chamber of Commerce) 3 26 1960 Associations--Civic Planning and Traffic Board 3 27 1949 Associations--Civic Planning and Traffic Board 3 28 1947-1948 Associations--Department of Higher Education 3 29 1949 Associations--Downtown Business Coordinating Council 3 30 Associations--Special EACUBO Committee (re: National Federation Secretariat) 3 31 Associations--Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers 3 32 1954 Associations--Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers 4 33 1951-1953 Associations--Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers 4 34 1950-1951 Associations--Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers 4 35 1948-1949 Associations--Eastern University Personnel Officers Group 4 36 1949 Associations--Eastern University Personnel Officers Group 4 37 1945-1948 Associations--Inter-Association Committee on Government Relationships 4 38 Associations--Listening Post 4 39 1964-1965 Associations--Listening Post 4 40 1962-1964 Associations--Listening Post 4 41 1958-1961 Associations--Listening Post 5 42 1953-1958 Associations--Listening Post 5 43 1949-1952 Associations--National Association of Educational Buyers 5 44 1948 Associations--National Federation Committee of Business Officers 5 45 1952 Associations--National Federation Committee of Business Officers 5 46 1948-1952 Associations--Personnel Group 6 47 1953 Associations--Personnel Group 6 48 1949-1953 Associations--Men's Associates of Providence-Barrington Bible College 6 49 Associations--Providence Community Fund 6 50 Associations--R.I. Council of Churches 6 51 1950 Associations--R.I. Historical Society 6 52 Associations--Miscellaneous 6 53 1946 Athletic Advisory Council 6 54 1945-1950 B 6 55 1947 Bicentennial Fund and Program 6 56 Bigelow Permanent 6 57 1947 Mr. Bliss 6 58 Bookstore 6 59 1962 Bookstore 6 60 1946-1962 Brown Clubs 7 61 1954 Browntown 7 62 1950 Browntown 7 63 1946-1950 Brown Union 7 64 1948 Brown Union 7 65 June 1947-October 1947 Brown University Fund 7 66 1952 Budget 7 67 1966-1967 Budget 7 68 1965-1966 Budget 7 69 1964-1965 Budget 7 70 1963-1964 Budget 7 71 1962-1963 Budget 7 72 1961-1962 Budget 7 73 1960-1961 Budget 7 74 1959-1960 Budget 7 75 1958-1959 Budget 7 76 1957-1958 Budget 7 77 1956-1957 Budget 7 78 1955-1956 Budget 7 79 1954-1955 Budget 7 80 1953-1954 Budget 7 81 1952-1953 Budget 8 82 1951-1952 Budget 8 83 1950-1951 Budget 8 84 1949-1950 Buildings--55 Power Street 8 85 Buildings--100 Brown Street 8 86 1955 Buildings--144 Meeting Street 8 87 Buildings--Additions to Chemistry 8 88 Buildings--Alumni House 8 89 1947 March-June Buildings--Andrews Hall 8 90 1948 Buildings--Andrews Hall 8 91 1947-1949 Buildings--Angell Hall 8 92 1953 Buildings--Arnold Laboratory 8 93 1946 Buildings--Athletic Complex 8 94 Buildings--Bank-Office Building 8 95 Buildings--Bank-Office-Store Building 8 96 Buildings--Barus-Holley Building 8 97 Buildings--Bio-Medical 8 98 Buildings--Bio-Medical Building 8 99 Buildings--The Cabinet 8 100 Buildings--Churchill House 8 101 Buildings--Colgate-Hoyt Pool 8 102 Buildings--Commuters' House 8 103 1953 Buildings--Computer 8 104 Buildings--Computing Laboratory 8 105 Buildings--Engineering Building 8 106 1948 Buildings--Engineering Research Laboratory 8 107 Buildings--Engineering Research Laboratory 8 108 Buildings--Faculty House 8 109 1946-1948 Buildings--Faunce House 8 110 1950 Buildings--First Baptist Church 9 111 Buildings--Gage Laboratory 9 112 1945 Buildings--Gardner House 9 113 1950 Buildings--Geological Sciences Building 9 114 Buildings--Greenhouse 9 115 Buildings--New Heating Plant 9 116 Buildings--Heating Plant 9 117 Buildings--Hockey Rink 9 118 1956 Buildings--Hope College 9 119 Buildings--Humanities 9 120 Buildings--Hunter Psychological Lab 9 121 Buildings--Lyman Hall 9 122 1947 Buildings--Manning Hall 9 123 1946 Buildings--Marvel Gymnasium 9 124 1947 Buildings--Maxcy Hall 9 125 Buildings--Meehan Auditorium 9 126 1965 Buildings--Meehan Auditorium 9 127 1961-1964 Buildings--Meeting Street Church 9 128 Buildings--Metcalf Research Laboratory 9 129 Buildings--Miller Hall 9 130 Buildings--Morriss and Champlin 9 131 Buildings--Parking Garage 9 132 Buildings--Partridge Hall 9 133 Buildings--Pembroke Food Service 9 134 Buildings--Physics-Engineering 10 135 Buildings--Prince Engineering Laboratory 10 136 Buildings--Additions to Psychology 10 137 Buildings--Psychology 10 138 Buildings--Russell House (or Ames House) 10 139 1948-1949 Buildings--Russell House 10 140 1947 Buildings--Sayles Hall 10 141 1946 Buildings--Science Library 10 142 1965-1966 Buildings--Science Library 10 143 1963-1964 Buildings--University Hall 10 144 1966 Buildings--University Hall 10 145 1948-1965 Buildings--University Hall 10 146 1946 March-1947 February Buildings--Whitehall 10 147 1961-1962 Buildings--Whitehall 10 148 1949-1959 Buildings--Whitehall 10 149 1947-1948 Buildings--Whitehall 10 150 1947 Buildings--Whitehall 10 151 1946 Buildings--Wilson Hall 10 152 1965-1966 Buildings--Wilson Hall 10 153 1949-1952 Buildings--Wilson Hall 10 154 1947-1949 Buildings and Grounds--Brown 10 155 1965 August-1966 June Buildings and Grounds 10 156 1963 August-1965 May Buildings and Grounds 10 157 1960-1963 Buildings and Grounds 10 158 1959-1960 Buildings and Grounds 10 159 1958-1959 Buildings and Grounds 10 160 1958 April-June Buildings and Grounds 11 161 1957 Octobe-1958 March Buildings and Grounds 11 162 1957 July-October Buildings and Grounds 11 163 1957 April-June Buildings and Grounds 11 164 1956 November-1957 March Buildings and Grounds 11 165 1956 July-October Buildings and Grounds 11 166 1956 March-June Buildings and Grounds 11 167 1955 November-1965 February Buildings and Grounds 11 168 1955 July-October Buildings and Grounds 11 169 1955 March-June Buildings and Grounds 11 170 1954 November-1955 March Buildings and Grounds 11 171 1954 July-October Buildings and Grounds 11 172 1954 March-June Buildings and Grounds 11 173 1953 November-1954 February Buildings and Grounds 11 174 1953 July-October Buildings and Grounds 11 175 1953 March-June Buildings and Grounds 11 176 1952 November-1953 February Buildings and Grounds 11 177 1952 July-October Buildings and Grounds 11 178 1952 March-June Buildings and Grounds 11 179 1951 November-1952 February Buildings and Grounds 11 180 1951 July-October Buildings and Grounds 11 181 1951 May-June Buildings and Grounds 11 182 1951 January-April Buildings and Grounds 11 183 1950 July-December Buildings and Grounds 12 184 1950 April-June Buildings and Grounds 12 185 1950 January-March Buildings and Grounds 12 186 1949 June-December Buildings and Grounds 12 187 1949 January-June Buildings and Grounds 12 188 1948 August-December Buildings and Grounds--Cushing Street 12 189 Buildings and Grounds--Electrical Distribution System 12 190 Buildings and Grounds--Front Campus 12 191 Buildings and Grounds--Landscaping 12 192 1947 March-October Buildings and Grounds--Pembroke 12 193 1965 August Buildings and Grounds--Pembroke 12 194 1957-1965 April Buildings and Grounds--Pembroke 12 195 1948-1956 Buildings and Grounds--Projects awaiting engineering or financing attention 13 196 1950-1952 Buildings and Grounds--Steam Line 13 197 1965 Buildings and Grounds--Steam Line 13 198 1958-1964 Buildings and Grounds--Brown-Pembroke Steam Line 13 199 1950-1957 Buildings and Grounds--Brown-Pembroke Steam Line 13 200 1949-1950 Buildings and Grounds--Van Wickle Gates 13 201 Bureau of Conference Sessions 13 202 Bursar 13 203 1950 July-1951 July Bursar 13 204 1950 January-1951 June Bursar 13 205 1949 June-December C 13 206 1951 Campus Planning 13 207 Cashier 13 208 1952 Chapel and Chaplain 13 209 1965 Chaplain and Chapel 13 210 1953-1964 Civil Defense 13 211 1966 Civil Defense 13 212 1961-1963 Clippings and Quotations 14 213 Cochran Business Manager 14 214 1945 Cochran Personal 14 215 1952 Cochran Personal 14 216 1948-1951 Cochran--Report of the Vice President and Business Manager 14 217 College Entrance Examination Board 14 218 1960-1963 College Entrance Examination Board 14 219 1958-1959 College Entrance Examination Board Site Station 14 220 College Hill Development Plan 14 221 College Research Center 14 222 The College 14 223 1946 The College Academic 15 224 The College--Admission Office 15 225 1963-1964 The College--Admission Office 15 226 1948-1962 The College--Admission Office 15 227 1946 October-1947 February The College--Board and Room 15 228 The College--Catalog 15 229 1945 The College--Dean 15 230 The College--Extension Division 15 231 1965-1966 The College--Extension Division 15 232 1947-1961 The College--Recorder 15 233 1949 The College--Registrar 15 234 1963-1965 The College--Registrar 15 235 1948-1949 The College--Registrar 15 236 1947 The College--Summer School 15 237 1948-1949 The College--Tuition 15 238 1940 Commencement 15 239 Commerce Clearing House 15 240 Committees--Athletic Advisory Council 15 241 1965-1966 Committees--Athletic Advisory Council. 15 242 1950-1963 Committees--Audit 15 243 1965-1966 Committees--Audit 16 244 1957-1964 Committees--Audit 16 245 1954-1957 Committees--Audit 16 246 1953-1954 Committees--Bequests 16 247 Committees--Biology Building 16 248 Committees--Bio-Medical 16 249 Committees--Central Heating and Emergency Light and Power 16 250 Committees--Comprehensive Planning and Development of University Property 16 251 1960-1964 Committees--Comprehensive Planning and Development of University Property 17 252 1957-1959 Committees--Comprehensive Planning and Development of University Property 17 253 1953-1956 Committees--Computing Laboratory 17 254 Committees--Construction Planning 17 255 Committees--Dramatic Productions 17 256 Committees--East Side Project Citizens Committee 17 257 Committees--Finance Committee Corporation 17 258 1953 Committees--Graduate Center 17 259 Committees--John Hay Extension 17 260 Committees--Hope College Renovation 17 261 Committees--Insurance 17 262 1957 Committees--Investment Committee 18 263 1964-1965 Committees--Investment 18 264 1962-1964 Committees--Investment 18 265 1960-1962 Committees--Investment 18 266 1958-1960 Committees--Investment 19 267 1957-1958 Committees--Investment 19 269 1950-1953 Committees--Investment 19 270 1946-1949 Committees--Jeremoth Hill Observatory Station 19 271 Committees--Medical School 19 272 Committees--to Study Medical School Finance 19 273 Committees--Meehan Auditorium 19 274 Committees--New Library 19 275 Committees--Organization of University 19 276 Committees--Pembroke Development 19 277 1956 Committees--Advisory Committee on Pembroke 19 278 1945-1949 Committees--New Pembroke Building Committee 20 279 Committees--Pembroke College Dorm Construction A & B 20 280 Committees--Pembroke Dorms C & D 20 281 Committees--Pembroke College Dormitory Construction 20 282 1959-1960 Committees--Pembroke College Dormitory Construction 20 283 1958-1959 Committees--Pembroke College Dormitory Construction 20 284 1957-1958 Committees--Pembroke Construction-HHFA 20 285 Committees--Physical Sciences Center 21 286 1960-1965 Committees--Physical Sciences Center 21 287 January 1960-June 1960 Committees--Planning and Building 21 288 1965-1966 Committees--Planning and Building 21 289 1964 Committees--Psychology Building 21 290 1955 Committees--Reece 21 291 Committees--Relocation of Union Station 21 292 Committees--Retirement 21 293 Committees--Rockefeller Library 21 294 Committees--Science Library 21 295 Committees--Corporation Committee on Size of University 21 296 Committees--University Finances 21 297 Conference 21 298 Contracts--General 21 299 1958 January Contracts--General 21 300 1946-1958 Contracts--Government 21 301 1965 October 1 Contracts--Government 22 302 1963 June-1965 May Contracts--Government 22 303 1960 August-1963 June Contracts--Government 22 304 1956 August-1960 June Contracts--Government 22 305 1953 October-1956 June Contracts--Government 22 306 1951 August-1953 June Contracts--Government 22 307 1948 January-1951 May Contracts--Government Standing Committee on Government Relations 23 308 1961 Contracts--Government Standing Committee on Government Relations 23 309 1958-1960 Contracts--O.S.R.D. (Circulars) 23 310 1945-1946 Contracts--University Research 23 311 1939-1945 Contractors' Meetings 23 312 1946-1947 Controller 23 313 1959 October Controller 23 314 1958 August-1959 June Controller 23 315 1957 Augus-1958 June Controller 23 316 1956 August-1957 May Controller 23 317 1955 August-1956 June Controller 23 318 1954 Augus-1955 June Controller 24 319 1954 March-June Controller 24 320 1953 January-1954 February Controller 24 321 1953 August-October Controller 24 322 1952 August-1953 June Controller 24 323 1951 August-1952 June Controller 24 324 1951 January-June Controller 24 325 1950 August-February Controller 24 326 1950 January-June Controller 24 327 1949-1950 Controller 24 328 1949 June-August Controller--Accounts Receivable 24 329 1966 Controller--Accounts Receivable 25 330 1953-1964 Controller--Assistants 25 331 1965-1966 Controller--Assistant 25 332 1951-1964 Controller--Auditor 25 333 1965-1966 Controller--Auditor 25 334 1967-1969 Controller--Expendable Funds 25 335 The Corporation 25 336 Credit Union 25 337 Crime Commission 25 338 D 25 339 1949 Departments 25 340 1949-1952 Departments 25 341 1948-1949 Departments 26 342 1947 Departments--Applied Math 26 343 1952 Departments--Art 26 344 Departments--Astronomy 26 345 Departments--Athletics 26 346 1965 Departments--Athletics 26 347 1947-1964 Departments--Athletics 26 348 1945-1946 Departments--Biology 26 349 Departments--Botany 26 350 Departments--Chemistry 26 351 Departments--Engineering 26 352 Departments--Geology 26 353 Departments--Modern Languages 26 354 Departments--Music 26 355 1966 Departments--Music 26 356 June 1949-1964 Departments--Music 26 357 1948 January-1949 May Departments--Music 26 358 1946 January-1947 February Departments--Physics 27 359 Departments--Miscellaneous 27 360 Departments--Miscellaneous 27 360A 1950 Development--Brown and Pembroke 27 361 Dexter Asylum Grounds 27 362 Dining Rooms 27 363 1949-1964 Committees--Investment 27 268 1953-1956 Dining Rooms 27 364 1948-1949 Dining Rooms 27 365 1946-1947 Director of Construction Planning 27 366 1965 Director of Construction Planning 27 367 1959-1964 Dormitory Fund 27 368 Duplicating and Addressographing Service 27 369 Duplicating and Addressographing Service 27 370 E 27 371 1947 Education Funds and Funds for Education 27 372 Electricity 27 373 1950 Electrical Distribution 27 374 Mr. Elmendorf 28 375 Emergency Lighting 28 376 Estates 28 377 1949 F 28 378 1946 Faculty 28 379 Faculty Children's Tuition Exchange 28 380 Farview 28 381 Federal Public Housing Authority 28 382 1946-1948 Federal Works Agency 28 383 1948-1949 Federal Works Agency 28 384 1947 Fellowships and Grants and Foundations 28 385 1955 Fellowships and Grants 28 386 1947-1954 Financial Aid 28 387 1948-1949 Financial Aid 28 388 1947 Financial Reports 28 389 1947-1949 FM Radio Station 28 390 1946 January-1947 March Fones Alley--Closing 29 391 Ford Foundation 29 392 Sample Forms 29 393 1945 September-1947 August Fraternities 29 394 1966 Fraternities 29 395 August 1952-1965 Fraternities 29 396 1951 October-1952 May Fraternities 29 397 1950 October-1951 June Fraternities 29 398 1949 June-1950 June Fraternities 29 399 1948 January-1949 May Funds--Endowment 29 400 Furniture 29 401 1951 Furniture 29 402 1945-1948 Future Plans 29 403 G 29 404 1947 Gifts Bequests and Wills 29 405 1960 Gifts Bequests and Wills 30 406 1956-1960 Gifts Bequests and Wills 30 407 1951-1955 Gifts Bequests and Wills 30 408 1950-1951 Gifts Bequests and Wills 30 409 1949-1950 Gifts Bequests and Wills 30 410 1947-1949 Gifts Bequests and Wills 30 411 1947 Gifts Bequests and Wills 30 412 1942-1947 Gifts--Class 30 413 1951 Government Matters 30 414 Graduate School 30 415 1962 Graduate School 31 416 1948-1961 Graduate School 31 417 1945-1947 H 31 418 1947 Haffenreffer 31 419 Haffenreffer Fellowships 31 420 1946-1947 Higher Education 31 421 Holdings 31 422 Holidays 31 423 1946 February Hospital Institute 31 424 1946-1947 Hospitals and Homes 31 425 I 31 426 1947 Industrial National Bank 31 427 Institute for Health Research 31 428 Insurance 31 429 1948 Insurance--Casualty 32 430 1948 Insurance--General 32 431 1965 October Insurance--General 32 432 1949-1965 Insurance--Health Life and Accident 32 433 1965 Insurance--Health Life and Accident 32 434 1949-1964 Insurance--Health Life and Accident 32 435 1947-1949 Insurance--Major Medical 32 436 Insurance--Permanent 32 437 1945 Insurance--Property 32 438 1965 November Insurance--Property 32 439 1960-1965 Insurance--Property 32 440 1951-1960 Insurance--Property 32 441 1950-1951 Insurance--Property 33 442 1948-1950 Insurance--Property 33 443 1946-1947 Insurance--Property (Inspection Reports) 33 444 Insurance--Retirement Plans 33 445 1946 Insurance--Safety and Health Service Report 33 446 Insurance--Student Health and Accident 33 447 Insurance--TIAA 33 448 1965 November Insurance--TIAA 33 449 1956-1965 Interfaith Scholarship Foundation 33 450 Interfaith Revenue (Akerman Standard) 33 451 Inventory 33 452 1949 Inventory 33 453 1947-1949 Ivy Group Financial Officers 33 454 J 33 455 1947 K 33 456 1949 Keeney 33 457 1955 Keys 33 458 L 33 459 1946 Lectures 33 460 1946 Legal 34 461 1956 Legal 34 462 1951-1956 Legal 34 463 1950-1951 Legal 34 464 1949-1950 Legal 34 465 1948-1949 Legal 34 466 1947 Legal 34 467 1945-1947 Libraries 34 468 Libraries--Annmary Brown Memorial 34 469 1948 Libraries--John Carter Brown 34 470 1946 Libraries--John Hay 34 471 1962 August Libraries--John Hay 34 472 1949-1962 Mr. Loosley 34 473 1947-1948 M 34 474 1954 M 35 475 1947-1954 Marts and Lundy 35 476 Master Plan Study 35 477 Mathewson Street Methodist Church 35 478 Medicare 35 479 Mount Hope (Haffenreffer) 35 480 1965-1966 Mount Hope (Haffenreffer) 35 481 1959-1965 N 35 482 1946 National Defense Education Act 35 483 Navy 35 484 1947 Navy 35 485 1945-1946 New England Conference on Graduate Education 35 486 1947-1948 New England Southern Conference of the Methodist Church 35 487 News Bureau Public Relations 35 488 1953-1956 News Bureau Public Relations 35 489 1946-1952 No Hope Club 35 490 Northeastern Jurisdiction Methodist School of Missions 35 491 Notices 35 492 1947 O 35 493 1949 Outing Reservations 35 494 1948 P 35 495 Painting 36 496 1947 January-August Parking 36 497 1953 Parking 36 498 1946-1952 Patents and Copyrights 36 499 Payroll 36 500 1953 Pembroke 36 501 1947 Pembroke--Admissions 36 502 1946 Pembroke--Board and Room 36 503 1945 Pembroke--Dean of 36 504 1946 Pembroke--Dormitories 36 505 1945 Pembroke--Food Service 36 506 Pending Estates 36 507 1947 Personnel Director 36 508 Personnel Records Office 36 509 1965 June Personnel Records Office 36 510 1947-1965 Photographic Laboratory 36 511 1946 Placement 36 512 1946-1950 Plant 37 513 Post Office 37 514 1966 Post Office 37 515 1951-1965 Post Office Boxes 37 516 1949-1951 Prizes Premiums and Awards 37 517 Projects of Interest to Mrs. Sharpe 37 518 Property 37 519 1955 Property 37 520 1954-1955 Property 37 521 1952-1954 Property 37 522 1948-1950 Property 37 523 1947 March-December Property 38 524 1945 August-1947 January Property--118 Angell Street 38 525 Property--142 Angell Street 38 526 Property--152 Angell Street 38 527 Property--184-186 Angell Street 38 528 Property--22 Benevolent Street 38 529 Property--219 Bowen Street 38 530 Property--251 Bowen Street 38 531 Property--249 Brook Street 38 532 Property--255 Brook Street 38 533 Property--77 Brown Street (and 200 Hope) 38 534 Property--99-101 Brown Street 38 535 Property--13 Charlesfield Street 38 536 Property--59 Charlesfield Street 38 537 Property--69 College Street 38 538 Property--140 George Street 38 539 Property--152 George Street 38 540 Property--155 George Street 38 541 Property--163 George Street 38 542 Property--170 Hope Street 38 543 Property--29 Manning Street 38 544 Property--37 Manning Street 38 545 Property--39 Manning Street (and 147 Bowen) 38 546 Property--67-69 Manning Street 38 547 Property--Graduate Center (69 Manning Street) 38 548 Property--144 Meeting Street 38 549 Property--36 Olive Street 38 550 Property--89 Power Street 38 551 Property--126 Power Street 38 552 Property--2 Stimson Avenue 38 553 Property--155 Thayer Street 38 554 Property--78 Waterman Street 38 555 Property--84 Waterman Street 38 556 Property--86 Waterman Street 38 557 Property--Kiven (111-113 Waterman Street) 38 558 Property--79 Williams Street 38 559 Property--Allinson House 38 560 Property--Church on Meeting Street 38 561 Property--Cushing Realty Company 38 562 Property--Graduate Center 38 563 Property--King House 38 564 Property--Manning Street Closing 38 565 Property--Meeting Street Church 38 566 Property--Merino Flats 38 567 Property--Olive Street Garage 38 568 Property--Pokanoket Farms 39 569 Property--Roswell Land Company 39 570 Property--Saving 39 571 Property--Snow House 39 572 Prospective Personnel 39 573 1962 Prospective Personnel 39 574 1954-1962 Publications--Alumni Monthly 39 575 1965-1966 Publications--Alumni Monthly 39 576 1949-1964 Publications--Alumni Monthly 39 577 1946-1948 Publications--Brown Daily Herald 39 578 1963-1964 Publications--Brown Daily Herald 39 579 1947-1960 Publications--Brown University Press 39 580 Publications--College and University Business 39 581 1962 Publications--College and University Business 39 582 1947-1962 Publications--College and University Business 39 583 1946 Publications--Educo News 39 584 1947 Publications--Inquiries on 39 585 1945-1946 Publications--Liber 40 586 Publications--Miscellaneous 40 587 1948 Publications--Quarterly of Applied Mathematics 40 588 1947 Publications--Reproductions of 40 589 1946-1947 Purchasing 40 590 1965-1966 Purchasing 40 591 1960-1965 Purchasing 40 592 1952-1960 Purchasing 40 593 1950-1952 Purchasing 40 594 1949-1950 Purchasing 40 595 1947-1949 Quadrangle West 40 596 1955-1965 Quadrangle Wriston 40 597 1952 Questionnaires 40 598 1965 Questionnaires 40 599 1945-1964 R 41 600 1946 Remission of Tuition 41 601 Rental Properties 41 602 1965-1966 Rental Properties 41 603 1962-1965 Rental Properties 41 604 1952-1962 Rental Properties--20 Benevolent Street and 66 College Street 41 605 Rental Properties--89 Brown Street 41 606 Rental Properties--190 Hope Street 41 607 1965-1966 Rental Properties--190 Hope Street (Amer. Math) 41 608 Rental Properties--199 Thayer Street and 203 Thayer Street 41 609 Rental Properties--96 Waterman Street (AAUW) 41 610 Rental Properties--Parking 41 611 Retirement 41 612 Retirement Allowances 41 613 Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company 41 614 1962 Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company 41 615 1952-1962 S 41 616 1948 Safety Officer 41 617 Sales Tax 41 618 1947 Scholarships 41 619 1946 Secretary of the University 41 620 Signature Authorizations 41 621 1951 Silver Service 42 622 Social Security--Old Age and Survivor 42 623 1950-1959 Space Assignments 42 624 Space Studies 42 625 Staff Meetings 42 626 1947-1950 Stenographic Bureau 42 627 1950 Stenographic Bureau 42 628 1946-1950 Students 42 629 1961 Students 42 630 1948-1961 Students 42 631 1945-1947 Student Activities 42 632 1960 Student Activities 42 633 1950-1960 Student Activities 42 634 1947-1950 Student Aid 43 635 1960 Student Aid 43 636 1952-1960 Student Aid 43 637 1949-1951 Student Fees 43 638 1947 Student Residences (and Food Services) 43 639 1965 Student Residences 43 640 1960-1965 Student Residences 43 641 1952-1960 Student Residences 43 642 1950-1952 Student Residences 43 643 1949-1950 Student Residences--Questionnaire (Correspondence with other universities) 44 644 Student Service 44 645 1965-1966 Student Service 44 646 1946-1964 Surveys 44 647 1948 Symposium and Summer Sessions 44 648 1947 Symposium--Plasticity 44 649 1948 T 44 650 1947 Taxation 44 651 1960 Taxation 44 652 1947-1960 Telephones 44 653 1965-1966 Telephones 44 654 1960-1964 Telephones 45 655 1950-1960 Telephone Service 45 656 Third Century Fund 45 657 Tougaloo 45 658 Travel and Travel Advances 45 659 1965-1966 Travel and Travel Advances 45 660 1953-1965 Treasurer 45 661 Treasurer's Report 45 662 U 45 663 1948 U.E.R. 45 664 1946-1950 Union 45 665 1957 Union 46 666 1952-1957 Union 46 667 1950-1951 Union 46 668 1949 Union 46 669 1948-1949 Union 46 670 1947 Union 46 671 1945-1946 United Fund 46 672 University Health 46 673 1947 University Press 47 674 Utley Estate 47 675 1947-1949 V 47 676 1948 Vacations 47 677 1947-1949 Veterans 47 678 Veterans' Administration 47 679 1949-1951 Veterans' Administration 47 680 1945-1948 Veterans' College 47 681 1946 Veterans' Guidance Center 47 682 1947 Veterans' Guidance Center 47 683 1945-1947 W 47 684 1948 Wage and Hour Survey 47 685 1945-1946 WBRU 47 686 Wee Hope 47 687 William Carey Poland Memorial Collection 47 688 1948 Workshop on Wills Annuities and Special Gifts 47 689 Wriston 47 690 1952 Wriston 47 691 1949-1952 Wriston 48 692 1949 Wriston 48 693 1945-1948 Y 48 694 1947 Studies, reports and other materials Series II 1939-1967 Miscellaneous (to file in vault) 49 1 Bond Issue for Loan 49 2 Brown University Inspection Report-- ( 2 copies-marked a and b) 49 3 1946 Brown University Insurance Report 49 4 DM Clayton--Studies and Surveys--Endowment and Plant 49 5 DM Clayton--Studies and Surveys--Heat Electricity and Water 49 6 DM Clayton--Studies and Surveys--Insurance 50 7 DM Clayton--Studies and Surveys--Questionnaire (correspondence with other Universities) 50 8 DM Clayton--Studies and Surveys--Size of College Study 50 9 DM Clayton--Studies and Surveys--Telephone 50 10 DM Clayton--Studies and Surveys--General 50 11 DM Clayton--Studies and Surveys--Telephone Material 50 11a DM Clayton--Studies and Surveys--Use of Classrooms 50 12 DM Clayton--Studies and Surveys--Miscellaneous 50 13 1946-1950, undated Collection information

There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.

The F. Morris Cochran papers consist chiefly of office files compiled from 1945 to 1967, when Cochran was the Vice President in charge of all the business operations of Brown University. The files include materials regarding administrative and academic departments, the budget, insurance, personnel, professional and student associations, purchasing, and rental property. Some reports, including several entitled "DM Clayton Studies and Surveys" are also included. The papers are dated from circa 1939 to 1967. They have been organized into two series: Series I. Brown files is dated from 1939 to 1967. It is arranged alphabetically by topic and includes materials related to the business operations of Brown. Series II. Studies, reports and other materials is dated from 1946 to 1950 and is arranged alphabetically. Most of the materials in this series are entitled "DM Clayton Studies and Surveys". A Brown University inspection and insurance report are also included.

The F. Morris Cochrane papers have been organized into the following two series: Series I. Brown files Series II. Studies, reports and other materials

Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.

F. Morris Cochran papers, OF-1D-C1, Brown University Archives.

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Names Cochran, F. Morris, (Friend Morris), 1897-1983 Subjects Education Universities and colleges--Administration Universities and colleges--Finance Occupations Universities and colleges--United States--Vice-presidents Types of Materials Office files RIAMCO Browsing Term Education