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Coalition of Essential Schools records
Formal title:
Coalition of Essential Schools records
Extent:
50.8 linear feet (17 document boxes, 36 records center boxes, 17 shoeboxes)
Date range:
1984-2012
Abstract:
The Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) records contains various materials documenting the foundation of CES. The records contain correspondence between CES and partner and funding institutions, as well as extensive documentation of grant funding pursued and distributed by CES. The development of the Essential Schools movement is embodied in the publication of Horace and in the video recordings of Coalition schools.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
UA.2010.12.30
Cochrane (F. Morris) papers
Formal title:
F. Morris Cochran papers
Extent:
21.0 Linear feet
Date range:
circa 1939-1967 (bulk 1945-1967)
Abstract:
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.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF.1D.C1
Cohen (Louis) papers
Formal title:
Louis Cohen papers
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
1971-2002
Abstract:
The collection consists of Louis Cohen’s correspondence with salesmen and sales managers during his employment as a sales representative with Optimum Book Marketing and St. Martin’s Press/Holtzbrinck Publishers. There are also memoranda, notes, brochures, advertisements, reviews, invitations, stationery, photographs and 2 audiocassette tapes relating to his work and to his association with the Brotherhood of Book Travelers, later the Association of Book Travelers, and to his term as president.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2014.009
Cohen (Robert F., Jr.) papers
Formal title:
Robert F. Cohen, Jr. papers
Extent:
7.1 Linear feet
Date range:
1952-1984 (bulk 1966-1972)
Abstract:
The Robert F. Cohen, Jr. papers relate to his activist work as a student at Brown from 1964-1968, and as a community organizer in Providence and other Rhode Island communities, and New York City around welfare rights, housing discrimination and education between 1966-1972. The collection contains original materials created in the context of this work, including press releases, research notes, minutes of meetings, leaflets, and other organizing materials, as well as news clippings covering the actual events. There is also an extensive collection of publications from progressive organizations.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.1U.C8
Colvin (Stephen S.) papers
Formal title:
Stephen S. Colvin papers
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
1880-1934 (bulk 1900-1915)
Abstract:
This collection of papers primarily consists of manuscripts and published articles by Stephen S. Colvin, who was a scholar in the field of educational psychology and intelligence testing. A native Rhode Islander, Colvin graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's degree of philosophy in 1891, and a corresponding master's degree in 1894. He also received a doctorate degree from the University of Strasburg in 1897. He taught at a number of American universities, including Brown University, where he was appointed its first professor of educational psychology in 1912 and subsequently named the director of its School of Education in 1919. This collection also includes a small amount of correspondence, a scattered assortment of other printed materials (not written by Colvin), ephemera, and a few artifacts, including a print of an illustration by Richard Felton Outcault.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
AMS.1UF.2015.009
Commission on freedom of the press documents and reports
Formal title:
Commission on freedom of the press documents and reports
Extent:
3.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1943-1947
Abstract:
Consists of documents and reports issued by the New York Office for circulation among the members of the Commission.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms.2009.013
Committee on Arnold Fellowships
Formal title:
Committee on Arnold Fellowships
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
1985-1997
Abstract:
The collection consists of files of students applying to or awarded Arnold Fellowships.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF-1I-2
Committee on Diversity Papers
Formal title:
Committee on Diversity Papers
Extent:
1 linear foot
Date range:
1983 - 2000 (bulk 1998 - 2000)
Abstract:
The Visiting Committee on Diversity files contain reports on the committee's findings at Brown, demographic statistics of Brown, and correspondence. The files date from 1983 to 2000, with the bulk of the material dating from 1997 to 2000.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF-1B-12
Committee on Retirement Files
Formal title:
Committee on Retirement Files
Extent:
0.5 linear feet
Date range:
1956-1965
Abstract:
The collection contains both the final reports and working documents of two Brown University Corporation committees looking into the retirement and insurance provided to Brown University faculty and staff. The material dates from 1956-1965
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
OF-1L-3
Common Front for Latin America (COFFLA) and Coalition Against Repression in Brazil (CARIB) records
Formal title:
Common Front for Latin America (COFFLA) and Coalition Against Repression in Brazil (CARIB) records
Extent:
1.0 linear foot
Date range:
1971-1979
Abstract:
Reports, mailings, correspondence, leaflets, newsletters, organizing packets, minutes, agendas, financial documents, flyers and press releases related to the organizing activities of two affiliated, leftist anti-imperialist groups that operated between 1971-1975: Common Front for Latin America (COFFLA) and Committee against Repression in Brazil (CARIB). Collection also contains publications and correspondence related to the Bertrand Russell Tribunal on Repression in Brazil, Chile and Latin America.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2014.004

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