Correspondence, William Cochran from Martha Geary, 1868

Subgroup II. Files relating to the William C. Cochran Family Series 1. Correspondence relating to William C. Cochran and Family (mostly incoming to William C. Cochran), 1860-1936 (1.6 linear feet): These documents, as bundled and received, are separated into six subseries (according to family relationship): 1. Letters Received from Jacob Dolson Cox (stepfather), 1860-1875, 14 items; 2. Letters Received from Helen Finney Cochran Cox (mother), 1860-1911 (bulk 1860-1878), 178 items; 3. Letters Received from Rosa Dale Allen Cochran (wife), 1878-1923 (bulk 1881-1888), 47 items; 4. Letters Received From Children (primarily addressed to Rosa Dale Allen Cochran), 1907-1925, 275 items; 5. Letters Received from other Family Members, 1864-1931, 297 items; 6. Letters Received and Sent by the Cochran Children, 1902-1936, 1977, 10 items; 7. Letters Received and Sent by Extended Cochran Family Members, 1866, 1905-1933, 6 items; 8. Letters Received from Persons not related to the Cochran Family, 1862-1931, 101 items; and, 9. Correspondence relating to Allen Deane Cochran, 132 items. In this series, individuals who wrote to Cochran include letters (1864-1900) from his uncle Samuel D. Cochran, correspondence (1870-1923) from half brother Jacob Dolson Cox, Jr., letters (1907-1935) from half sister Hope Cox Pope, a small amount of correspondence (1871-1872, 1880) from James H. Fairchild, and a letter (1870) from William Tecumseh Sherman. One letter written by Allen Deane Cochran to brother William S. Cochran in 1919 is the only document in the collection related to Cochran's oldest son. The files are in alphabetical order and thereunder chronologically.

Series 2. Outgoing Correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Cochran, 1860-1928 (0.2 linear feet): Comprises of a small number of letters sent by William and Rosa Dale Allen Cochran and is divided into two subseries: 1. Letters sent by William C. Cochran, 142 items, most which Cochran sent to his mother between 1862 to 1876, including his 1870-1871 trip to Europe, and letters (1878-1925) to his wife Rosa Dale Allen Cochran; 2. Letters sent by Rosa Dale Allen Cochran, dated 1860, 1872, 1895, and 1907, six items. Letters Cochran wrote to his wife Rosa Dale are located in Series 3. The files are organized alphabetically and thereunder chronologically.

Series 3. Letters Received by Rosa Dale Allen Cochran, 1889-1925 (0.2 linear feet): Consists of 54 letters written to Rosa Dale Allen Cochran from members of the Allen and Cochran families, including 16 letters, dated, 1883 to 1925 from her spouse William C. Cochran (other letters addressed to Rosa Dale Allen Cochran are included in Series 1), and divided into two subseries: 1. Letters Received by Rosa Dale Allen Cochran from the Cochran Family, 1883-1925, 17 items; 2. Letters Received by Rosa Dale Allen Cochran From Extended Family, 1889-1925, 37 items. The correspondence is organized alphabetically and thereunder chronologically.

Series 4. Miscellaneous Historical Materials Relating to William C. Cochran, 1863-1901 (0.6 linear feet): Important miscellaneous documents included here are calling cards (n.d.), a journal written while in Colorado between 1880-1881, membership cards dated 1874-1891, photographic cards (n.d.), and an index of books read between 1869-1873, as well as his last will and testament, dated 1931. A scrapbook (1 vol.) created by Cochran consists of clippings and programs mainly relating to musical and political events in Cleveland and Cincinnati between 1868-1890. A few Oberlin items are included in the volume.

Series 5. Publications Belonging to William C. Cochran, 1819-1935 (1.2 linear feet) Comprised of a wide range of cultural, religious, and organizational publications collected by Cochran, they are divided into two subseries: 1. Cultural publications, 1883-1919, consisting of printed works such as the Cushing Manual (undated),Protoplasm and Life (1890), and a publication regarding the death of his friend, William Brett, (d. 1918), as well as organizational publications from the Literary Club of Cincinnati (1908), Ohio Chess Association (1887?, 1889-1893), and the Cincinnati Bar Association (1892); 2. Religious publications mainly comprises of publications from the Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, including important information regarding the Woman's Missionary Society (1894-1921) and lists of members, officers, and organizations (1872, 1892-1893, 1924). Oberlin College publications, 1848, 1900s-1930s, consisting of the Oberlin Alumni Magazine, as well as other Oberlin College related materials. A late accretion yielded a copy of Bibliotheca Sacra (July 1900) and a copy of an address by Frederick Allen.

Series 6. Miscellaneous Materials Relating to the Cochran Family, 1841-1976 (0.8 linear feet): Organized into four subseries (1. Family records, 1880-1972, undated; 2. Family notebooks, 1841-1906; Miscellaneous material file, 1850s-1919; and, Miscellaneous material relating to Allen Deane Cochran, 1909-1976), this series contains files relating to the Cochran family. The first subseries consists of a bound volume containing the genealogy of the Cochran-Allen families begun by William Cochran in 1882, biographical essays, and obituaries. A photocopy on acid-free paper is housed with the original. The second subseries includes three diary-style notebooks, belonging to Samuel D. Cochran (uncle), 1841-47, Helen Finney Cochran Cox (mother), 1849-52, and one of unknown authorship (possibly William C. Cochran), 1870. The notebook of Helen Finney Cochran Cox records events in William C. Cox's formative years. The notebooks were originally filed with the George Nelson Allen Papers (30/67). The third subseries comprises of miscellaneous materials relating to the extended family, including son Allen Deane Cochran, dated 1917 to 1919, and uncle Samuel D. Cochran between 1869 and 1905. Files relating to Allen Deane Cochran, which include financial documents, a passport, and certificates, are contained in subseries four.

Series 7. Non-Textual Materials and Photographs, 1862-1923 (0.6 linear feet): Comprises of non-textual materials and photographs of the Cochran-Cox-Allen families. Divided into five parts: individual portraits; group portraits; residences, landscapes, and buildings; photo albums; and prints. Several photographs, dated 1898 and 1912, of William C. Cochran, Jacob Dolson Cox, dated 1862 and 1865, and the Cochran children are present, as well as group photographs of the Cochran, Cox, and Allen families, dated between 1884 and 1923. This series contain snapshots of homes of J.D. Cox in Cincinnati (1890) and Charles Grandison Finney in Oberlin (1890), and a photo album, dated 1886, of William C. Cochran. Photos of Finney Chapel, Peters Hall, and Carniege Library (Oberlin, Ohio, n.d.), taken by William. C. Cochran, are also included. Nine signed prints from Kenyon Cox given to William C. Cochran are included, as well as photographs of paintings by Allen Deane Cochran.

Series 8. Scrapbooks, c. 1870s-1979 (0.2 l.f.): Scrapbook compiled by Ellen Spears. Photographs, newspapers clippings, letters, and miscellaneous items regarding the Cochran-Cox-Allen-Rudd families.