Series 1 - Correspondence

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In the first accrual of Cochrane fonds, B2003-0011, there is only a small amount of Cochrane’s correspondence. There is very limited professional correspondence, some family correspondence from his wife and daughter and very routine correspondence relating to the University College men’s residence. There is also some correspondence and related documents sent to Mrs. Cochrane upon the death of her husband.

Most of the correspondence relates to his family’s involvement in the evacuation of children of Oxford University faculty to Canada during the 2nd World War. This was officially undertaken by the University of Toronto Women’s War Services Committee but the correspondence relates directly to the care of the children of G.N. Clark, Patience and Martin, who lived with the Cochrane family from 1940-1942. There is also some correspondence with family friends, the Bells of Oxford, who sent their children and grandchildren to Canada. Cochrane finally helped them to be placed with relatives in the United States.

Of some interest, and included in this series, is a copy of W.S. Milne’s letter to the President requesting an independent department for Ancient History, dated 1903 and attached is a copy of his lengthy justification. This item is filed at the end of the series.

An accrual of records in 2019 (B2019-0045) contained more correspondence especially during the Cochrane’s time at Oxford (1911-1913) and during World War I (1914-1918). Letters are mainly to his mother and Aunt Grace fro this time period. There are also incoming personal letters from friends including Frank Underhill 1913-1917.

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