Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1924-1957 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
0.35 m of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records in this series relate to Cochrane publishing of books, articles and reviews. Included are manuscripts, correspondence, research notes, clippings, published reviews and off-prints. For his first major book, Thucydides and the Science of History (1929), there is only one file containing reviews, comments and some correspondence.
For his most renowned work, Christianity and Classical Culture (1940) there is no manuscript, although two sets of galley proofs have survived. There is some correspondence relating to the book and copies of numerous reviews, including some from important scholars such as George Grant, Arnaldo Momigliano, R.M. Henry, Shirley Jackson Case, W.H. Auden and Reinhold Neibuhr.
For B2003-0011, records are grouped by title and are arranged more or less chronologically by date of publication. All records relating to Christianity and Classical Culture are found in box /005. All other publications are in box /004. For B2019-0045 there are only 4 files. Two relate to publication issues and royalties for Christianity and Classical Culture as well as reviews. Two relate to This Canada and Ours (1924) which he wrote with W.S. Wallace including an annotated copy of the reader as well as a file containing publication agreements and related correspondence.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Records are grouped by title and are arranged more or less chronologically by date of publication. All records relating to Christianity and Classical Culture are found in box /005. All other publications are in box /004
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Open