Robert J. Cooke Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of material collected by Robert J. Cooke from various presidential elections from the late 1960s to the early 1990s, primarily at the respective Democratic Conventions. Items include copies of speeches, pamphlets, publications, press badges, ads, biographies, and campaign material. Candidates of note include Governor George C. Wallace, President Jimmy Carter, and President Bill Clinton. A selection of Cooke's research on the Rorison family of Wilmington, North Carolina is also included. This research focuses especially on brothers Harmon Chadbourn Rorison and John Chadbourn Rorison, both of whom served in World War I and World War II.
Dates
- Creation: 1967-2013, undated
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1976, 1992
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Copyright Statement
Copyright retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Extent
2 Containers (Contains 1 document box and 1 oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged into series by convention date and then by subject.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated by Robert J. Cooke on December 24, 2001.
Subject
- Rorison, Harmon Chadbourn, 1893-1976 (Person)
- Rorison, John C. (John Chadbourn), 1894-1970 (Person)
- Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998 (Person)
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- (Person)
- Clinton, Bill, 1946- (Person)
- Title
- Robert J. Cooke Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nicole Yatsonsky
- Date
- 2019-08-13
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository