Contains Cooke's research on the Rorison family of North Carolina, especially of Harmon Chadbourn Rorison and John C. Rorison, brothers who served in World War I and World War II. This includes newspaper articles, photographs, newsletters, typed notes, and two CDs containing files and photos. The majority of the material is copies of the original documents.

The Special Collections vertical files are compiled by Special Collections staff on an ongoing basis and contain material such as articles, photocopied documents, maps, emphemera, etc. of various persons, places, organizations, and topical subjects related to UNCW and Southeastern North Carolina history.