The Jones Family
Shirley Cochrane's illustrated fiction for young readers, published by Washington Expatriates Press in 1992. Associated with children's writing from Chapel Hill, it has thirty two pages plus front matter.
Person in the county’s record
Shirley Cochrane
1925–2015 as the Library of Congress records it · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗
The index holds one work for Shirley Cochrane so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.
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By Shirley Cochrane
About Shirley Cochrane
William McWhorter Cochrane papers, 1862-2002.
Papers of William McWhorter Cochrane (1917-2004) spanning 1862 to 2002, 44,000 items in 72.5 linear feet, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 5079. Topics include the United States Senate and its Committee on Rules and Administration, Senator B. Everett Jordan, Terry Sanford, Albert Coates and the Institute of Government at Chapel Hill, and naval service in the Second World War.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Cochrane, Shirley, 1925-2015.
Research sources
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Records of the time
- DigitalNC newspapers: 16 Orange County pages naming Shirley Cochrane Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
Collections and databases
- NC LIVE: prepared search for Shirley Cochrane Library card An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
- Ancestry Library Edition In the libraryOrange County Public Library Census, birth, death and marriage records, and more, free on the public computers at OCPL libraries
Local help
- Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Local History Help Hours and request formOCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form
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