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William McWhorter Cochrane

1917–2004 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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By William McWhorter Cochrane

William McWhorter Cochrane papers, 1862-2002.

Cochrane, William McWhorter, 1917-2004 · 1862

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.

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