Papers, 1938-1979 (bulk 1949-1979).

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Papers, 1938-1979 (bulk 1949-1979).

Collection includes correspondence (1952-1979, bulk 1977-1979); manuscripts; subject files; Cochran's master's thesis (1938) and Ph. D. dissertation (1950); materials related to the tenure decision at the University of Oklahoma; copies of U.S. Civil Service Commission, FBI, and CIA files on Cochran obtained by him under a Privacy Act request; speeches by Cochran (1953-1973); pamphlets, several by Cochran; awards; biographical information; and miscellaneous other materials.

4 cubic ft. (4 boxes)

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Cochran, Clay L.

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Clay L. Cochran (1914-1982) was a professor of economics at the University of Oklahoma from 1949-1952, an economist and department director with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association from 1952-1958, an agricultural labor specialist in the Industrial Union Department of the AFL-CIO from 1958-1966, and executive director of Rural America from 1966-1979. Cochran was denied tenure at the University of Oklahoma in 1952 in part due to alleged communist and social...

Rural America, Inc.

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Rural America was formed in 1970 as a nonprofit membership organization after the Rural Housing Alliance sought funds for a foundation that would go beyond housing and would also address such issues as rural health, transportation, and community development. The aim of the organization was to give people in rural areas and small towns a stronger voice in Washington, help people in rural areas to improve their social and economic position, and to run a technical assistance and support program in ...

University of Oklahoma.

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