Five pamphlets accumulated by Donald Cowan including:

1. Computing Centre. University of Waterloo 1968-1969.

2. University of Waterloo. Faculty of Mathematics. Graduate Brochure. 1969.

3. University of Waterloo. Computer Science Bulletin 1969-1970.

4. Courses and workshops in top-down design and structured programming (using COBOL and PL/1) [1975?]

5. CIPS [Canadian Information Processing Society] professional development series. Waterloo, ON. June 4-6, 1981.

Slides featuring photographs of an event called OUCC likely held at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Two copies of a report titled, "On the concept of modules in programming systems" by Donald Cowan as well as C.J. Lucena and A. von Staa (Departamento de Informática, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). The report was published by the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo as Research Report CS-76-05 in January 1976. The report is thirty-nine pages.

Photographs of offices spaces that may have been used by Donald Cowan.

A copy of a report titled, "NRC negotiated development grant committee, review of proposal to support research in computer systems." The report was prepared by the National Research Council Committee and presented at a meeting on Wednesday, January 29, 1969. Also includes an agenda for the meeting.

A spiral-bound notebook that includes handwritten notes by Donald Cowan about meetings, conferences and lectures he attended as well as various research topics including local area networks, LANs, databases, cartesian products and joins, and much more. Also includes loose papers with handwritten notes, a pamphlet for WATCAT (University of Waterloo Library's online catalogue), and two floppy disks (5¼-inch format) that were tucked inside the front cover of the notebook. It is unclear what information may be available on the floppy disks.

Two copies of an article titled, "Note on a "square" functional equation" by Donald Cowan and Ralph G. Stanton. The article was published in SIAM Review, volume 12 (number 2), pages 277-279.

A photocopy of a proof for an article titled, "Networks for education at the University of Waterloo" by Donald Cowan, S. Fenton, James Wesley Graham, and T.M. Stepien. The article was published in Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, volume 15, (issue 5), pages 313-327, in October 1988.

Slides featuring text and diagrams used during a presentation given by Paul Dirksen likely titled, "Networking IBM personal computers at University of Waterloo."

Materials created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to network research. Includes diagrams, notes, copies of articles, and computer printouts. The contents of this file were originally housed in a binder divided by the tabs: Program, Papers, Network Cost, Tribinary, and Conjectures. Also includes a copy of Electronics & Communications (April 1971).

A copy of a proposal titled, "Negotiated development grant proposal, research in computational tools for mathematics" submitted by W.F. Forbes, Dean, Faculty of Mathematics, and Donald Cowan, Chairman, Department of Applied Analysis and Computer Science, to the National Research Council of Canada. File also includes notes, and a related item of correspondence to Dr. H.E. Petch (President pro tem, University of Waterloo) from B.A. Gingras (Director, National Research Council of Canada).

Slides featuring images of text, diagrams and graphics that were used during a presentation likely titled, "Need for a network." Twelve slides are numbered 25-36. The other twelve slides are duplicate copies. The diagrams were created by Peter J. Ponzo, Professor, Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo.

Dot matrix printouts of financial statements for grants received by Donald Cowan from the National Research Council of Canada. File also includes a copy of the publication, "Awards to university staff 1975" created by the National Research Council of Canada, a blank application for a conference grant, copies of University of Waterloo grant subsidiary ledger pages, a bilingual NATO Research Grants Programme pamphlet (1974), machine shop service forms, and related correspondence.

Material created or accumulated by Donald Cowan during his participation in the National Research Council of Canada's Grant Selection Committee for Computing and Information Science. Includes correspondence, memoranda, an agenda, and lists of approved grants.

Material related to National Research Council grants awarded to Donald Cowan between 1976 and 1978. Includes dot matrix printouts of financial statements for research funds awarded to Donald Cowan, a notification of decision, and a memorandum regarding National Research Council announcement of grants and increased stipends.

Material created or accumulated by Donald Cowan during his participation in the National Research Council of Canada's Grant Selection Committee for Computing and Information Science. Includes correspondence, grant committee records, a schedule of meetings, an application for an operating grant, and applications for grants from the National Research Council of Canada.

Material created or accumulated by Donald Cowan during his participation in the National Research Council of Canada's Grant Selection Committee for Computing and Information Science. Includes a list of major equipment requests, a schedule of meetings, a list of grant selection committees and members, correspondence, a list of conference grants, notes, a note regarding computing costs, a copy of a page from the University of Waterloo grant subsidiary ledger, copies of National Research Council applications, memoranda, and summaries of requested grants.

Correspondence written and received by Donald Cowan.

A copy of an article titled, "Minimal sequences with permutation subsequences" by Donald Cowan, Ralph G. Stanton and J.A. Bates. The article was published in the Congressus Numerantium VIII Proceedings of the Fourth Southeastern Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing March 5-8, 1973, pages 151-162.

Workshop notes from a three day course titled, "Microcomputers - a comprehensive introduction." The notes were published by WATCOM Publications.

Slides featuring images of text, diagrams and graphics that were used during a presentation likely titled, "Micro computer networks for education at the University of Waterloo." The diagrams were created by Peter J. Ponzo, Professor, Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo.

A typed manuscript, "Methods for the visual display of linear graphs : a discussion" by Donald Cowan. The manuscript is twelve pages.

Slides featuring images of text outlining merging, grouping and different types of sorting that were likely used during a lecture. Two slides feature photographs of IBM computer equipment, possibly the IBM 7040.

A copy of, "Math ties : UW Faculty of Mathematics alumni newsletter," (v.12, n.1). Donald Cowan's retirement announcement is included on page 3 of this issue.

A copy of a document titled, "Math 132B notes: linking and loading" by T. Gornall and L.D. Rogers. It is possible this document was used by students and instructors as part of coursework at the University of Waterloo.

Material created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to articles, papers, and reports that he was writing, co-authoring, or reviewing. Includes manuscripts, notes, correspondence, computer printouts, copies of articles, and other related items.

Loose pages of a photograph album with various photographs and corresponding captions glued to to the pages. The photographs feature the IBM System 360 Model 44, the IBM 2260 display terminal, keypunched cards, a card reader, the Calcomp tape unit, the console panel and typewriter, auxiliary storage devices, tape drives, disk drives, storage drum, data cell, printer, and Red Room in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring images of text and diagrams that were used during a presentation likely titled, "Local area network." The slides are numbered 0 to 41. Slide number 37 is not included in this file.

Slides featuring text and diagrams that were used during a presentation likely titled, "Local area network." The slides are numbered 0 to 40. Slide number 37 is not included in this file.

Correspondence sent and received by Donald Cowan regarding letters of recommendation as well as confirmations of enrolment and coursework for students.

Slides featuring text, diagrams, illustrations and photographs that are likely duplicates of slides found in other files in the fonds.

Slides featuring images of text that were used during a presentation about WATBOL.

Slides featuring images of a keyboard and commands possibly used in a presentation about computer keyboards.

Audio cassettes with recordings of interviews Donald Cowan likely participated in recounting the history of computer science at the University of Waterloo. One cassette is a recording of a group interview. These interviews may have taken place as part of the 25th anniversary of computer science at the University of Waterloo in 1992. It is not clear who is serving as the interviewer on any of the tapes.

Material created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to the International Bar Association Cambridge Conference held at the Garden House Hotel in Cambridge, Ontario between September 9-11, 1987. Includes a case study titled, "High tech and dispute resolution: arbitration or other methods" prepared by C. Ian Kyer and Donald Cowan. Also contains a document with biographies and working papers as well as related correspondence.

A manual titled, "Instructor's manual to accompany the textbook: an introduction to COBOL with WATBOL - a structured programming approach" by Donald Cowan and B. J. Rowe. The text is one hundred and sixteen pages.

Material related to Donald Cowan's participation in the IBM Education Executive Conference held in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida between April 5-7, 1982. Includes correspondence, airplane tickets, hotel receipts, conference program, list of travel expenses, memoranda, a settlement claim, and a short abstract of Donald Cowan's presentation. Also includes one group portrait likely of the attendees of the IBM Asia/Pacific Education Executive Conference held in Tokyo, Japan in August 1986.

Slides featuring photographs of IBM computer equipment at the University of Waterloo.

A booklet titled, "IBM academic partners for higher education" published by Academic Information Systems (ACIS). In the booklet, Donald Cowan is listed as an IBM Consulting Scholar. A short biographical paragraph and picture of Donald Cowan is included in the booklet on page 7. According to the booklet, "IBM Consulting Scholars are practicing academic professionals whose affiliations are with education, engineering, English, physical sciences, medicine, and other disciplines...They are available to visit your campus. As independent consultants to ACIS they also provide important advice on directions that IBM and ACIS should take with respect to programs and product offerings." Also includes one pamphlet titled, "IBM Consulting Scholar Program," published by ACIS in 1990.

Slides featuring photographs of the IBM 1620 Model I, Monroe calculator, typewriter, and an unidentified computer.

Slides featuring photographs of various IBM equipment as well as unidentified people using computer equipment. Some of the photographs appear to have been taken inside the Red Room in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

One negative featuring a group portrait of a hockey team.

A high school brochure published by the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo in 1971. The brochure provides information about the university, the Faculty of Mathematics, departments and programmes in the faculty, careers in mathematics, the co-operative plan, and student information. This brochure was likely distributed to prospective students in high school.

Research materials created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to graphs and network research. Includes notes and diagrams as well as one letter and attachment from Frank Allaire, University of Manitoba, to Donald Cowan regarding a project on the maximal number of disjoint circuits of a graph. Also contains copies of the following articles and papers:

• 1. Tutte, W.T. (January 1960). A non-hamilton graph. Canadian Math Bulletin, volume 3, (number 1), pages 1-5.

• 2. Hoffman, A.J. and R.R. Singleton. (November 1960). On Moore graphics with diameters 2 and 3. IBM Journal.

• 3. Liu, C.L. (January 1, 1972). Topics in combinatorial mathematics. Mathematical Association of America.

• 4. Van Voorhis, David C. (1972). Toward a lower bound for sorting networks. Published in R.E. Miller and J.W. Thatcher, eds, The Complexity of Computer Computations, pages 119-129.

• 5. Cerf, V.G., D.D. Cowan, R.C. Mullin & R.G. Stanton. (June 1973) The generalized Petersen graph. 93 pages.

• 6. Cerf, V.G., D.D. Cowan, R.C. Mullin & R.G. Stanton. (August 1973). Construction of the generalized Moore graph on 20 vertices. 12 pages.

• 7. Cerf, V.G., D.D. Cowan, R.C. Mullin & R.G. Stanton. (1975). Topological design considerations in computer communications networks. 18 pages.

• 8. James, L.O. (Undated). A combinatorial proof that the Moore (7, 2) graph is unique. 8 pages.

Research materials created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to graphs. Includes notes on matrix diagrams, a note titled, "some thoughts on heuristics for drawing 3-valent graphs," a note on attempts to construct graphs using Stanton's proposal, computer printouts of edge matrix, distance matrix, added vertex - edge correspondence, delta matrix, and matching pairs of new vertices.

Copies of articles and papers accumulated by Donald Cowan related to graphics including:

• 1. Blinn, James F. (1979). Raster Graphics. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pages 150-156.

• 2. Shoup, Richard G. (1979). Colour table animation. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pages 8-11.

• 3. Beatty, John C. (February 19, 1982). American national standard functional specification of the programmer's minimal interface to graphics (working paper). 49 pages.

• 4. Bono, Peter R., José L. Encarnação, F. Robert A. Hopgood, & Paul J.W. ten Hagen. (July 1982). GKS - the first graphics standard. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pages 9-22.

• 5. Beatty, John C. (1983?). A tutorial on raster graphics and colour.

Slides featuring portraits of James Wesley Graham standing in front of a computer.

Handwritten notes by Donald Cowan related to generalized Moore graphs. These notes were created following a discussion Donald Cowan had with E.F. Moore at the University of Wisconsin on April 5, 1974.

Three copies of an article titled, "Future directions in data communications for post-secondary education" by Donald Cowan. The article was published in CIPS Review, May/June 1988, pages 10-11.

A copy of an article titled, "Formal structure for specifying the content and quality of the electronic health record" by H. Dominic Covvey, David Zitner, Daniel M. Berry, Donald Cowan, and Michael Shepherd. This article was likely a conference paper presented at the 11th IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering held in Monterey Bay, California between September 8-12, 2003.

A manual titled, "File processing with COBOL/WATBOL: part 1, by Donald Cowan, R.H. Cooper, Paul H. Dirksen, and James Wesley Graham. According to the introduction "the purpose of this text was to introduce some of the most common file-processing techniques, and to illustrate their implementation using the COBOL language." The manual is printed in two parts. Part 1 introduces COBOL-oriented concepts and is one hundred and twenty-two pages.

A manual titled, "File processing with COBOL/WATBOL: part 2" by Donald Cowan, R.H. Cooper, Paul H. Dirksen, and James Wesley Graham. According to the introduction "the purpose of this text was to introduce some of the most common file-processing techniques, and to illustrate their implementation using the COBOL language." The manual is printed in two parts. Part 2 covers in detail the applications-oriented subjects such as sorting, file maintenance and report generation. Part 2 is one hundred and forty-two pages.

Research materials accumulated by Donald Cowan related to the fig-FOURTH implementation project. Includes a copy of the fig-FORTH installation manual published on May 1, 1979 by the Forth Interest Group (FIG) and a copy of an article titled, "fig-FORTH for 6809, assembly source listing, release 1 with compiler security and variable length names" published in June 1980 by FIG.

Two booklets published by the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo in 1968 and 1969. The booklets provide an overview of the history of the faculty, departments within the faculty, careers in mathematics, programmes in mathematics at Waterloo, the co-operative mathematics programme, the Mathematics and Computer Building, student information, elective courses, and general information about the history of the University. These booklets were likely distributed to prospective students.

Correspondence sent to Donald Cowan by representatives at the University of Waterloo regarding his salary adjustments, research stipends, benefits, academic work terms, appointment as Chairman of the Department of Applied Analysis and Computer Science, and tenure.

Three copies of a typed draft manuscript titled, "Economics of integration in communications and data processing" by Donald Cowan and L. Waverman. Also includes notes, and related items. This paper was later published in Policy Considerations with Respect to Computer Utilities, Tele Commission Study, Department of Communications, Government of Canada, April 1971.

A typed draft manuscript titled, "Economics of integration in communications and data processing" by Donald Cowan and L. Waverman. The manuscript is sixty-three pages. Also includes a nine page typed script or prompt for a presentation of the same name. This paper was later published in Policy Considerations with Respect to Computer Utilities, Tele Commission Study, Department of Communications, Government of Canada, April 1971.

Slides featuring images of text used during a presentation likely titled, "Economics of integration in communications and data processing."

Material created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to his studies and career at the University of Waterloo, research and contributions to the field of computer science.

Material created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to his career at the University of Waterloo and contributions to the field of computer science.

A memorandum to Donald Cowan from K.D. Fearnall regarding the establishment in the general ledger of an account for the D.D. Cowan Fellowship.

A photograph of Donald Cowan and an unidentified individual, possibly a student, working at a computer.

A copy of an article titled, "Diversity, accessibility and adaptability: data communication need for higher education, the University of Waterloo experience," by Donald Cowan, S.L. Fenton, A. Pittman, and T.M. Stepien. The report was reprinted from IEEE Communications Society, IEEE International Conference on Communications, June 12-15, 1988, pages 1576-1580.

Material related to the development of the Canadian Universities Computer Network (CANUNET). Includes a position paper, correspondence, articles, notes, drafts of the submission made to J.B. Reid, University of Québec, on a master plan for CANUNET written by Donald Cowan, minutes of the first CANUNET meeting held on August 11, 1971, and related items.

Copies of three manuscripts that were presented at the 9th Canadian DECUS Symposium in Toronto, Ontario in January 1976. Includes:

• 1. Cowan, D.D., P.H. Dirksen, J.W. Graham and J.W. Welch. Development of educational software using the DEC PDP-11. 17 pages.

• 2. Cowan, D.D., Jack Schueler and J.W. Welch. Debugging aids for the PDP-11. 5 pages.

A copy of an article titled, "Design characteristics of the WATFOR compiler," by Donald Cowan and James Wesley Graham. The article was published in SIGPLAN Notices, volume 5 (number 7), pages 25-36.

Material related to the general operations and business of the Department of Applied Analysis and Computer Science at the University of Waterloo created or accumulated by Donald Cowan while he served as the Department Chairman. Includes records related to various topics including staffing, course planning, job vacancies, finances, funding, examinations, promotions, equipment, research projects, students, grants, and other items.

Material related to the general operations and business of the Department of Applied Analysis and Computer Science at the University of Waterloo created or accumulated by Donald Cowan while he served as the Department Chairman. Includes records related to various topics including grants, job appointments, conferences, meetings, the sharing of papers and texts between institutions, and other items.

Records related to the activities of several academic units at the University of Waterloo including the Department of Pure Mathematics, the Department of Applied Analysis and Computer Science and the Faculty of Mathematics that were sent to Donald Cowan. Includes four memoranda, one letter, minutes of the Computer Science Committee from September 8, 1972, a Faculty of Mathematics Council agenda, and two seminar abstracts.

Material created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to data directed design. Includes notes, correspondence, computer printouts, a bibliography, and related items. In addition the file includes copies of the following articles:

• 1. Manna, Zohar and Richard Waldinger. (January 1980). A deductive approach to program synthesis. ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems, volume 2, (number 1), pages 90-121.

• 2. Cheatham, T.E., G.H. Holloway, and J.A. Townley. (1981). Program refinement by transformation. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, pages 430-437.

• 3. Bergland, G.D. (October 1981). A guided tour of program design methodologies. Computer, pages 13-37.

• 4. Sharma, D.K. (November 1981). McDonald's problem : an example of using Dijkstra's programming method. The Bell System Technical Journal, volume 60, (number 9), pages 2157-2165.

• 5. Levy, Michael R. (June 1982). Modularity and the sequential file update problem. Communications of the ACM, volume 25, (number 6), pages 362-367.

The materials in this file may have been used to support the creation of the article titled, "The data transform programming method and file processing problems"by C.J. Lucena, R.C.B. Martins, and P.A.S. Veloso (Departamento de Informática, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Donald Cowan (Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo).

Research materials created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to data directed design. Includes handwritten and typed working papers as well as notes.

Research materials created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to data directed design. Includes diagrams, notes and computer printouts pertaining to sort programs. Also includes a copy of the article titled, "Sorting" by William A. Martin published in 1971.

Material created and accumulated by Donald Cowan primarily documenting his efforts to publish works of joint authorship on data directed design. Includes correspondence and related attachments sent between Donald Cowan, colleagues, and a publisher. Also contains a copy of the article titled, "Design by objectives: a structured systems architecture approach" by Tom Gilb.

Research materials created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to data directed design. Includes overhead transparencies and notes. Also contains a copy of the article titled, "A data-directed approach to program construction, by Donald Cowan, James Wesley Graham and J.W. Welch as well as a copy of the article titled, "A formalization and explication of the Michael Jackson Method of program design" by J.W. Hughes.

Curriculum vitae of PhD students and graduates. The resumes presumably belonged to applicants for teaching positions in the Department of Applied Analysis and Computer Science at the University of Waterloo.

A CD-ROM titled, "CTT pres. cover / 4, 25, 00." The CD-ROM contains a folder named "eps files" with the following documents: inside.eps 20,781 KB PostScript 2000-04-24; outside.eps 20,961 KB PostScript 2000-04024. In addition, the CD-ROM includes a folder named "fonts" with a subfolder named "helvetica" and three documents "A Helvetica Compressed" 0 KB 1995-02-13, "A Helvetica Condensed" 0 KB 1995-02-13, "A Helvetica Inserat" 0 KB 1995-02-13; as well as another folder "zaft din" and two documents "A Zapf Dingbats" 0 KB 1995-02-13, and "ZapfDin" 0 KB 1993-08-05. Moreover, the CD-ROM also contains a folder named "postcript (2 pages)" and two documents ctt.folder.final.pdf 51 KB Adobe Acrobat Document 2000-04-24, and cct.folder.final.ps 41,726 KB PostScrpt 2000-04-24. Additional digital files include: CTT Logo.eps 55 KB PostScript 1999-07-23; ctt.folder.final 244 KB FINAL file 2000-04-24; ctt.folder.final.report 3 KB REPORT File 2000-04-24; mPowered Logo.eps 145 KB PostScript 2000-04-24; and Screenshots.eps 20,566 KB PostScript 2000-04-24.

The file also includes a photocopy of a document (title page and one page article) titled, "Connect Ontario notice of intent" published by mPowered CCT. The document was submitted by the Economic Development in Canada's Technology Triangle (EDICTT), representing Canada's Technology Triangle (Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and the Region of Waterloo).

A copy of the course notes prepared by Donald Cowan for the undergraduate course, CS 454: Distributed systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in Fall 1987.

Dot matrix printouts of students grades for the undergraduate course, CS 438: Computer applications in business: data bases, taught at the University of Waterloo in 1984. Also includes notes, correspondence, student assignments, a class lists, and classroom seating assignments.

A letter written by Bruce Simpson, Chair of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo to Mr. Dara Yavari-Issalou, Honeywell Limited, providing details about the undergraduate course, Computer applications in business: data bases. Based on the contents of the letter, it appears Mr. Yavari-Issalou was invited to deliver lectures to students as part of the course.

Dot matrix printouts of students grades for the undergraduate course, CS 338: Computer applications in business: data bases and data communications, taught at the University of Waterloo in 1984. Also includes notes, student's verifications of illness and a medical certificate, and correspondence.

Instructional materials used as part of the undergraduate course, CS 338: Computer applications in business: data bases and data communications, taught at the University of Waterloo likely in 1984. Includes diagrams, notes, and a handout titled, "Widget Distributing Company." Also contains a copy of the publication, "Unstructured data bases" by Gaston H. Gonnet written in March 1982.

A copy of Digital News (v.1, n.4) published in April 1979. The issue's feature report titled, "Waterloo package for education - WATPAC/E," by K. Ian McPhee and Terry A. Wilkinson may have been shared with students as part of the undergraduate course, CS 330: Computer applications in business." The article appeared on pages 1-3 of the issue.

A copy of a paper titled, "the definitive treatise on parameter passing in WATMAP" by Jim Burgess. This paper may have been written in association with the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo, although the nature of this association is unclear.

Dot matrix printouts of student grades for the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in 1984. Also includes questionnaires (now commonly referred to as course evaluations) completed by students enrolled in the course and related notes.

Dot matrix printouts of student grades for the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in 1983. Also includes a student's verification of illness, notes, and related correspondence.

Blank copies of the mid-term test and the final exam given to students enrolled in the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in 1983.

Overhead transparencies with handwritten notes used as teaching aids in the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in 1983.

Instructional materials used to teach students about the linker computer system program as part of the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in 1983. Includes overhead transparencies and notes.

Instructional materials used as part of the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, likely taught at the University of Waterloo in 1983. Includes overhead transparencies, notes, course outlines, handouts, assignments, and an assignment manual.

A document titled, "Files created by the linker," and two pages of hand drawn diagrams. It is likely that this document and the diagrams were used by students and instructors as part of the coursework for, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo.

A blank copy of the final exam given to students enrolled in the undergraduate course, CS 250: Fundamentals of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in Fall 1983. Also includes dot matrix printouts of student grades, and related correspondence.

Questionnaires (now commonly referred to as course evaluations) completed by students enrolled in the undergraduate course, CS 250: Characteristics of computers and computer systems, taught at the University of Waterloo in Spring 1980. Also includes handwritten notes for a PET presentation, a problem set likely distributed to students, and one item of correspondence outlining the recommended course content for CS 250 in 1981 from J.W. Wong to several faculty members at the university including Donald Cowan.

Blank copies of mid-term and final exams likely given to students enrolled in the undergraduate class, CS 240: Principles of programming languages and data structures, taught at the University of Waterloo in Spring/Fall 1977, Spring 1978 and Spring/Fall 1980.

Dot matrix printouts of student grades for the undergraduate course, CS 180: Introduction to file processing, taught at the University of Waterloo in Winter 1983. Also includes 2 keys for a filing cabinet.

Two copies of a typed manuscript titled, "Counting algorithms for connected labelled graphs" by Donald Cowan, R.C. Mullin, and Ralph G. Stanton. The manuscript is twelve pages. This paper was presented at the sixth Southeastern Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing held at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida between February 17-20, 1975. This paper was subsequently published in the Proceedings of the sixth Southeastern Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing, pages 219-231. Also includes correspondence related to the submission of the paper to the conference.

A letter from Ralph G. Stanton to Donald Cowan regarding graduate courses available at the University of Waterloo in the Faculty of Mathematics in Fall 1960. In the letter, Stanton requests that Cowan review a list of course descriptions (not included in this file) and select which he would be most interested in as required for a Masters degree. File also includes Donald Cowan's reply to Stanton outlining the five courses that held the most interest for him.

Six typed manuscripts of unpublished papers regarding the construction of generalized Moore graphs by Donald Cowan, V.G. Cerf, R.C. Mullin, and Ralph G. Stanton including:

• 1. Cerf, V.G., D.D. Cowan, R.C. Mullin and R.G. Stanton. Construction of the Generalized Moore Graph on 14 vertices. 16 pages.

• 2. Cerf, V.G., D.D. Cowan, R.C. Mullin and R.G. Stanton. Construction of the Generalized Moore Graph on 16 vertices. 21 pages.

• 3. Cerf, V.G., D.D. Cowan, R.C. Mullin and R.G. Stanton. Construction of the Generalized Moore Graph on 18 vertices. 28 pages.

• 4. Cerf, V.G., D.D. Cowan, R.C. Mullin and R.G. Stanton. Construction of the Generalized Moore Graph on 20 vertices. 13 pages.

• 5. Cerf, V.G., D.D. Cowan, R.C. Mullin and R.G. Stanton. Construction of the Generalized Moore Graph on 24 vertices. 12 pages.

• 6. Cerf, V.G., D.D. Cowan, R.C. Mullin and R.G. Stanton. Construction of the Generalized Moore Graph on 26 vertices. 51 pages.

Material created and and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to various conferences, workshops and seminars including some that he attended or prepared presentations for.