Material relating to the activities and interests of Donald Cowan, apart from his career at the University of Waterloo. This includes a paper written on the CANDU Reactor transfer functions, a WATCOM annual report, and the Canada's Technology Triangle presentation cover.

Material related to a proposal with the Canadian International Development Agency to support a twinning agreement between the Computer Science Department of the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the Computer Science Departments of the Universities of Waterloo and Toronto. Includes correspondence, draft copies of the proposal with notes and corrections, notes, two copies of a report titled, "The application of computer technology for development: report of the Secretary-General" published by the United Nations Economic and Social Council on May 20, 1970, and related items.

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.

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.

Correspondence sent and received by Donald Cowan pertaining to various topics including conferences, textbooks, papers, articles, equipment, sabbatical leave, and benefits. Also contains a report titled, "Some options for a universities computer network," notes, and ephemera.

Seminar notices, memoranda, and programmes documenting seminars and special events at the University of Waterloo that were accumulated by Donald Cowan.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Slides featuring various images and diagrams used in a presentation titled, "Networking IBM personal computers at University of Waterloo," delivered by Paul Dirksen. Some slides are duplicated.

Slides featuring various images and diagrams related to the computer programming language Waterloo BASIC. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring various text with commands for a computer program. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring various images and text related to the compiler WATBOL. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo.

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.

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.

A typed manuscript titled, "An always convergent method for determining the zeros of polynomials" by Gerald Berman and Donald Cowan. The manuscript is twenty-four pages. This paper was presented at the Fifth National Conference of the Computer Society of Canada in May 1966.

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.

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.

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).

Two typed copies of a manuscript titled, "A discussion of 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. Both copies (original and photocopy) of the manuscript are twelve pages.

A typed manuscript titled, "The growth of network cost as a function of network size" by Vinton G. Cerf and Donald Cowan. The manuscript is fifteen pages. Also includes a second typed manuscript of the same title but the listed authors are V.G. Cerf, D.D. Cowan, R.C. Mullin, and R.G. Stanton. This manuscript is twenty-one pages. In addition, the file contains handwritten notes and correspondence from Ralph Stanton that may have been used to help create the manuscripts mentioned above.

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

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.

Correspondence sent and received by Donald Cowan regarding the manuscript, "A study of the package software industry in Canada: a report submitted to the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce." The report was written by Donald Cowan and James Wesley Graham. Also includes notes, published articles, one draft copy of the report that was returned to Donald Cowan from a reviewer, and related items.

Slides featuring portraits of several individuals and photographs of people working with computer equipment. These images were used in the book titled, "Computer science at Waterloo: a history to celebrate 25 years" by Peter J. Ponzo. Also includes photocopies of the images that likely served as proofs showing how the images would appear in the published book.

Three copies of an article titled, "Batch compilers for student programs on the PDP-11," by Donald Cowan, P.H. Dirksen, J.W. Graham, J.W. Welch, and T. Wilkinson. This article was published in the Proceedings of the Digital Equipment Computer Users Society, May 1976, pages 919-921.

Two copies of an article titled, "The challenges of teaching computer science by distance education," by V. Arnie Dyck, James P. Black, Donald Cowan, and Shirley L. Fenton. This article was published in the ICDE Bulletin, volume 18, pages 26-27.

A report titled, "Computer networks and generalized Moore graphs," by Donald Cowan, V.G. Cerf, R.C. Mullin, R.G. Stanton. This report was published as External Report 15 by the Computer Communications Network Group (CCNG) at the University of Waterloo. The report was also published in an an offprint from Proceedings of the Third Manitoba Conference on Numerical Mathematics, October 3-6, 1973, pages 379-398.

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.

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 copy of an article titled, "Some results on tree numbers" by Donald Cowan, Ralph G. Stanton and L.O. James. The article was published in the Proceedings of the Second Louisiana Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, March 8-11, 1971, pages 317-330.

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

Slides featuring text about problems of training in practical areas and debugging processors. One slide features a map of Southwestern Ontario. The slides were likely used during a presentation about computing at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of staff and students at the University of Waterloo working with computers likely in the Computing Centre.

Slides featuring images of equations and tree diagrams that were likely used during a lecture.

Photographs documenting a one-week trip that several faculty members at the University of Waterloo took, including Donald Cowan and Shirley Fenton, to Tokyo, Japan to train IBM faculty. Some of the faculty members who participated in this trip also presented at a conference. Includes images of students working at computers, Donald Cowan standing in front of a computer while running a program from Waterloo, Shirley Fenton teaching as well as Donald Cowan and his wife with Shirley Fenton and guests at a restaurant. Also includes one sticker for the SATT Software Racing Team.

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.

Slides featuring photographs of an unidentified event at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of unidentified individuals working with computer equipment that are likely reproduced from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection and the Graphic Services fonds. Includes a portrait of Paul Dirksen.

Slides featuring portraits of Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, and an unknown individual.

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.

One negative featuring a group portrait of a hockey team.

Slides featuring photographs of unidentified individuals windsurfing and waterskiing.

Slides featuring images of text that were used during a presentation likely titled, "Computer science education, University of Waterloo experience."

Slides featuring photographs possibly of Computer Science Day at the University of Waterloo in 1967. Includes images of Dana Porter Library, the Physics Building, and unidentified individuals using computer equipment.

Slides featuring photographs of the Red Room and other computer labs in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo including the Red Room.

Slides featuring text, diagrams and illustrations that were used during a presentation on new equipment and techniques at the Annual Computing Centre meeting in 1969.

Slides featuring images of text that were used during a presentation likely titled, "The evolution of computer systems for student use at the University of Waterloo."

Slides featuring images of text and diagrams used during a presentation about WATBOL and the Waterloo Interactive Debugging Job Entry Terminal (WIDJET) system. Also includes one slide featuring an image of students working at computer stations.

Negatives featuring images of text, diagrams and illustrations used during a presentation about computing at the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Interactive Debugging Job Entry Terminal (WIDJET) system.

Slides featuring images of text and diagrams used during a presentation about the Computing Centre and educational software at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring images of text that were used during a presentation likely titled, "Challenge of the 80s."

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 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.

Slides and negatives featuring images of text, diagrams and graphics used during a presentation likely titled, "Waterloo microcomputer systems for the 1980s." The diagrams were created by Peter J. Ponzo, Professor, Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo. The presentation may have been delivered at the ACM Dallas Conference in 1982.

Slides featuring photographs of the Red Room in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring photographs of computer labs and the Red Room in the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

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

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 his studies and career at the University of Waterloo, research and contributions to the field of computer science.

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.

Copies of the University of Waterloo quarterly and Alumni courier that include articles related to the establishment of the Faculty of Mathematics, the Computer Centre, WATFOR, and awards won by students in mathematics. Includes

1. University of Waterloo quarterly (v.7, n.2) June 1966.

2. University of Waterloo quarterly (v.7, n.2) November 1966.

3. University of Waterloo quarterly (v.8, n.1) April 19, 1967.

4. Unidentified publication, pages 3-6. Includes article, "Five new buildings under construction." These pages are possibly from the University of Waterloo quarterly or Alumni Courier. One of the buildings featured in the article is the Mathematics and Computer Building.

5. Unidentified publication, pages 3-6. Includes article, "Mathematics becomes faculty." These pages are possibly from the University of Waterloo quarterly or Alumni courier.

A copy of The Coupler, (v.42, n.9). An announcement about Donald Cowan's appointment as Chairman of the Applied Analysis and Computer Science Department at the University of Waterloo is included on page 4.

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.

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

A report titled, "CANDU reactor transfer functions" by Donald Cowan. The report is fifty-three pages and contains the following imprint: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Nuclear Power Plant Division, TDSI - 27, Toronto, Ontario. According to the introduction, the "context of this report is the mathematical derivation of these transfer functions and the presentation of the open-loop amplitude and phase response for different reactor power levels." In 1960, Donald Cowan worked as a Research Assistant at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. The report is stamped: "not for publication."

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).

Material related to the development of the Canadian Universities Computer Network (CANUNET). Includes notes, correspondence often connected to the Utilization Subcommittee of the CANUNET Project, and a progress report on the CANUNET traffic study by T.A. Croil Associates. T.A. Croil Associates was retained to carry out a detailed study of potential network traffic and the file includes the survey used to gather data and related correspondence.

Material related to the Conference of Department Chairmen on the Implementation of Computer Science Education held at the University of Kansas between May 25-26, 1970. Donald Cowan was invited to attend the conference but declined due to a scheduling conflict. Professor J.D. Lawson went in Cowan's place. However, Donald Cowan did provide input into the conference plans. This file includes related correspondence, notes, conference planning forms, a tentative conference schedule and list of proposed topics.

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 Institute for Computer Studies and the University of Waterloo's Alliance Partnership. The partnership between the Institute for Computer Studies and the University of Waterloo and was formally announced during a presentation on May 15, 2001. Includes two copies of the event schedule, two copies of the media release, two copies of an e-mail from CDI Investor Relations (CDI Education Corporation) to Donald Cowan, two copies of a CDI Education - EDU (TSE) stock quote, and a copy of an article titled, "The education program for software professionals" by Donald Cowan.

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.

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.

Material related to various courses taught by Donald Cowan at the University of Waterloo. Includes student grades, questionnaires, exams, notes, handouts, correspondence, overhead transparencies, teaching slides, and other items.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Slides featuring various images and diagrams related to users, applications, and systems. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo. Two of the slides may have been used in a lecture on the Computing Centre at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring various text and diagrams related to computer memory. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo.

Slides featuring various text and diagrams related to computer networking. It is likely that these slides were used as teaching aids by Donald Cowan during class instruction at the University of Waterloo. A note on the original slide box read, "[Gembro] slides for 25th."

Research materials created and accumulated by Donald Cowan related to automorphisms. Includes computer printouts, diagrams of graphs, and notes. Also includes an undated letter to Donald Cowan from Ralph Stanton, Professor, University of Manitoba, regarding a note from Derrick Lehmer with a mathematical equation. The items in this file likely pertain to a paper by Donald Cowan titled, "The growth of network cost as a function of network size."

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.

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.

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.

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).

Copies of various publications accumulated by Donald Cowan including:

• 1. Lucena, Carlos J.P., Tarcisio H.C. Pequeno. (1978?). A view of the program derivation process based on incompletely defined data types : a case study.

• 2. Brown, K.S., M.K. Clayton, & R.J. Mackay. Some examples which abuse statistical practices from "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics (with apologies to Disraeli). The Grand Valley Mathematics Association.

• 3. Haddad, Ramsey W., Donald E. Knuth. (June 1985). A programming and problem-solving seminar. Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, 103 pages.

• 4. DiMarco, Chrysanne, Mary Ellen Foster. (2001). The design and implementation of a document tailoring system. Computational Linguistics, pages 1-30.

• 5. Lucena, Carlos, Viviane Silva. (2004). From a conceptual framework for agents and objects to a multi-agent system modeling language. 46 pages.

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.

Two original typed copies of a manuscript titled, "The allocation and scheduling of computer resources" by Donald Cowan and James Wesley Graham. The manuscript is twenty-four pages.

Two original typed copies of a manuscript titled, "Computer education in Ontario secondary schools" by G.C. Bonham and Donald Cowan. One copy of the manuscript is thirty-three pages and the other copy is twenty-eight pages. The paper was published in the Proceedings of the first International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) World Conference on Computer Education held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands between August 24-28, 1970.

A typed manuscript titled, "The generalized Petersen graph" written by V.G. Cerf, D.D. Cowan, R.C. Mullin, and R.G. Stanton in June 1973.

A typed manuscript titled, "The growth of network cost as a function of network size," by V.G. Cerf, D.D. Cowan, R.C. Mullin, and R.G. Stanton. The manuscript is thirty-seven pages.