Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 13/24/53
Dorothy St. John Cooke
Papers, 1948-1977


Descriptive summary

creator:

Cooke, Dorothy St. John

title:

Papers

dates:

1948-1977

extent:

0.42 linear feet (1 document box)

collection number:

RS 13/24/53

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Dorothy S. Cooke, Papers, 1948-1977, RS 13/24/53, University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Biographical note

Dorothy St. John Cooke (d. 1987), a native of Chicago, received her Ph.B (1937) from the University of Chicago; an M.S. (1946) from Iowa State College (University); and completed graduate work at San Carlos University (Guatemala) and the University of Michigan. She married Paul Crabs Cooke in 1933 and they had 2 children.

She served as a field analyst (1941-1942) in the price division, OPA; an economist (1942-1944) at the Smaller War Plants Corporation; and a research associate and instructor (1944-1950) at Iowa State. Ms. Cooke was then a training officer in statistics (1951-1953; 1963-1965) at the International Statistics Bureau Census and a statistician (1953-1954) at the Ordnance Engineering Corporation. She operated as a statistical advisor (1958-1965) for numerous international countries, including Pakistan, Vietnam, Jordan, the Philippines, Switzerland, and other international programs. She then went on to work as the Director , Office of International Statistical Programs (1965-1973) for the National Center for Health Statistics and was an adjunct professor (1970-1974) at the University of North Carolina.

She edited a major journal on international statistics, and was a member of the American Statistical Association and the American Foreign Service Association.

 

Collection description

This collection contains letters, published materials, statistical surveys, and information concerning family statistical studies in Vietnam, India, Pakistan, and the Middle East.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Rural Family Studies

1948; 1955

1

2

Surveys (family)—Vietnam

1956-1957

1

3

Lahore statistical surveys

1958-1959

1

4

Letters, memorandum

1958-1959

 

 

Photograph (8 X 10 black and white)—Dorothy Cooke with Prince Hassan, et al

n.d.

1

5

Karachi trip report

1958-1962

1

6

Statistical reports—Karangi and Karachi

1959-1961

1

7

Comparison of Geneva/Swiss index

Ca. 1965

1

8

Articles

1971=1973

1

9

Conference on Family Planning, Health, and Demographic Statistics (Tehran, Iran)

1973

1

10

"Professional and Personal Glimpses of George W. Snedecor" (Cox and Homeyer)

1975

1

11

Central Treaty Organization-Pakistan-Economic program

1975

1

12

Article reprints

1976

1

13

Report on sample registration system-Kaira Project

1977

 

 

Includes letter to Dorothy Cooke