Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Cochran, Asenath Williams Woodcock
2. Cochran, Vota
3. Getsinger, Edward C. (Edward Christopher), 1866-1935
4. Tomimas, Shutaro

Description

1. 3.19 linear feet (8 boxes)

Summary

1. The Cochran family papers primarily document the lives of Aso-Neith Cochran and her daughter, Vota Cochran. Aso-Neith was an occultist whose teachings and readings centered on musical vibrations, color, and numbers; she was also an early adherent of the Bahá'í faith. Vota was a childhood musical prodigy who traveled frequently with her mother. The papers include correspondence, photographs, diaries, and Aso-Neith's occultist writings.

Subject

1. Cochran, John Webster, 1844-1929
2. Columbia University -- Students
3. Bahai Faith
4. Fortune-telling by names
5. Music and occultism
6. Numerology
7. Prophecies (Occultism)
8. Prophecy

Genre/Form

1. Photograph albums.
2. Photographs.
3. Scripts (documents)

Call number

1. *T-Mss 2012-013

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of use (note)

1. For permission to publish, contact the Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Provenance (note)

1. There is no documentation of the custodial history of these papers.

Author

1. Cochran family.

Title

1. Cochran family papers, 1857-1974.

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of use

1. For permission to publish, contact the Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Location of other archival materials

1. Katherine S. Dreier papers / Société Anonyme archive, 1818-1952; Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Provenance

1. There is no documentation of the custodial history of these papers.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid
2. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material

Added author

1. Cochran, Asenath Williams Woodcock.
2. Cochran, Vota.
3. Getsinger, Edward C. (Edward Christopher), 1866-1935.
4. Tomimas, Shutaro.

Research call number

1. *T-Mss 2012-013