%xmlchars; ]> mc00309 Guide to the C. Clark Cockerham Papers, 1953-1996 Processed by: Michael K Watts;machine-readable finding aid created by: Michael K Watts North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center 2006 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program Finding aid written in English Guide to the C. Clark Cockerham Papers, 1953-1996 MC 309 North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center &ncsuaddr; Michael K Watts, 2006 September Michael K Watts, 2006 September Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center Cockerham, C. Clark (Columbus Clark), 1921-1996. C. Clark Cockerham Papers, 1953-1996 MC 309 8.7518 archival boxes Most of the papers contained in this collection are related to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Quantitative Genetics Research Program Project GM 11546. The project was instituted by C. Clark Cockerham in 1963 and ran through 1990. Also included are administrative files, reprints, and letters of congratulation kept by C. Clark Cockerham. C. Clark Cockerham, Distinguished University Professor of Statistics and Genetics, directed North Carolina State University's program in quantitative genetics from 1960 to 1990. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. English Information for Users Restrictions to Access

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Gift of Bruce Weir, Seattle, Wash., 2005 December (accession no. 2005-0021).

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Biographical Note

C. Clark (Columbus Clark) Cockerham was born on December 21, 1921, in Mountain Park, North Carolina. He received a B.S. in agriculture from the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) in 1943 and served as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. In 1949 he earned an M.S. in animal industry from North Carolina State College, and in 1952 he earned a Ph.D. in animal breeding and genetics from Iowa State College. He then returned to North Carolina to teach and do research.

Cockerham combined biological insight with mathematical innovation. Theoretical predictions made possible through his work transformed crop and herd improvement, and benefited all sectors of agriculture and forestry. More than fifty per cent of the hybrid corn in the United States comes from lines that were developed with his help. The field of DNA fingerprinting, the matching of criminal suspects to their body fluids, owes much to his work.

Cockerham began North Carolina State's program in quantitative genetics in 1963 with support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). That program was the largest federal grant project in existence at the university from 1963 through 1990. Cockerham wrote or co-wrote more than a hundred works that contributed to fundamental advances in understanding natural populations, including human populations. His early work set the course of agricultural genetics, and his later work focused on evolutionary genetics.

As a professor of statistics at North Carolina State University and the Director of the NIH Project Program in Statistics at NCSU, Cockerham received many honors and awards. He was the William Neal Reynolds Professor of Statistics and Genetics, winner of the Gamma Sigma Delta Award of Merit, a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a winner of the North Carolina Award in the field of science. Cockerham received the O. Max Gardner Award in 1980, became a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in 1988, received the USDA Superior Service Award for Scientific Research in 1990, and was awarded the Holladay medal in 1994.

Cockerham was married to Joyce Allen Cockerham. The couple had three children. C. Clark Cockerham died on November 4, 1996, at the age of seventy-five.

 Scope and Content Note

Most of the papers contained in this collection are related to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Quantitative Genetics Research Program Project GM 11546. The project was instituted by C. Clark Cockerham in 1963 and ran through 1990. It was the largest federal grant program in existence at North Carolina State University during that time. Additionally, contained in the collection there are administrative files generated by Cockerham during his long tenure as a professor of statistics at North Carolina State University. Also included are reprints of scientific and technical publications written and co-written by Cockerham along with a small collection of note cards used by the professor to track his work. There is also a bound collection of letters of congratulation written to commemorate Dr. Cockerhams's retirement in 1990.

 Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into five series; the National Institutes of Health Quantitative Research Program Project Grant GM 11546; NCSU Department of Statistics Administration Files; Reprints; Note Cards; and Retirement Letters. Dr. Cockerham's original order of arrangement has been maintained wherever possible.

Online Catalog Terms

The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Individuals Cockerham, C. Clark (Columbus Clark), 1921-1996. Corporate Entities National Institutes of Health (U.S.) North Carolina State University--Faculty--History. Topics Quantitative genetics--Research--North Carolina. Detailed Description of the Collection Series 1 National Institutes of Health Quantitative Research Program Project Grant GM 11546, 1963-1993 612 archival boxes

This series contains papers related to the National Institutes of Health Quantitative Research Program Project Grant GM 11546. It is made up of three subseries; GM11546 Research Files containing original manuscripts, research data, and information related to researchers; GM11546 Administrative Files containing program correspondence and original press releases documenting the beginning of the National Institutes of Health Quantitative Genetics Research Program Project at North Carolina State University, along with the project's financial, technical, and personnel records; and finally Proposals, Renewals and Progress Reports used in the grant review process by the National Institutes of Health to sustain funding for GM11546.

GM 11546 Research Files 11Publications, 1989 12Extension, 1991 13Expenditures (1 of 3), 1971-1991 14Expenditures (2 of 3), 1972-1990 15Expenditures (3 of 3), 1975-1977 16Post Doctoral Graduate Assistant Information, 1964-1988 17Weir, B. S., 1981-1990 18David Houk, 1988-1990 19T. F. C. McKay, 1987-1988 110Visitors, 1989 111Admin., Regulations, Procedures, 1963-1992 112Computer Notes, 1984-1990 21M. M. Goodman (1 of 2), 1983-1988 22M. M. Goodman (2 of 2), 1983-1988 23Reprints for Grant to go with Progress Report, 1966-1975 24Consultants (1 of 3), 1977-1985 25Consultants (2 of 3), 1965-1976 26Consultants (3 of 3), 1964 27Computing, 19931989-1992 28Effects of Mutation on Selection, 1989 29Restriction Map 1989 210Quantitative Genetic Components Within Restricted Populations, 1990 211Inner and Intracultivar Effects, 1990 31Long Term Response to Artificial Selection with Multiple Alleles, 1990 32How Informative is Wight's Estimator of the Number of Genes Affecting a Quantitative Character (1 of 2), 1990 33How Informative is Wight's Estimator of the Number of Genes Affecting a Quantitative Character -(2 of 2), 1990 34Variances of Neutral Genetic Variances Within and Between Populations for a Quantitative Character (1 of 3), 1991 35Variances of Neutral Genetic Variances Within and Between Populations for a Quantitative Character (2 of 3), 1991 36Variances of Neutral Genetic Variances Within and Between Populations for a Quantitative Character (3 of 3), 1991 37Add. by Add. (Schnell) Epistasis and Heterosis (1 of 2), 07/30/87 38Add. by Add. (Schnell) Epistasis and Heterosis (2 of 2), 07/30/87 39Tachida And Cockerham--Effects of Gene Interaction PNAS (1 of 3), 1987 310Tachida And Cockerham--Effects of Gene Interaction PNAS (2 of 3), 1986-1987 311Tachida And Cockerham--Effects of Gene Interaction PNAS (3 of 3), 1987 41Mutation Models and Quantitative Genetic Variation, 1993 42Cockerham and Weir--Estimation of Gene Flow: Simulation, 1992 43Simulation Misleading, 1991 44ISL Mod--CCC , July, 1990 45Further Observations on the Evolution of Additive Genetic Variation with Mutation (1 of 3), 1993Contains manuscript with correspondence and revisions 46Further Observations on the Evolution of Additive Genetic Variation with Mutation (2 of 3), 1993Contains manuscript with correspondence and revisions 47Further Observations on the Evolution of Additive Genetic Variation with Mutation (3 of 3), 1993Contains manuscript with correspondence and revisions 48Cockerham and Jiang--Estimation of the Number of Genes Contributing to a Quant. Char. (1 of 3), 1986 49Estimation of the Number of Genes--CCC Folder (2 of 3), 1986 410Estimation of the Number of Genes--CCC Folder (3 of 3), 1986 51Simulation (1 of 3),1988 52Simulation (2 of 3), 1988 53Simulation (3 of 3), 1988 54Cockerham and Jiang, 1986 55Tachida and Cockerham--Symposium Manuscript (1 of 2)--Tokyo, Japan, 1988 56Tachida and Cockerham--Symposium Manuscript (2 of 2)- Tokyo, Japan, 1988 57Tachida, Harada et al. Restriction Map Amylase Activity, 1987 58Zeng and Cockerham--Long Term Response to Artificial Selection with Multiple Alleles--Study by Simulations

Contains manuscript, correspondence, and notes, 1990

 59Zeng, Tachida and Cockerham--Effects of Mutation on Selection Limits in Finite Populations with Multiple Alleles

Contains manuscript and correspondence, 1989

 510Weir and Cockerham--Analysis of Disequilibrium Coefficients

Contains manuscript and correspondence, 1988

 511Jiang and Cockerham--Quantitative Genetic Components Within Restricted Populations

Contains manuscript, correspondence, and notes, 1988

 61Jiang, Cockerham, and Moll--Effects of Intercultivar and Intracultivar Selection of Heterosis

Contains manuscript, correspondence, and notes, 1990

 GM 11546 Administrative Files, 1963-1994 62GM 11546 Correspondence and Press Releases, 1963

63IBM PC AT, 1985 64Invoices, Purchase Requests, Travel Expenses (1 of 5), 1986-1991

 65Invoices, Purchase Requests, Travel Expenses (2 of 5), 1986-1991

 66Invoices, Purchase Requests, Travel Expenses (3 of 5), 1986-1991

 67Invoices, Purchase Requests, Travel Expenses (4 of 5), 1986 -1991

 68Invoices, Purchase Requests, Travel Expenses (5 of 5), 1986-1991

 69Sun Maintenance, 1991

 610Orders MMG--Expense Reports, 1990

 611Orders MMG--Micro Computer, 1982-1989

 71MMG--The Agricultural Seed Improvement Assoc. Inc.,1970-1990

72Expenditures--Grants , 1963-1991

 73Forms and Reporting Expenditures, 1979-1987

 74Forms--Personnel, 1988

 75Visiting Scholars, 1983-1988

 76Post Doctoral Positions, 1977

 77Post Doctoral Research Associate Positions--Correspondence SALS Memos, 1976

 78Post Doctoral Research Associate--Position Announcement, 1976

 79Post Doctoral Positions Authorization, 1988-1990

 710Post Doctoral Positions Authorization, 1986

 711Post Doctoral Positions Authorization, 1981

 712Post Doctoral Inquiries, 1979

 713Post Doctoral Positions Authorization, 1979

 714TEX Notes for Installing, 1991

 715Use of Gen Bank in CD ROM, 1992

 716Quercus, 1992

 717t draw, 1993

 718C+, 1991

 719Weir--Sederoff Map Data, 1992

 720Weir (Reyes), 1990

 81Weir, 1990

 82Cockerham (1 of 3), 1990

 83Cockerham (2 of 3), 1984

 84Cockerham (3 of 3), 1985

 85Misc. ISLMOD FOR (for Weir), 1989

 86 ISLMOD K2 SAS, 1989

 87 ISLMOD Simulation, 1989

 88Misc.--Seminars, 1993

 89Statistics--Fax/Forms, no date

 810Wednesday Meetings, 1976-1994

 811Tuesday Meetings (1 of 3), 1979-1991

 812Tuesday Meetings (2 of 3), 1978-1990

 813Tuesday Meetings (3 of 3), 1978-1989

 91GM11546 Meetings, 1963-1972

 92Manpower Reports, 1973-1976

 93NIH Report of Man Months for Personnel on Grant 11546 FY, 1968-1970

 94Graduate Student Information on Employment for NIGMS, 1966

Proposals, Renewals, and Progress Reports, 1963-1991

This subseries contains documentation of proposals, renewals, and progress reports used in maintaining the NIH Program Project Grant GM 11546.

 95GM 11546--27--Final Progress Report, 1993

 96GM 11546--27--Progress Report, 1989

 97GM 11546--27--Budget, 1989-1990

 98GM 11546--27--Project Proposal, 1991

 99GM 11546--26--Project Proposal, 1989

 910GM 11546--25--Project Proposal, 1988

 911GM 11546--24--Project Proposal, 1987

 101GM 11546 , 12/01/85-11/30/90

 102GM 11546--22--Progress Report, 1984-1985

 103GM 11546--21 and 22, 1975-1985

104GM 11546--21--Progress Report, 1983

 105GM 11546--20--Project Proposal, 1975-1985

 106GM 11546--19--Project Proposal, 1981

 107GM 11546--17--Project Proposal, 1979-1980

 108GM 11546--16--Project Proposal, 1978-1979

 109GM 11546--15--Project Proposal, 1977-1978

 111GM 11546--Renewal Application, 1980 -1985

 112GM 11546--14--Project Proposal, 1977

 113GM 11546--13--Renewal Application, 1976

 114GM 11546--12 -5P01--Summary Progress Report, 1975

115GM 11546--12--Project Proposal, 1974

 116GM 11546--11--Project Proposal, 1973

 117GM 11546--10--Project Proposal, 1972

 118GM 11546--9--Project Proposal, 1971

 119GM 11546--8--Project Proposal, 1970

 1110GM 11546--Renewal Applications, 1970-1975

 121GM 11546--7--Project Proposal, 1970

 122GM 11546--6--Project Proposal, 1969

 123GM 11546--5--Project Proposal, 1968

 124GM 11546--4--Project Proposal, 1967

 125GM 11546--3--Project Proposal, 1966

 126GM 11546--2--Project Proposal, 1965

 127GM 11546--1--Project Proposal, 1964

 Series 2 NCSU Administration Files: Department of Statistics, 1953-1992 1.53 archival boxes

Series contains material related to Cockerham's work as a professor with the North Carolina State University Department of Statistics. Included are biographical information, personnel records, and awards citations.

 128Data--Cockerham--Personal Bio--Public, 1994

 129N.C. Ag Research Service Project--On line, 1985-1992

 1210Nominations, 1983-1993

 131Cockerham- Retirement, 1990

 132National Medal of Science, 1985-1995

 133Design III w/Marker Loci (1 of 2), 1953-1995

 134Design III w/Marker Loci (2 of 2), 1995

 135USDA, 1990-1991

 136National Academy of Science Membership Directory, 1996

 137Bio, CVs, 1983-1990

 138Tachida, H, 1982-1988

 141Nyquist, Wyman, 1990

 142Nasoetian, A. H., 1972-1993

 143Jiang, Chang--Jian (PD) former grad student, 1987-1991

 144Curtsiger, J. W., 1989

 145Bogyo, T.P. (Ph.D.) MES January 1963, 1992

 146Correspondence, Notes and Reprints: Higher Order Probability Function of Identity of Alleles by Descent, 1973-1993 147Reprints, 1989

148Decay of Linkage Disequilibrium in a Finite Island Model--Tachida, 1993

 149N. C. Medal, Newspaper Clippings 1976-1987

 1410USDA, 1990

 1411N.C. State Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award, 1986

 1412Holladay Medal, 1987-1984

1413Nomination of Bruce S. Weir for William Neal Reynolds Professorship, 1988

 151O. Max Gardner Award, 191980 1987

 152Department of Statistics Campaign to Fund Cockerham Endowment, 1986-1996

 153Mason Nominee Package--CCC, 1983

 154Personnel Records and Annual Reports (1 of 5), 1983-1993

 155Personnel Records and Annual Reports (2 of 5), 1959-1948

 156Personnel Records and Annual Reports (3 of 5), 1977-1980

 157Personnel Records and Annual Reports (4 of 5), 1972-1991

 158Personnel Records and Annual Reports (5 of 5), 1964-1978

 159Correspondence--Burton--AEC, 1961-1980

 1510Vencovsky, Roland, 1966-1967

 1511Nyquist, Wyman, 1968-1964

 Series 3 Reprints, 1956-1996 12 archival boxes

This series contains material written and co-written by Cockerham along with a small collection of reprints written by Cockerham's colleague, B. S. Weir.

 161Effects of Linkage on the Covariances Between Relatives, 1956

 162Prediction Equations for Rotational Crossbreeding, 1956

 163Analysis of Quantitative Gene Action, 1956

 164Joint Interpretation of Heterosis, 1958

 165Diallel Crosses of Maize in Experiments, 1959

 166Partitions of Hereditary Variance for Various Genetic Models, 1959

 167The Goodness of Fit Test for Detecting Natural Selection in Random Mating Populations, 1959

 169High Speed Selection Studies, 1960

 1610Studies on Estimation of Dominance Variance an Effects of Linkage Bias, 1960

 1611Genetic Variability in an Advanced Generation of a Cross of Two Open- Pollinated Varieties of Corn, 1960

 1612Implications of Genetic Variances in a Hybrid Breeding Program, 1961

 1613Inheritance of Quantitative Characters in Soybeans, 1961

 1614Triallel Analysis, 1962

 1615Diallel Crosses in Nicotiana Tabacum, 1962

 1616Improvement of Reproductive Traits and Body Measurements of Turkeys, 1962 1617Analysis of Double Cross Hybrid Populations, 1962 1618Simultaneous Selfing and Partial Diallel Test Crossing, 1963 1619Estimation of Genetic Variances, 1963 1620Estimation of Nonadditive Hereditary Variance in Traits of Mice, 1963 1621Relation Between Performance and Heterozygosity in Drosophilia, 1964 1622Estimacion Y Significado de los Parametro Geneticos, 1965 1623Epistatic and Other Genetic Variances in Two Varieties of Maize, 1966 1624Genetic Variability in Flue Cured Varieties of Nicotiana Tabacum, 1966 1625Simultaneous Selfing and Partial Diallel Test Crossing III Optimum Selection Procedures, 1966 1626The Effect of Field Blocking on Gain From Selection, 1966 1627Gene Effects and Variances in Hybrid Populations, 1966 1628Group Inbreeding and Coancestry, 1967 1629Apparent Heterois of a Neutral Gene with Inbreeding, 1967 1630Simultaneous Selfing an Partial Diallel Test Crossing II., 1967 1631Prediction of Double Crosses from Single Crosses, 1967 1632The Inheritance of Gossypol Level in Gossypium I., 1968 1633Reference Populations for Diallel Experiments, 1968 1634Sib Mating with Two Linked Loci, 1968 1635Effects of Identity Disequilibrium and Linkage on Quantitative Variation in Finite Populations, 1968 1636Variance of Gene Frequencies, 1968 1637Selection Among Diallel Classified Variables, 1968 1638Effects of Random Intercrossing in a Naturally Self Fertilizing Species, 1969 1639Group Inbreeding with Two Linked Loci, 1969 1640Pedigree Mating with Two Linked Loci, 1969 1641Avoidance and Rate of Inbreeding, 1970 1642Populations of Interacting Autogenous Components, 1970 1643Higher Order Probability Functions of Identity of Alleles by Descent, 1971 1644Recurrent Family Selection and Correlated Response in Nicotiana Tabacum, 1972 1645Frequency Dependent Selection in Randomly Mating Populations, 1972 1646Genetic Consequences of Truncation Selection at the Phenotypic Level in Drosophila Melanogaster, 1973 1647Mixed Self and Random Mating at Two Loci, 1973 1648Descent Measures for Two Loci With Some Applications, 1973 1649Analyses of Gene Frequencies, 1973 1650Analyses of Gene Frequencies of Mates, 1973 171Behavior of Pairs of Loci in Finite Monoecious Populations, 1974 172Distributions of Time to Fixation of Neutral Genes, 1974 173Detrimental Genes with partial Selfing and Effects on a Neutral Locus, 1974 174Maternal and Reciprocal Effects on Seedling Characters in Arabidopsis Thaliana, 1975 175Number of Heterozygotes Left by Neutral Genes, 1976 176Quadratic Analyses of Reciprocal Crosses, 1977 177Single Character and Index Mass Selection with Random Mating in a Naturally Self Fertilizing Species, 1977 178Spontaneous Mutation Rates at Enzyme Loci in Drosophila Melanogaster, 1977 179Two Locus Theory in Quantitative Genetics, 1977 1710Digenic Descent Measures for Finite Populations, 1977 1711Inversions Fail to Account for Allozyme Clones, 1978 1712Testing Hypothesis About Linkage Disequilibrium with Multiple Alleles, 1978 1713Effects of Marker Chromosomes on Relative Viability, 1978 1714Selection Responses, Genetic Environmental Interactions, and Heterosis with Recurrent Selection for Yield in Maize, 1978 1715Estimation of Linkage Disequilibrium, 1979 1716Estimation of Linkage Disequilibrium in Random Mating Populations, 1979 1716Sib Pairing Methodology, 1979 1717Random and Fixed Effects in Plant Genetics, 1980 1718Selection Limits and Strategies, 1980 1719The Effects of Linkage and Linkage Disequilibrium, 1980 1720Variance of Actual Inbreeding, 1983 1721Linkage Between a Marker Locus and a Quantitative Trait of Sibs, 1983 1722Covariances of Relatives from Self Fertilization, 1983 1723Estimation of the Coancestry Coefficient , 1983 1724Covariances of Relatives From Self--Fertilization, 1983 1725Additive by Additive Variance with Inbreeding and Linkage , 1984 1724Covariances of Relatives Stemming from a Population Undergoing Mixed Self and Random Mating, 1984 1727Drift and Mutation with a Finite Number of Allelic States, 1984 1726Covariances of Relatives Stemming for Quantitative Characters With Drift, 1984 1727Drift and Mutation with a Finite Number of Allelic States, 1984 1728Estimating F-Statistics for the Analysis of Population Structure, 1984 1729Estimating F-Statistics for the Analysis of Population Structure, 1984 1730Selection Response Based on Selfed Progenies, 1985 1731Selection with Partial Selfing, 1985 1730Selection with Partial Selfing II, 1986 1731Selection Response Based on Selfed Progenies, 1985 1732Analysis of Linkage Disequilibrium in an Island Model, 1986 1733Linkage Disequilibria in Finite Populations, 1986 1734Estimation of Inbreeding Parameters in Stratified Populations, 1986 1735Partial Inbreeding Equilibrium Heterozygosity and the Heterozygosity Paradox, 1986 1736Modifications in Estimating the Number of Genes for a Quantitative Character, 1986 1737Covariances of Relatives and Selection Response in Generations of Selfing from an Outcrossed Base Population, 1986 1738Use of the Multinominal Dirichlet Model for Analysis of Subdivided Genetic Populations, 1986 1739Quantitative Genetic Variation in an Ecological Setting, 1986 1739Use of Multinomial Dirichlet Model for Analysis of Subdivided Genetic Populations, 1987 1740Correlations, Descent Measures: Drift with Migration and Mutation, 1987 1741Variance Components of Fitness Under Stabilizing Selection, 1988 1742Permanency if Response to selection for Quantitative Characters in Finite Populations, 1988 1743A Building Block Model for Quantitative Genetics, 1988 1744Multiplicative vs. Arbitrary Gene Action in Heterosis, 1992 1745Mutation Models and Quantitative Genetic Variation, 1993 1746Design III with Marker Loci, 1996 1747Selection for Growth and Maternal Population in Mice, undated 1748Reprints--Cockerham--Duplicates, 1959-1992 1749Reprints--Weir, 1971-1989 Series 4 Note Cards, 1971-1989 0.156 Folders

This series contains the contents of a small file card box that was included with Cockerham's papers.

 181Publications, 1971-1989 182To Be Published, 1971-1989 183Papers Presented, 1971-1989 184Seminars and Lectures, 1971-1989 185Calculators, 1971-1989 186Part Time Help Possibilities, 1971-1989 Series 5 Retirement Letters, 1991-1992 0.101 folder

A bound volume of letters of congratulation given to Cockerham on the occasion of his retirement in 1991.

 187Retirement Letters--Bound Volume, 1991-1992