A typed manuscript titled, "A partial census of trivalent generalized Moore graphs" by V.G. Cerf, Donald Cowan, R.C. Mullin, and R.G. Stanton. The manuscript is one hundred and four pages. Also includes a photocopy of the same article, possibly from the source of publication. This photocopy is twenty-seven pages.

A copy of an article titled, "A problem in coding theory" by Donald Cowan, L.O. James and Ralph G. Stanton. The article was published in the Proceedings of the First Louisiana Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing, March 1970, pages 167-180.

Contains material relating to Anne Innis Dagg's PhD studies at the University of Waterloo. Includes admission papers and documents, PhD related notes and documentation, employment information regarding Anne Innis Dagg's lab assistant position, convocation related newspaper clippings, a convocation programme, and correspondence regarding Anne Innis Dagg's PhD studies. Also included are two letters to Dagg's thesis supervisor, Dr. Anthony de Vos in the Department of Geography at the University of Waterloo, from William O. Pruitt and Peter Lent in the Department of Biology at Memorial University from regarding Dagg's thesis.

Correspondents include:

• C. T. Boyes - University of Waterloo, Admissions (June 1, 1965; November 10, 1966)
• A. P. Gordon - University of Waterloo, Faculty of Graduate Studies (June 1, 1965)
• Ralph Stanton - University of Manitoba, Department of Mathematics & Astronomy (May 30, 1967)

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."

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.

Six typed manuscripts of unpublished papers regarding the construction of generalized Moore graphs by Donald Cowan, V.G. Cerf, R.C. Mullin, and Ralph G. Stanton including: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

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.

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.

File consists of a VHS showing a graduation ceremony at the University of Natal where Stanton received an honourary doctorate.

A sound recording of an interview conducted by Dr. Anne Millar with Don Cowan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, for the Oral History Hub pilot project. The interview includes discussions about Cowan's family background, their decision to come to Waterloo and the path that brought them here, as well as their thoughts about the institution and where it will be at 100 years old, in 2057. Additional topics include computer science, IBM, Computer Science Days, math contests, WATFOR, WATFIV, MicroWAT, Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing, intellectual property, startups, co-op, Wes Graham, Ralph Stanton, Doug Wright, Ken Fryer, Paul Dirksen, Paul Cress, and Pat Fisher. The interview was conducted virtually from Waterloo, Ontario. File also contains a transcript of the interview.

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.

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.

Two copies of an article titled, "Some results on path numbers" by Donald Cowan, Ralph G. Stanton, and L.O. James. One copy is a final draft and the other is an offprint. The article was published in the Proceedings of the First Louisiana Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing, 1970, pages 112-135.

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.

A copy of an article titled, "Some unique extremal graphs" by Donald Cowan, V.G. Cerf, R.C. Mullin, and Ralph G. Stanton. The article was published in Ars Combinatoria, volume 1, June 1976, pages 119-157.

File consists of one portrait of Ralph Stanton standing in front of a cabinet labelled "decpack."`

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.