North Carolina Academy of Science Collection, 1858, 1883-2016

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North Carolina Academy of Science Collection, 1858, 1883-2016

1858-2016

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0282

Minutes, programs, correspondence, journals, reprints, reports, posters, and miscellaneous records (1902-2016) documenting the North Carolina Academy of Science, journal issues for the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (1883-2007, some missing), and memoir of the Rev. Elisha Mitchell, D.D. (1858).

31.25 Cubic Feet, 40 boxes

eng, Latn

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11637573

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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North Carolina Academy of Science

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Founded in 1902 by William W. Ashe and Franklin Sherman, the North Carolina Academy of Science's first president was William L. Poteat. The NCAS is now a three-tiered organization that includes Senior (faculty and graduate students), Collegiate (undergraduates), and Student (middle and high school students) academies. The Senior Academy provides awards for deserving students, plans the annual meeting, supports the Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (JEMSS), and serves as the scien...

Taylor, Roy A. (Roy Arthur)

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Ashe, W. W. 1872-1932.

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Sherman, Franklin, 1877-1947

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Ervin, Sam J. (Sam James), 1896-1985

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Ervin was a North Carolina member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. From the description of TLS, 1968 October 8, Washington, D.C. to Bishop Earl G. Hunt / Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 43052717 Samuel James Ervin, Jr., was a Burke County, N.C., attorney, North Carolina legislator, judge, U.S. senator, and long-time champion of civil liberties. Ervin was first appointed to the N.C. General Assembly in 1923, where he also served in 1925 an...

American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Edmund W. Sinnott was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the time of this correspondence. Walter G. Berl was an editor for the Association. From the description of Letters, 1948-1971, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155878457 ...

Poteat, William Louis, 1856-1938

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Educator, Wake Forest alumnus (Class of 1877), Biology professor, and President of Wake Forest College, 1905-1927. From the description of William Louis Poteat Papers, 1856-1938 (Wake Forest University - ZSR Library). WorldCat record id: 60690779 ...

Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (Chapel Hill, N.C.)

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The Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society was formed on 20 September 1883 under the leadership of Francis P. Venable and University of North Carolina President Kemp P. Battle. Composed of faculty, staff, and alumni of the University's science and mathematics departments, the Society was organized to commemorate the name and contributions of Elisha Mitchell by fostering scientific research and disseminating scientific knowledge. The primary means of reaching these ends was the publication of the ann...

Helms, Jesse

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