Lucy Plummer Battle Papers, 1903-1904

University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...

Cobb, Collier, 1862-1934

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Collier Cobb (1862-1934) was chair of the Geology Department at the University of North Carolina, 1893-1934. His photography stemmed from his work in geology and other sciences, and he traveled extensively and used photography to document his interests. In the 1890s, Cobb built a darkroom in his Chapel Hill home, where he developed negatives and printed prints. From the description of Collier Cobb photographic collection, 1890s-1920s [graphic]. WorldCat record id: 42910866 ...

University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Dept. of Geology.

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Battle, Lucy Plummer, 1861-1905.

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Lucy Plummer Battle (1861-1905), native of Wadesboro, N.C., was the daughter of Richard Henry Battle (1835-1912) and Annie Ruffin Ashe Battle (1838-1883). She was educated at St. Mary's School in Raleigh, N.C., and married Collier Cobb in 1904. Collier Cobb (1862-1934) was a native of Wayne County, N.C., a graduate of Harvard University, and a professor of geology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1892-1933. His first marriage was to Mary Lindsey Battle...