Oral Histories about Bertram Whittier Wells 2007

Cooper, Art

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Morgan, Chad

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Bertram Whittier Wells (1884 – 1978) was a prominent plant ecologist and head of the botany department at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University). Wells received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1917, and in 1919 joined the faculty at North Carolina State, where he stayed until he retired from teaching in 1954. Wells was known for his 1932 book, The Natural Gardens of North Carolina, as well as the hand-tinted lantern slides that illustrated his...

North Carolina State University

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Currently, there are 24 University Standing Committees. Members of each of the University Standing Committees are appointed by the chancellor at the beginning of each academic year. The Committee on Committees provides the chancellor with recommendations concerning the composition and charge for each committee, its chair, and its faculty, staff, and student members. These recommendations are in part based on voluntary expressed preferences, on a general principle of rotation, and, whenever appro...

North Carolina State University. Special Collections Research Center.

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Kannapolis, North Carolina, was once home to Cannon Mills, at one time the largest manufacturer of sheets and towels in the world. James William Cannon founded Cannon mills in 1906; his son expanded the company between 1920 and 1970. In 1982, the Pacific Holding Company, owned by David Murdock, purchased Cannon Mills. In 1984, the citizens of Kannapolis voted to officially incorporate the city of Kannapolis. In 1986, the Pacific Holding Company sold Cannon Mills to Fieldcrest Mills,...

Wells, B. W. (Bertram Whittier), 1884-1978

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Bertram Whittier Wells is most widely known for his study and preservation of North Carolina's natural environment. Wells headed North Carolina State College's (later North Carolina State University) Botany Department from 1919 to 1949 and remained on the faculty until 1954. One of the first to rightly be called an ecologist, he wrote on many topics: the insect galls of plants, the effects of salt on coastal vegetation, Bald Head Island, and the formation of the Carolina Bays. However, his most ...

Kirkman, Benson

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Quay, Thomas L.

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Thomas L. Quay received his Ph.D. in animal ecology from North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) in 1948 and then joined the faculty in the Department of Zoology. From the description of Thomas Lavelle Quay diploma, 1948 June 14 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 642329809 Thomas L. Quay was born on August 23, 1914 in Mt. Holly, New Jersey. He received a B.S. degree in z...