Henry Ashby Rankin papers, 1920-1949.

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Henry Ashby Rankin papers, 1920-1949.

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The collection contains correspondence, Rankin's writings and notes on plants, papers pertaining to Rankin's plant nursery, printed materials pertaining to flora, clippings of garden columns and other articles, and copies of the "Gray Memorial Botanical Association Bulletin," 1933-1944. Correspondence is chiefly between Rankin and fellow botanists such as W. C. Coker, John K. Small, and William Lanier Hunt; his children; nursery owners with whom he did business; and others.

About 2000 items (3.5linear feet).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 6904337

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Coker, William Chambers, 1872-1953

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Botanist, of North Carolina; native of Hartsville, S.C. From the description of William Chambers Coker papers, 1897-1983. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28411807 William Chambers Coker was a botanist, teacher, writer, who taught at the University of North Carolina, 1902-1945, serving as chair of the Department of Botany and editor of the journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. From the description of William Chambers Coker papers, ...

Rankin family.

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Rankin, Henry Ashby, 1872-1947

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Henry Ashby Rankin was born in Fayetteville, N.C., and spent most of his life as the owner of a sawmill and plywood business in Cumberland County, N.C. After retirement, he ran a nursery that specialized in native plants of North Carolina. He was an avid amateur botanist and corresponded regularly with members of the botanical community, with whom he exchanged specimens. Two of his botanical achievements were the discovery of a new species of Gelsemium and the re-discovery of a plant first colle...

Gray Memorial Botanical Association

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Hunt, William Lanier

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William Lanier Hunt (22 May 1906-19 October 1996) served in the United States Army in World War II as a liaison officer in the Allies' Strategic Bombing Survey. He was assigned to a map room under the command of General Montgomery in Belgium, where he became interested in collecting underground and liberation material. Hunt was born in Pomona, N.C., and attended the University of North Carolina, where his chief interest was horticulture. He pursued this interest until the outbreak of World War I...

Small, John Kunkel, 1869-1938

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John Kunkel Small (1869-1938), taxonomist, botanical explorer, author of 15 floras, 2057 genera, species and binomials, numerous field guides and more than 400 journal articles served the New York Botanical Garden from 1898 until his death in 1938. He was Curator of the Museums and Herbarium from 1898-1906, Head Curator from 1906-1934 and Chief Research Associate and Head Curator from 1934 until 1938. His early warnings on the ecology of Florida were the impetus for Everglades National Park. He ...