Lionel Dane Melvin papers, 1929; 1941-1976 [manuscript].

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Lionel Dane Melvin papers, 1929; 1941-1976 [manuscript].

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Chiefly personal and professional correspondence of Melvin, horticulturist of Pleasant Garden, N.C., and active member of the North Carolina Wild Flower Preservation Society, including letters from Henry Roland Totten (1892-1974) and other faculty members of the Botany Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Also included are scattered letters dealing with local and family history; reprints of articles by Melvin; photocopies of nine letters, 1953-1957 and 1967, from Immanuel Velikovsky (1895- ), Princeton, N.J., to Melvin about their shared interests in the formation of the Carolina bays; and photocopies of letters, 1969, from Frank Porter Graham (1886- ) to Melvin about family history.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Velikovsky, Immanuel, 1895-1979

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Botany.

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While instruction in botany at the university can be traced to the 1880s, it was not until 1902 that, William C. Coker was hired as the first Professor of Botany. Shortly thereafter, Botany emerged as an independent department. Under Coker's leadership the botanical program expanded and developed into one of worldwide reputation. During the 1950s and 1960s, declining enrollments and increasing emphasis on biological sciences caused repeated attacks on the department's existence as a separate ent...

Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-1972

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President of the University of North Carolina; U.S. senator for North Carolina. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1943-1950. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122619645 Educator, government official. From the description of Reminiscences of Frank Porter Graham : oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122376749 University president. From the...

North Carolina Wild Flower Preservation Society

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Melvin, Lionel Dane, 1907-

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Lionel Dane Melvin (born 1907) of Pleasant Garden, N.C., was a horticulturist and active member of the North Carolina Wild Flower Preservation Society. From the guide to the Lionel Dane Melvin Papers, ., 1929; 1941-1976, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Totten, H. R. (Henry Roland), 1892-1974

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H.R. Totten was professor of botany at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1913-1963; realtor; and Army Reserve officer who served in France during World War I and at Camp Blanding, Fla., during World War II. From the description of H.R. Totten papers, 1912-1973. WorldCat record id: 25507466 H. R. (Henry Roland) Totten (1892-1974) was a professor of botany at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1913-1963; realtor; and Army Reserve offic...