William Chambers Coker papers, 1884-1956 (bulk 1914-1950).

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William Chambers Coker papers, 1884-1956 (bulk 1914-1950).

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The collection includes correspondence and other personal and professional records of William Chambers Coker, chiefly 1914-1950. Coker's papers concern family and personal business matters; his research, writing, and international correspondence as a botanist; his activities at the University of North Carolina as a professor and as chair of the Botany Department for 36 years; the journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, of which he was editor, 1904-1945; and numerous civic interests. Also included are Coker's notebooks titled "Plants of Chapel Hill"; files of Alma Holland of the Botany Department as editor of the yearbook of the Garden Club of North Carolina, 1940-1941; files of the Highlands Museum and Biological Laboratory, 1930-1950; and files of the Division of Design and Improvement of School Grounds, University of North Carolina Extension Bureau. Also included are Coker's research notes on his studies of mycology; notes and drawings on various fungi; photographs, field notes, and drawings of plants; blueprints related to what became the Coker Arboretum at the University of North Carolina; and correspondence with Coker's family and friends.

About 29000 items (36.5 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7160744

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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

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William Chambers Coker was hired as the first Professor of Botany at the University of North Carolina in 1902. Thereafter Botany became a separate department and remained so until 1982, when it merged with the Department of Zoology to form the Department of Biology. From the guide to the University of North Carolina Department of Botany Historical Collections, ., 1810-1930s, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

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, ...

Garden Club of North Carolina

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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...

Coker family.

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Highlands Biological Station

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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...

Coker Arboretum

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