Records of the Dept. of Botany, 1922-1989.

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Records of the Dept. of Botany, 1922-1989.

Mainly correspondence and memoranda of the department chairmen and annual reports of the Department. Of special interest are letters relating to the National Science Foundation Summer Institutes for Science Teachers; files on the North Carolina Botanical Garden, 1952-1967; and files relating to the merger of the Departments of Botany and Zoology, 1981-1983.

About 700 items (1.5 linear ft.)

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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.) ...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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

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Courses in botany were taught as early as 1880, but not until 1902 was the first professor of botany hired. Thereafter Botany became a separate department and remained so until 1982, when it merged with the Dept. of Zoology to form the Dept. of Biology. The North Carolina Botanical Garden was an administrative unit of the Dept. of Botany from its establishment in 1952 until 1982, when it became a separate unit. From the description of Records of the Dept. of Botany, 1922-1989. WorldC...

North Carolina Botanical Garden

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The North Carolina Botanical Garden is part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Garden has been a leader in native plant conservation and education in the southeastern United States for more than 40 years. From the description of North Carolina Botanical Garden photographic collection, 1966-circa 1980 (bulk 1971-1973). WorldCat record id: 43026536 The North Carolina Botanical Garden is an administrative unit of the University of North Carolina at Chapel H...

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...

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

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