Records of the Campus Improvement Fund, 1924-1926 [manuscript].

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, ...

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...

Sprunt, James, b. 1869.

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Campus Improvement Fund.

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The Campus Improvement Fund was established in 1923 by donations from William C. Coker, John Sprunt Hill, and James Sprunt. A committee was appointed to apply this money toward the development and beautification of the University of North Carolina campus. From the description of Records of the Campus Improvement Fund, 1924-1926 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26992952 From the guide to the Campus Improvement Fund of the University of North Carolina Records, 1924-1926, (Uni...

Hill, John Sprunt, 1869-1961

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Banker, lawyer, and legislator John Sprunt Hill (1869-1961) founded the Durham Loan & Trust with his father-in-law, George Washington Watts. A University of North Carolina alumnus, Hill was a major figure in Durham, N.C., business, politics, and philanthropy for almost 60 years. In addition to his business career, he served in the North Carolina Senate, 1933-1938. Much of his philanthropy was directed at the city of Durham and the University of North Carolina, including the donation of the C...