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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Collection Overview
| Size | 3.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2,400 items) |
| Abstract | 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. The collection includes papers of, by, and about botanists, assembled circa 1902-1953 by Professor William Chambers Coker (1872-1953) and others of the Botany Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Materials include correspondence and writings of Henry Williams Ravenel; letters from Asa Gray, Stephen T. Olney, Moses A. Curtis, and others; copies of botanical correspondence from various sources; biographical and bibliographical materials and some correspondence concerning 135 botanists, mainly 19th century Americans; and scrapbooks and portfolios containing Hannah Whitson's writings and pictures for popular presentation of botanical subjects in the 1930s. |
| Creator | University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Dept. of Botany. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
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Historical Information
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.
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Scope and Content
The collection includes papers of, by, and about botanists, assembled circa 1902-1953 by Professor William Chambers Coker and others of the Botany Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Materials include correspondence and writings of Henry Williams Ravenel; letters from Asa Gray, Stephen T. Olney, Moses A. Curtis, and others; copies of botanical correspondence from various sources; biographical and bibliographical materials and some correspondence concerning 135 botanists, mainly 19th century Americans; and scrapbooks and portfolios containing Hannah Whitson's writings and pictures for popular presentation of botanical subjects in the 1930s.
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Series Quick Links
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Series 1. Chronological Series, 1810-1930s and undated.
A large portion of the chronological series is the correspondence of Henry William Ravenel of Aiken, S.C., and of Moses Ashley Curtis of Society Hill, S.C. There are also some writings and scientific addresses of Ravenel, clippings, notes, and other items.
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Series 2. Alphabetical Series
Series includes photographs, biographical data, some correspondence, and reprints of articles related to various botanists.
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Items Separated
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2010
Finding aid updated by Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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