R.E. Coker Papers, 1748-1966

Collection Number: 03380

Collection Title: R.E. Coker Papers, 1748-1966

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Size	22.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 18,000 items)
Abstract	Robert Ervin Coker (1876-1967) was a zoologist and marine biologist, associated with the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1902 to 1923, professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, from 1923 to 1949, and author. The collection includes professional papers of R.E. Coker, earlier Coker and McIver family papers, and Coker family history material. Coker's correspondence and other materials chiefly concern his research, writing, and publications on marine life; the Zoology Department and other divisions of the University of North Carolina; national, regional, and state professional organizations; biological stations of the United States Bureau of Fisheries and other laboratories in Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, Iowa, and North Carolina; cooperation with the North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development; and consultations with other government units, domestic and foreign, for the practical application of fisheries research. There are also materials relating to Coker's work with the Chapel Hill school board between 1930 and 1947 and to his other community activities. Family papers include maps, will, deeds, genealogical notes, and diaries pertaining to the Coker family farm near Hartsville, Darlington County, S.C., and to family and Darlington County history. Included is a diary kept by Coker's grandmother, Sarah Witherspoon Ervin McIver, between 1854 and 1889.
Creator	Coker, R. E. (Robert Ervin), 1876-1967.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the R.E. Coker Papers #3380, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: The first portion of this collection was donated by Robert E. Coker, Sr., in 1958. Two additions were later made, one in 1962 by Coker, and one in 1968 jointly by Coker's wife and his nephew, C. F. W. Coker, of Raleigh.

Additional Descriptive Resources: Original finding aid is filed in folder 1a.

Sensitive Materials Statement: Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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Processed by: Jill D. Snider, November 1991

Encoded by: Kathryn Michaelis, April 2010

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Robert Ervin Coker (1876-1967) was a zoologist and marine biologist, associated with the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1902 to 1923, professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, from 1923 to 1949, and author.

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The collection includes professional papers of R.E. Coker, earlier Coker and McIver family papers, and Coker family history material. Coker's correspondence and other materials chiefly concern his research, writing, and publications on marine life; the Zoology Department and other divisions of the University of North Carolina; national, regional, and state professional organizations; biological stations of the United States Bureau of Fisheries and other laboratories in Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, Iowa, and North Carolina; cooperation with the North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development; and consultations with other government units, domestic and foreign, for the practical application of fisheries research. There are also materials relating to Coker's work with the Chapel Hill school board between 1930 and 1947 and to his other community activities. Family papers include maps, will, deeds, genealogical notes, and diaries pertaining to the Coker family farm near Hartsville, Darlington County, S.C., and to family and Darlington County history. Included is a diary kept by Coker's grandmother, Sarah Witherspoon Ervin McIver, between 1854 and 1889.

Contents list

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1. Professional Correspondence and Related Material, 1906-1966.
2. Subject Files, 1930-1952.
2.1. Chapel Hill School Board, 1930-1947.
2.2. National Research Council, 1935-1947.
2.3. Academy of Natural Sciences and Leidy Medal, 1942-1944.
2.4. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1936-1946.
2.5. American Scientific Congress, January-June 1940.
2.6. American Society of Zoologists, 1940-1947.
2.7. Biological Societies and Biological Abstracts, 1935-1947.
2.8. Ecological Society of America, 1935-1946.
2.9. Limnological Society of America, 1935-1947.
2.10. North Carolina Academy of Science, 1935-1942.
2.11. H. V. Wilson Files, 1938-1944 and undated.
2.12. North Carolina College for Negroes, 1940-1944.
2.13. Southern Resources Inventory, 1943-1944.
2.14. University of North Carolina Files, 1944-1947.
3. Allegany School of Natural History, 1929-1937.
4. Miscellaneous and Undated Material.
5. Pictures, 1845-1958.
5.1. Photographs, 1845-1958.
5.2. Photograph Albums, 1902-1950.
6. Family History, 1748-1966 and undated.
7. Personal Correspondence, 1894-1964 and undated.
7.1. Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence, 1894-1964 and undated.
7.2. Coit McLean Coker Correspondence, 1938-1954 and undated.

Expand/collapse Series 1. Professional Correspondence and Related Material, 1906-1966.

About 8,000 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

This series chiefly consists of R.E. Coker's professional correspondence and other materials related to his functions as a professor of zoology and head of that department at the University of North Carolina. Also included are family correspondence and miscellaneous items.

Folder 1a	Original finding aid
Folder 1	Personal data
Folder 2	1906-1910
Folder 3	1911-1912
Folder 4	January 1913
Folder 5	February-March 1913
Folder 6	May 1913
Folder 7	June-December 1913
Folder 8	1914-1915
Folder 9	January-June 1916
Folder 10	July-December 1916
Folder 11	1917
Folder 12	1918
Folder 13	January-May 1919
Folder 14	June-December 1919
Folder 15	January-August 1920
Folder 16	September-December 1920
Folder 17	1921
Folder 18	January-March 1922
Folder 19	April-December 1922
Folder 20	1923-1924
Folder 21	1925-1929
Folder 22	1930
Folder 23	1931
Folder 24	1932
Folder 25	1933-May 1934
Folder 26	June-December 1934
Folder 27	January-June 1935
Folder 28	July-September 1935
Folder 29	October-14 November 1935
Folder 30	15 November-December 1935
Folder 31	January 1936
Folder 32	February-March 1936
Folder 33	April-June 1936
Folder 34	July-August 1936
Folder 35	September-October 1936
Folder 36	November-December 1936
Folder 37	1-20 January 1937
Folder 38	21-31 January 1937
Folder 39	February 1937
Folder 40	March 1937
Folder 41	April 1937
Folder 42	May 1937
Folder 43	June 1937
Folder 44	July 1937
Folder 45	August-September 1937
Folder 46	October 1937
Folder 47	November 1937
Folder 48	December 1937
Folder 49	January 1938
Folder 50	February 1938
Folder 51	March 1938
Folder 52	April 1938
Folder 53	May 1938
Folder 54	June 1938
Folder 55	July-12 October 1938
Folder 56	13 October-December 1938
Folder 57	January-February 1939
Folder 58	March-April 1939
Folder 59	May-June 1939
Folder 60	July-August 1939
Folder 61	September-October 1939
Folder 62	November-December 1939
Folder 63	January-March 1940
Folder 64	April-May 1940
Folder 65	June-August 1940
Folder 66	September-November 1940
Folder 67	December 1940
Folder 68	January 1941
Folder 69	February 1941
Folder 70	March 1941
Folder 71	April 1941
Folder 72	May 1941
Folder 73	June 1941
Folder 74	July 1941
Folder 75	August-September 1941
Folder 76	October 1941
Folder 77	November-December 1941
Folder 78	January 1942
Folder 79	February 1942
Folder 80	March 1942
Folder 81	April 1942
Folder 82	May 1942
Folder 83	June 1942
Folder 84	July 1942
Folder 85	August 1942
Folder 86	September 1942
Folder 87	October 1942
Folder 88	November 1942
Folder 89	December 1942
Folder 90	January-February 1943
Folder 91	March 1943
Folder 92	April 1943
Folder 93	May 1943
Folder 94	June 1943
Folder 95	July 1943
Folder 96	August-September 1943
Folder 97	October-November 1943
Folder 98	December 1943
Folder 99	January 1944
Folder 100	February 1944
Folder 101	March 1944
Folder 102	April-May 1944
Folder 103	June-September 1944
Folder 104	October-December 1944
Folder 105	January-February 1945
Folder 106	March 1945
Folder 107	April-May 1945
Folder 108	June-July 1945
Folder 109	August 1945
Folder 110	September 1945
Folder 111	October-December 1945
Folder 112	January-February 1946
Folder 113	March 1946
Folder 114	April 1946
Folder 115	May 1946
Folder 116	June-July 1946
Folder 117	August-September 1946
Folder 118	October-November 1946
Folder 119	December 1946
Folder 120	January 1947
Folder 121	February 1947
Folder 122	March 1947
Folder 123	April 1947
Folder 124	May 1947
Folder 125	June 1947
Folder 126	July 1947
Folder 127	August 1947
Folder 128	September 1947
Folder 129	October 1947
Folder 130	November 1947
Folder 131	"Proposal for Research and Training for Research in the Biology of Interior Waters"
Folder 132	1-10 December 1947
Folder 133	11-31 December 1947
Folder 134	1-10 January 1948
Folder 135	11-20 January 1948
Folder 136	21-31 January 1948
Folder 137	1-10 February 1948
Folder 138	11-20 February 1948
Folder 139	21-28 February 1948
Folder 140	1-7 March 1948
Folder 141	8-15 March 1948
Folder 142	16-22 March 1948
Folder 143	23-31 March 1948
Folder 144	1-13 April 1948
Folder 145	14-30 April 1948
Folder 146	1-17 May 1948
Folder 147	18-31 May 1948
Folder 148	1-18 June 1948
Folder 149	17-30 June 1948
Folder 150	July 1948
Folder 151	1-21 August 1948
Folder 152	22-31 August 1948
Folder 153	September 1948
Folder 154	1-15 October 1948
Folder 155	18-31 October and reports, 1948
Folder 156	November 1948
Folder 157	UNC Institute of Fisheries Research: "Shrimp Survey in North Carolina Waters," 1948
Folder 158	1-20 December 1948
Folder 159	21-31 December and reports, 1948
Folder 160	1-20 January 1949
Folder 161	21-31 January 1949
Folder 162	1-10 February 1949
Folder 163	11-28 February 1949
Folder 164	1-10 March 1949
Folder 165	11-17 March 1949
Folder 166	18-26 March 1949
Folder 167	28-31 March and monthly reports, 1949
Folder 168	1-30 April and monthly reports, 1949
Folder 169	1-20 May 1949
Folder 170	23-30 May 1949
Folder 171	31 May and monthly reports, 1949
Folder 172	1-30 June and monthly reports, 1949
Folder 173	July 1949
Folder 174	August 1949
Folder 175	September 1949
Folder 176	1-19 October 1949
Folder 177	20-31 October and monthly reports, 1949
Folder 178	1-15 November 1949
Folder 179	16-30 November and monthly reports, 1949
Folder 180	1-10 December 1949
Folder 181	12-31 December and monthly reports, 1949
Folder 182	1-20 January 1950
Folder 183	21-31 January and monthly reports, 1950
Folder 184	1-28 February and monthly reports, 1950
Folder 185	1-20 March 1950
Folder 186	21-31 March and monthly reports, 1950
Folder 187	1-18 April 1950
Folder 188	22-30 April and monthly reports, 1950
Folder 189	1-10 May 1950
Folder 190	11-18 May 1950
Folder 191	19-24 May 1950
Folder 192	25-31 May and monthly reports, 1950
Folder 193	June 1950
Folder 194	July 1950
Folder 195	August 1950
Folder 196	September 1950
Folder 197	October 1950
Folder 198	November-10 December 1950
Folder 199	11-31 December 1950
Folder 200	1-20 January 1951
Folder 201	22-31 January 1951
Folder 202	February 1951
Folder 203	March 1951
Folder 204	1-17 April 1951
Folder 205	19-30 April 1951
Folder 206	May 1951
Folder 207	June 1951
Folder 208	July 1951
Folder 209	August 1951
Folder 210	September 1951
Folder 211	October 1951
Folder 212	1-5 November 1951
Folder 213	6-30 November 1951
Folder 214	December 1951
Folder 215	January 1952
Folder 216	1-20 February 1952
Folder 217	22-28 February 1952
Folder 218	March 1952
Folder 219	1-10 April 1952
Folder 220	11-30 April 1952
Folder 221	1-20 May 1952
Folder 222	21-31 May 1952
Folder 223	June 1952
Folder 224	1-21 July 1952
Folder 225	22-31 July 1952
Folder 226	2-12 August 1952
Folder 227	13-31 August 1952
Folder 228	September 1952
Folder 229	1-13 October 1952
Folder 230	21-31 October 1952
Folder 231	November 1952
Folder 232	1-15 December 1952
Folder 233	17-31 December 1952
Folder 234	January 1953
Folder 235	1-18 February 1953
Folder 236	19-28 February 1953
Folder 237	1-19 March 1953
Folder 238	20-31 March 1953
Folder 239	1-10 April 1953
Folder 240	11-30 April 1953
Folder 241	1-20 May 1953
Folder 242	21-30 May 1953
Folder 243	June 1953
Folder 244	July-August 1953
Folder 245	September 1953
Folder 246	October 1953
Folder 247	November-December 1953
Folder 248	January 1954
Folder 249	February 1954
Folder 250	March 1954
Folder 251	1-20 April 1954
Folder 252	21-30 April 1954
Folder 253	May 1954
Folder 254	June 1954
Folder 255	1-16 July 1954
Folder 256	19-31 July 1954
Folder 257	August 1954
Folder 258	September-October 1954
Folder 259	November-December 1954
Folder 260	January-March 1955
Folder 261	April-June 1955
Folder 262	July-August 1955
Folder 262a	September-December 1955
Folder 263	January-May 1956
Folder 264	June-December 1956; 1957-1959
Folder 265	1960-1963
Folder 266	1964-1965
Folder 267	January-May 1966
Folder 268	June-December 1966

Expand/collapse Series 2. Subject Files, 1930-1952.

About 5,000 items.

Arrangement: by organization, then chronological.

Files appear on the Chapel Hill School Board, the National Research Council, other professional societies and groups, H. V. Wilson, and general subjects. Included in this series are files on the University of North Carolina, including many from Health Affairs, the Division of Natural Sciences, Faculty Committees on Research, the Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee, the Division of Teacher Training, and the Zoology Department.

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1. Chapel Hill School Board, 1930-1947.

About 600 items.

Files consist chiefly of minutes, correspondence, and reports.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 269	1930-1935
Folder 270	1936
Folder 271	January-April 1937
Folder 272	May-June 1937
Folder 273	July-December 1937
Folder 274	January 1938-June 1939
Folder 275	July 1939-June 1940
Folder 276	July 1940-June 1941
Folder 277	July 1941-June 1942
Folder 278	Audit report, 30 June 1942
Folder 279	July-September 1942
Folder 280	October-December 1942
Folder 281	Constitutional amendment, 1942
Folder 282	Undated (1942-1943?)
Folder 283	January-June 1943
Folder 284	Audit report, 30 June 1943
Folder 285	July 1943
Folder 286	August-December 1943
Folder 287	January-March 1944
Folder 287a	J. F. Williams's report, 1943
Folder 288	April-May 1944
Folder 289	June 1944
Folder 290	July-December 1944
Folder 291	January-June 1945
Folder 292	July-December 1945
Folder 293	1946
Folder 294	1947

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.2. National Research Council, 1935-1947.

About 1,000 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 295	1935
Folder 296	January-July 1936
Folder 297	August-October 1936
Folder 298	November-December 1936
Folder 299	Annual report, 1936-1937
Folder 300	January-February 1937
Folder 301	March 1937
Folder 302	April 1937
Folder 303	May 1937
Folder 304	June-August 1937
Folder 305	September-October 1937
Folder 306	November 1937
Folder 307	December 1937
Folder 308	January 1938
Folder 309	February 1938
Folder 310	March-April 1938
Folder 311	May 1938
Folder 312	June 1938
Folder 313	30 June 1938
Folder 314	July-August 1938
Folder 315	September 1938
Folder 316	1-4 October 1938
Folder 317	5-12 October 1938
Folder 318	13-31 October 1938
Folder 319	November 1938
Folder 320	December 1938
Folder 321	1-10 January 1939
Folder 322	12-13 January 1939
Folder 323	14-31 January 1939
Folder 324	1-10 February 1939
Folder 325	11-28 February 1939
Folder 326	March 1939
Folder 327	April 1939
Folder 328	May 1939
Folder 329	1-15 June 1939
Folder 330	16-30 June 1939
Folder 331	1-8 July 1939
Folder 332	10-31 July 1939
Folder 333	August 1939
Folder 334	September-October 1939
Folder 335	November-16 December 1939
Folder 336	21-31 December and undated, 1939
Folder 337	January 1940
Folder 338	February 1940
Folder 339	March 1940
Folder 340	April 1940
Folder 341	May-16 June 1940
Folder 342	17-30 June 1940
Folder 343	July 1940
Folder 344	August-September 1940
Folder 345	November-December 1940
Folder 346	1-18 December 1940
Folder 347	19-31 December 1940
Folder 348	January 1941
Folder 349	February 1941
Folder 350	March 1941
Folder 351	April 1941
Folder 352	May 1941
Folder 353	June 1941
Folder 354	July-16 October 1941
Folder 355	18 October 1941
Folder 356	20 October-November 1941
Folder 357	1-15 December 1941
Folder 358	20-31 December 1941
Folder 359	January 1942
Folder 360	February 1942
Folder 361	March 1942
Folder 362	April-May 1942
Folder 363	June-September 1942
Folder 364	October-November 1942
Folder 365	December 1942
Folder 366	January-May 1943
Folder 367	June-December 1943
Folder 368	January-April 1944
Folder 369	May-December 1944
Folder 370	January-June 1945
Folder 371	July-December 1945
Folder 372	January-May 1946
Folder 373	June-October 1946
Folder 374	November-December 1946
Folder 375	1947

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3. Academy of Natural Sciences and Leidy Medal, 1942-1944.

About 15 items.

Folder 376

1942-1944

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.4. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1936-1946.

About 200 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 377	1936-1939
Folder 378	1940
Folder 379	January-May 1941
Folder 380	June-November 1941
Folder 381	1942-1946

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.5. American Scientific Congress, January-June 1940.

About 20 items.

Folder 382

January-June 1940

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.6. American Society of Zoologists, 1940-1947.

About 200 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 383	1940-1941
Folder 384	1942
Folder 385	1943-1944
Folder 386	1945-1947

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.7. Biological Societies and Biological Abstracts, 1935-1947.

About 200 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 387	1935-1940
Folder 388	1941-1942
Folder 389	1943-1944
Folder 390	1945-1947

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.8. Ecological Society of America, 1935-1946.

About 800 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 391	1935-1936
Folder 392	January 1937
Folder 393	1-5 February 1937
Folder 394	6-12 February 1937
Folder 395	12-18 February 1937
Folder 396	19-28 February 1937
Folder 397	March 1937
Folder 398	1-13 April 1937
Folder 399	14-30 April 1937
Folder 400	1-24 May 1937
Folder 401	25-31 May 1937
Folder 402	June 1937
Folder 403	July-August 1937
Folder 404	September 1937
Folder 405	1-18 October 1937
Folder 406	19-31 October 1937
Folder 407	1-9 November 1937
Folder 408	10-19 November 1937
Folder 409	22-30 November 1937
Folder 410	December 1937
Folder 411	Undated 1937
Folder 412	January 1938
Folder 413	February-March 1938
Folder 414	April-July 1938
Folder 415	August-September 1938
Folder 416	November-December 1938
Folder 417	1939
Folder 418	1940
Folder 419	October 1941-October 1942
Folder 420	November-December 1942
Folder 421	1943-1946
Folder 422	Huyck Preserve, 1937
Folder 423	Huyck Preserve, 1938-1946

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.9. Limnological Society of America, 1935-1947.

About 300 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 424	1935-1937
Folder 425	January-May 1938
Folder 426	June-August 1938
Folder 427	September-October 1938
Folder 428	November-December 1938
Folder 429	January-May 1939
Folder 430	June-November 1939
Folder 431	1940-1942
Folder 432	1943-1945
Folder 433	1946
Folder 434	1947

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.10. North Carolina Academy of Science, 1935-1942.

About 150 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 435	1935-1936
Folder 436	1941
Folder 437	January-April 1942
Folder 438	May-December 1942

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.11. H. V. Wilson Files, 1938-1944 and undated.

About 400 items.

Arrangement: by subject, then chronological.

Folder 439	Biography and departmental history
Folder 440	1938
Folder 441	July-October 1939
Folder 442	November 1939
Folder 443	December 1939
Folder 444	January 1940
Folder 445	1-13 February 1940
Folder 446	14-28 February 1940
Folder 447	1-15 March 1940
Folder 448	18 March-26 June 1940
Folder 449	July-September 1940
Folder 450	January-September 1941
Folder 451	October 1941
Folder 452	November 1941
Folder 453	20 November 1941
Folder 454	21 November 1941-31 December 1941
Folder 455	January 1942-June 1944
Folder 456	Financial records, miscellaneous and undated
Folder 457	Financial records, miscellaneous and undated

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.12. North Carolina College for Negroes, 1940-1944.

About 20 items.

Folder 458

1940-1944

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.13. Southern Resources Inventory, 1943-1944.

About 5 items.

Folder 459

1943-1944

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.14. University of North Carolina Files, 1944-1947.

About 800 items.

Arrangement: by subject, then chronological.

Folder 460	UNC business research, 1944-1946
Folder 461	UNC Health Affairs, February-September 1952
Folder 462	UNC Health Affairs, 24 April 1952
Folder 463	UNC Health Affairs, June-December 1952
Folder 464	UNC Health Affairs, 1952
Folder 465	UNC Health Affairs, January 1953
Folder 466	UNC Health Affairs, January-March 1953
Folder 467	UNC Health Affairs, April-June 1953
Folder 468	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, 1935
Folder 469	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, 1936
Folder 470	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, 1937-1938
Folder 471	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, 1939
Folder 472	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, January-May 1940
Folder 473	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, June 1940
Folder 474	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, August-December 1940
Folder 475	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, February-23 April 1941
Folder 476	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, 29 April-14 October 1941
Folder 477	UNC Division of Natural Sciences war training, 1942
Folder 478	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, January-March 1942
Folder 479	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, April-December 1942
Folder 480	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, January-March 1943
Folder 481	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, April-July 1943
Folder 482	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, August-October 1943
Folder 483	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, November-December 1943
Folder 484	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, January-March 1944
Folder 485	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, April-December 1944
Folder 486	UNC Division of Natural Sciences, 1945-1946
Folder 487	UNC Committees on Research, October 1936-May 1937
Folder 488	UNC Committees on Research, June 1937
Folder 489	UNC Committees on Research, July 1937-1940
Folder 490	UNC Committees on Research, 1941-1947
Folder 491	UNC Sesquicentennial Conference, March-December 1944
Folder 492	UNC Sesquicentennial Conference, January 1945
Folder 493	UNC Sesquicentennial Conference, February-March 1945
Folder 494	UNC Sesquicentennial Conference, April 1945
Folder 495	UNC Sesquicentennial Conference, 1-8 May 1945
Folder 496	UNC Sesquicentennial Conference, 9-11 May 1945
Folder 497	UNC Sesquicentennial Conference, 12-20 May 1945
Folder 498	UNC Sesquicentennial Conference, 21-31 May 1945
Folder 499	UNC Sesquicentennial Conference, June-December 1945
Folder 500	UNC Sesquicentennial Conference, January 1946-February 1947
Folder 501	UNC Sesquicentennial Committee, general files, 1938-1946
Folder 502	UNC Division of Teacher Training, 1937-1946
Folder 503	UNC Committee on Vocational and Educational Guidance for Women Students, 1943-1946
Folder 504	UNC Department of Zoology building information, 1939
Folder 505	UNC Department of Zoology comprehensive examination questions, 1930-1941
Folder 506	UNC Department of Zoology records, 1935-1947
Folder 507	UNC Department of Zoology museum information, 1943
Folder 508	UNC Department of Zoology oceanography course, 1942-1946

Expand/collapse Series 3. Allegany School of Natural History, 1929-1937.

About 500 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Papers and correspondence relating to the Allegany School of Natural History at Quaker Bridge, N.Y. Includes Director's Reports, announcements and bulletins, and similar miscellaneous materials.

Folder 509	1929-1933
Folder 510	January-August 1934
Folder 511	September-December 1934
Folder 512	January-March 1935
Folder 513	April-December 1935
Folder 514	January-February 1936
Folder 515	March 1936
Folder 516	April-December 1936
Folder 517	Undated
Folder 518	Miscellaneous announcements
Folder 519	Bulletin, 1937
Folder 520	Alumni bulletin, 1932-1934
Folder 521a	Director's Report, 1927-1930
Folder 521b	Director's Report, 1931-1933
Folder 521c	Director's Report, 1934-1935

Expand/collapse Series 4. Miscellaneous and Undated Material.

About 200 items.

Folder 522	UNC Chi Psi material
Folder 523	"Marine Biology and Laboratory Work at the University of North Carolina," by R.E. Coker (two copies)
Folder 524	Miscellaneous papers on marine biology
Folder 525	Undated papers and letters
Folder 526	Undated
Folder 527	Undated
Folder 528	Newspaper clippings
Folder 529	Newspaper clippings relating to the Coker family
Folder 530	Newspaper clippings relating to scientific topics

Expand/collapse Series 5. Pictures, 1845-1958.

42 items.

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.1. Photographs, 1845-1958.

35 items.

Image Folder PF-3380/1	R.E. Coker, 1935 (three photographs)
	R.E. Coker, 1946
	Sarah Elizabeth Coker, circa 1910 (three photographs)
	Allen Edward McIver, circa 1845
	William Caleb Coker, circa 1860 (two photographs)
Image Folder PF-3380/2	William C. Coker, Edward C. Coker, and William C. Coker Jr., circa 1899
	Jennie Coit Coker and an unidentified woman, circa 1930
	Group of twelve people, including R.E. Coker, 1896 Most group members are identified on verso.
	Staff of the Fairport, Iowa, United States Fisheries Biological Station, circa 1912 All staff members are identified on verso.
	Development Council of North Carolina members, 1953 All council members are at least partially identified on verso.
	R.E. Coker and another man, 1958 The other man is identified on verso as "Paul [last name illegible]."
	Sidney R. Jolley, R.E. Coker, and Juan Rivera, circa 1958
	Dr. Erdman, Dr. Benavent, and R.E. Coker, 1955
Image Folder PF-3380/3	Group of approximately 45 unidentified people, taken at Mountain Lake, Va., circa 1935
	Group of 29 people, including R.E. Coker, circa 1920-1930 The others in the photograph are presumably Coker's students.
	Two unidentified men, circa 1940
	Old Library at Society Hill, S.C., 1929
	Postcard: "Arthur Coker's Home," 1907
	Postcard: Coker Farms, Hartsville, S.C., undated
	William Coker home, before restoration, circa 1930-1950
	William Coker home, after restoration, circa 1930-1950
	Marjorie Bass and Ann Parsek (identified on verso) at Quaker Bridge Zoology Lab, New York, 1935
	Quaker Bridge Zoology Lab, New York, 1935 (two photographs)
Image Folder PF-3380/4	View of R.E. Coker's Fairport, Iowa home, circa 1911-1916
	Dedication of the Fairport, Iowa laboratory, 1914 Written on verso: "Building burned & replaced by a better one later."
	New biological lab, Fairport, Iowa, 1920
	"W. C. (William Caleb?) Coker and home in Darlington," circa 1900
	United States Fisheries Lab, Beaufort, N.C., circa 1903
	View from the United States Fisheries Lab, Beaufort, N.C., circa 1903

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.2. Photograph Albums, 1902-1950.

7 items.

Photograph Album PA-3380/1	Album of postcards, circa 1902-1904 Chiefly scenes from Peru, but also including Bolivia, Ecuador, Jamaica, and the New York Aquarium.
Photograph Album PA-3380/2	Pictures from Peru, circa 1902-1904 Contains pictures of various people and places.
Photograph Album PA-3380/3	Pictures documenting fisheries and the guano industry in Peru, circa 1902-1904
Photograph Album PA-3380/4	"Fairport, Ia./Cruise on Core Sound," circa 1910-1915 Chiefly images of the land and buildings around Fairport, Iowa. There are also several snapshots taken during a cruise on Core Sound, near Beaufort, N.C., in the 1930s.
Photograph Album PA-3380/5	Family picture album, circa 1910-1934 Chiefly pictures of R.E. Coker, his wife Jennie, and their sons, Robert and Coit. Also included are a few snapshots of scenes in Fairport, Iowa.
Photograph Album PA-3380/6	Family picture album, circa 1935-1950 Chiefly pictures of R.E. Coker and his sons, Robert and Coit. Includes photographs of Coit while in the Navy during World War II, snapshots of Robert Jr.'s family, pictures of buildings at the University of North Carolina, and scenes from various outdoor locations.
Photograph Album PA-3380/7	"Society Hill, S.C." Images of houses, churches, cemeteries, a school, the library, and other views of Society Hill, S.C.

Expand/collapse Series 6. Family History, 1748-1966 and undated.

About 3,000 items.

Arrangement: roughly chronological.

Includes findings of three professional genealogists hired by R.E. Coker and the correspondence relating to their findings. The genealogical material is taken largely from county deed books in North Carolina and Virginia, the Virginia State Land Office books, and the North Carolina Department of Archives and History. Also included are papers tracing individual family lines and miscellaneous family history material.

Folder 531	1748-1832
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-3380/1	Three oversize South Carolina land grants, 1774 and 1791
Folder 532	1835, 1846
Folder 533	1867-1907
Folder 534	1911-14 September 1931
Folder 535	15 September 1931-8 March 1934; 1935-1936
Folder 536	18 January 1937-June 1939
Folder 537	31 July 1939-11 December 1939
Folder 538	10 February 1940-16 October 1942; 1943
Folder 539	1944-1946
Folder 540	January-July 1947
Folder 541	August-December 1947
Folder 542	Janaury-September 1948
Folder 543	1949
Folder 544	1950-October 1951
Folder 545	November 1951-December 1952
Folder 546	1952-1953
Folder 547	1953
Folder 548	January-May 1954
Folder 549	June-August 1954
Folder 550	September-December 1954
Folder 551	1955-1957
Folder 552	"American Ancestors of Caleb Coker," 1958
Folder 553	March 1959-December 1963
Folder 554	"Coker Report," 1964
Folder 555	"Caleb Coker of Society Hill, S.C.," 1964
Folder 556	January 1964-June 1966
Folder 557	Ann Waller Reddy genealogical material, 1942-1944
Folder 558	Mrs. Lewis L. Chapman genealogical material, 1942-1943
Folder 559	Marybell Delemar genealogical material, 1942-1944
Folder 560a	Biographical sketch of Sarah W. E. McIver
Folder 560b	Original diary of Sarah W. E. McIver
Folder 560c	Diary of Sarah W. E. McIver, enclosures
Folder 560d	Diary of Sarah W. E. McIver, typed transcription
Folder 561	Caleb Coker diary, typed fragment
Folder 562	Edgecombe County wills
Folder 563	Family trees
Folder 564	"William Caleb Coker," by R.E. Coker
Folder 565	"Partial History of Companies F and M, 8th Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers," by Captain W. C. Coker
Folder 566	Coker family genealogical materials: "The Name and Family of Coker" #03380, Series 6. Family History, 1748-1966 and undated., Folder 566 A genealogical and historical sketch compiled by The Media Research Bureau, Washington, D.C. "William Caleb Coker," by R.E. Coker #03380, Series 6. Family History, 1748-1966 and undated., Folder 566 Typed copy. Includes handwritten notes.
Folder 567	Two reports written by R.E. Coker: "Caleb Coker Jr., of Society Hill, South Carolina" #03380, Series 6. Family History, 1748-1966 and undated., Folder 567 "Coker in England" #03380, Series 6. Family History, 1748-1966 and undated., Folder 567
Folder 568	Three typescripts: "American Ancestors of Caleb Coker of Society Hill, S.C." by R.E. Coker, 1958 #03380, Series 6. Family History, 1748-1966 and undated., Folder 568 Includes annotated addendum. "Ancestry of Cokers of Darlington County, S.C." #03380, Series 6. Family History, 1748-1966 and undated., Folder 568 "Origen [sic] of the Name Coker" by R.E. Coker, circa 1964 #03380, Series 6. Family History, 1748-1966 and undated., Folder 568
Folder 569	Records from the National Archives, and notes on "Coker in England"
Folder 570	Miscellaneous writings and pamphlets
Folder 571	Miscellaneous family letters (typed copies)
Folder 572	Letters of Caleb Coker
Folder 573	"The South Realizing Itself: Hartsville and its Lesson" by Edwin Mims, and miscellaneous material
Folder 574	Individual family lines: Lide (Lloyd)
Folder 575	Individual family lines: Cannon
Folder 576	Individual family lines: McIver
Folder 577	Individual family lines: McIver
Folder 578	Individual family lines: Ellison (Allison), Witherspoon
Folder 579	Individual family lines: Wilds
Folder 580	Individual family lines: Ervin
Folder 581	Individual family lines: Ervin
Folder 582	Individual family lines: Ervin
Folder 583	Individual family lines: Coit, Holloway, James, Perdicaris
Folder 584-588 Folder 584 Folder 585 Folder 586 Folder 587 Folder 588	Miscellaneous family history materials

Expand/collapse Series 7. Personal Correspondence, 1894-1964 and undated.

About 1,000 items.

Arrangement: primarily chronological.

Expand/collapse Subseries 7.1. Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence, 1894-1964 and undated.

About 970 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Contains personal correspondence between R.E. Coker and a variety of correspondents.

Folder 589	1894-1898
Folder 590	1899-1904
Folder 591	1905
Folder 592	1906-April 1907
Folder 593	May 1907-1929
Folder 594	1930-1933
Folder 595	1934-1936
Folder 596	1937-1939
Folder 597	1940-1942
Folder 598	1943-1944
Folder 599	1945-1946
Folder 600	1947-1952
Folder 601	1953-1955
Folder 602	1956-1964
Folder 603	Miscellaneous and undated

Expand/collapse Subseries 7.2. Coit McLean Coker Correspondence, 1938-1954 and undated.

About 300 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Contains correspondence between Coker's son, Coit McLean Coker, and a variety of correspondents.

Folder 604	1938-1943
Folder 605	July 1943-September 1944
Folder 606	October 1943-1954
Folder 607-610 Folder 607 Folder 608 Folder 609 Folder 610	Miscellaneous

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Collection Number: 03380 Collection Title: R.E. Coker Papers, 1748-1966

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Collection Number: 03380

Collection Title: R.E. Coker Papers, 1748-1966