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Collection Overview
| Size | 15 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 9000 items) |
| Abstract | William R. Burk, who is white, served as Botany Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1979 to 2009. Over the course of his career, he compiled these files on faculty in the departments of Botany and Zoology. He compiled the files intending to write a book on the contributions of faculty in the Department of Botany in the twentieth century. Instead, he wrote Putting Down Roots: Foundations of Botany at Carolina, 1792-1902 (BRIT Press, 2017), a history of the early teaching of botany at the University. |
| Creator | Burk, William R. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
Processed by: Amy Morgan, April 2017
Encoded by: Laura Smith, April 2017
Updated because of addition by Jennifer Coggins and Laura Smith, November 2018 and January 2019
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Subject Headings
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Biographical Information
William R. Burk, who is white, served as Botany Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1979 to 2009. Over the course of his career, he compiled these files on faculty in the departments of Botany and Zoology. He compiled the files intending to write a book on the contributions of faculty in the Department of Botany in the twentieth century. Instead, he wrote Putting Down Roots: Foundations of Botany at Carolina, 1792-1902 (BRIT Press, 2017), a history of the early teaching of botany at the University.
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Scope and Content
Former Botany Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill William (Bill) Burk's collection of materials on the departments of Zoology and Botany.
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William R. Burk Collection on University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Botany and
Zoology Faculty, 1920-2015
Digital media (e.g., DVD's and CDR's) removed from the collection in April 2017 are closed pending review by University Archive staff.