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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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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.
Back to TopThe 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.
Back to TopArrangement: 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.
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.
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 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 376 |
1942-1944 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 377 |
1936-1939 |
Folder 378 |
1940 |
Folder 379 |
January-May 1941 |
Folder 380 |
June-November 1941 |
Folder 381 |
1942-1946 |
Folder 382 |
January-June 1940 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 383 |
1940-1941 |
Folder 384 |
1942 |
Folder 385 |
1943-1944 |
Folder 386 |
1945-1947 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 387 |
1935-1940 |
Folder 388 |
1941-1942 |
Folder 389 |
1943-1944 |
Folder 390 |
1945-1947 |
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 |
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 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 435 |
1935-1936 |
Folder 436 |
1941 |
Folder 437 |
January-April 1942 |
Folder 438 |
May-December 1942 |
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 |
Folder 458 |
1940-1944 |
Folder 459 |
1943-1944 |
Arrangement: by subject, then chronological.
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 |
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 |
Photograph Album PA-3380/1 |
Album of postcards, circa 1902-1904Chiefly scenes from Peru, but also including Bolivia, Ecuador, Jamaica, and the New York Aquarium. |
Photograph Album PA-3380/2 |
Pictures from Peru, circa 1902-1904Contains 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 1910-1915Chiefly 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 1910-1934Chiefly 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 1935-1950Chiefly 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. |
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.
Arrangement: primarily chronological.
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 |
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 607Folder 608Folder 609Folder 610 |
Miscellaneous |