Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#3220
WILLIAM CHAMBERS COKER PAPERS
Summary
Coker, William Chambers, 1872-1953.
Papers, 1884-1956 (bulk 1914-1950).
10,000 items (12.0 linear feet).
Botanist, teacher, writer, chairman of the Department of Botany at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and editor of the journal of
the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.
Correspondence and varied other personal and professional records of Coker,
chiefly 1914-1950. Coker's papers concern family and personal business
matters; his research, writing, and international correspondence as a
botanist; his activities at the University of North Carolina as a professor
and as chairman of the Botany Department for 36 years; the journal of the
Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, of which he was editor, 1904-1945; and
numerous civic interests. Also included are the files of the Highlands
Museum and Biological Laboratory, 1930-1950; of the Division of Design and
Improvement of School Grounds, University of North Carolina Extension
Bureau; and Coker's research notes on his studies of mycology.
Gifts, 1956-1974.
ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
Agricultural experiment stations--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Botanists--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Botany--Study and teaching.
Coker, William Chambers, 1872-1953.
Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. ßt Journal.
Highlands Biological Station--History.
Mycology--Study and teaching.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Dept. of Botany--History--20th
century.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Bureau of Extension. Division
of Design and Improvement of School Grounds.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--History--20th
century.
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