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Collectors and History of the UNC Herbarium

Collectors
These pages provide basic biographical information about a few of the many collectors who have contributed specimens to the UNC Herbarium. Where applicable, links have been provided to papers in the Southern Historical Collection and University Archives, although it should be noted that the Herbarium itself contains many letters, drawings, and field notes of researchers in addition to their specimens. The John N. Couch Biology Library, located just below the Herbarium, also contains much valuable information, including the collected papers of many present and former UNC faculty.

A   G   P
Joseph Edison Adams   Paul W. Gabrielson   Arthur Stanley Pease
Harry E. Ahles   Lisa Marie Giencke   Donald Culross Peattie
Annie Montague Alexander   Fred William Gray   Mark Alan Peifer
Lillian Arnold   H   Rose Lorraine Peifer
William Willard Ashe   Thomas Grant Harbison   Francis Pennell
    Francis Harper   Anne Elizabeth Perkins
    Joscelyn W. Hill   Gary Perlmutter
B   Charles H. Hitchcock   Sadie F. Price
Alma Whiffen Barksdale   Joseph Austin Holmes   Joseph H. Pyron
Nathan Barrows   Max Hoyt Hommersand    
Alma Holland Beers   Duane Houck  
C. Ritchie Bell   Eric Hulten   R
Elizabeth Henry Bellmer   William Lanier Hunt   Albert E. Radford
James E. Benedict, Jr.   Charles Walter Hyams   Laurie Stewart Radford
Ferdinand Blanchard   Mordecai Elisha Hyams   Charles Edward Raynal
Alpheus Wesley Blizzard   K   John F. Reed
Rebecca Deramus Bray   Margaret Munch Kendall   Mildred Gant Stites Reed
Pamela Burns-Balogh   Walter John Emil Kress   Joseph R. Rohrer
Elizabeth G. Boomhour       George Rossbach
C   L   C. P. Russell
Henrietta Laing Chambers   Richard LeBlond   Albert Ruth
John White Chickering   Francis J. LeClair  
Ross C. Clark   William Clarence Legg   S
    Steven W. Leonard    P. O. Schallert
William Chambers Coker   Ivey Foreman Lewis   Bohumil Shimek
John Nathaniel Couch   Lewis Henry Lighthipe   John Kunkel Small
    Emma Lewis Lipps   Bruce Sorrie
    Harriett Lipscomb Whipple   Homer A. Stephens
D   Leander Williams Lynch    Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf
Hannibal Albert Davis   Thomas Francis Lucy   T
Tyreeca Stemple Davis   M   Katherine A. Taylor
Delzie Demaree   Megan Mailloux   John Thieret
Pete Diamond    Andrew Clark Mathews    Joab Thomas
Robert M. Downs   Velma Dare Matthews   Henry Roland Totten
Wilbur H. Duncan   Waldo Lee McAtee   Gary E. Tucker
E   Carol Ann McCormick   John William Turrentine
Heinrich Karl Daniel Eggert   Lillian Claire McCormick  
Alexander W. Evans   Yolande McCurdy   W
Don E. Eyles   Francis Eugene McDonald   Barton H. Warnock
F   Donald Evans McLeod   Alan Stuart Weakley
Juliet Fauntleroy   Rogers McVaugh   Elizabeth Fortson Wells
M. Flaventia Federowicz   Edward Read Memminger   Mary E. Wharton
William Basil Fox   Charles T. Mohr   Peter S. White
Misty Franklin   Harold Moldenke   Eloise Wicker Knight
Oliver Myles Freeman   Judy Tate Morgan   Rassie Everton Wicker
Richard Steven Furr   N - O   Wolfgang Wolf
    Claire L. Newell   Thomas Fanning Wood
         
         
         

 


History
Laurie Stewart Radford, curator from 1936 to 1942, wrote seven articles for the 1984-1986 issues of the Friends of the Herbarium newsletter. Each article focused on a specific era in the development of the herbarium. In 1998, she updated the articles and compiled them into a single 50-page history of the NCU Herbarium. This history spans from 1908 (the year in which a formal herbarium was created) until 1998. The document, below, can be viewed in its entirety or as individual chapters. Each file is in PDF format.

The History of the Herbarium of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 1908-1998

Individual Chapters
Preface
Chapter One: The First Thirty Years
Chapter Two: From Birds and Bugs to Botany
Chapter Three: From Highlands to World War II
Chapter Four: War's End and New Beginnings
Chapter Five: Urgently Needed: A New Manual
Chapter Six: Those Twelve Long Hard Years
Chapter Seven: Coming of Age


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Last Updated: 6 September 2006