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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.
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
  
Curriculum North Carolina UNC
In Ecology Botanical Garden Biology Department
University of North
Carolina Herbarium
CB# 3280, Coker Hall
University of North
Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
phone: (919) 962-6931
fax:
(919) 962-6930
email: herbarium@bio.unc.edu
Last Updated: 6 September
2006
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