William Coker and the North Carolina Botanical Garden: Published and Print Materials
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Resources in the North Carolina Collection
Materials in the North Carolina Collection and North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives are accessed in the 2nd Floor Reading Room in Wilson Library. In addition to the materials identified below, try the following subject searches in the UNC Libraries online catalog:
Please note that these searches are not comprehensive, and information on W.C. Coker or the North Carolina Botanical Garden will also appear in a variety of other resources not indexed with these terms. University and student publications such as the Carolina Alumni Review and The Daily Tar Heel will be particularly helpful (both available online for UNC affiliates).
Please be sure to review the "Registering and Requesting Materials" tab of this guide before visiting Wilson Library to conduct research.
Publications about William Chambers Coker
Listed below is a small sampling of books entirely or partially about W.C. Coker. For more titles with information on Coker, try the subject search for "Coker, William Chambers" linked to in the box above. For titles by Coker, search the catalog by author.
- Essays on William Chambers Coker, passionate botanist byCall Number: CB C682jPublication Date: 2003A collection of biographical essays written by Coker's niece.
- William Chambers Coker byCall Number: CpB C6821cPublication Date: 1954A tribute to Coker reprinted from Mycologia. The papers of one of the authors, John N. Couch, are in the Southern Historical Collection.
- Uncovering Coker: Revealing the Life of a Botanist through a Special Collections Exhibit byPublication Date: 2003A Master's paper, available online, about the preparation of an exhibit in Wilson Library on Coker's life and work.
- The Cokers of Carolina : a social biography of a family byCall Number: C929.3 C682sPublication Date: 1956This book about the prominent South Carolina family devotes several pages to W.C. Coker and his work.
- Dictionary of North Carolina biography byCall Number: CBo D55pPublication Date: 1979-1996The first volume of this six volume set includes a biographical sketch of Coker, complete with a list of sources.
- North Carolina Collection clipping file through 1975 : biographyCall Number: CRBo N87164 volumes of newspaper clippings on prominent North Carolinians compiled by North Carolina Collection staff prior to 1975. Clippings on Coker are in volume 29.
- The campus of the first State university byCall Number: C378 UE23Publication Date: 1949Devotes several sections to Coker's contributions to campus.
- The University of North Carolina, 1900-1930 : the making of a modern university byCall Number: C378 UE27Publication Date: 1957A history of UNC in the early 20th century by Wilson Library's namesake, in which Coker played a prominent role.
Publications about the North Carolina Botanical Garden
The following resources contain information on the North Carolina Botanical Garden.
- North Carolina Botanical Garden newsletter [serial]Call Number: FC581 N87nPublication Date: 1973-presentThe December 2013 issue contains an article on the Coker Pinetum beginning on page 5.
- North Carolina Botanical Garden annual report [serial]Call Number: G25 701: B74ISBN: North Carolina Botanical Garden annual reportPublication Date: 1986-2003The North Carolina Collection only has issues from 1997-2000. For other issues consult the North Carolina Botanical Garden Library.
- A commitment to conservation at the North Carolina Botanical Garden byCall Number: Cp581 J76cPublication Date: 1986From the first issue of Public Garden (January 1986).
- The North Carolina Botanical Garden byCall Number: Cp581 J76nPublication Date: 1985From the Bulletin of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta, v. 19, no. 4 (October 1985).
- [Brochures and pamphlets of the North Carolina Botanical Garden]Call Number: VC581 N87bA collection of promotional and educational brochures, pamphlets, calendars, flyers, etc. printed by the Botanical Garden.
- The research file on the grounds and landscape of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill byCall Number: C378 UW29The subject files of the former Botany Librarian.
- [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill : North Carolina Collection clipping file through 1975]Call Number: CR378 UE7Newspapers clippings on the University, compiled by North Carolina Collection staff prior to 1975. Clippings on the Botanical Garden are in volume 3.
