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Category: Herbarium Collectors

John White Chickering, Jr.

Posted on February 12, 2023 (February 12, 2023) by Carol Ann McCormick

(1831-1913) Special thanks to the following individuals for providing information on J.W. Chickering, Jr.:  Jane Rutherford, Reference & Instructional Librarian of Gallaudet University, and Scott Martin, for information on Chickering’s…

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Hiden Toy Cox, Jr.

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Carol Ann McCormick

(3 March 1917 – 27 March 2000)1 Information compiled in 2017 by Carol Ann McCormick,Curatrix of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium.  Special thanks to Nicole Wallace,…

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William Wirt Calkins

Posted on February 6, 2023 (February 6, 2023) by Carol Ann McCormick

(29 May 1842– 9 July 1914) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates both vascular plants and lichens collected by William Wirt Calkins.  All six vascular…

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Mary Gwendolyn Burton Caldwell

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Carol Ann McCormick

(22 May 1917 – 18 June 2005) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU)  has cataloged 29 vascular plant specimens and 16 mycological specimens collected by Mary…

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Earl Henry Hall

Posted on February 3, 2023 (February 4, 2023) by Carol Ann McCormick

(3 September 1883 – 10 March 1967)1  Special thanks to Stacey Krim, Special Collections, University Archive, University of North Carolina at Greensboro for research Mr. Hall. The University of North…

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Jacob Fredric Brenckle

Posted on January 22, 2023 (January 22, 2023) by Carol Ann McCormick

(14 November 1875– 26 June 1958) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged 153 fungi and 1 lichen collected by Jacob Frederick Brenckle, who usually…

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Elizabeth Gregory Boomhour Kerr

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Carol Ann McCormick

(13 July 1912 – 15 December 2005)   The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium has found several dozen specimens of Pycnanthemum that were annotated by Elizabeth Boomhour…

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Eugene Bourgeau

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Carol Ann McCormick

(1813 – 1877) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has to date catalogued a single botanical specimen collected by Eugene Bourgeau. The specimen, a fungus Pestalozzia…

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Clifford R. Parks

Posted on January 20, 2023 (February 5, 2023) by Carol Ann McCormick

(March 22, 1936 – July 18, 2020)1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 50 specimens collected by Clifford R. Parks.  Without doubt more…

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Velma Dare Matthews

Posted on January 6, 2023 (January 23, 2023) by Carol Ann McCormick

(3 August 1904 – 7 January 1958) Special thanks to Jonathan Garren, MLIS, MA, Outreach Librarian, Coker College for providing photographs for this post. The University of North Carolina at…

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