Charles Fuller Baker

…of tuberculosis had neither money nor friends to care for him. Baker took the money he had put aside for the trip and sent the lad to the mountains. For…

Joseph Austin Holmes

…students; Advanced Geology, 4; Advanced Mineralogy, 4; Zoology, Physiology, and Botany, 40; Biology and Microscopic Technology, 20; and Advanced Botany, 4. In addition to heavy teaching loads during the fall…

Frederick William Anderson

…fourteen octavo pages on the pastoral resources of Montana by Mr. Anderson. It does not pretend to be a complete list of forage plants in Montana, but it does describe…

Anne Cabell, CCCG beekeeper

by Abby Zaleski, Communications Student In 2010, Anne Cabell had been looking for an interesting way that she could give back to the community. After hearing about the garden and…

William Battle Cobb

…1915 [Collier] Cobb had used a portion of Mary Know Gatlin Cobb’s dowry to purchase land and build houses on Cobb Terrace [35.917169 latitude, -79.054471 longitude in downtown Chapel Hill]…”5…

Willard Webster Eggleston

…on 28 March 1863 in Vermont to Mary Elizabeth Squier (1833 – ?) and Romaine James Eggleston (1836-1925), a farmer. “Willie” had at least three siblings: Clara E. (b. ca….

Tree Cores Come to the Herbarium

…collected from the Gulf Islands National Seashore in Gulf Breeze, Florida. As we have never had tree cores in our collection, I asked for more details – what species of…

New Lichens in The Old North State

…broad base of public support for their preservation. Addressing these two needs are the most important goals of our project.” 1 Lichens are found in every county in North Carolina….

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