Library

…checked out. Search NCBG Library in the UNC Library Catalog The Sarah Fore Gaines Library opened in 2010 in the James & Delight Allen Education Center. Sarah, then married to…

Ken E. Rogers

…Calamovilfa (Gramineae) from North America. Rhodora 72(789): 72-79, f.1-2. 4. Search for “Calamovilfa arcuata” in sernecportal.org accessed on 3 July 2018. 5. Pers. comm. Dwayne Estes to McCormick. July 2,…

Earl Henry Hall

(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…

Saving Our Savannas Resources

…Longleaf Pines and Fire Ecology Den Latham HFS Books Looking for Longleaf: The Fall and Rise of an American Forest Lawrence S. Earley UNC Press Longneedle Anne Marshall Runyon NCBG…

Eloise Wicker Knight

…removed and reinstated several times. By 1963, women were free to apply to all departments as freshmen and sophomores, but they had to abide by many rules regarding visitation and…

Miriam Kresses Slifkin

…was published in the News and Observer on 30 August, 2020: Chapel Hill, NC: Miriam Kresses Slifkin lived her life with grit and determination. She was cherished by her family,…

Spelunking in The Caves of Chapel Hill

…one with the surname of “Cave” or “Caves” — but that did not rule out that these hypothetical troglodytes lived in rural Orange County or Durham County. Neither of these…

NEWSFLASH: Chip Cherry Update

The January, 2021 issue of the NCBG e-newsletter had an article about a fungus new to North Carolina, Leratiomyces ceres, or “Chip Cherry.” Herbarium Associate Dr. Van Cotter has gone…