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John M. Booker

John M. Booker, a Baltimore native with a doctorate from the University of Heidelberg, joined the English department of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1909 and was its senior member when he died at his home in March 1948. He chaired the faculty committee on University government.

Source: DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, March 19, 1948, p. 6 (John M. Booker Dies of Heart Attack)

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Booker, Professor John M.: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)

Undated portrait of Professor John M. Booker of the University of North Carolina faculty, from the Chapel Hill Historical Society's Prints and Photographs Collection (CHHS.002).

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Original Mount for photograph of Professsor John M. Booker: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)

The original mount for a portrait photograph of Professor John M. Booker of the UNC faculty, undated, kept in the Chapel Hill Historical Society's Prints and Photographs Collection, CHHS.002.

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  1. Dr. John Booker remodels Senlac on Battle Lane In the 1920s Dr. John Booker, whose wife was Kemp Battle's granddaughter, reworked Senlac: he added matching one-story side wings, removed the Italianate trim and gave the house a full-width porch with Doric columns. People: John M. BookerSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: Chapel Hill Historic Sites Survey: Final Report (1992), p. 31
  2. John M. Booker outlines sixteen more buildings for the growing campus With enrollment rising past 1,600, English professor John M. Booker, a member of the faculty building committee, presented a plan with sites for sixteen buildings beyond the seven already funded, which he said would be needed within a few years to serve 3,000 students. He had also urged grouping buildings by purpose in the new campus plan. People: Harry Woodburn ChaseSearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase (2018), pp. 242, 244
  3. John M. Booker offers to buy a Franklin Street lot for the new town hall In a letter to the Chapel Hill Weekly, professor John M. Booker objected to the hurried choice of the old site and offered to buy and give a lot on Franklin Street, hoping it would start a civic center. Editor Louis Graves backed the idea and called for town planning. People: Louis Graves, John M. BookerSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Chapel Hill Town Hall, National Register nomination (OR0327), p. 8
  4. John M. Booker calls for town-sponsored planning in Chapel Hill After voters approved financing for the new town hall 211 to 27, John M. Booker wrote a longer letter to the Chapel Hill Weekly faulting the rush with which it was planned and proposing planning as a town function, with public planning meetings citizens could attend. Editor Louis Graves took up the call. People: Louis GravesSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Chapel Hill Town Hall, National Register nomination (OR0327), p. 8
  5. Louis Graves starts a newspaper campaign to give Franklin Street a Williamsburg look Feeling the business district looked shabby beside the new campus, Chapel Hill Weekly editor Louis Graves began praising Colonial Williamsburg's shops in editorials. Joseph Hyde Pratt, John M. Booker, W. D. Carmichael Jr., Collier Cobb and George Watts Hill backed the plan, and architect Archie Davis gave the planning commission watercolors showing owners how to remodel. People: Joseph Hyde Pratt, William D. Carmichael Jr., George Watts Hill, Archie Royal Davis, John M. BookerSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: M. Ruth Little, The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, 1795-1975 (2004), p. 68
  6. Chapel Hill appoints its first town planning commission After more than a year of urging by the Chapel Hill Weekly, the town named a five-member planning commission to review the design of new and remodeled buildings. It set the Colonial Revival look of downtown for the next decade. People: William D. Carmichael Jr., Herman G. Baity, Joseph Hyde Pratt, Clyde Eubanks, John M. BookerSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Chapel Hill Town Hall, National Register nomination (OR0327), p. 10
  7. UNC's General Faculty names John M. Booker to chair a committee on University government The General Faculty authorized a committee, chaired by English professor John M. Booker, to study faculty government and write a uniform set of principles for the powers and duties of the University's divisions. Reporting in sections over eight years, its work became the 1950 Faculty Legislation on University Government.Search the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 154
  8. UNC's General Faculty adopts new rules creating a Faculty Council The General Faculty approved the Faculty Legislation on University Government on May 10, 1950, to take effect in January 1951. It made an elected Faculty Council, meeting each month, the faculty's governing body. People: John M. BookerSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), pp. 154-155

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