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North Carolina Botanical Garden

In Chapel Hill. 8 dated events, 1952–1996.

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People in its history

People named in this site’s dated entries, the most often named first, each with one of those entries; its card in the chronology cites the source.

Indexed works

Books, articles, records and pictures in the index about North Carolina Botanical Garden, found by its names in titles, catalog subjects and the index’s descriptions, and read one by one. Those held at OCPL come first.

About the site

A conservation garden: the North Carolina Botanical Garden at 50 (1966-2016)

2019 · North Carolina Botanical Garden, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A fiftieth anniversary history of the North Carolina Botanical Garden at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, covering 1966 to 2016 and published by the garden in 2019. The first volume treats the garden's conservation mission, its teaching and research, its opening to the community, its partnerships and its founders and supporters, followed by a reference timeline; biographical material on garden figures fills out the set. Two volumes in one, 384 pages with color maps.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

The North Carolina Botanical Garden Visitor Education Center : capital campaign information

Jones-Roe, Charlotte A.; White, P. S.; North Carolina Botanical Garden · 2007 · North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Capital campaign material dated April 2007 for the Visitor Education Center at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, the university garden in Chapel Hill. Charlotte A. Jones-Roe and P. S. White are also credited, and the piece deals with sustainable buildings in Chapel Hill. A fundraising document, useful as evidence of how the building project was put to donors.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

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Checklist of the vascular plants of the Hunt Arboretum and Gray Bluff Garden : including tables on the taxonomic composition of the flora, largest plant families, summary of the flora, noteworthy plants, and plants occurring on adjacent lands

Larke, Julia O'Brian · 1991

Julia O'Brian Larke's 1991 checklist of the vascular plants growing in the Hunt Arboretum and Gray Bluff Garden at Chapel Hill, with tables on the taxonomic composition of the flora, the largest plant families, noteworthy plants and species found on adjacent land. A botanical inventory of two small preserves that is a baseline for later surveys of the same ground.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

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A communications assessment with recommendations for the North Carolina Botanical Garden

Pinner, Diantha J. · 1990

Diantha J. Pinner's 1990 assessment of communications at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, with recommendations, written as a case study in organizational communication that also takes in the garden's public relations. A bibliography runs from leaf 53 to leaf 65. The garden belongs to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

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A commitment to conservation at the North Carolina Botanical Garden

Jones-Roe, Charlotte A. · 1986

Charlotte A. Jones-Roe writes on the conservation work of the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, in this short piece from 1986. Botanical gardens in Chapel Hill and the garden itself are the subjects, so the piece belongs with the published literature on that institution.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

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The North Carolina Botanical Garden

Jones-Roe, Charlotte A. · 1985

An account of the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill written by Charlotte A. Jones-Roe and dated 1985. It sits beside her piece of the following year on the garden's conservation work, and the two together make up a small published record of the garden and its place in the town.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

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The herb garden : a volunteer project at the North Carolina Botanical Garden

Hubbard, Mercer Reeves · 1976 · North Carolina Botanical Garden

Mercer Reeves Hubbard's account of the herb garden built by volunteers at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, published by the garden in 1976 and signed at the end by Hubbard. Topics include herb gardens and herbs in Chapel Hill along with the garden itself, so the piece is a short institutional record of that planting.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

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North Carolina Botanical Garden

1972 · University of North Carolina

Blue line map of the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, printed by the University of North Carolina in 1972. An ancillary map of the region sits in the upper right corner, and the sheet is drawn with north to the right instead of the top. Topics include botanical gardens in Chapel Hill in map form.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

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The North Carolina Botanical Garden : a review of the history and status, and prospectus for a public botanical garden and arboretum, operated as a unit of the Department of Botany, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1961 · Department of Botany, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A review of the history and status of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, together with a prospectus for running it as a public botanical garden and arboretum under the Department of Botany at the University of North Carolina. Issued at Chapel Hill in 1961, it belongs to the planning record of the garden, concerning botanical gardens, planning and the garden's own history.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Arch in the North Carolina Botanical Garden at Chapel Hill. Photographed 6 March 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Poison ivy growing at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, photographed 6 March 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Gate shaped like a spider web at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill. North Carolina ECHO photograph taken 6 March 2002.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Commemorative plaque beside a path in the North Carolina Botanical Garden at UNC-Chapel Hill. Photographed 6 March 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Metal sculpture set outdoors at a corner of the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill. North Carolina ECHO photograph, 6 March 2002.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Stone sculpture in the North Carolina Botanical Garden, UNC-Chapel Hill, photographed 6 March 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Lyle Estill's Endangered Plant Chess Set, a life-size set in the North Carolina Botanical Garden at Chapel Hill. Taken 6 March 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Sign for the life-size chess set at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, whose pieces, designed by Lyle Estill, represent endangered plants of North Carolina. North Carolina ECHO photograph, 6 March 2002.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Metal gate on a garden path at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill. Photographed 6 March 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Clyde Jones piece photographed at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, UNC-Chapel Hill, on 6 March 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Work by Clyde Jones at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, from a set of North Carolina ECHO photographs of the garden taken 6 March 2002.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

A whimsical piece by Clyde Jones in the North Carolina Botanical Garden at UNC-Chapel Hill, taken 6 March 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Clyde Jones sculpture in the North Carolina Botanical Garden, one of several works by the Chatham County folk artist photographed there on 6 March 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Obelisk standing near the Paul Green Cabin in the North Carolina Botanical Garden at UNC-Chapel Hill. North Carolina ECHO photograph, 6 March 2002.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Small display on the relocation and restoration of the Paul Green Cabin at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill. Photographed 6 March 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Plaque inside the Paul Green Cabin at the North Carolina Botanical Garden commemorating Green, a UNC philosophy professor and writer best known for the outdoor drama 'The Lost Colony'. North Carolina ECHO photograph, 6 March 2002.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Paul Green's cabin in the North Carolina Botanical Garden, relocated in 1991 from the writer's Chapel Hill residence so it could be preserved and interpreted. Photographed 6 March 2002 for North Carolina ECHO.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Outdoor sculpture in the North Carolina Botanical Garden at UNC-Chapel Hill. Taken 6 March 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Sign at the Paul Green Cabin in the North Carolina Botanical Garden. The playwright's cabin was moved to the garden in 1991 from his former home in Chapel Hill, to be kept safe and interpreted for visitors. North Carolina ECHO photograph, 6 March 2002.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Outdoor work by folk artist Clyde Jones set in the North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill. Photographed 6 March 2002 for North Carolina ECHO.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Research library of the North Carolina Botanical Garden at UNC-Chapel Hill, photographed 6 March 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

The main building of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, which holds exhibits, classrooms, a laboratory, a library and a gift shop. North Carolina ECHO photograph, Chapel Hill, 6 March 2002.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Educational exhibit at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, UNC-Chapel Hill, photographed 6 March 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Botanical Garden

North Carolina ECHO (Project) · 2002

Entrance sign for the North Carolina Botanical Garden, part of UNC-Chapel Hill, photographed 6 March 2002 for the North Carolina ECHO project.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

Plant Variation and Adaptation, N.C. Botanical Garden.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of Communications and Public Affairs · 1970

Photograph from 1970 by the UNC Office of Communications and Public Affairs for Science and Technology Board Grant 49, a study of plant variation and adaptation at the North Carolina Botanical Garden led by Dr. C. Ritchie Bell of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

North Carolina Botanical Garden Education Center

Andrew Fox; Sadie Walters · 2015

A Landscape Architecture Foundation case study of the North Carolina Botanical Garden's Education Center, its building and grounds.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

Dr. Ritchie Bell, December 1978

Morton, Hugh M. · 1978

Botanist C. Ritchie Bell of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, professor emeritus of botany at UNC-Chapel Hill, with jack-in-the-pulpit plants in a greenhouse in December 1978, probably in Chapel Hill. Color slide by Hugh Morton.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

Dr. Ritchie Bell, December 1978

Morton, Hugh M. · 1978

Botanist C. Ritchie Bell of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, professor emeritus of botany at UNC, with Jack-in-the-pulpit plants, probably in Chapel Hill. Hugh Morton made the color slide in December 1978.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

NC Botanical Garden, March 1973

Morton, Hugh M. · 1973

March 1973 color slide by Hugh Morton showing flowers at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, the university's garden in Chapel Hill. One mounted 35 mm slide.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

NC Botanical Garden, March 1973

Morton, Hugh M. · 1973

Hugh Morton photographed pitcher plants at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill in March 1973. One of his slides of the garden's pitcher plants from that month, on 35 mm color film.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

NC Botanical Garden, March 1973

Morton, Hugh M. · 1973

Flowers at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, recorded on a 35 mm color slide by Hugh Morton in March 1973.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

NC Botanical Garden, March 1973

Morton, Hugh M. · 1973

Venus flytrap at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, photographed in color by Hugh Morton in March 1973. The flytrap is an endangered plant native to the coastal Carolinas.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

NC Botanical Garden, March 1973

Morton, Hugh M. · 1973

Hugh Morton's March 1973 color slide of a Venus flytrap at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, one of his nature photographs from the garden.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

NC Botanical Garden, March 1973

Morton, Hugh M. · 1973

Pitcher plants growing at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, from a 35 mm color slide Hugh Morton made in March 1973.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

NC Botanical Garden, March 1973

Morton, Hugh M. · 1973

Shortia in flower at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, photographed by Hugh Morton in March 1973 on a 35 mm color slide.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

NC Botanical Garden, March 1973

Morton, Hugh M. · 1973

Hugh Morton color slide of a flower in bloom at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, taken in March 1973. One 35 mm mounted slide from his nature photography at the university's garden.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

NC Botanical Garden, March 1973

Morton, Hugh M. · 1973

Pitcher plants growing at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, photographed by Hugh Morton in March 1973 on 35 mm color slide film.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

NC Botanical Garden, March 1973

Morton, Hugh M. · 1973

Hugh Morton photographed two women studying wildflowers in the North Carolina Botanical Garden at Chapel Hill in March 1973. One 35 mm color slide.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

NC Botanical Garden, March 1973

Morton, Hugh M. · 1973

Two women look at wildflowers at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill in March 1973. Color 35 mm slide by Hugh Morton.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

NC Botanical Garden, March 1973

Morton, Hugh M. · 1973

Shortia in bloom at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, a color slide by Hugh Morton from March 1973.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

William Lanier Hunt papers, 1880s-1996.

Hunt, William Lanier · 1884

Papers of the horticulturist William Lanier Hunt, dated from the 1880s to 1996, about 40,000 items in 130 linear feet, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 5286. Topics include southern gardens and garden design, horticultural societies and teaching, the North Carolina Botanical Garden and its foundation, photographs of flowers, and the botanist William Chambers Coker at Chapel Hill.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

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Botanical Garden (Chapel Hill Historical Society vertical file)

Newspaper clippings, photocopied articles, promotional pieces, reports and notes on the botanical garden at Chapel Hill. Undated; part of the Chapel Hill History series in the Chapel Hill Historical Society's vertical files.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

N.C. Botanical Garden: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)

Children touching plants at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, undated. From the Chapel Hill Life: General binder of the Chapel Hill Historical Society's Prints and Photographs Collection.

Why this is here: Found by the site’s name in its title, catalog subjects or description, and read by hand.

Published by or for it

Herba officinalis : information for the volunteers.

NCBG Herb Volunteers

Newsletter for the herb volunteers of the North Carolina Botanical Garden at Chapel Hill, issued by the volunteers themselves in volumes with illustrations at 22 centimeters. Topics include herbs at Chapel Hill and the botanical garden, a university garden in Orange County whose volunteer programs generate small serials of this kind.

Why this is here: Published by or for the site; found by its name and read by hand.

Conservation project : Battle Park

Giencke, Lisa · 2010

Lisa Giencke's 2010 conservation report on Battle Park, the university's natural area in Chapel Hill managed with the North Carolina Botanical Garden, with contributions from Alan Weakley, Peter White, Stephen Keith, Dave Vandermast and Elinor Benami. It deals with botany, natural areas and nature conservation, with partial funding from an Institute of Museum and Library Sciences grant.

Why this is here: Published by or for the site; found by its name and read by hand.

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A guide to Battle Park : over 2.5 miles of pedestrian trails in 93 acres of Piedmont forest.

2010 · North Carolina Botanical Garden, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A 2010 trail guide to Battle Park, the 93 acre Piedmont woodland at Chapel Hill, published by the North Carolina Botanical Garden of the University of North Carolina. The folded sheet carries a map of more than two and a half miles of pedestrian trails together with notes on the park's history. Four unnumbered pages with a color illustration, 22 x 36 cm.

Why this is here: Published by or for the site; found by its name and read by hand.

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Mason Farm Biological Reserve : a guide to the old farm trail

Jones-Roe, Charlotte A. · 2009 · North Carolina Botanical Garden, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Charlotte A. Jones-Roe's trail guide to Mason Farm Biological Reserve, the natural area in Chapel Hill managed by the North Carolina Botanical Garden at the university, which published it in August 2009. Written for walkers on the old farm trail, with a map, photographs and portraits across 28 pages.

Why this is here: Published by or for the site; found by its name and read by hand.

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A guide to Battle Park : over 2 miles of pedestrian trails in 93 acres of forest.

2006 · North Carolina Botanical Garden

An earlier edition of the North Carolina Botanical Garden's guide to Battle Park in Chapel Hill, printed in 2006, when the trail network was described as more than two miles through 93 acres of forest. The folded sheet gives a trail map with color illustrations and historical notes on the park. Five unnumbered pages, 22 x 36 cm folded to 22 x 9 cm.

Why this is here: Published by or for the site; found by its name and read by hand.

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Battle Park pedestrian trails.

2004 · North Carolina Botanical Garden?

Battle Park in Chapel Hill mapped for walkers in 2004, with relief shown by contours on a single sheet of 20 by 34 centimeters. Attributed to the North Carolina Botanical Garden. It guides visitors along the park's footpaths and records the state of the trail network at that date.

Why this is here: Published by or for the site; found by its name and read by hand.

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Conservation Project : the Laurel Hill Nature Preserve and "Billy Hunt's garden" with an update on the rare species and exotic species of the Hunt Arboreturm, Gray Bluff Garden, and the Mason Farm Biological Reserve : final report

Wichmann, Brenda L. · 2000 · North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina

Brenda L. Wichmann's December 2000 report on the Laurel Hill Nature Preserve and Billy Hunt's garden, with updates on rare and exotic species at the Hunt Arboretum, Gray Bluff Garden and the Mason Farm Biological Reserve. The North Carolina Botanical Garden issued it at Chapel Hill in 269 leaves with illustrations and maps, covering vegetation surveys and rare plants.

Why this is here: Published by or for the site; found by its name and read by hand.

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Welcome to Coker Arboretum of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

North Carolina Botanical Garden · 2000 · The Botanical Garden

Visitor guide to the Coker Arboretum on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, issued by the North Carolina Botanical Garden in 2000. It covers the arboretum's history and William Chambers Coker, the botanist it is named for, who died in 1953. A short orientation piece for people walking the grounds.

Why this is here: Published by or for the site; found by its name and read by hand.

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Conservation project : the Nature Trail Area, Coker Pinetum, and Stillhouse Bottom Nature Preserve : final report

McCormick, Carol; White, P. S.; North Carolina Botanical Garden · 1993 · North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A final report dated May 1993 by Carol McCormick and P. S. White for the North Carolina Botanical Garden at the University of North Carolina, covering conservation work in three Chapel Hill natural areas: the Nature Trail Area, the Coker Pinetum and Stillhouse Bottom Nature Preserve. Topics include botany and nature conservation in Chapel Hill. A record of these sites in the early 1990s.

Why this is here: Published by or for the site; found by its name and read by hand.

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Conservation project : the Mason Farm Biological Reserve : final report

White, P. S. · 1992 · North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

P. S. White's final report on a conservation project at the Mason Farm Biological Reserve, issued in June 1992 by the North Carolina Botanical Garden at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Sixty-nine pages of report with roughly four hundred pages of supporting material and illustrations, covering plant conservation and natural areas at Chapel Hill.

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Conservation project : the William Lanier Hunt Arboretum and Gray Bluff Garden

White, P. S. · 1991

Conservation assessment of the William Lanier Hunt Arboretum and Gray Bluff Garden prepared by P. S. White in January 1991, treating the two Chapel Hill sites as natural areas connected with the North Carolina Botanical Garden. It pairs with the plant checklist compiled for the same ground that year.

Why this is here: Published by or for the site; found by its name and read by hand.

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Conservation plan for the Coker Arboretum of the North Carolina Botanical Garden

Birkemo, Diane G.; Moore, Ken (J. Kenneth) · 1990 · Botanical Garden Foundation

Diane G. Birkemo and Ken Moore prepared this 1990 conservation plan for Coker Arboretum, the North Carolina Botanical Garden's planting on the university campus in Chapel Hill. The Botanical Garden Foundation issued it, as the final performance report of a project supported by the Institute of Museum Services, dated 29 June 1990. Plans are laid in pockets.

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Garden trails

North Carolina Botanical Garden · 1983 · The Garden

Periodical published by the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, dated 1983 in this record. It concerns botanical gardens in Chapel Hill and plants in North Carolina, both as periodicals, so the run carries the garden's own news to its readers across the seasons of its work.

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The North Carolina Botanical Garden : a garden of native plants, Chapel Hill, N.C

1980

A 1980 pamphlet on the North Carolina Botanical Garden, the university's garden of native plants in Chapel Hill. Issued in Chapel Hill.

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Visitor's guide to the lower garden trail of the North Carolina Botanical Garden

1974 · North Carolina Botanical Garden

Trail guide for visitors walking the lower garden trail at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, published by the garden in 1974. Subjects include plants in Chapel Hill and the garden itself. A companion guide covers the upper trail, and together they show how the garden interpreted its native plantings for the public.

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Visitor's guide to the upper garden trail of the North Carolina Botanical Garden

1974 · North Carolina Botanical Garden

The upper garden trail at the North Carolina Botanical Garden gets its own visitor booklet here, published by the garden in Chapel Hill in 1974 to point out the plants along the route. A matching guide covers the lower trail.

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The North Carolina Botanical Garden : a garden of native plants

North Carolina Botanical Garden · 1967 · North Carolina Botanical Garden

Introductory booklet on the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill, presenting it as a garden of native plants and published by the garden in 1967. Topics include botanical gardens in Chapel Hill and the garden itself. The garden also issued trail guides and a map in the years that followed.

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North Carolina Botanical Garden is many things

Bell, C. Ritchie · 1967

C. Ritchie Bell wrote this short 1967 piece on the North Carolina Botanical Garden, the university garden at Chapel Hill. The work deals with writing on botanical gardens in North Carolina and name the garden itself.

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[Brochures and pamphlets of the North Carolina Botanical Garden]

North Carolina Botanical Garden · 1900 · North Carolina Botanical Garden

A gathering of brochures and pamphlets issued by the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill. The pieces are the garden's own literature for visitors, collected as a group, and the catalog record gives 1900 as the date.

Why this is here: Published by or for the site; found by its name and read by hand.

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Catalog of permanent plant accessions

North Carolina Botanical Garden · North Carolina Botanical Garden

The North Carolina Botanical Garden's own catalog of the plants in its permanent accessions, published in Chapel Hill. Plant catalogs and collections in the town are its subject.

Why this is here: Published by or for the site; found by its name and read by hand.

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North Carolina Botanical Garden records, 1952-1989.

North Carolina Botanical Garden · 1952

Botanical garden records from 1952 to 1989, approximately 11,800 items in 18 linear feet, in the University Archives at UNC, collection 40072. The North Carolina Botanical Garden sits in Chapel Hill under the university, and topics include botanical gardens there, plant conservation in the state, the study and teaching of botany, the Department of Botany, the garden's foundation, and C. Ritchie Bell.

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Records of the North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation, 1952-1989.

North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation · 1952

Fundraising and administrative records of the North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation, 1952 to 1989, one thousand items in 1.5 linear feet, in the University Archives at UNC, collection 40178. The foundation raised money for the North Carolina Botanical Garden, which belongs to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the records concern botanical garden finance and educational fund raising in the state.

Why this is here: Published by or for the site; found by its name and read by hand.

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Surveys and maps of the area

Not about North Carolina Botanical Garden alone: the architectural surveys that cover its town or the county, and maps drawn while it stood. Several of the surveys can be read free online at NC Digital Collections.

The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, North Carolina: 1795-1975

Little-Stokes, Margaret Ruth · 2006

Margaret Ruth Little-Stokes's survey of Chapel Hill's town and campus buildings from 1795 to 1975, published by the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill in 2006. Chapters run from the first campus buildings through David Swain's romantic campus to midcentury modernism, followed by area surveys of the campus, east and west Chapel Hill, downtown, Northside and the suburbs.

Why this is here: A survey or map of the town or county where the site stands.

The town and gown architecture of Chapel Hill, 1795-1975

Little, M. Ruth · 2004 · Preservation Society of Chapel Hill

M. Ruth Little's 2004 architectural history of Chapel Hill and the university campus from 1795 to 1975, written for the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill. A 99-page survey with a bibliography.

Why this is here: A survey or map of the town or county where the site stands.

Chapel Hill historic sites survey : final report.

Gatza, M. B. · 1992 · Chapel Hill Planning Department

M. B. Gatza's final report of the 1992 Chapel Hill historic sites survey for the town Planning Department, with contributions by Beverly C. Kawalec and Catherine Bishir. It covers historic buildings and districts in Chapel Hill in 80 pages.

Why this is here: A survey or map of the town or county where the site stands.

Map of Chapel Hill & vicinity.

1933

Street and property map of Chapel Hill and the surrounding country, revised to 1 January 1933 and printed in the town. Topics include streets, real property and the historical geography of Chapel Hill along with maps of the University of North Carolina in its 1793 to 1962 period. A useful sheet for tracing lot lines and street names as they stood at the start of the 1930s.

Why this is here: A survey or map of the town or county where the site stands.

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    Where to look on the shelf

    These books don’t necessarily mention North Carolina Botanical Garden, but they cover where it stands, its kind of building and the land, family and burial records behind it, and they are where a search for a place like this usually goes next. All are at OCPL, most in the Wall Collection.

    Histories of the town and county

    • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 975.656 STO Chapel Hill: A Pictorial History Stolpen, Steven · 1978

      Steven Stolpen's pictorial history of Chapel Hill, one of the Donning Company's photographic town histories, published in Norfolk, Virginia in 1978. Photographs and portraits carry the story of the town and the university, including references to Thomas Wolfe's years as a student at Carolina. 156 pages with illustrations.

    • Foundational · 975.656 RYAN Orange County Trio: Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro, North Carolina, Histories and Tour Guides Ryan, Elizabeth Shreve · 2004

      Elizabeth Shreve Ryan's combined histories and tour guides for Hillsborough, Chapel Hill and Carrboro, the three towns of Orange County, with the University of North Carolina treated alongside Chapel Hill. Each town gets a narrative history and a tour of its streets and buildings. Published by Chapel Hill Press in 2004, 369 pages with illustrations and maps.

    Buildings and surveys

    • Foundational · NC 720.975 BIS A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina Bishir, Catherine W. · 2003

      Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern's field guide to the historic buildings of the North Carolina Piedmont, arranged county by county from Wake and Franklin in the east to Mecklenburg and Gaston in the west. The Orange County section takes in Hillsborough, Chapel Hill and Carrboro along with the rural county, with entries on individual buildings and maps for finding them. Published 2003, 596 pages with illustrations and maps.

    • Foundational · NC 917.56 HIS Historic Buildings and Landmarks of Chapel Hill, N.C Chapel Hill Historical Society · 1973

      A pocket-sized guide to the historic buildings and landmarks of Chapel Hill, prepared by the Chapel Hill Historical Society and printed by Creative Printers in 1973. Forty pages with illustrations and maps, 14 by 22 cm. Topics include architecture, historic buildings and historic districts in Chapel Hill, and the guide is useful for a walking tour of the older parts of town.

    In the chronology

    1. UNC trustees set aside Mason Farm land for a botanical garden The university's Board of Trustees allocated about 72 acres of its Mason Farm property for the North Carolina Botanical Garden, officially establishing it. Botanist H. R. Totten's efforts helped procure the site.
    2. The Pinetum at Rocky Ridge Farm is deeded to the university's botanical garden A protected stand of Coker's remaining forest along Meeting of the Waters Creek on the west edge of the development, known as the Pinetum, was deeded in 1954 to the UNC botanical garden for its care.
    3. William Lanier Hunt gives 103 acres of the Morgan Creek gorge to UNC Hunt gave UNC and the state about 103 acres of creek gorge and Catawba rhododendron bluffs along Morgan Creek, which became the William Lanier Hunt Arboretum, part of the North Carolina Botanical Garden lands.
    4. The Botanical Garden Foundation is incorporated, with William Lanier Hunt as its founder Hunt, a member of the garden's advisory board, led the effort to form a private foundation to raise money, hold land and speak for the North Carolina Botanical Garden. At its first annual meeting in 1967 he was elected its first president, and 291 people and 18 organizations joined as charter members.
    5. Azalea Hill, designed by William Lanier Hunt, is planted at the Botanical Garden The garden's first specific planting project, sponsored by the Men's Garden Club of Chapel Hill and designed by Hunt, neared completion as work-study students under Ken Moore set native azaleas along a new trail.
    6. The Totten Center opens at the North Carolina Botanical Garden The garden's administrative and interpretive building, its first permanent building, opened in 1976. A bequest from the estate of Henry Roland and Adelaide Totten made it possible, and it was named for them. People: Addie Williams Totten
    7. Paul Green's writing cabin is moved to the North Carolina Botanical Garden The 16-by-18-foot log cabin where the playwright wrote was moved to the Botanical Garden and restored when its old lot was to be sold. A Paul Green Cabin Task Force pressed for the move, citing Green's study of native plants.
    8. The Botanical Garden gives William Lanier Hunt its Flora Caroliniana Award The North Carolina Botanical Garden presented Hunt with its Flora Caroliniana Award as founder of the Botanical Garden Foundation, land donor and supporter of the garden, the day before he died.

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