She co-authored two publications with fellow Bryn Mawr professor EP Kohler before he moved to Harvard University in 1910.
[8] While no record of Cloyd Burnley obtaining a doctorate exists, the State Microscopical Society of Illinois announced "Mrs. C.B.
"[9] Cloyd Burnley's work in mycology comes mostly from her time as a resident of Evanston, Illinois, when her husband held an appointment at the University of Chicago from 1931 to 1940,[10] although a lack of records makes her position at the institution unclear.
[12] In 1944, Cloyd Burnley gave a "rare and extensive collection" of fungal specimens to her alma mater, Goucher College.
According to the Evening Sun, Cloyd Burnley's "special hobby is the collection, identification and study of the habits of representatives of fungi.
[21] Cloyd Burnley's husband, a graduate of Crozer Theological Seminary in Upland, Pennsylvania, was the Senior Minister at the First Baptist Church in Evanston, Illinois from 1909 - 1931.