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Sam Ragan Papers, 1948-1996

Title: Sam Ragan Papers, 1948-1996

Samuel Talmadge Ragan (1915-1996) was managing and executive editor of the (Raleigh, N.C.), 1948-1969; editor and publisher of (Southern Pines, N.C.), 1969-1996; award-winning poet; writing teacher; and supporter of the arts in North Carolina. Ragan served as the first secretary of the North Carolina Department of Art, Culture, and History from 1972 to 1973. In 1982, he was named Poet Laureate of the state of North Carolina by Governor James B. Hunt. He was also chair of the North Carolina Arts Council, chair of the North Carolina Writers' Conference, and president of the Friends of Weymouth, which operates the Weymouth Center for Arts and Humanities in Southern Pines. Ragan died at his home in Southern Pines on 11 May 1996. News and Observer The Pilot Papers document Sam Ragan's career as a journalist and his role as patron of the arts in North Carolina. Correspondence files include materials relating to newspaper organizations, the North Carolina Arts Council, North Carolina Writers' Conference, North Carolina Writers' Network, and the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities. Subject files include information about the Freedom of Information Act and on the Free Press-Fair Trial confrontation of 1968, along with correspondence from various North Carolina writers. Writings include materials regarding Ragan's (Blair, 1964), typescripts of commentaries from which aired on WTVD television in Durham, and drafts of works by other writers. There are also materials relating to Ragan's tenure at the , typescripts of the columns, and letters to the editor used on the editorial page of . Financial information chiefly relates to the . Also included are photographs of Sam Ragan alone and with others and recordings of North Carolina Writers' Conference banquet dinners. The Tree in the Far Pasture Sam Ragan Reports, News and Observer The Pilot The Pilot

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