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Johnson, William S., Jr. Papers, 1960-1965.

Title: Papers, 1960-1965.

Chiefly papers relating to the 1963-1964 North Carolina gubernatorial campaign of Dan K. Moore and Johnson's work as publicity director, including correspondence, speeches and news releases arranged by issues forming planks in the 1964 Democratic Party platform, and speeches; together with final versions and drafts of Governor Moore's inaugural address and legislative message, letters seeking patronage, and congratulatory letters from supports. Also includes two folders of materials from the years in which Johnson was on the staff of the governor's office (1958-1963): speeches composed by Johnson for Lt. Gov. H. Cloyd Philpott and related correspondence (1960-1961) and tape recording of an interview (1960) with Gov. Luther H. Hodges in which he reminisces about his long administration.

ArchivalResource: 285 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70955909 View

Weatherford, Willis D. (Willis Duke), 1875-1970. Willis D. Weatherford papers, 1911-1969.

Title: Willis D. Weatherford papers, 1911-1969.

Correspondence, financial records, printed material, reports, writings, speeches, photos, and other material relating to the professional and personal life of Willis D. Weatherford. Many items are records, 1917-1944, of the YMCA Graduate School and of the Blue Ridge Assembly. Other papers document Weatherford's involvement, 1911-1943, in the YMCA at the regional and national level; his tenure, 1936-1946, as a professor at Fisk University; his involvement in the Commission for Interracial Cooperation and other interracial organizations, 1923-1969; his position on the board of trustees and as assistant to the president of Berea College, Berea, Ky., 1924-1969; his role as initiator and director of the Southern Appalachian Studies Project, 1956-1968; his membership on the North Carolina Governor's Coordinating Council on Aging; and his service on the board of directors of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company of Birmingham, Ala., which supported the Blue Ridge Assembly. Individuals important in the collection include Thomas Elsa Jones, president of Fisk University; William J. Hutchins and his son Francis S. Hutchins, both presidents of Berea College; playwright Paul Green; Tennessee congressman John Sparkman; writer and Weatherford biographer Wilma Dykeman; individuals involved with the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, including director Will W. Alexander, secretary James D. Burton, women's work director Jessie Daniel Ames, educational director Robert B. Eleazor, Arthur F. Raper, and Howard W. Odum; Roy Rowe; North Carolina Governor Dan K. Moore; and Fletcher Sims Brockman of the YMCA.

ArchivalResource: About 60000 items (75.0 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25422545 View

Grier, Joseph W. (Joseph Williamson), 1915-. Papers, 1951-1975, 1964

Title: Papers, 1951-1975, 1964

Contains a copy of the 1951 petition seeking admittance of blacks to the city-operated Bonnie Brae Golf Course along with related material. Also contains material documenting Richardson Preyer's unsuccessful campaign against Dan K. Moore in the 1964 Democratic Party primary for governor of N.C.

ArchivalResource: ca. 100 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19686802 View

White, Thomas J. (Thomas Jackson), 1903-1991. Thomas J. White papers, 1933-1977 [manuscript].

Title: Thomas J. White papers, 1933-1977 [manuscript].

Legislative papers, personal correspondence, other papers, photographs, and recordings of Thomas Jackson White, Jr. The bulk of the collection relates to White's legislative career as a member of the State House of Representatives and the State Senate, as Legislative Counsel to Governor Robert W. Scott, as a member of the State Advisory Budget Commission and the State Legislative Building Governing Commission, and as a lobbyist for the Tobacco Tax Council. The remainder of papers consists of personal correspondence, and papers dealing with White's legal career, civic organizations to which he belonged, and North Carolina state politics. Notable correspondents are Jesse Helms, then executive vice- president of WRAL-TV in Raleigh, N.C.; playwright Paul Green; journalist Jonathan Daniels; University of North Carolina (System) President William Friday; and North Carolina governors Luther H. Hodges, Dan K. Moore, and Robert W. Scott.

ArchivalResource: 17,000 items (37.0 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25723841 View

Don Sturkey Photographic Materials, 1951-2007, (bulk 1951-1989)

Title: Don Sturkey Photographic Materials, 1951-2007 (bulk 1951-1989)

Don Sturkey (b. 1931) retired as chief photographer of the in 1989 after 34 years. The native of Lincoln County, Ga., arrived at his profession by chance; Sturkey joined the United States Navy in 1948 and was assigned to shore duty in Washington. He repeatedly asked to be transferred, including to photography school, and in early 1950 he was granted this opportunity. Sturkey went on to be the first staff photographer at the and worked there for one summer. He attended Gardner-Webb College in Boiling Springs, N.C., and joined the staff of the following college. Sturkey began working at the in November of 1955. Charlotte Observer Shelby Daily Star High Point Enterprise Charlotte Observer This collection comprises the photographic materials made by Don Sturkey from 1951 to 2007, the majority of which he produced in his capacity as staff photographer for the (1955-1989). Primarily depicted are local news and sports events covered by Sturkey. He captured numerous images portraying the tense racial climate of the time, including Ku Klux Klan meetings and rallies; blacks and whites picketing segregated establishments; a lottery drawing for school integration in the Charlotte and Mecklenburg County public schools; and Dorothy Counts, the first black student to attend Harding High School in Charlotte in 1957. Also included are many images of the civil rights leaders of the 1950s and 1960s, numerous North Carolina and United States politicians, famous musicians and entertainers, several NASA missions, and the construction of Walt Disney World in 1971. Charlotte Observer

ArchivalResource: 107,600; Linear Feet: About 35; Boxes: 70

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Sanford, Terry, 1917-1998. Terry Sanford papers, 1946-1993.

Title: Terry Sanford papers, 1946-1993.

Campaign files and other items relating to Terry Sanford's career. Pre-1960 material includes items related to Strom Thurmond's 1948 Dixiecrat campaign for U.S. President; to Sanford's successful 1949 campaign for president of the Young Democrats Clubs of North Carolina; to Frank Porter Graham's 1950 senatorial campaign; and to North Carolina's Pearsall Plan for public school desegregation. 1959-1960 gubernatorial campaign items include correspondence between Sanford's staff and county liaisons, correspondence with key advisors, clippings from state and regional newspapers, letters responding to Sanford's support of John F. Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention, and films and audio tapes of Sanford gubernatorial campaign advertisements. Topics include agriculture, industry, public schools, welfare, race relations, women in politics, and religion and politics. Items, 1961-1965, document Sanford's political activities as North Carolina governor. Topics include North Carolina's 1963 "Gag Law," the Good Neighbor Council, and the North Carolina Fund. Items, 1965-1984, relate to Sanford's proposed 1968 U.S. senatorial campaign against Sen. Sam Ervin; the 1968 Citizens for Humphrey-Muskie Committee; and Sanford's 1972 and 1976 presidential campaigns. Materials related to Sanford's unsuccessful 1992 U.S. senatorial campaign include North Carolina voters' responses to a Sanford questionnaire, detailed reports on Sanford's opponent Lauch Faircloth, folders on women's and children's issues, and photographs and several video and audio tapes related to the campaign. 1992 campaign topics include welfare, industry, education, crime, and taxes. Correspondents represented in the collection include John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Bill Clinton, Bert Bennett, Hugh Cannon, Henry H. Wilson Jr., Frank Porter Graham, Clyde Hoey, William Friday, Sam Rayburn, W. Kerr Scott, Luther Hodges, Dan K. Moore, Hubert H. Humphrey, I. Beverly Lake, Sr., Malcolm Seawell, Sam Ervin, Lauch Faircloth, John Larkins, John Gavin, Robert F. Kennedy, and Adlai Stevenson. The Addition of 2011 contains notes, short letters, and greeting cards, 1960-1985, addressed to Margaret Rose Sanford; some letters discuss Terry Sanford's 1960 gubernatorial campaign and victory, support for Sanford's 1961 tax plan, and the end of Sanford's gubernatorial career. There are also a few letters, 1959-1964, chiefly thank-yous, to Terry Sanford; letters, 1960-1967, to his mother about Sanford's achievements; and other items.

ArchivalResource: About 87000 items (95.0 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38228417 View

Ragan, Sam, 1915-1996. Sam Ragan papers, 1950-1996.

Title: Sam Ragan papers, 1950-1996.

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 "The Tree in the Far Pasture" (Blair, 1964), typescripts of commentaries from "Sam Ragan Reports," 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 "News and Observer," typescripts of the columns, and letters to the editor used on the editorial page of "The Pilot." Financial information chiefly relates to the "The Pilot." Also included are photographs of Sam Ragan alone and with others and recordings of North Carolina Writers' Conference banquet dinners. Selected correspondents are listed in this record.

ArchivalResource: About 32600 items (51.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31069844 View

Hugh Morton Photographs and Films, late 1920s-2006, (bulk 1940s-1990s)

Title: Hugh Morton Photographs and Films, late 1920s-2006 (bulk1940s-1990s)

Hugh MacRae Morton (1921-2006) was aprominent North Carolina businessman, political figure, tourism booster,conservationist, environmental activist, sports fan, and prolificimage-maker. The still images and motion pictures in the collectioncover Morton's career of eight decades, 1930s-2000s, and document his variedinvolvements as a photojournalist; a soldier in the Pacific Theater during World WarII; the owner and operator of the Grandfather Mountain tourist attraction inLinville, N.C.; a promoter of travel and tourism in North Carolina and the SmokyMountains region; a well-known figure in state government and friend of many NorthCarolina politicians, entertainers, and media; a student, booster, and frequentsports-event attendee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and anardent admirer of nature.

ArchivalResource: 100.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 250,000 items)

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/P0081/ View

Friday, William C. (William Clyde). William C. Friday photographic collection, 1951-1980s.

Title: William C. Friday photographic collection, 1951-1980s.

The collection consists of photographs, 1951-1980s, that relate to William C. Friday, primarily his activities as president of the University of North Carolina system. Topics include Friday's inauguration; the 1961 visit of President John F. Kennedy to the University of North Carolina; the UNC Board of Trustees; and Friday's television interview program, North Carolina People, which he began in 1971. Many well-known North Carolinians and other individuals are represented in the images.

ArchivalResource: ca. 375 items (1.75 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43034511 View

Lauterer, Jock. Jock Lauterer photographic collection, circa 1964-1968.

Title: Jock Lauterer photographic collection, circa 1964-1968.

The collection is predominantly composed of images of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the town of Chapel Hill, N.C., made from circa 1964-1968, when the photographer was an undergraduate student at UNC. The largest grouping of negatives documents the UNC Men's Glee Club European Tour of 1966. Other images portray life in Chapel Hill, the UNC campus, and university activities. Lauterer captured small-town life; the serenity of campus; sporting events; and the effects of politically charged times on a small community, including anti-war protests, Speaker Ban protests, civil rights marches and speeches, and a Ku Klux Klan rally. Many of the images include persons of national or local significance.

ArchivalResource: ca. 3522 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668111954 View

Shaw University. Office of the President. James E. Cheek records, 1958-1969 (bulk 1966-1968).

Title: James E. Cheek records, 1958-1969 (bulk 1966-1968).

Records of James Edward Cheek (b. 1932), seventh president of Shaw University.

ArchivalResource: 40 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70970027 View

Hanes, R. Philip, 1926-2011. R. Philip Hanes papers, 1928-1987 ; (bulk 1960-1985).

Title: R. Philip Hanes papers, 1928-1987 ; (bulk 1960-1985).

Collection (124000 items, 109 lin. ft.; dated 1928-1987, bulk 1960-1985) comprises correspondence, printed material, mimeographed material, clippings, press releases, newsletters, reports, financial records, minutes and agenda of meetings, contracts, pictures and slides, questionnaries, and telephone logs, chiefly 1960-1985. A principal focus is the arts involvement of Hanes in North Carolina as well as nationally. Arts organizations represented in the collection include the Associated Councils of the Arts, Awards in the Visual Arts, the Jargon Society, the National Endowment for the Arts, the North Carolina School of the Arts, the North Carolina Arts Council, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, and the Arts Council. Another focal point is Ampersand, Inc., a Winston-Salem consulting firm Hanes established. It provided fund raising, management, public relations, and publicity services for non-profit organizations, especially arts groups. Included to a lesser extent is information about Hanes' concern for conservation. Individuals represented in the files include Edward B. Benjamin, Ralph Burgard, Agnes De Mille, Nancy Hanks, Helen Hayes, James B. Hunt, George M. Irwin, Daniel Killian Moore, Alvin H. Reiss, Terry Sanford, James H. Semans, Roger L. Stevens, Robert Suderburg, and Jonathan Williams. Unprocessed additions (90-060, 92-066, 96-136, and 04-081) (5479 items; dated [1950s]-2004) include correspondence, greeting cards, subject files, financial records, reports, memorabilia, photographs, videotapes, and a large poster of Hanes' family tree. Materials reflect especially Hanes' interest in the arts, conservation (particularly in western North Carolina and Virginia), and the city of Winston-Salem. There is no boxlist available for these accessions. Addition (2010-0201) (2250 items; 3.0 lin. ft.; dated 1940-2010) includes correspondence, both incoming and outgoing, as well as appointment books, clippings, and miscellaneous materials relating to Hanes' philanthropy and community involvement in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Prominent topics include the Hanes farm and other conservation and agricultural enterprises; his role in various arts councils and arts movements throughout the city and country, including the National Endowment for the Arts; his interactions with Wake Forest University and other academic institutions; his communications with Wachovia Bank; and other issues or movements that he supported. The majority of the materials are loosely arranged in a chronological file, dating from 1940-2010 (bulk dating from 1991-2009).

ArchivalResource: 131,729 items (119 lin. ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20836307 View

Moore, Jeanelle Coulter. Papers, 1964-1975.

Title: Papers, 1964-1975.

Correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, subject files, photographs, card file, and scrapbook, chiefly relating to Mrs. Moore's activities while first lady of North Carolina; together with material relating to her private involvement with various programs and organizations and her work on the book, The First Ladies of North Carolina (1987). Executive papers subseries include Project files relating to her state beautification program, the First Lady's Sites and Scenes Tour which in 1966 traveled across North Carolina promoting tourism and state beautificiation, the Chapel of the Nameless Woman at the North Carolina Woman's Correctional Center, Raleigh, N.C., the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Commission created by Mrs. Moore in 1965, a proposed fine arts festival, North Carolina libraries; and the North Carolina School of the Arts and Foundation; Subject files; Political correspondence; General correspondence; Accepts, regrets, and thank yous; and Mansion entertainment. Secretary's papers series includes lists and schedules kept by Mrs. Moore's secretary while in the governor's mansion, Mrs. Carrie Gardiner. First ladies project papers include correspondence, clippings, reminiscences, card files with biographical data, and other materials used for the book The First Ladies of North Carolina and are arranged alphabetically by surname of the subject. Photographs and scrapbook series includes mostly candid shots whether of family scenes or functions at the executive mansion and the scrapbook reflects Mrs. Moore's private life at the executive mansion. Personal papers includes Private correspondence subseries (1964-1975) including not only letters from family and friends but portions of a series of diaries (1965-1968, incomplete) kept by Mrs. Moore and the Subject correspondence subseries containing information and correspondence on programs and organizations in which she was active in a private capacity including files relating to her work with the North Carolina Fund, Asheville Orthopedic Hospital, and Sir Walter Cabinet.

ArchivalResource: 8 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70955863 View

McCauley, Edward J. (Edward Johnson), 1926-2003. Edward J. McCauley photographic materials, 1949-1974.

Title: Edward J. McCauley photographic materials, 1949-1974.

The collection contains photographic material created by Edward J. McCauley between the years 1949 and 1974, mostly for the "Burlington Daily Times-News," but also as a private photographer and developer (portraits, weddings and other events). Included are images of local, state, and national politicians and political events; news events; Burlington businesses; civic groups and other organizations; Alamance County schools; sporting events; and other images that document daily life in North Carolina. Most of the images are from Burlington and Alamance County, but many other North Carolina localities are also represented.

ArchivalResource: ca. 83300 items (72.0 linear feet; 95 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/262833584 View

Hugh Morton Photographs and Films, late 1920s-2006, (bulk 1940s-1990s)

Title: Hugh Morton Photographs and Films, late 1920s-2006 (bulk1940s-1990s)

Hugh MacRae Morton (1921-2006) was aprominent North Carolina businessman, political figure, tourism booster,conservationist, environmental activist, sports fan, and prolificimage-maker. The still images and motion pictures in the collectioncover Morton's career of eight decades, 1930s-2000s, and document his variedinvolvements as a photojournalist; a soldier in the Pacific Theater during World WarII; the owner and operator of the Grandfather Mountain tourist attraction inLinville, N.C.; a promoter of travel and tourism in North Carolina and the SmokyMountains region; a well-known figure in state government and friend of many NorthCarolina politicians, entertainers, and media; a student, booster, and frequentsports-event attendee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and anardent admirer of nature.

ArchivalResource: 100.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 250,000 items)

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/P0081/ View

Billy E. Barnes Photographic Collection, 1959-1996

Title: Billy E. Barnes Photographic Collection, 1959-1996

Collection contains images made by white photographer Billy E. Barnes taken during his career from 1959 to 1996. The majority of the images are black-and-white 35mm negatives, photographic prints, and 35mm transparencies (slides). Images were taken across the state of North Carolina and depict poverty in both rural and urban areas, racial tension, experiments in integrated education, poverty prevention/alleviation programs, and the social/political changes that occurred in the state during this span of almost four decades. A large portion of the collection documents the activities of the North Carolina Fund (1963-1968) as well as related organizations and programs that outlasted the Fund project. Images were taken across the entire state, but with a concentration in Durham and Orange County. There are also some images of locations outside North Carolina. Barnes's original descriptions are used when available (from personal photographic log) and, whenever possible, individuals, organizations, events, locations, and dates have been identified. Known groups, organizations, and individuals are listed as subject access points, as are identified locations.

ArchivalResource: 35.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 80,000 items)

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/P0034/ View