Don Shoemaker Papers, 1937-1998

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Don Shoemaker Papers, 1937-1998

1937-1998

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04968/

Don Shoemaker (1912-1998), journalist and civic leader, received his A.B. in journalism from the University of North Carolina in 1934. The collection includes correspondence, writings, and other materials chiefly documenting his career as a journalist and his work with the Southern Education Report Service (SERS), a news service dedicated to impartial and nationwide reporting on the progress of school desegregation. Materials, 1937-1955, from his tenure in Asheville, N.C., include personal and professional correspondence relating to his work at the and the and with the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Association; writings; and clippings. Materials, 1954-1959, from his tenure in Nashville, Tenn., include correspondence, speeches and articles, clippings, and other items from Shoemaker's tenure, 1955-1958, as executive director of SERS. Materials, 1958-1998, include correspondence, writings, and clippings relating to Shoemaker's work as editor of the , as well as to his involvement in many civic and political concerns of Miami, Fla., and the Dade County area. Also included are a few photographs. The addition of October 2000 contains correspondence with, writings of, photographs of, and other material relating to poet Carl Sandburg, who was a neighbor and friend in western North Carolina. Asheville Times Asheville Citizen Miami Herald

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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