Roy Wilder Papers, 1944-2006

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Roy Wilder Papers, 1944-2006

Roy Wilder Papers, 1944-2006

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/w/Wilder,Roy.html

Roy Wilder Jr. was born 1914. He attended the University of North Carolina's School of Journalism, but left before graduating. Wilder worked as a war correspondent during World War II; a newspaper reporter in New York and North Carolina; and in conservation and development, politics, and public relations. While in New York, Wilder developed a life-long friendship with North Carolina native Joseph Mitchell, who wrote for for almost 60 years. , Wilder's book about southern speech, was first published in 1984. The New Yorker You All Spoken Here The collection contains subject files, correspondence, and other items relating to Roy Wilder Jr. The subject files were compiled by Wilder and address a wide range of topics, including southern food and jokes, moonshine, Joseph Mitchell, author Glen Rounds, and wartime reporting. Correspondence is chiefly with Wilder's family, friends, and acquaintances, including Burke Davis, John Dos Passos, John Ehle, Larry Lesueur, Sam Ragan, Terry Sanford, and Robert Walter Scott. Also included are photographs of Wilder and friends, an audiocassette of a 1996 tribute to Joseph Mitchell, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings.

5000; 16.0

eng,

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