Roy Wilder papers, 1944-2006.

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Roy Wilder papers, 1944-2006.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/316805559

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.

About 5000 items (16.0 linear feet).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7322866

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Sanford, Terry, 1917-1998

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Terry Sanford, born James Terry Sanford, August 20, 1917, in Laurinburg, N. C. He was the second son of Cecil L. and Elizabeth Martin Sanford. He received the A.B. degree in 1939 and the J.D. degree in 1946 from the University of North Carolina. He served as an FBI agent, 1941-1942, with the United States Army in Europe during World War II, and as assistant director of the Institute of Government, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1946-1948. Sanford practiced as an attorney in Fayetteville, N.C., from 1948 ...

Rounds, Glen, 1906-2002

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American author and illustrator of children's books. From the description of Rodeo : bulls, broncs & buckaroos : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62439605 From the description of Mr. Yowder and the windwagon : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62686895 From the description of Elephant & friends : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat...

Ehle, John, 1925-....

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John Marsden Ehle Jr., author of novels and works of non-fiction, was born in Asheville, N.C., and has lived most of his adult life in Winston-Salem. He served as special assistant to North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford, 1963-1964, and has been instrumental in establishing and furthering many significant educational, desegregation, and anti-poverty projects. He is married to British actress Rosemary Harris. From the description of John Ehle papers, 1942-1993. WorldCat record id: 31...

Davis, Burke, 1913-2006

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Burke Davis (1913-2006) was a journalist, novelist, historian, and biographer from Durham, N.C. From the guide to the Burke Davis Papers, 1920-1987, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Burke Davis was a journalist, novelist, historian, and biographer from Durham, N.C. From the description of Burke Davis papers, 1920-19887. WorldCat record id: 34641226 ...

Lesueur, Laurence Edward, 1909-2003

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Ragan, Sam, 1915-1996

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Samuel Talmadge Ragan (1915-1996) was managing and executive editor of the "News and Observer" (Raleigh, N.C.), 1948-1969; editor and publisher of "The Pilot" (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 c...

Mitchell, Joseph, 1908-1996

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Wilder, Roy

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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 "The New Yorker" for almost 60 years. "You All Spoken Here," Wilder's book a...

Scott, Robert Walter, 1929-2009

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Wilder family.

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Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970

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American novelist. From the description of One Man's Initiation, 1917, 1968-1969. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937079 American author, From the description of State of the nation [manuscript], 1944. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647807708 American author. From the description of Screenplay by John Dos Passos [manuscript], 1934 October 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647830975 F...