Terry Sanford papers, 1926-1996 and undated, (bulk 1986-1992).

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Terry Sanford papers, 1926-1996 and undated, (bulk 1986-1992).

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Papers documenting Sanford's career as U.S. Senator from N.C. Senatorial campaigns, views on issues, constituent interactions, and committee activities are documented throughout the collection. Sanford served on the following Senate committees: Select Committee on Ethics (Chair); Special Committee on Aging; Budget; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs including the Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy and Subcommittee on Securities; Foreign Relations including Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs(Chair), Subcommittee on African Affairs, and Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs. There are also items pertaining to his involvement in community organizations and his military service. The addition to the collection (Acc. 2000-0408) (218 items, dated 1985-1995) comprises 51 volumes of Sanford's Senate journal that cover June 1987 to August 1991; partial copies of his Senate schedules and 17 related micro-audio cassette tapes from July 1991 to March 1992; and other miscellaneous material concerning his senatorial campaigns of 1986 and 1992, as well as his service in the Senate. The material was acquired from Sanford by Howard Covington and Marion Ellis for their use in writing TERRY SANFORD: POLITICS, PROGRESS, AND OUTRAGEOUS AMBITIONS. The 2004 addition (Acc. 2007-0078) (10 linear ft., 5650 items, dated circa 1986-1996) features material related to Sanford's 1986 senatorial campaign and to his book OUTLIVE YOUR ENEMIES (published 1996). Senatorial campaign records include correspondence, voter surveys, campaign files, clippings, event flyers and invitations, videocassettes, audiocassettes, and other materials. The OUTLIVE YOUR ENEMIES content consists of research files related to aging. Acc. (2010-0059) (3.6 lin. ft.; dated 1940s-1990s) includes hundreds of photographs from the Sanford family. The majority of these date from the 1980s and 1990s, while there are some earlier black and white prints from the 1940s and 1950s. Most are not labeled. There are also 2 photograph albums of family vacations to Africa (1988) and Europe (1990s).

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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 ...

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Covington, Howard E., Jr., 1944-

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Howard E. Covington is a reporter and author who has written extensively about North Carolina people and events. From the description of Howard E. Covington research papers, 1999-2001. WorldCat record id: 741311531 From the guide to the Howard E. Covington Research Papers, 1999-2001, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

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