Sylvan Meyer papers, 1940-1988 [manuscript].

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Sylvan Meyer papers, 1940-1988 [manuscript].

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Personal and business correspondence, 1940-1988, of Sylvan Meyer, including letters from Jimmy Carter; speeches, 1960s, many concerning the role of the press in race relations; notes from a trip to the Soviet Union in 1969; and correspondence, records, and reports relating to the Pulitzer Prize Advisory Board, 1969-1975, and other organizations with which Meyer was involved, including the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the American Newspaper Publishers Association, and the Curriculum Committee of Florida International University. Also included are subject files from the Gainesville Times on local Georgia politics, people, and issues, especially desegregation and other racial matters, and papers relating to the Miami News, Meyer Publications, Miami Magazine, and Computer Living NY. There are also clippings from newspapers and magazine articles and columns Meyer wrote and several of his book manuscripts. Among the miscellaneous papers are items from Meyer's time as a student at the University of North Carolina, including letters, writings, several issues of Truth and Consequence (a student newsletter), and notes relating to The Daily Tar Heel.

4,500 items (13.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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