Papers, 1908-1982.

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Papers, 1908-1982.

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This collection consists of numerous letters between Gray and prominent business and political leaders concerning Gray's Connecticut Job-Training Plan and Gray's articles in the SATURDAY EVENING POST and READER'S DIGEST. Also included are 53 pictures (mainly of Grenby Mfg. Co. and equipment); newspaper clippings of and about Gray; printed material consisting of booklets, writings (e.g. sheet music composed by Gray, drafts of speeches, magazine articles, commentaries made by Gray over WRAL-TV in Raleigh, and an autobiography Gray wrote for his grandchildren); and a miscellany folder of various membership certificates and genealogy records. Many of the writings, speeches, and commentaries reflect Gray's advocacy of the free-enterprise system and his views of the role of government in the economy. There are letters signed by Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, David Rockefeller, Nelson A. Rockefeller, George Bush, Jesse Helms, J. Edgar Hoover, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and others.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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