North Carolina Press Association records, 1886-1993 [manuscript].

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North Carolina Press Association records, 1886-1993 [manuscript].

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North Carolina Press Association records, 1886-1993, including meeting materials; correspondence; videos; photographs; and financial, legal, and other files. The bulk of the materials are meeting-related, primarily minutes and other items from the NCPA's annual conventions. Correspondence is chiefly of NCPA presidents, much of it with long-time secretary-treasurer, Margaret Taylor Harper. Photographs are of NCPA members at conventions, award ceremonies, etc.; there are also photographs from the NCPA's annual photo contests. Legal files are chiefly those of William Lassiter, who acted as the NCPA's lawyer for many years. These files include information on the issue of open public meetings, privacy, freedom of the press, and other topics with which the NCPA was concerned. There are also materials relating to the Associated Dailies of the North Carolina Press Association and the National Editorial Association (later the National Newspaper Association), to which the NCPA was related. These records include meeting minutes of both organizations and financial records of the Associated Dailies. There are also files relating to the difficulties of running newspapers during World War II; publication files; and files relating to NCPA awards, scholarships, and other activities.

1,900 items (9.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Associated Dailies of the North Carolina Press Association.

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Harper, Margaret Taylor, 1917-2009

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Margaret Taylor Harper was born in Southport, N.C., 17 February 1917, the daughter of Charles Edward and Jessie Stevens Taylor. In 1937, she received her B.A. from Greensboro College and married James M. Harper, Jr., editor of the State Port Pilot . In addition to working for the Pilot, she operated the Stevens Insurance Agency, a business established in 1890 by her maternal grandfather. Margaret Harper's interests have been diverse. She has worked in support of numerous...

National Editorial Association

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National Newspaper Association

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North Carolina Press Association

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The North Carolina Press Association (NCPA) was founded on 15 May 1873. Member newspapers created the organization "for mutual benefit and protection." The NCPA holds annual conventions to discuss important issues facing the press. During the 1960s and 1970s, the NCPA retained lawyer William Lassiter to monitor legislation that threatened to limit freedom of the press and to report on other legal issues with which the NCPA was concerned, including privacy and access to governmental meetings. The...

Lassiter, William Carroll, 1909-

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William Carroll Lassiter of Raleigh, N.C., was an attorney specializing in cases involving libel and the press, and, from 1938 to 1979, served as general counsel and chief lobbyist for the North Carolina Press Association. From the description of William Carroll Lassiter papers, 1937-1988. WorldCat record id: 26180484 Lassiter received his undergraduate degree from Duke University in 1930 and his law degree from Duke in 1933. From the description of Collection, 1...