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Abstract | Jonathan Daniels (1902-1981) of Raleigh, N.C., editor of the Raleigh News and Observer and author of numerous historical and political books and articles. Daniels was also administrative assistant to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and worked in the Harry S. Truman administration. The collection contains correspondence, writings, notes, clippings, pictures, and other materials, chiefly 1935-1980, relating to Daniels's work in newspaper publishing, Democratic Party politics, and historical and political writing. Much material relates to writings about the South and race relations, including school integration. Correspondents include his father Josephus Daniels, Virginius Dabney, Ralph McGill, Mark McCloskey, Thad Stem, Barry Bingham, and David Lilienthal. |
Creator | Daniels, Jonathan, 1902- |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Linda Sellars, June 1990
Encoded by: Margaret Dickson, February 2006
Updated by: Dawne Howard Lucas, January 2021; Anne Wells, May 2021
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Jonathan Worth Daniels (26 April 1902-6 November 1981), editor and author, was born in Raleigh to Josephus and Addie Worth Bagley Daniels. Named for his maternal grandfather, Jonathan Worth, who was governor of North Carolina, he was the third son of the owner and editor of the Raleigh News and Observer. After attending Centennial School in Raleigh (1908-13), he moved to Washington, D.C., with his family in 1913 when his father became Secretary of the Navy. After studying there at John Eaton School (1913-15), and St. Albans School (1915-18), he continued his education at the University of North Carolina. He received a B.A. in 1921, and an M.A. in English the following year. As a student in Chapel Hill, he edited The Daily Tar Heel and participated in the Carolina Playmakers; during the summers he worked as a reporter for his father's newspaper.
After completing his studies at the University, Daniels briefly reported for the Louisville (Ky.) Times before studying law at Columbia University in 1922-23. Failing out of law school, he passed the North Carolina bar examination after an intensive summer course in Chapel Hill. He never practiced law. He returned to Raleigh in 1923 as a reporter and sports editor for the News and Observer; from 1925 to 1928 he served as the paper's correspondent from the nation's capital. In 1930 he moved to New York City to write for Fortune magazine. His novel Clash of Angels, published in the same year, brought him a year-long Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing that allowed him to travel and write in France, Italy, and Switzerland during 1930-31. He resumed work on the staff of Fortune before rejoining the News and Observer in 1932 as associate editor. When Josephus Daniels became ambassador to Mexico in 1933, Jonathan Daniels assumed the editorship of the family's newspaper and held the post until 1942.
During the 1930s Daniels strongly supported President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, advocated equal treatment for Negroes, defended the rights of organized labor, and, as a result, gained a reputation as a Southern liberal. In The Mind of the South, W. J. Cash described Daniels as "sometimes waxing almost too uncritical in his eagerness to champion the underdog." While expressing his opinions on the News and Observer's editorial page, he also contributed scores of articles and reviews to national magazines and wrote A Southerner Discovers the South (1938), A Southerner Discovers New England (1940), and Tar Heels: A Portrait of North Carolina (1941). In 1940-42 his column, "A Native at Large," appeared weekly in the Nation.
Early in 1942 Daniels joined the war effort in Washington, D.C., as assistant director of the Office of Civilian Defense in charge of civilian mobilization. In the fall of 1942 he began special assignments for President Roosevelt, and in March 1943 the president appointed Daniels one of his six administrative assistants. His work for Roosevelt involved the Tennessee Valley Authority, wartime baseball overseas, the Rural Electrification Administration, and domestic race relations. In March 1945 Roosevelt named him his press secretary, and he continued in the position temporarily under President Harry S. Truman. Daniels campaigned with Truman in 1948 and wrote a biography of the president, The Man of Independence, in 1950.
Daniels moved back to Raleigh in the summer of 1945 and continued his writing. His Frontier on the Potomac (1946) recounted his wartime impressions and experiences. He assisted his father as the News and Oberver's executive editor in 1947 and succeeded to the editorship after Josephus Daniels's death the next year. Under his direction the newspaper followed a liberal editorial policy. Daniels supported W. Kerr Scott's gubernatorial candidacy in 1948 and, while Democratic national committeeman (1949-52), suggested in 1949 that Governor Scott name Frank P. Graham to the seat left vacant by the death of Senator J. Melville Broughton. In 1950 Daniels endorsed Senator Graham and worked for his campaign for reelection. During the 1950s he urged the South to accept school desegregation, and in 1956 he strenously opposed Governor Luther H. Hodges's program for the state's schools. As an editor and politician, Daniels was, according to the Charlotte Observer, not only "a graceful writer and tart social critic" but "also a force for progress in North Carolina," especially in race relations.
In addition to his editorials, Daniels in the postwar years wrote dozens of books and articles. The Time Between the Wars (1966) and Washington Quadrille (1968) first publicized Franklin D. Roosevelt's affair with Lucy Mercer Rutherford. His historical studies included three children's books and a biography of General Milton Littlefield in Prince of the Carpetbaggers (1958), an account of crusading editors in They Will Be Heard (1965), and Ordeal of Ambition: Jefferson, Hamilton, Burr (1970). White House Witness 1942-1945 (1975) covered his work for Roosevelt.
Daniels also devoted much time to public service. He represented the United States on the United Nations Subcommission for the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities (1947-53), was a member of the public advisory board of the Economic Cooperation Administration and the Mutual Security Agency (1948-53), and served on the Federal Hospital Council (1948-53). He also was a member of the board of trustees of Vassar College in th 1940s and of the United States Advisory Commission on Information in the 1960s.
In the 1960s Daniels began spending increasing time at his home in Hilton Head, S.C.; in 1970 he moved there. He helped establish the Hilton Head Island Packet and contributed a weekly column, "Sojourner's Scrapbook," to the paper.
Daniels was a lifelong loyal Democrat. He belonged to the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Raleigh and St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Hilton Head. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, the National Press Club, the Watauga Club, and the Century Club of New York.
On 5 September 1923 Daniels married Elizabeth Bridgers; they had one daughter, Elizabeth. His first wife died in December 1929. He married Lucy Billing Cathcart on 30 April 1932, and they had three daughters, Lucy, Adelaide, and Mary Cleves. His second wife died in January 1979. Daniels died in Hilton Head and was buried in Six Oaks Cemetery on the Island.
[Source: Charles W. Eagles, "Jonathan Daniels," Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, ed., William S. Powell, 3 vols. to date (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986), vol. 2: 12-13.]
Back to TopThe collection contains correspondence, writings, notes, clippings, pictures, and other materials, chiefly 1935-1980, relating to North Carolina journalist, newspaper editor and author Jonathan Daniels's work in newspaper publishing, particularly of the News and Observer of Raleigh, N.C.; Democratic Party politics and work with the administrations of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman during World War II; historical writing; and political writing. Much material relates to writings about the South and race relations, including school integration. Correspondents include his father Josephus Daniels, Virginius Dabney, Ralph McGill, Mark McCloskey, Thad Stem, Barry Bingham, and David Lilienthal.
Back to TopProfessional and personal correspondence, along with some clippings and other material, of Jonathan Daniels, and a few other letters to and from Jonathan Daniels's wife Lucy Cathcart Daniels and his father Josephus Daniels. These files were established by Jonathan Daniels.
The largest part of the correspondence concerns Daniels's writings, especially his books. In this series there are many letters concerning the publication and promotion of Daniels's books. Most correspondence directly related to research and writing of the books is found with the drafts of the books in Series 2. There are also letters in Series 1 about Daniels's articles and speeches.
Other important continuing topics of correspondence are the operations of the News and Observer and the Raleigh Times, national and North Carolina politics, the South, race relations, World War II, Harry S. Truman, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Arrangement: chronological.
Chiefly personal correspondence. The earliest letter is one from Josephus Daniels to Jonathan on the occasion of Jonathan's seventh birthday. There are letters to and from friends during the years of Daniels's attendance at St. Albans School and at the University of North Carolina. During the 1920s, Jonathan's most frequent correspondent was Josephus Daniels, who wrote about family matters and about politics. Many letters in 1929 and 1930 concern the receipt of a Guggenheim fellowship. There are a few letters to and from Daniels while he was in Europe during his Guggenheim year. A letter from Franklin Roosevelt, 5 November 1931, asks Daniels to "keep your ear to the ground and let me know from time to time if you hear anything that you think I should know."
Folder 1 |
1909, 1915-1917 |
Folder 2 |
1918-1921 |
Folder 3 |
1922-1923 |
Folder 4 |
1924-1926 |
Folder 5 |
1927-1928 |
Folder 6 |
1929 |
Folder 7-9
Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9 |
1930 |
Folder 10 |
1931 |
Folder 11 |
1932 |
Reel M-3466/1 |
Microfilm |
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence related to Daniels's work as editor of the News and Observer and to his books and other writings, as well as some other correspondence, including a few letters to and from Josephus Daniels and Lucy Cathcart Daniels. The Josephus Daniels letters that are not to or from Jonathan were apparently sent on to Jonathan for his information.
Notable here are letters from Josephus Daniels, United States Ambassador to Mexico, who wrote about family matters, the News and Observer, Jonathan's editorials, North Carolina politics and government, sales of liquor, his concern that FDR was tending to the right (1935), and occassionally about his own activities in Mexico, and about attacks on him by American Catholics for allegedly supporting anti-Catholic policies of the Mexican government. In the early 1930s there are many letters concerning book reviews for the News and Observer. Beginning in 1938, there are many letters concerning Jonathan Daniels's books, A Southerner Discovers the South (1938), A Southerner Discovers New England (1940), and Tar Heels (1941). Other recurring subjects of correspondence include race relations, North Carolina College for Negroes, tobacco legislation, utilities, auto accidents and insurance, United States Senator J.W. Bailey (mostly in 1935), the 1936 Democratic Convention, the Farm Security Administration, the Southern Policy Committee, TVA, the University of North Carolina, Josephus Daniels's Tar Heel Editor (1939), speculation on whether Josephus Daniels would run for the Senate in 1936.
A letter from Thomas Wolfe, 23 October 1936, describes Wolfe's feelings about Germany, politics, and FDR. Other notable correspondents include Walter White, Paul Green, W.T. Couch, P.H. Callahan, Clarence Poe, John Temple Graves, Virginius Dabney, Ellen Glasgow, Oswald Garrison Villard, E.M. Bernstein, C.C. Crittendon, Lucy R. Mason, Barry Bingham, Howard Odum, David Lilienthal, Grover C. Hall, Ralph McGill, and Frank P. Graham.
Folder 12-14
Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14 |
1933 |
Folder 15-18a |
1934 |
Folder 18b-76 |
1935 |
Folder 77-145
Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92Folder 93Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96Folder 97Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120Folder 121Folder 122Folder 123Folder 124Folder 125Folder 126Folder 127Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137Folder 138Folder 139Folder 140Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143Folder 144Folder 145 |
1936 |
Folder 146-152
Folder 146Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152 |
1937 |
Folder 153-237
Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159Folder 160Folder 161Folder 162Folder 163Folder 164Folder 165Folder 166Folder 167Folder 168Folder 169Folder 170Folder 171Folder 172Folder 173Folder 174Folder 175Folder 176Folder 177Folder 178Folder 179Folder 180Folder 181Folder 182Folder 183Folder 184Folder 185Folder 186Folder 187Folder 188Folder 189Folder 190Folder 191Folder 192Folder 193Folder 194Folder 195Folder 196Folder 197Folder 198Folder 199Folder 200Folder 201Folder 202Folder 203Folder 204Folder 205Folder 206Folder 207Folder 208Folder 209Folder 210Folder 211Folder 212Folder 213Folder 214Folder 215Folder 216Folder 217Folder 218Folder 219Folder 220Folder 221Folder 222Folder 223Folder 224Folder 225Folder 226Folder 227Folder 228Folder 229Folder 230Folder 231Folder 232Folder 233Folder 234Folder 235Folder 236Folder 237 |
1938 |
Folder 238-281a |
1939 |
Folder 281b-337 |
1940 |
Folder 338-406
Folder 338Folder 339Folder 340Folder 341Folder 342Folder 343Folder 344Folder 345Folder 346Folder 347Folder 348Folder 349Folder 350Folder 351Folder 352Folder 353Folder 354Folder 355Folder 356Folder 357Folder 358Folder 359Folder 360Folder 361Folder 362Folder 363Folder 364Folder 365Folder 366Folder 367Folder 368Folder 369Folder 370Folder 371Folder 372Folder 373Folder 374Folder 375Folder 376Folder 377Folder 378Folder 379Folder 380Folder 381Folder 382Folder 383Folder 384Folder 385Folder 386Folder 387Folder 388Folder 389Folder 390Folder 391Folder 392Folder 393Folder 394Folder 395Folder 396Folder 397Folder 398Folder 399Folder 400Folder 401Folder 402Folder 403Folder 404Folder 405Folder 406 |
1941 |
Reel M-3466/2-32
M-3466/2M-3466/3M-3466/4M-3466/5M-3466/6M-3466/7M-3466/8M-3466/9M-3466/10M-3466/11M-3466/12M-3466/13M-3466/14M-3466/15M-3466/16M-3466/17M-3466/18M-3466/19M-3466/20M-3466/21M-3466/22M-3466/23M-3466/24M-3466/25M-3466/26M-3466/27M-3466/28M-3466/29M-3466/30M-3466/31M-3466/32 |
Microfilm |
Arrangement: chronological.
Mostly correspondence and other material related to Daniels's work for the government in wartime Washington. Throughout the period there is correspondence concerning labor, race relations, the South, and Daniels's writings. Between February and September 1942, most correspondence concerns the organization and operation of the Civilian Mobilization Branch of the Office of Civilian Defense. The "Correspondence with Director Landis," filed at the end of 1942, also concerns the Office of Civilian Defense. In late 1942 and early 1943, correspondence deals with special assignments Daniels undertook for the president, especially some work relating to the congressional elections in 1942, an investigation of rich, young officers in Washington, and a study of the government's public relations efforts. In March 1943, Daniels's correspondence indicates that FDR had intended to appoint him as American minister to New Zealand, but Sen. J.W. Bailey of North Carolina opposed the nomination and prevented his confirmation.
During the remainder of 1943 and 1944, Daniels's correspondence reflected his projects as one of FDR's six administrative assistants. Major topics are the South in the war, American civilian personnel in foreign countries, the Office of War Information, the Rural Electrification Administration, post-war plans, opposition to FDR, rationing of newsprint, and the 1944 Presidential campaign. Folder 426a contains collected reports on racial tensions in 1943 and 1944. Letters of mid-to-late 1945, concern Daniels's plans upon leaving government and his return to Raleigh.
Folder 407-419a |
1942 |
Folder 419b-419d |
Correspondence with Director Landis |
Folder 420-422
Folder 420Folder 421Folder 422 |
Membership Lists |
Folder 423 |
Calendar, 1942 |
Folder 424-425
Folder 424Folder 425 |
Undated and Miscellaneous, 1942 |
Folder 426 |
Reports on Racial Tensions, 1943-1944 |
Folder 427-452
Folder 427Folder 428Folder 429Folder 430Folder 431Folder 432Folder 433Folder 434Folder 435Folder 436Folder 437Folder 438Folder 439Folder 440Folder 441Folder 442Folder 443Folder 444Folder 445Folder 446Folder 447Folder 448Folder 449Folder 450Folder 451Folder 452 |
1943 |
Folder 453-492
Folder 453Folder 454Folder 455Folder 456Folder 457Folder 458Folder 459Folder 460Folder 461Folder 462Folder 463Folder 464Folder 465Folder 466Folder 467Folder 468Folder 469Folder 470Folder 471Folder 472Folder 473Folder 474Folder 475Folder 476Folder 477Folder 478Folder 479Folder 480Folder 481Folder 482Folder 483Folder 484Folder 485Folder 486Folder 487Folder 488Folder 489Folder 490Folder 491Folder 492 |
1944 |
Folder 492a |
Estate Papers of Elizabeth Bridgers Daniels, 1929-1944 |
Folder 493-517
Folder 493Folder 494Folder 495Folder 496Folder 497Folder 498Folder 499Folder 500Folder 501Folder 502Folder 503Folder 504Folder 505Folder 506Folder 507Folder 508Folder 509Folder 510Folder 511Folder 512Folder 513Folder 514Folder 515Folder 516Folder 517 |
1945 |
Folder 518-520
Folder 518Folder 519Folder 520 |
Press Conferences, 1945 |
Folder 521-522
Folder 521Folder 522 |
Undated, 1945 |
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence about Daniels's books, articles, speaking engagements, service on various boards, and other topics, and other material. In 1946, much of the correspondence concerns articles Daniels wrote and his book Frontier on the Potomac. In 1947, considerable correspondence begins regarding Daniels's service as United States representative on the United Nations Subcommission for the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities. Daniels's service in the late 1940s on the board of trustees of Vassar College, the boards of directors of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Foundation, the public advisory boards of the Economic Cooperation Administration and the Mutual Security Administration, and on the Federal Hospital Council, generated additional correspondence. Much of this is routine correspondence concerning arrangements for meetings and similar matters. Minutes of some meetings are also found here.
Correspondence about Daniels's political activities and interests appears at the time of the Democratic Convention, during the presidential campaign of 1948, when Daniels was selected Democratic Committeeman from North Carolina in 1949, and during the Graham-Smith Campaign of 1950. Letters in early May 1949 discuss whether Daniels would accept Truman's offer of the post of Secretary of the Navy. In 1949 and 1950, there is substantial correspondence regarding research for and publication of Daniels's biography of Harry S. Truman, The Man of Independence. Included are many letters from Harry S. Truman.
Other notable correspondents during this period include Josephus Daniels, Virginius Dabney, Jim Putnam, Carl Brandt, Will Alexander, Eben Ayers, Gerald Johnson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mark McCloskey, David Mearns, Struthers Burt, Archibald MacLeish, Carroll Kilpatrick, Howard Odum, David Lilienthal, John Temple Graves, and Paul Green.
Before 1947, incoming and outgoing correspondence is filed in straight chronological order. Beginning in March 1947, incoming letters are stapled to the back of the carbon copies of Daniels's replies, which are filed in chronological order.
Folder 523-548
Folder 523Folder 524Folder 525Folder 526Folder 527Folder 528Folder 529Folder 530Folder 531Folder 532Folder 533Folder 534Folder 535Folder 536Folder 537Folder 538Folder 539Folder 540Folder 541Folder 542Folder 543Folder 544Folder 545Folder 546Folder 547Folder 548 |
1946 |
Folder 549-605
Folder 549Folder 550Folder 551Folder 552Folder 553Folder 554Folder 555Folder 556Folder 557Folder 558Folder 559Folder 560Folder 561Folder 562Folder 563Folder 564Folder 565Folder 566Folder 567Folder 568Folder 569Folder 570Folder 571Folder 572Folder 573Folder 574Folder 575Folder 576Folder 577Folder 578Folder 579Folder 580Folder 581Folder 582Folder 583Folder 584Folder 585Folder 586Folder 587Folder 588Folder 589Folder 590Folder 591Folder 592Folder 593Folder 594Folder 595Folder 596Folder 597Folder 598Folder 599Folder 600Folder 601Folder 602Folder 603Folder 604Folder 605 |
1947 |
Folder 606-609
Folder 606Folder 607Folder 608Folder 609 |
1948 |
Folder 610-673
Folder 610Folder 611Folder 612Folder 613Folder 614Folder 615Folder 616Folder 617Folder 618Folder 619Folder 620Folder 621Folder 622Folder 623Folder 624Folder 625Folder 626Folder 627Folder 628Folder 629Folder 630Folder 631Folder 632Folder 633Folder 634Folder 635Folder 636Folder 637Folder 638Folder 639Folder 640Folder 641Folder 642Folder 643Folder 644Folder 645Folder 646Folder 647Folder 648Folder 649Folder 650Folder 651Folder 652Folder 653Folder 654Folder 655Folder 656Folder 657Folder 658Folder 659Folder 660Folder 661Folder 662Folder 663Folder 664Folder 665Folder 666Folder 667Folder 668Folder 669Folder 670Folder 671Folder 672Folder 673 |
1949 |
Folder 674-769
Folder 674Folder 675Folder 676Folder 677Folder 678Folder 679Folder 680Folder 681Folder 682Folder 683Folder 684Folder 685Folder 686Folder 687Folder 688Folder 689Folder 690Folder 691Folder 692Folder 693Folder 694Folder 695Folder 696Folder 697Folder 698Folder 699Folder 700Folder 701Folder 702Folder 703Folder 704Folder 705Folder 706Folder 707Folder 708Folder 709Folder 710Folder 711Folder 712Folder 713Folder 714Folder 715Folder 716Folder 717Folder 718Folder 719Folder 720Folder 721Folder 722Folder 723Folder 724Folder 725Folder 726Folder 727Folder 728Folder 729Folder 730Folder 731Folder 732Folder 733Folder 734Folder 735Folder 736Folder 737Folder 738Folder 739Folder 740Folder 741Folder 742Folder 743Folder 744Folder 745Folder 746Folder 747Folder 748Folder 749Folder 750Folder 751Folder 752Folder 753Folder 754Folder 755Folder 756Folder 757Folder 758Folder 759Folder 760Folder 761Folder 762Folder 763Folder 764Folder 765Folder 766Folder 767Folder 768Folder 769 |
1950 |
Folder 770-772
Folder 770Folder 771Folder 772 |
Undated |
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence concerning Daniels's writings, speaking engagements, organizational affiliations, the News and Observer, and other topics, family, and other material. Of particular interest in 1951 are reports from UNC on graduate and professional education for Negroes in North Carolina. In 1952, there is considerable correspondence concerning the Democratic party and the nomination of Adlai Stevenson. In 1953, notable correspondence concerns Daniels's research on the Wilson era. Especially interesting are his letters from John Blum, Arthur Link, and Bernard Baruch about Colonel Edward House's diaries in the Yale University Library.
Correspondence about Daniels's editorials in the News and Observer is found in these files. In 1954 and 1955, the issue of school segregation generated considerable correspondence. Correspondence about the News and Observer's purchase of the Raleigh Times appears in the 1955 files. There is also correspondence about the search for an editor for the Times and hiring of Mark Ethridge, Jr., for the job.
Prominent correspondents include John Temple Graves, Virginius Dabney, Mark McCloskey, David Mearns, Mark Ethridge, Barry Bingham, Clarence Poe, Eben Ayers, Frank Freidel, Pare Lorentz, Harold Ickes, David Lilienthal, Lister Hill, Estes Kefauver, Adlai Stevenson, Roy Stryker, Gerald Johnson, Bernard Baruch, Carroll Kilpatrick, Harry Truman, Howard Odum, Inglis Fletcher, Jessie Daniel Ames, Paul Green, Ralph McGill, Drew Pearson, Carl Sandburg, and Frank P. Graham.
Following files for 1955 are two folders of undated letters and miscellaneous items from any years through 1955.
Folder 773-850
Folder 773Folder 774Folder 775Folder 776Folder 777Folder 778Folder 779Folder 780Folder 781Folder 782Folder 783Folder 784Folder 785Folder 786Folder 787Folder 788Folder 789Folder 790Folder 791Folder 792Folder 793Folder 794Folder 795Folder 796Folder 797Folder 798Folder 799Folder 800Folder 801Folder 802Folder 803Folder 804Folder 805Folder 806Folder 807Folder 808Folder 809Folder 810Folder 811Folder 812Folder 813Folder 814Folder 815Folder 816Folder 817Folder 818Folder 819Folder 820Folder 821Folder 822Folder 823Folder 824Folder 825Folder 826Folder 827Folder 828Folder 829Folder 830Folder 831Folder 832Folder 833Folder 834Folder 835Folder 836Folder 837Folder 838Folder 839Folder 840Folder 841Folder 842Folder 843Folder 844Folder 845Folder 846Folder 847Folder 848Folder 849Folder 850 |
1951 |
Folder 851-932
Folder 851Folder 852Folder 853Folder 854Folder 855Folder 856Folder 857Folder 858Folder 859Folder 860Folder 861Folder 862Folder 863Folder 864Folder 865Folder 866Folder 867Folder 868Folder 869Folder 870Folder 871Folder 872Folder 873Folder 874Folder 875Folder 876Folder 877Folder 878Folder 879Folder 880Folder 881Folder 882Folder 883Folder 884Folder 885Folder 886Folder 887Folder 888Folder 889Folder 890Folder 891Folder 892Folder 893Folder 894Folder 895Folder 896Folder 897Folder 898Folder 899Folder 900Folder 901Folder 902Folder 903Folder 904Folder 905Folder 906Folder 907Folder 908Folder 909Folder 910Folder 911Folder 912Folder 913Folder 914Folder 915Folder 916Folder 917Folder 918Folder 919Folder 920Folder 921Folder 922Folder 923Folder 924Folder 925Folder 926Folder 927Folder 928Folder 929Folder 930Folder 931Folder 932 |
1952 |
Folder 933-987
Folder 933Folder 934Folder 935Folder 936Folder 937Folder 938Folder 939Folder 940Folder 941Folder 942Folder 943Folder 944Folder 945Folder 946Folder 947Folder 948Folder 949Folder 950Folder 951Folder 952Folder 953Folder 954Folder 955Folder 956Folder 957Folder 958Folder 959Folder 960Folder 961Folder 962Folder 963Folder 964Folder 965Folder 966Folder 967Folder 968Folder 969Folder 970Folder 971Folder 972Folder 973Folder 974Folder 975Folder 976Folder 977Folder 978Folder 979Folder 980Folder 981Folder 982Folder 983Folder 984Folder 985Folder 986Folder 987 |
1953 |
Folder 988-1059
Folder 988Folder 989Folder 990Folder 991Folder 992Folder 993Folder 994Folder 995Folder 996Folder 997Folder 998Folder 999Folder 1000Folder 1001Folder 1002Folder 1003Folder 1004Folder 1005Folder 1006Folder 1007Folder 1008Folder 1009Folder 1010Folder 1011Folder 1012Folder 1013Folder 1014Folder 1015Folder 1016Folder 1017Folder 1018Folder 1019Folder 1020Folder 1021Folder 1022Folder 1023Folder 1024Folder 1025Folder 1026Folder 1027Folder 1028Folder 1029Folder 1030Folder 1031Folder 1032Folder 1033Folder 1034Folder 1035Folder 1036Folder 1037Folder 1038Folder 1039Folder 1040Folder 1041Folder 1042Folder 1043Folder 1044Folder 1045Folder 1046Folder 1047Folder 1048Folder 1049Folder 1050Folder 1051Folder 1052Folder 1053Folder 1054Folder 1055Folder 1056Folder 1057Folder 1058Folder 1059 |
1954 |
Folder 1060-1137
Folder 1060Folder 1061Folder 1062Folder 1063Folder 1064Folder 1065Folder 1066Folder 1067Folder 1068Folder 1069Folder 1070Folder 1071Folder 1072Folder 1073Folder 1074Folder 1075Folder 1076Folder 1077Folder 1078Folder 1079Folder 1080Folder 1081Folder 1082Folder 1083Folder 1084Folder 1085Folder 1086Folder 1087Folder 1088Folder 1089Folder 1090Folder 1091Folder 1092Folder 1093Folder 1094Folder 1095Folder 1096Folder 1097Folder 1098Folder 1099Folder 1100Folder 1101Folder 1102Folder 1103Folder 1104Folder 1105Folder 1106Folder 1107Folder 1108Folder 1109Folder 1110Folder 1111Folder 1112Folder 1113Folder 1114Folder 1115Folder 1116Folder 1117Folder 1118Folder 1119Folder 1120Folder 1121Folder 1122Folder 1123Folder 1124Folder 1125Folder 1126Folder 1127Folder 1128Folder 1129Folder 1130Folder 1131Folder 1132Folder 1133Folder 1134Folder 1135Folder 1136Folder 1137 |
1955 |
Folder 1138-1139
Folder 1138Folder 1139 |
Undated through 1955 |
Arrangement: by year, then alphabetical.
From 1956 through 1970, correspondence is arranged within each year alphabetically rather than chronologically. Some organizations or topics have separate folders. Correspondence with Daniels's literary agents, Brandt and Brandt, and with his publishers is usually filed separately after other correspondence for the year. Filing is not always consistent. Correspondence with Daniels's editor Lee Barker of Doubleday & Co., for example, may be filed under Barker, under Doubleday, or under the title of a specific book.
Throughout this period there is much correspondence, most of it routine, concerning the six books that Daniels published during these years. The first of these, The End of Innocence (1956), generated some correspondence concerning Josephus Daniels, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, most notably from Bernard Baruch. There is also correspondence about Daniels's three juvenile books on civil war figures and his book on General Milton Littlefield during Reconstruction. In addition, there is correspondence about a book Daniels wrote about the paper industry, The Forest Is the Future, for International Paper Company in 1957. In 1958, files holding material Daniels collected for a book on the years between World War I and World War II. In 1959 correspondence begins about the Natchez Trace, the subject of a later book.
Some correspondence during this period concerns the business of the News and Observer and the Raleigh Times. In particular there is considerable correspondence in 1956 concerning the News and Observer's new building. Some correspondence indicates dissatisfaction with the editor hired for the Raleigh Times.
Throughout the period there are letters concerning issues in North Carolina, such as consolidation of the University of North Carolina (1956-1957), the Henderson strike (1959), and the candidacy of I. Beverly Lake for governor (1960).
The national elections in 1956 and 1960 also generated limited correspondence. In 1960, Daniels drafted a speech for John F. Kennedy to give in North Carolina.
There are numerous notes from Harry S. Truman during these years, most thanking Daniels for copies of Daniels's books, some concerning various invitations to Truman to visit North Carolina.
Activities of Daniels family members appear especially in the letters of 1958 when Daniels's daughter Mary Cleves made her debut, daughter Lucy had a baby, and daughter Elizabeth published a book on palm reading. In 1956, Daniels's daughter Lucy had published a novel which generated considerable congratulation and discussion.
Major correspondents include Bernard Baruch, Erskine Caldwell, William Hassett, Carl Sandburg, Frank Porter Graham, David Mearns, Mark McCloskey, Henry Belk, Barry Bingham, Virginius Dabney, Hodding Carter, Bennett Cerf, Alistair Cooke, Gerald Johnson, Thad Stem, George Stevens, Adlai Stevenson, Harry Golden, Bowman Gray, Paul Green, Lyndon Johnson, Drew Pearson, and Norman Thomas.
Folder 1140-1189
Folder 1140Folder 1141Folder 1142Folder 1143Folder 1144Folder 1145Folder 1146Folder 1147Folder 1148Folder 1149Folder 1150Folder 1151Folder 1152Folder 1153Folder 1154Folder 1155Folder 1156Folder 1157Folder 1158Folder 1159Folder 1160Folder 1161Folder 1162Folder 1163Folder 1164Folder 1165Folder 1166Folder 1167Folder 1168Folder 1169Folder 1170Folder 1171Folder 1172Folder 1173Folder 1174Folder 1175Folder 1176Folder 1177Folder 1178Folder 1179Folder 1180Folder 1181Folder 1182Folder 1183Folder 1184Folder 1185Folder 1186Folder 1187Folder 1188Folder 1189 |
1956 |
Folder 1190-1233
Folder 1190Folder 1191Folder 1192Folder 1193Folder 1194Folder 1195Folder 1196Folder 1197Folder 1198Folder 1199Folder 1200Folder 1201Folder 1202Folder 1203Folder 1204Folder 1205Folder 1206Folder 1207Folder 1208Folder 1209Folder 1210Folder 1211Folder 1212Folder 1213Folder 1214Folder 1215Folder 1216Folder 1217Folder 1218Folder 1219Folder 1220Folder 1221Folder 1222Folder 1223Folder 1224Folder 1225Folder 1226Folder 1227Folder 1228Folder 1229Folder 1230Folder 1231Folder 1232Folder 1233 |
1957 |
Folder 1234-1278
Folder 1234Folder 1235Folder 1236Folder 1237Folder 1238Folder 1239Folder 1240Folder 1241Folder 1242Folder 1243Folder 1244Folder 1245Folder 1246Folder 1247Folder 1248Folder 1249Folder 1250Folder 1251Folder 1252Folder 1253Folder 1254Folder 1255Folder 1256Folder 1257Folder 1258Folder 1259Folder 1260Folder 1261Folder 1262Folder 1263Folder 1264Folder 1265Folder 1266Folder 1267Folder 1268Folder 1269Folder 1270Folder 1271Folder 1272Folder 1273Folder 1274Folder 1275Folder 1276Folder 1277Folder 1278 |
1958 |
Folder 1279-1320
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1959 |
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1960 |
Arrangement: by year, then alphabetical.
Correspondence about Daniels's books, the News and Observer, North Carolina politics, Josephus Daniels, and other topics, and other materials. As before, a large portion of the correspondence concerns Daniels's books in their various phases--proposal, research, writing, or publication. Daniels corresponded about, in addition to his published books, a novel that never reached publication. His daughter Lucy's second novel was the subject of some correspondence with publishers, agents, and friends.
Materials about the News and Observer continue. There are minutes of board meetings, correspondence about organizational problems, and correspondence about the need for an associate editor.
North Carolina issues addressed in the correspondence of these years include public television, the Lost Colony, consolidation of the University of North Carolina, the gubernatorial election of 1964 (in which the candidates were Dan Moore, Robert Scott, and I. Beverley Lake), tobacco, and the speaker ban law.
There is considerable correspondence during this period about Josephus Daniels. Most of this is between Jonathan Daniels and Joseph Morrison, who wrote a doctoral dissertation, and eventually a book, on Josephus Daniels. There is also correspondence with David Cronon about his editing Josephus Daniels's diaries for publication. Further correspondence concerns the commissioning and launching of a U. S. Navy ship to be named the Josephus Daniels.
Correspondence concerning Daniels's service on the U. S. Advisory Commission on Information begins in 1961 and continues until Daniels's resignation in May and President Kennedy's acceptance of his resignation in June 1962.
Beginning in 1962 and continuing through the period there is correspondence concerning Shaw University and Daniels's service as a trustee of Shaw.
A few letters in 1964 and 1965 give perceptions of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. There are several letters from Johnson, two letters from Lady Bird Johnson and three letters from Hubert Humphrey (1963, 1964, 1965). Most are brief. Some refer to Daniels's acquaintance with LBJ in Washington in the 1940s.
A number of letters came to Daniels from his friend Robert Alexander concerning Alexander's "war with the State Department" over his dismissal from his post in Iran.
Correspondence about building a house at Hilton Head in South Carolina begins in 1961. At the same time begins correspondence about collecting books on South Carolina, especially the Low Country, for the Danielses' library in the new house.
Prominent correspondents include Hodding Carter, Harold Cooley, Lambert Davis, John Ehle, Edwin Gill, Paul Green, Roy Stryker, Terry Sanford, Fant Thornley, Doris Betts, Aycock Brown, John Caldwell, Lodwick Hartley, Lyndon Johnson, Clarence Poe, Drew Pearson, Junius Scales, Charles Wade, Barry Bingham, Ralph McGill, Robert Alexander, Stewart Udall, Jessie Daniel Ames, Elizabeth Coker, Gerald Johnson, Hugh Morton, Henry Belk, Erskine Caldwell, Virginius Dabney, David Lilienthal, Pare Lorentz, Carroll Kilpatrick, Louis Round Wilson, and Derick Daniels.
Folder 1362-1410
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1961 |
Folder 1411-1451
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1962 |
Folder 1452-1496
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1963 |
Folder 1497-1545
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1964 |
Folder 1546-1604
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1965 |
Arrangement: by year, then alphabetical.
Correspondence and other materials related to Daniels's books, to his father, to the News and Observer, to Hilton Head, to national- and state-level political issues, and to other topics.
Publication in 1966 of Daniels's book Time Between the Wars generated correspondence about his revelation of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's long friendship with Lucy Mercer Rutherford as well as many letters of congratulation. The book attracted notice from historians, politicians, and friends of Daniels, including Hugo Black, Alistair Cooke, Virginius Dabney, Mark Ethridge, Frank Freidel, Harry Golden, Hubert Humphrey, Arthur Krock, Gerald Johnson, Henry Cabot Lodge, Allan Nevins, Drew Pearson, Samuel Rosenman, Thad Stem, Terry Sanford, and Wilson Wyatt.
In the files for 1967, there is correspondence concerning review and revision to avoid libel stemming from Daniels's book Washington Quadrille. This book also provoked comment from well-known figures, such as Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Harry S. Truman, Dean Acheson, Drew Pearson, and David Lilienthal.
Correspondence about work on a book on Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr begins in 1967 and continues until after publication of the book in 1970.
During these years, there is some correspondence about the possibility that Daniels would write a book on Adlai Stevenson. Truman Capote wrote to Daniels in January 1966 to say that he did not plan to write a book on Stevenson (filed under Stevenson book).
Correspondence about Josephus Daniels continues in this period. The majority of this is correspondence with Joseph Morrison about his biography of Josephus Daniels. In addition, there are newsletters and letters about the U. S. S. Josephus Daniels and correspondence about naming a building for Josephus Daniels at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Correspondence about the News and Observer is not extensive but it is significant. In 1968, it concerns the search for a successor to Daniels. In 1969, it concerns Sam Ragan's leaving and the hiring of Claude Sitton. In 1969 and 1970, there is correspondence to Daniels from Sitton about the News and Observer. In 1970, many letters concern Daniels's becoming editor emeritus of the News and Observer.
In the late 1960s, Daniels spent increasing time at Hilton Head and generated increasing correspondence about his friends there and about the development of Hilton Head. In 1968 files, there is a report on a U. S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to dredge and fill at Hilton Head.
Most correspondence about national politics appears in 1968 files. There are brief letters from Hubert Humphrey, mostly routine thanks for support in the campaign. A letter from President Lyndon Baines Johnson (4 Apr 68) thanked Daniels for his support. In 1967 (18 December), Washington news correspondent Carroll Kilpatrick wrote to Daniels about President Johnson.
In 1970, there is an exchange of letters with Paul Green about Vietnam. Few other letters mention this issue.
Letters about state political issues and personalities during these years include correspondence about tobacco legislation, about Daniels's resignation as a trustee of Shaw University, about Jesse Helms, and about Sam Ervin. A holograph letter from Governor Robert Scott, dated 6 January 1969, describes the night of his inauguration.
In response to a request from historian Richard Dalfiume, Daniels wrote a long letter (2 December 1966) explaining his work on race relations for Franklin Roosevelt during World War II.
In 1968, an honorary degree from Duke elicited letters of congratulation as well as letters of amused speculation on the reactions of Josephus Daniels and James Buchanan (Buck) Duke if they knew of this honor.
Major correspondents include Thad Stem, Lodwick Hartley, Paul Green, David Mearns, Joseph Morrison, Mark McCloskey, Ralph McGill, Truman Capote, Carroll Kilpatrick, Hubert Humphrey, Elizabeth Coker, Sam Ragan, Claude Sitton, Robert Alexander, Frank Porter Graham, Derick Daniels, Ralph McGill, Drew Pearson, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Charles Wade, Lenoir Chambers, Gordon Gray, W. W. Finlator, Harry Golden, Lyndon Johnson, Virginius Dabney, LeGette Blythe, William Friday, and Ed Yoder.
Folder 1605-1651
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1966 |
Folder 1652-1696
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1967 |
Folder 1697-1749
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1968 |
Folder 1750-1790
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1969 |
Folder 1791-1827
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1970 |
Arrangement: by month, then alphabetical.
For files beginning in 1971, there is one folder for each month. Within each monthly folder materials are filed alphabetically. At the end of each year there is a separate folder of correspondence with Daniels's agent, Brandt and Brandt and his publisher, Doubleday. At the end of 1974, there is also a folder of correspondence relating to Daniels's book The Gentlemanly Serpent, which was published by the University of South Carolina Press.
This subseries includes correspondence about Daniels's books and writings, about the News and Observer, about Hilton Head, about national politics, about North Carolina politics, about history, and about Daniels's personal life, and other materials. Correspondence about the problems of old age and ill health becomes significant in these years.
Some correspondence about Daniels's book Ordeal of Ambition, published in 1970, and reviews of it are in files of 1971. Some letters discuss Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. In 1971, there is correspondence about Daniels's research for his book on the Randolph family and in 1972 there is correspondence about the book. The idea of editing his wartime diary for publication and the idea of collecting his columns for the Hilton Head Island Packet into a book generated correspondence beginning in 1973 and culminating in publication of Gentlemanly Serpent in 1974 and White House Witness in 1975.
During these years, when Daniels spent most of his time in Hilton Head (and indeed changed his citizenship from North Carolina to South Carolina in 1974), he corresponded frequently with his nephew Frank Daniels, Jr., and with Claude Sitton, and less frequently with brother Frank Daniels, Sr., and others, about the News and Observer. There is also correspondence about the Hilton Head Island Packet, a weekly newspaper founded by Daniels, his wife Lucy, and others. Daniels wrote a regular column for the Island Packet. The News and Observer's purchase of the Island Packet in 1973, occasioned correspondence. Besides correspondence about the Island Packet, there is additional correspondence about the growth and development of Hilton Head.
In 1972, the national election occasioned some correspondence about the possibility of Terry Sanford's running for the Presidency. Only a few letters address the Watergate scandal in 1973. Letters from Paul Green and Herbert O'Keef in late 1974 express dissatisfaction with President Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon.
Major correspondents include Virginius Dabney, Paul Green, Mark McCloskey, Claude Sitton, Thad Stem, Frank Freidel, Rod Cockshutt, Lodwick Hartley, Elizabeth Coker, Lon Dill, Barry Bingham, Carroll Kilpatrick, Samuel Rosenman, Lister Hill, Archibald MacLeish, Sam Ragan, Norman Cousins, David Lilienthal, Gabrielle deRohan Leake, Caroline Gordon Tate, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Erskine Caldwell, Anthony Buttitta, Willie Morris, Benjamin Sonnenberg, T. R. Waring, Willie Snow Ethridge, Julian Boyd, Gordon Gray, Roy Larsen, James Wood, Alfred Eisenstadt, J. T. Little, Noble Cathcart, and Robert McGowan.
Folder 1828-1840
Folder 1828Folder 1829Folder 1830Folder 1831Folder 1832Folder 1833Folder 1834Folder 1835Folder 1836Folder 1837Folder 1838Folder 1839Folder 1840 |
1971 |
Folder 1841-1853
Folder 1841Folder 1842Folder 1843Folder 1844Folder 1845Folder 1846Folder 1847Folder 1848Folder 1849Folder 1850Folder 1851Folder 1852Folder 1853 |
1972 |
Folder 1854-1866
Folder 1854Folder 1855Folder 1856Folder 1857Folder 1858Folder 1859Folder 1860Folder 1861Folder 1862Folder 1863Folder 1864Folder 1865Folder 1866 |
1973 |
Folder 1867-1880
Folder 1867Folder 1868Folder 1869Folder 1870Folder 1871Folder 1872Folder 1873Folder 1874Folder 1875Folder 1876Folder 1877Folder 1878Folder 1879Folder 1880 |
1974 |
Folder 1881-1893
Folder 1881Folder 1882Folder 1883Folder 1884Folder 1885Folder 1886Folder 1887Folder 1888Folder 1889Folder 1890Folder 1891Folder 1892Folder 1893 |
1975 |
Arrangement: by month, then alphabetical.
Correspondence about Daniels's writings, the writings of others, former presidents, politics, the News and Observer, the Island Packet, Hilton Head, the death of Lucy Cathcart Daniels, and other matters. In 1980 and 1981, there are very few outgoing letters. A folder of undated material contains an unsigned note in Harry S. Truman's hand detailing his military service. The last folder contains letters of condolence to Frank Daniels and to Elizabeth Daniels Squire following Jonathan Daniels's death.
In 1976 files, there are some letters to Daniels about his book White House Witness. In 1977, Daniels wrote to his agent Carol Brandt and his editor, Kate Medina of Doubleday, proposing to write a memoir. He then began to collect material for the memoir. For example, he wrote to Jody Powell, press secretary to Jimmy Carter, asking how to get a copy of his file from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The material Daniels eventually received from the F. B. I. is filed in Subseries 3.2. "Clippings and Other Materials about Jonathan Daniels."
During these years, there are letters Daniels wrote to friends and acquaintances about books they had published or planned to publish--to Tony Buttitta about a novel he planned, to Virginius Dabney about his book on Richmond and his books on Jefferson, to David Lilienthal about publication of Lilienthal's journal, to Boynton Merrill about his book Jefferson's Nephews, to Elizabeth Coker about her novel Blood Red Rose, to Scott Berg disagreeing with his account of a meeting between Max Perkins and Thomas Wolfe described in Berg's biography of Perkins.
A number of letters discuss Daniels's memories of former presidents of the United States. Daniels wrote to Robert Gottlieb, president of Alfred A. Knopf, 26 March 76, that Lyndon Johnson was the model for the congressman in Daniels's book Frontier on the Potomac and that there was also material about LBJ in White House Witness. He wrote to Daniel Yergin in 1976 about Truman and Byrnes. Gabrielle de Rohan Leake wrote to Daniels in 1976 about FDR and he wrote to her in 1977 (16 March) about the distortions he saw in the television show Eleanor and Franklin. Daniels also wrote to Dr. Alfons Lammers in 1978 about FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt, as well as about his work for FDR and about Walter White.
The presidential races of 1976 and 1980 were the subject of some correspondence. Terry Sanford wrote to Daniels about his withdrawal from the race in 1976 and Daniels responded (16 March 76) with his thoughts on the system of selecting nominees and on Sanford's future. Claude Sitton wrote (22 July 1976) about the Democratic convention. Daniels wrote to Robert Strauss (29 August 1976) suggesting some remarks for Carter.
Correspondence, financial statements, and minutes of meetings related to the News and Observer are filed under "Daniels" because most were sent by Frank Daniels, Jr. Jonathan Daniels also corresponded with Frank Daniels about the Hilton Head Island Packet and the Beaufort Gazette, both of which had been bought by the News and Observer.
Letters about Hilton Head and Daniels's views of his neighbors there appear in these years' files. There is also material in 1980 regarding the case of Butler vs. Sea Pines Plantation, which had to do with land use and preservation of open space.
Major correspondents include Anthony Buttitta, Virginius Dabney, Paul Green, Lodwick Hartley, Garland Porter, Sam Ragan, Terry Sanford, James Wood, Gabrielle deRohan Leake, Robert McGowan, Claude Sitton, Thad Stem, Virginia and Erskine Caldwell, Derick Daniels, David Lilienthal, J. T. Little, George Stevens, T. R. Waring, Peter Bagley, Bruce Bliven, Elizabeth Coker, Lenox Cooper, Lon Dill, Edwin Gill, Rexford Tugwell, Charles Wade, Alistair Cooke, Carroll Kilpatrick, Noble Cathcart, Dick Dillon, John Jakes, Turner Catledge, Barry Bingham, Herbert O'Keef, and Tom Wicker.
Folder 1894-1905
Folder 1894Folder 1895Folder 1896Folder 1897Folder 1898Folder 1899Folder 1900Folder 1901Folder 1902Folder 1903Folder 1904Folder 1905 |
1976 |
Folder 1906-1917
Folder 1906Folder 1907Folder 1908Folder 1909Folder 1910Folder 1911Folder 1912Folder 1913Folder 1914Folder 1915Folder 1916Folder 1917 |
1977 |
Folder 1918-1929
Folder 1918Folder 1919Folder 1920Folder 1921Folder 1922Folder 1923Folder 1924Folder 1925Folder 1926Folder 1927Folder 1928Folder 1929 |
1978 |
Folder 1930-1942
Folder 1930Folder 1931Folder 1932Folder 1933Folder 1934Folder 1935Folder 1936Folder 1937Folder 1938Folder 1939Folder 1940Folder 1941Folder 1942 |
1979 |
Folder 1943-1955
Folder 1943Folder 1944Folder 1945Folder 1946Folder 1947Folder 1948Folder 1949Folder 1950Folder 1951Folder 1952Folder 1953Folder 1954Folder 1955 |
1980 |
Folder 1956-1962
Folder 1956Folder 1957Folder 1958Folder 1959Folder 1960Folder 1961Folder 1962 |
1981 |
Folder 1963 |
Undated |
Folder 1964 |
Letters of condolence, 1981-1982 |
This series is arranged in four series, some further divided into subseries.
Arrangement: alphabetical by title of work.
Drafts of Daniels's published books along with research notes and correspondence related to the books as well as reviews of some books. Note that additional correspondence related to some of Daniels's books is in Series 1, General Files. For the most part, the correspondence filed in this subseries concerns the content of the books whereas the book-related correspondence in Series 1 concerns the business of writing and publishing the books.
Research material for Man of Independence (1952) includes Daniels's notes on interviews with Harry Truman and associates of Truman. A draft of The Man of Independence has marginal comments by Harry S. Truman.
Materials for Prince of Carpetbaggers include a folder (8 items) of correspondence, 1874-1930, of General Milton Littlefield.
Research material and correspondence about Washington Quadrille contain many letters and interviews about the relationship between Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lucy Mercer Rutherford. In The Time Between the Wars correspondence (folder 2104) is an exchange of letters between Daniels and Anna Roosevelt Halsted (Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's daughter) about publication of the story of the friendship between Franklin Roosevelt and Lucy Mercer Rutherford.
Correspondence and research material for Daniels's White House Witness includes letters from Lister Hill, C. B. (Beanie) Baldwin, Frank Freidel, David Lilienthal, Philleo Nash, Robert C. Weaver, David Mearns, Paul Porter, Benjamin Sonnenberg, and Rexford Tugwell, among others.
Folder 1965-1967
Folder 1965Folder 1966Folder 1967 |
Devil's Backbone: The Story of the Natchez Trace (1962): Correspondence |
Folder 1968-1973
Folder 1968Folder 1969Folder 1970Folder 1971Folder 1972Folder 1973 |
Devil's Backbone: The Story of the Natchez Trace (1962): ResearchFolder 1973 includes photographs. |
Folder 1974-1982
Folder 1974Folder 1975Folder 1976Folder 1977Folder 1978Folder 1979Folder 1980Folder 1981Folder 1982 |
Devil's Backbone: The Story of the Natchez Trace (1962): Drafts |
Folder 1983-1987
Folder 1983Folder 1984Folder 1985Folder 1986Folder 1987 |
End of Innocence (1956): Drafts |
Folder 1988 |
End of Innocence (1956): Reviews |
Folder 1989 |
The Forest is the Future (1957): Draft |
Folder 1990-1992
Folder 1990Folder 1991Folder 1992 |
Gentlemanly Serpent (1974): Drafts |
Folder 1993 |
Gentlemanly Serpent (1974): Reviews |
Folder 1994-1997
Folder 1994Folder 1995Folder 1996Folder 1997 |
Man of Independence (1952): Research |
Folder 1998-2001
Folder 1998Folder 1999Folder 2000Folder 2001 |
Man of Independence (1952): Drafts |
Folder 2002-2003
Folder 2002Folder 2003 |
Mosby: Gray Ghost of the Confederacy (1959): Drafts |
Folder 2004 |
October Recollections (1960): Draft and NotesSee also T-3466/6. |
Folder 2005-2010
Folder 2005Folder 2006Folder 2007Folder 2008Folder 2009Folder 2010 |
Ordeal of Ambition (1970): Correspondence |
Folder 2011-2014
Folder 2011Folder 2012Folder 2013Folder 2014 |
Ordeal of Ambition (1970): Research |
Folder 2015-2035
Folder 2015Folder 2016Folder 2017Folder 2018Folder 2019Folder 2020Folder 2021Folder 2022Folder 2023Folder 2024Folder 2025Folder 2026Folder 2027Folder 2028Folder 2029Folder 2030Folder 2031Folder 2032Folder 2033Folder 2034Folder 2035 |
Ordeal of Ambition (1970): Drafts |
Folder 2036 |
Ordeal of Ambition (1970): Reviews |
Folder 2037-2039
Folder 2037Folder 2038Folder 2039 |
The Prince of Carpetbaggers (1958): CorrespondenceChiefly alphabetical. |
Folder 2040-2046
Folder 2040Folder 2041Folder 2042Folder 2043Folder 2044Folder 2045Folder 2046 |
The Prince of Carpetbaggers (1958): ResearchFolder 2040 contains correspondence of Milton Littlefield, 1874-1930. |
Folder 2047-2058
Folder 2047Folder 2048Folder 2049Folder 2050Folder 2051Folder 2052Folder 2053Folder 2054Folder 2055Folder 2056Folder 2057Folder 2058 |
The Prince of Carpetbaggers (1958): Drafts |
Folder 2059 |
The Prince of Carpetbaggers (1958): Reviews |
Folder 2060 |
The Prince of Carpetbaggers (1958): Publicity Material |
Folder 2061-2063
Folder 2061Folder 2062Folder 2063 |
Randolphs of Virginia (1972): Correspondence |
Folder 2064-2069
Folder 2064Folder 2065Folder 2066Folder 2067Folder 2068Folder 2069 |
Randolphs of Virginia (1972): Research |
Folder 2070-2077
Folder 2070Folder 2071Folder 2072Folder 2073Folder 2074Folder 2075Folder 2076Folder 2077 |
Randolphs of Virginia (1972): Drafts |
Folder 2078-2079
Folder 2078Folder 2079 |
Randolphs of Virginia (1972): Reviews |
Folder 2080-2082
Folder 2080Folder 2081Folder 2082 |
Robert E. Lee (1960): Draft |
Folder 2083-2085
Folder 2083Folder 2084Folder 2085 |
A Southerner Discovers New England (1940): Research |
Folder 2086-2087
Folder 2086Folder 2087 |
A Southerner Discovers New England (1940): Draft |
Folder 2088 |
A Southerner Discovers New England (1940): TranscriptInterview of Daniels by Vesta Eales, CBS radio, 25 May 1940. |
Folder 2088a |
A Southerner Discovers New England (1940): ReviewsSee also P-3466/370-371, 429-431 and Oversize Volume SV-3466/4. |
Oversize Volume SV-3466/4 |
ScrapbookFormerly Scrapbook S-1; see also Folder 2088a. |
Folder 2089a |
A Southerner Discovers the South (1938, 1969): Notes made on tour in May-June 1937Handwritten original. |
Folder 2089b |
A Southerner Discovers the South (1938, 1969): Notes made on tourTyped transcription. |
Folder 2089c |
A Southerner Discovers the South (1938m 1969): Clippings about the book, map ("Route of the Journey"), introduction for 1969 reprintSee also P-3466/372 and Oversize Volume SV-3466/1. |
Oversize Volume SV-3466/1 |
ScrapbookFormerly Oversize Paper OP-3466/24; see also Folder 2089c. |
Folder 2090 |
Stonewall Jackson (1959): Draft |
Folder 2091 |
Tar Heels (1941): Excerpt |
Folder 2092 |
They Will Be Heard (1965): Correspondence |
Folder 2093a-2093b |
They Will Be Heard (1965): Research |
Folder 2094-2103
Folder 2094Folder 2095Folder 2096Folder 2097Folder 2098Folder 2099Folder 2100Folder 2101Folder 2102Folder 2103 |
They Will Be Heard (1965): Drafts |
Folder 2104 |
Time Between the Wars (1966): Correspondence |
Folder 2105-2107
Folder 2105Folder 2106Folder 2107 |
Time Between the Wars (1966): Research |
Folder 2108-2122
Folder 2108Folder 2109Folder 2110Folder 2111Folder 2112Folder 2113Folder 2114Folder 2115Folder 2116Folder 2117Folder 2118Folder 2119Folder 2120Folder 2121Folder 2122 |
Time Between the Wars (1966): Draft |
Folder 2123 |
Time Between the Wars (1966): ReviewsSee also Oversize Volume SV-3466/2. |
Oversize Volume SV-3466/2 |
ScrapbookFormerly Oversize Paper OP-3466/25; see also Folder 2123. |
Folder 2124-2129
Folder 2124Folder 2125Folder 2126Folder 2127Folder 2128Folder 2129 |
Washington Quadrille (1968): Correspondence |
Folder 2130-2146
Folder 2130Folder 2131Folder 2132Folder 2133Folder 2134Folder 2135Folder 2136Folder 2137Folder 2138Folder 2139Folder 2140Folder 2141Folder 2142Folder 2143Folder 2144Folder 2145Folder 2146 |
Washington Quadrille (1968): Research |
Folder 2147-2166
Folder 2147Folder 2148Folder 2149Folder 2150Folder 2151Folder 2152Folder 2153Folder 2154Folder 2155Folder 2156Folder 2157Folder 2158Folder 2159Folder 2160Folder 2161Folder 2162Folder 2163Folder 2164Folder 2165Folder 2166 |
Washington Quadrille (1968): DraftsFolder 2166 contains photos used in the book. |
Folder 2167 |
Washington Quadrille (1968): ReviewsSee also Oversize Volume SV-3466/3. |
Oversize Volume SV-3466/3 |
ScrapbookFormerly Oversize Paper OP-3466/26; see also Folder 2167. |
Folder 2168-2185
Folder 2168Folder 2169Folder 2170Folder 2171Folder 2172Folder 2173Folder 2174Folder 2175Folder 2176Folder 2177Folder 2178Folder 2179Folder 2180Folder 2181Folder 2182Folder 2183Folder 2184Folder 2185 |
White House Witness |
Arrangement: alphabetical by title of work.
Drafts and precis, mostly undated, of longer writings never published.
Folder 2186-2187
Folder 2186Folder 2187 |
"Development, Trends and Aims of Contemporary Middle Western Literature in the United States" (1922) Draft |
Folder 2188-2190
Folder 2188Folder 2189Folder 2190 |
"Eat Mule, Eat the Azaleas" Drafts |
Folder 2191 |
"The Golden Thread" Precis |
Folder 2192 |
"Josephus Daniels Book, Untitled" Precis |
Folder 2193 |
"The Last Night the World was Young" Precis |
Folder 2194 |
"Romantic Refugees" Precis |
Folder 2195 |
"We the People" Draft |
Folder 2196 |
Untitled Fragments |
Arrangement: chronological.
Speeches by Daniels, and, in some cases, notes and correspondence relating to them. As indicated by the following folder list, topics an occasions varied widely.
Arrangement: alphabetical by title or subject.
Published or unpublished essays and articles by Daniels. Some shorter essays and articles are filed in Subseries 2.1.6, Other Shorter Writing.
Arrangement: chronological.
Writings for the News and Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) and the Island Packet (Hilton Head, S.C.).
Folder 2469 |
Editorials and Columns, News and Observer, 1933-1945 |
Folder 2470 |
Letter to the Editor, The Nation, 1936 |
Folder 2471 |
Columns and Editorials, News and Observer, 1946-1980 and undated |
Folder 2472 |
Centennial Edition, News and Observer, 16 May 1965 |
Folder 2473 |
Writings, including "Soujourner's Anthology" for the Island Packet, News and Observer, 1969 |
Folder 2474 |
1968-1970 |
Folder 2475 |
1971 |
Folder 2476 |
1972 |
Folder 2477-2478
Folder 2477Folder 2478 |
1973 |
Folder 2479 |
1974-1981 |
Folder 2480 |
Undated |
Folder 2481a |
Miscellaneous Columns and Editorials, 1934-1973 |
Arrangement: alphabetical by book title.
Introductions by Daniels to books by others, mostly about Southern and racial topics. Notable among these is Daniels's introduction to Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery.
Folder 2481b |
Builders of the Old North State, 1968 |
Folder 2482 |
Craven book |
Folder 2483 |
Fodor's Travel Guide |
Folder 2484 |
Edith Inglesby's book |
Folder 2485 |
Island Packet book |
Folder 2486 |
The John Paul Jones-Willie Jones Tradition, 1966 |
Folder 2487 |
The Roosevelt Era by Milton Crane |
Folder 2488 |
Roosevelt Press Conferences |
Folder 2489 |
Southern Race Progress |
Folder 2490 |
Folder number not used |
Folder 2491 |
The Story of the Great March |
Folder 2492 |
These Are Our Lives |
Folder 2493 |
Up From Slavery, 1943 |
Arrangement: alphabetical by book title.
Reviews written by Daniels for publications ranging from newspapers to scholarly journals. Most of the reviews are of books about the South and American history and politics.
Folder 2494 |
A-E |
Folder 2495 |
F-L |
Folder 2496 |
M-P |
Folder 2497 |
R-T |
Folder 2498 |
U-Z |
Folder 2499 |
Miscellaneous |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Plays, poems, and short stories by Daniels as well as other shorter writings, including essays and articles of less than five pages.
Folder 2500 |
Short Stories: "Crazy as Hell" |
Folder 2501 |
Short Stories: "The Last of the Jobes" |
Folder 2502 |
Short Stories: "Love and Feathers" |
Folder 2503 |
Short Stories: "Ol La Fayette" |
Folder 2504 |
Short Stories: "Po' Boy" |
Folder 2505 |
Short Stories: "Power and Glory" |
Folder 2506 |
Short Stories: "The Song of the Shulammite" |
Folder 2507 |
Short Stories: "We Confederates" |
Folder 2508 |
Short Stories: Untitled |
Folder 2509 |
Short Stories: Miscellaneous |
Folder 2510 |
Plays: The Dead (two versions) |
Folder 2511 |
Plays: The Devil's Playground |
Folder 2512 |
Plays: Iactus Novus |
Folder 2513 |
Plays: About Ancient Rome |
Folder 2514 |
Plays: About Newspaper Work |
Folder 2515 |
Poems |
Folder 2516 |
Radio Broadcast Typescript (Pan American Child Congress) |
Folder 2517 |
School Compositions, circa 1910-1918 |
Folder 2518-2519
Folder 2518Folder 2519 |
Miscellaneous Shorter Writings |
Folder 2520 |
Fragments and Notes |
Diaries kept by Daniels at various points in Jonathan Daniels's life. Most notable are entries made 1942-1945 when Daniels worked closely with the Roosevelt White House. See also Folders 2089a-b containing a diary kept by Daniels while he toured the South preparing to write A Southerner Discovers the South, and some entries in the notebook labelled "Paris Trip," in Folder 2531.
Folder 2521 |
1917Entries are for April only; they record experiences at school and with family and friends. Also included are some autobiographical notes on early pages and, toward the end of the volume, poems and ideas for stories. |
Folder 2522 |
1930Reflections, experiences, and individuals met on a trip to Italy in October and November. |
Folder 2523 |
1932Entries are for January-March only; they record experiences in New York: writing, working at Fortune, and meetings with writers and others. Late entries are largely notes toward writings. |
Folder 2524-2527
Folder 2524Folder 2525Folder 2526Folder 2527 |
1942-1945These four folders contain about 160 pages of typed diary entries from Daniels's years in the Roosevelt administration, with occasional handwritten additions. Entries deal largely with conversations with White House aides, congressmen, and others about Washington personalities and happenings. Numerous meetings with Roosevelt are recounted in some detail, as are several conversations with Congressman Lyndon Johnson. Other individuals frequently mentioned are Marvin McIntyre, one of Roosevelt's secretaries; Joseph E. Casey, congressman from Massachusetts; David K. Niles, former aide to Harry Hopkins; Will T. Alexander; and David Lilienthal. Conversations with Bernard Baruch also are mentioned. Subjects discussed include appointments to government positions; politics, especially Democratic Party matters; air transportation; the School for Military Government at Charlottesville, Virginia; race relations; and various war-related matters. |
Folder 2528 |
1952An account of a visit with Harry S. Truman on 25 March. 2 pages. |
Folder 2529 |
1959An account of a trip made by Daniels and his wife through France, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland, May-July. |
Arrangement: chronological.
Chiefly fragments of fiction and ideas for stories dating from Daniels's college years to the 1930s. Some autobiographical notes are included.
Folder 2530 |
Law School Notes, 1922-1923? |
Folder 2531 |
Writing Notebooks, circa 1930-1931? |
Folder 2532 |
"Notes, 1931" (writing notebooks) |
Folder 2533-2534
Folder 2533Folder 2534 |
Miscellaneous Notebooks (chiefly writing notebooks) |
Folder 2535 |
Scrapbook, 1903 (chiefly a record of gifts received by Josephus and Addie Worth Daniels on their fifteenth wedding anniversary) |
Arrangement: chronological.
Copies of Daniels's birth certificate, baptism certificate, and marriage certificate; diplomas for B.A. from University of North Carolina, and for honorary degrees from North Carolina State College, Duke University, Shaw University, and Elon College; also certificates of appointments to government boards and committees, certificates of awards from the North Carolina Press Association and the American Association for State and Local History, and the North Carolina Award.
Folder 2536 |
Awards, Certificates, and Diplomas |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-3466/1b |
Awards, Certificates, and Diplomas |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-3466/1a |
Awards, Certificates, and Diplomas |
Folder 2537 |
Honorary Degree, North Carolina State College, 1960 |
Folder 2538 |
Honorary Degree, Duke University, 1968 |
Clippings, transcripts of interviews with Daniels, copies of Federal Bureau of Investigation files on Daniels (requested by Daniels under the Freedom of Information Act in anticipation of writing his autobiography), writings by others about Daniels, an inventory of Daniels's library, and obituaries and biographical notes about Daniels. There is some correspondence filed with interview transcripts and with writings by others. A letter to Charles Eagles (8 May 1978), for example, describes Daniels's reaction to Eagles's dissertation, "Prudent Rebel: Jonathan Daniels and Race Relations." See also the interview transcript in Folder 2088.
Folder 2539 |
Clippings |
Folder 2540 |
Oral History, Harry S. Truman Library, 1964 |
Folder 2541a |
Interview: North Carolina In-School Television, 1965 |
Folder 2541b |
Interview: Archives of American Art, 1965 |
Folder 2541c |
Interview: About Shaw University, 1967 |
Folder 2542 |
Oral History, Columbia, Adlai E. Stevenson Project, 1967 |
Folder 2543-2545
Folder 2543Folder 2544Folder 2545 |
Oral History, Columbia, 1972 |
Folder 2546-2549
Folder 2546Folder 2547Folder 2548Folder 2549 |
FBI Files |
Folder 2550 |
"Introduction by Senator James C. Wallace, 1954" |
Folder 2551 |
"The Search for a Southern Liberal Identity," by Anthony C. Epstein, 1974 |
Folder 2552 |
"The Development of Jonathan Daniels's Racial Liberalism," by Charles W. Eagles, 1973 |
Folder 2553-2557
Folder 2553Folder 2554Folder 2555Folder 2556Folder 2557 |
"Prudent Rebel: Jonathan Daniels and Race Relations," by Charles W. Eagles, Ph.D. Disseration, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1978 |
Folder 2558 |
Inventory of Daniels's Library |
Folder 2559 |
Obituaries |
Reports, clippings, press releases, and other materials related to organizations and issues in which Jonathan Daniels had an interest. Also writings and remarks by others, financial ledgers, guest registers, passports, address books, memoranda books, and identification cards.
Arrangement: by subject then chronological.
45-rpm Disc 45-3466/1-4
45-3466/145-3466/245-3466/345-3466/4 |
Adlai Stevenson Speaks, RCA Victor, 195345-rpm record Edited and narrated by James Fleming. Program notes included. |
45-rpm Disc 45-3466/5 |
"Jazzman's Blues" and "Runaway Piano Rag", Jazzette Records, Memphis, Tenn., 196845-rpm record By Harry E. Godwin, Brainerd Kremer and Ray Sterling. Vocal by Dr. Edmond Souchon. Jazzette Records, Memphis, Tennessee, 1968 |
Audiotape T-3466/1 |
Tapes produced by UNC recording lab, 4 January 1967, from disks received from Jonathan Daniels in December 1966: tape 11/4" Open Reel Audio Side One: 1. Spotlight on Washington. Jonathan Daniels and C. H. Talbot. 23 January 1947; 2. 2. Better Schools for North Carolina. From LUTHER H. HODGES Papers, #3698; 3. "I Can't Forget," song dedicated to FDR. Side Two: 1. "What Goes On Here," by Dan Cronen. Broadcast at 10:20 pm, 26 February 1947, WROV, Roanoke, Va.; 2. A Message to Jonathan Daniels from Averell Harriman (no date); 3. Excerpts from a speech by Major General John R. Deane, 16 June 1956; 4. Author Meets the Critic: Part 1. Critics Chester Manley, UN Correspondent for Chicago Tribune, and Norman Thomas. WRAL 1954. |
Audiotape T-3466/2 |
Tapes produced by UNC recording lab, 4 January 1967, from disks received from Jonathan Daniels in December 1966: tape 21/4" Open Reel Audio Side One: 1. Author Meets the Critic: Part 2; 2. Author Meets the Critic: Part 3; 3. Jonathan Daniels: Part 1. 1944 campaign. Young Americans for Roosevelt. Roosevelt's speech delivered by Jonathan Daniels. Also speech by Abe Fortas, Undersecretary of the Interior; 4. Jonathan Daniels: Part 2 Side Two: 1. Jonathan Daniels: Part 3; 2. Jonathan Daniels, 14 January 1947; 3. Interview with Jonathan Daniels concerning End of Innocence; 4. "Old Salem: A Parable for the Present." Speech by Jonathan Daniels, 23 May 1961 |
Audiotape T-3466/3 |
Tapes produced by UNC recording lab, 4 January 1967, from disks received from Jonathan Daniels in December 1966: tape 31/4" Open Reel Audio Side One: 1. "A Parable for the Present" (contd.) Side Two: 1. "A Parable for the Present" (contd. and concluded); 2. Dabney Tribute, Richmond, 1947, after Virginius Dabney won Pulitzer Prize |
Audiotape T-3466/4 |
Mike Monroney introducing Jonathan Daniels speaking for Stevenson-Sparkman Clubs of Oklahoma, 3 November 19521/4" Open Reel Audio |
Audiotape T-3466/5 |
"South--Daniels," 28 October 19551/4" Open Reel Audio |
Audiotape T-3466/6 |
"October Recollections," Jonathan Daniels on Thomas Wolfe, Asheville, October 19601/4" Open Reel Audio |
Audiotape T-3466/7 |
Jonathan Daniels, 29 May 1963. Interview on "Remembrances of FDR," broadcast by NBC, 16 June 1963. Interview on "Southern Pines" broadcast by NBC, 10 August 19631/4" Open Reel Audio |
Audiotape T-3466/8 |
"Issues in the News--WW English," Voice of America, undated1/4" Open Reel Audio |
Audiocassette C-3466/1 |
Letters to Carolyn Wallace and others dictated by Jonathan Daniels, Fall 1978Audiocassette |
Film F-3466/1 |
Jonathan Daniels (Ruth Crane)16mm motion picture film |