John Ehle Papers (#4555) Inventory![]() Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Administrative Information
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Biographical Note
Scope and Content NoteThis collection documents both the literary career and public service activities of John Ehle. The general files comprising Series 1, arranged in chronological order by year, largely contain correspondence, clippings, and financial items relating to Ehle's novels and other works, and materials relating to Ehle's family. Additional material pertaining to Ehle's books can be found in Series 2, which includes mostly notes, drafts, galleys, and correspondence. Additional family items, including the correspondence of Ehle's parents and items related to John Ihli, Sr.'s business and civic activities in Asheville, N.C., appear in Series 12. Subsequent series contain material relevant to Ehle's work with various public and private institutions, though some of these papers can be found among the general files of Series 1 as well. The "Other Materials" series includes miscellaneous subject files, clippings, recipes, appointment and address books, and other personal items accumulated by Ehle. Photographs and audio-visual materials appear in Series 13 and 14, respectively, and include family and manuscript photographs, audiodisks of radio shows written, narrated, or acted in by Ehle, reel-to-reel tapes of interviews done for Ehle's book The Free Men, cassette-tapes of interviews conducted for his book Dr. Frank, filmstrips (mostly on N.C. history) Ehle either wrote or collaborated on, and microfiche of one of Ehle's novels. Back to TopOrganization of Collection
2. Published Books 3. Other Writings 4. Governor's Office 5. North Carolina School of the Arts 6. North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics 7. Ford Foundation 8. National Endowment for the Humanities/National Federation for the Arts and Humanities 9. Duke University 10. Penland School of Crafts 11. Other Materials 12. Family Papers 13. Photographs 14. Audio-Visual Materials Back to Top Series Descriptions1. General Files, 1942-1992. About 20,100 items
Personal and professional correspondence of John Ehle and clippings regarding his literary career, as well as various financial materials relating to the Ehle family (including bank statements, bills, etc.) and clippings, playbills and some correspondence regarding the career of Ehle's wife, actress Rosemary Harris. Also included are telephone logs and annual reports from the various institutions with which Ehle was associated. Items are arranged in chronological order by year. Correspondents of note include Paul Green, Terry Sanford, and various Ehle family members.
Box
1
1942, 1954, 1956-1957, 1960-1966
Box
2
1966-1967
Box
3
1968-1971
Box
4
1972-1973
Box
5
1974-1975
Box
6
1975-1976
Box
7
1977-1978
Box
8
1978-1979
Box
9
1979-1980
Box
10
1980-1981
Box
11
1982-1983
Box
12
1984
Box
13
1985-1986
Box
14
1986-1988
Box
15
1988-1989
Box
16
1989-1982
Box
17
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Back to Top 2. Published Books, 1961-1993. About 2,050 items.
Drafts, galleys, notes, correspondence, and other material related to Ehle's published books, chiefly since 1965.
Box
18
Lion on the Hearth and Time of Drums
Box
19
The Free Men
Box
20-21
The Road
Box
22
Journey of August King
Box
23-25
Cheeses and Wines of England and France
Box
26-27
Changing of the Guard
Box
28-33
Winter People
Box
34-38
Last One Home
Box
39-42
Trail of Tears
Box
43
Widow's Trial
Box
44-47
The Land Breakers
Box
48-50
Dr. Frank
Box
51-53
The Owen Wright Novel
Box
54
Copies of Ehle's books
Box
55-56
Copies of Ehle's books autographed for his parents
Back to Top 3. Other Writings, 1950-1984. and undated. 14 items.
An Ehle family history written in 1984; "American Adventure" series scripts (1955-1956 and undated); a script for the Orange County Bicentennial Pageant (1953); Volumes 1 and 2 of the large-print edition of Pursuits, a collection in which Ehle's short story "Emergency Call" appears; catalogs and other items related to radio shows written, narrated, or acted in by Ehle for the "University Hour" series broadcast by the Communications Center at UNC; a script for Ehle's play "Mystery of Theodosia Burr;" and a story fragment entitled "An Empire of Hate."
Box
57-58
Other Writings
Back to Top 4. Governor's Office, 1963-1964. About 6,000 items.
Reports, minutes, agendas, and correspondence generated by various programs and institutions with which Ehle was involved during his tenure as special assistant to Terry Sanford, then governor of North Carolina. Materials remain arranged as received.
Box
59
Includes reports, correspondence and clippings regarding the Institute for Outdoor Drama, and the North Carolina College for Negroes. A bound volume, "Ideas in Action in North Carolina," includes similar material regarding the North Carolina Film Board, the North Carolina Fund, the 1963 and 1964 Governor's Conference, the North Carolina Advancement School, and the Learning Institute of North Carolina. Also included is a speech outlining Ehle's role in the creation of the Governor's School, the North Carolina School of the Arts, and the North Carolina Advancement School.
Box
60
Reports, correspondence, and clippings regarding the North Carolina School of the Arts and the North Carolina Advancement School.
Box
61
Reports, correspondence and clippings regarding the North Carolina Fund and the Learning Institute of North Carolina
Box
62
Reports, correspondence, and clippings regarding the North Carolina Film Board, Governor's Conferences, and the Governor's School.
Box
63
Reports, correspondence and clippings regarding various other projects Ehle investigated while special assistant. Material includes reports on public and children's zoos and correspondence and reports regarding the possibility of bringing NASA to the Research Triangle. Also included is a filmstrip, "Variety Vacationland," and nine reels of microfilm regarding Ehle's term as special assistant.
Box
64
Speeches and miscellaneous files related to various projects, including those listed above.
Back to Top 5. North Carolina School of the Arts, ca. 1962-1989. Correspondence, clippings, reports, and catalogs relating to the North Carolina School of the Arts.
Box
65
North Carolina School of the Arts
6. North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, 1977-1985.
About 1,500 items.
Includes correspondence, clippings, reports, and catalogs relating to the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.
Box
66-68
North Carolina School of Science and Math
Back to Top 7. Ford Foundation, ca. 1964-1967. About 1,750 items.
Contains proposals, reports, correspondence, and clippings regarding programs assisted by the Ford Foundation.
Box
69-70
Ford Foundation
Back to Top 8. National Endowment for the Humanities/National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities, ca. 1966-1970. About 3,000 items.
Includes minutes, agendas, reports, and correspondence relating to Ehle's work under the National Council for the Humanities. The series is largely comprised of binders containing the council records of grant applications, grant recommendations, reports, proposals, memos, and some correspondence.
Box
71-73
National Council for the Humanities
Back to Top 9. Duke University, ca. 1976-1980. About 800 items.
Chiefly correspondence from Ehle's tenure as special consultant to Terry Sanford, then president of Duke University.
Box
74
Duke University
Back to Top 10. Penland School of Crafts, 1967-1987. About 800 items.
Correspondence, proposals, clippings, catalogs and brochures and financial reports.
Box
75
Penland School of Crafts
Back to Top 11. Other Materials, 1918-1989. About 3,000 items.
Box
76
Loose clippings; recipes; pocket appointment books (1954, 1961-1986), and two address books.
Box
77
Miscellaneous files labeled UNC; Salzburg; North Carolina Advancement School, Appalachian State University; Appalachian State Teachers College; CELO; Motion Picture Office; Kennedy Center; the Governor's School; Al Lowenstein; Terry Sanford; Paul Green.
Box
78
Miscellaneous files labeled North Carolina Awards Committee, 1985-1989; Committee for Education (Awards Committee); Frank Graham Interviews; White House/biographical information; Richardson Foundation.
Back to Top 12. Family Papers, 1918-1977 and undated. About 650 items.
Primarily the personal correspondence of John Ehle's parents, John and Gladys Ihli, Sr., and scattered items pertaining to the education and business and civic activities of John Ihli, Sr. One folder of advertising paraphenalia appears for the Imperial Life Insurance Company of Asheville, N.C. The company was started by John Ehle's maternal grandfather in 1904. A few items also appear for the Ehle Insurance Company of Asheville. Other miscellaneous items include World War II promotional materials, clippings, and genealogical records. While this series contains many of John Ehle's letters to his father, others appear in Series 1.
Box
79-80
Family Papers
Back to Top 13. Photographs, ca. 1923-1989. 367 items.
Folder
1/P-4555
Early black-and-white portraits and snapshots of Ehle family members and relatives.
53 items. 1923, 1944, 1946, 1959, and undated.
Early black-and-white portraits and snapshots of Ehle family members and relatives. 63 items. 1944, 1951, 1953, 1984 (reprints), and undated.
Folder
3/P-4555
Black-and-white photo of two unidentified men and color snapshot of two unidentified women. 1960s.
Folder
4/P-4555
Black-and-white and color photographs of Ehle family members and unidentified houses and mountain scenes. 44 items. 1962, 1965-1967.
Folder
5/P-4555
Black-and-white and color portraits and snapshots of Ehle family members, including John Ehle, Rosemary Harris Ehle, and their daughter Jennifer Ehle, and unidentified residences and mountain scenes. 22 items. 1971-1972, 1974-1978.
Folder
6/P-4555
Color and black-and-white snapshots of Ehle relatives and eclectic photographs. 5 items. 1970s.
Folder
7/P-4555
Black-and-white and color portraits of John Ehle, and color snapshots of family members (including Rosemary Harris Ehle and George and Oma Ehle) and of residences and mountain scenes. 19 items. 1980, 1982-1984, 1986-1989.
Folder
8/P-4555
Black-and-white and color portraits of Rosemary Ehle and John Ehle, and color snapshots of family members and of tourist scenes. 27 items. 1980s.
Folder
9/P-4555
Black-and-white photographs of scenes from New York's Central Park and color and black-and-white photographs of an unidentified structure. Folder in which these photos were found was labeled "Governor's Office." 14 items. Undated.
Folder
10/P-4555
Black-and-white stills from "Sparrow in Flight," a musical based on the life of Ethel Waters and performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. 4 items. Undated.
Folder
11/P-4555
Black-and-white photographs of members of a tour group to Salzburg. 4 items. Undated.
Folder
12/P-4555
Contact sheets of photographs taken for use in The Free Men. 14 items. Ca. 1965.
Folder
13/P-4555
Contact sheets of photographs taken for use in The Free Men. 19 items. Ca. 1965.
Folder
14/P-4555
Black-and-white photographs of activists protesting segregation in Chapel Hill, N.C. Taken for use in The Free Men. 44 items. Ca. 1965.
Folder
15/P-4555
Black-and-white photographs of activists protesting segregation in Chapel Hill, N.C. Taken for use in The Free Men. 11 items. Ca. 1965.
Folder
16/P-4555
Miscellaneous photographs, mostly black-and-white, all undated. Includes portraits of John Ehle and several post cards. 22 items. Undated.
Back to Top 14. Audio-Visual Material, 1949-1991 and undated. 100 items.
Arrangement: by type.
Radio episodes and filmstrips written, produced, or narrated by John Ehle, audiotapes of interviews conducted for his books The Free Men and Dr. Frank, audiotapes of two talks given by Ehle, and microfiche of one of his novels.
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14.1. Radio Disks, 1949-1951.
28 items.
Radio disks (33 1/3 rpm) of "University Hour" episodes which John Ehle either wrote, narrated, or appeared in. Produced by the UNC Communication Center.
D-4555/1: "Reading from "Death Be Not Proud,"" by John Gunther, Part 1, N.C. Division, American Cancer Society, April 1949 (Part 2 missing).
D-4555/2: "Ten One-Minute Spot Announcements for Use in the Fight Against Cancer," N.C. Division, American Cancer Society, April 1949.
D-4555/3: "An Unfound Door, Incidents from the Life of Thomas Wolfe," Program 1, Part 1, 1 January 1950.
D-4555/4: "An Unfound Door...," Program 1, Part 2, 1 January 1950.
D-4555/5: "Upon This Mountain, Incidents from the Life of Elisha Mitchell," Program 3, Part 1, 15 January 1950.
D-4555/6: "Upon This Mountain...," Program 3, Part 2, 15 January 1950.
D-4555/7: "Whiplash, Incidents from the Life of Dorothea Dix," Program 6, Part 1, 5 February 1950.
D-4555/8: "Whiplash,...," Program 6, Part 1, 5 February 1950.
D-4555/9: "To The Victor, Incidents from the Life of Kemp Battle," Program 7, Part 1, 12 February 1950.
D-4555/10: "To The Victor,...," Program 7, Part 2, 12 February 1950.
D-4555/11: "A Game for Children, Incidents from the Life of Charles McIver," Program 8, Part 2, 19 February 1950 (Part 1 missing).
D-4555/12: "Double Victory, Incidents from the Life of David Swain," Program 9, Part 2, 26 February 1950 (Part 1 missing).
D-4555/13: "Dedication of Triumph, Incidents from the Life of Frederick H. Koch," Program 10, Part 1, 5 March 1950 (Part 2 missing).
D-4555/14: "Checkmate, Incidents from the Life of Harriet Elliot," Program 11, Part 1, 12 March 1950.
D-4555/15: "Checkmate,...," Program 11, Part 2, 12 March 1950.
D-4555/16: "Grenade, Incidents from the Life of Lt. John Ranson," Program 12, Part 2, 19 March 1950 (Part 1 missing).
D-4555/17: "Something Different, Incidents from the Life of Bunn Hearn," Program 2, Part 1, 10 December 1950.
D-4555/18: "Something Different,...," Program 2, Part 2, 10 December 1950.
D-4555/19: With Malice Toward None, Incidents from the Life of Ellie Swain, Program 4, Part 2, 24 December 1950.
D-4555/20: "With Malice Toward None,...," Program 4, Part 2, 24 December 1950.
D-4555/21: "Mr. Shaw and the Desperado, Incidents from the Life of Archibald Henderson, "Program 5, Part 1, 31 December 1950.
D-4555/22: "Mr. Shaw and the Desperado,...," Program 5, Part 2, 31 December 1950.
D-4555/23: "The Final Decision, Incidents from the Life of James Henry Baugham," Program 8, Part 1, 21 January 1951.
D-4555/24: "The Final Decision,...," Program 8, Part 2, 21 January 1951.
D-4555/25: "Remember Me, Incidents from the Life of Andrew Bershak," Program 9, Part 1, 28 January 1951.
D-4555/26: "Remember Me,...," Program 9, Part 2, 28 January 1951.
D-4555/27: "Unchanging Moon, Incidents from the Life of Marshall Smith," Program 12, Part 1, 18 February 1951 (Part 2 missing).
D-4555/28: "The Unfound Door, Incidents from the Life of Thomas Wolfe," Program 13, Part 2, 25 February 1951 (Part 1 missing). Unclear whether same as D-4555/3-4.
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14.2. Filmstrips, 1964 and undated.
38 items.
Filmstrips wholly or partially written and/or directed by John Ehle. Hard-copy guide books appear for "North Carolina, Units I-XII."
F-4555/1: "Dare, Birthplace of America," 16-mm film written, directed, and narrated by John Ehle. Undated.
F-4555/2-12: North Carolina, Units I-XII (11 rolls of 35-mm film). Filmstrip history of North Carolina prepared by John Ehle and Hugh T. Lefler, 1964. See also guide books to the filmstrips in Box 80.
F-4555/13: Historic North Carolina: How White Men First Came to North Carolina (35-mm film).
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14.3. Audiotapes, 1964-1991 and undated.
58 items.
Arrangement: by type.
Fifteen 7-inch and eleven 3 1/4-inch reel-to-reel tapes of interviews conducted in 1964 for Ehle's book The Free Men; 31 cassette tapes of interviews conducted in 1990-1991 for his book Dr. Frank; and one cassette tape containing two talks given by Ehle, one at Duke University in 1981 and the other at Salzburg in 1977. The reel-to-reel tapes include interviews with Charliese Cotton, John Foushee, Bob Brown, Woody Kline, John Dunne, Pat Cusick, Dave Ethridge, Thomas Cooper, Gary Blanchard, Harold Foster, [Quinton?] Baker, Lou Calhoun, Charles Jones, Herman Holman, and a Mrs. Bynum. Cassette tapes includes interviews with Bill and Ida Friday, Terry Sanford, Sophia Cody, Doug Hunt, Gladys Coates, Arnold King, and others.
T-4555/1: Interviews marked "Woody Kline "and "Pat Cusick & John Dunne, May 7, 1964, Hillsboro (cont.) & personal b.g." (7-inch reel).
T-4555/2: Interviews marked "John Dunne, Pat Cusick (both sides), 1st hunger strike, 2nd side early days, 1st pickets, May 7, 1964" (7-inch reel).
T-4555/3: "Interviews marked John Dunne, Pat Cusick, tape II, Sides 1 & 2, A - Birmingham, May 7, 1964 "(7-inch reel).
T-4555/4: Interviews marked "John Dunne & Pat Cusick, tape 5, Side A, Side B, May 15, 1964" (7-inch reel).
T-4555/5: Interviews marked "John Dunne & Pat Cusick, May 15, 1964, tape 6, Side A only" and "B. Gary Blanchard I" (7-inch reel).
T-4555/6: Interview marked "Gary Blanchard II, B - blank, May 15, 1964? "(7-inch reel).
T-4555/7: Interview marked "Lou Calhoun, May 29, 1964" (7-inch reel).
T-4555/8: Interviews marked "Harold Foster w/James Eubanks present, May 30, 1964, Side A, Side B (1st 5 min.)" and "Charliese Cotton (40 min.)" (7-inch reel).
T-4555/9: Interview marked "Int. w/Charliese Cotton-1st 160 May 30, 1964?" (7-inch reel).
T-4555/10: Interviews marked "Encounter, Part II, WUNC 1964," A. "Interview with somebody on Comm. of Conc. Citizens" and "John Dunne's Father, June 16, 1964, NYC (Part I)" (7-inch reel).
T-4555/11: Interviews marked "A. John Dunne's Father (Part II), 1st 250'" "B. Robert V.N. Brown - his third hour," and "B. Bob Brown - his third hour June 16, 1964?"(7-inch reel).
T-4555/12: Interview marked "Charles Jones, July 20, 1964" (7-inch reel).
T-4555/13: Interview marked "Bob Brown, Sides A & B" (7-inch reel).
T-4555/14: Interviews marked "Side A - Herman Holman, Jr. H.S. Stud., Negro," and "Side B - Tom Bynum, UNC Fresh., Negro," (7-inch reel).
T-4555/15: Interviews marked "Side A - James Foushee," "Side B - James Foushee," and "Side B - Bob Brown (half left blank)," undated (7-inch reel).
T-4555/16: Interviews marked "Goldsboro, John Dunne and Pat Cusick, 1 & 2, May 28, 1964" (3 1/4-inch reel).
T-4555/17: Interviews marked "J. Dunne and Cusick, 3 & 4, May 28, 1964" (3 1/4-inch reel).
T-4555/18: Interview marked "Cusick, July 18, 1964" (3 1/4-inch reel).
T-4555/19: Interviews marked "A. Group (Part II), 1st 2/3ds, July 18/64," "A. John Dunne (made earlier & on 18 July," and "B. Group (Part I), Dunne, Calhoun, Baker (Part I)" (3 1/4-inch reel).
T-4555/20: Interviews marked "Group (Part III)" and "John Dunne (P. I), July 18, 1964" (3 1/4-inch reel).
T-4555/21: Interview marked "Dunne (Part II), Burke City Prison Unit, July 18, 1964," (3 1/4-inch reel).
T-4555/22: Interview marked "Interview with Pat Cusick on July 19, 1964, at Sandy Ridge Prison Unit, High Point" (3 1/4-inch reel).
T-4555/23: Interviews marked "A. Dunne - Correction, Aug. 7, 1964" and "B. 1) Dunne - Correction, 2) Mr. Dunne in car, Aug. 7, 1964" (3 1/4-inch reel).
T-4555/24: Interviews marked "Dave Ethridge I -Side A only" and "B. Court Room, Aug. 17 [1964]" (3 1/4-inch reel).
T-4555/25: Interviews marked "Ethridge A (nothing on A until 3/4 - Mrs. Bynum I)," undated (3 1/4-inch reel)>
T-4555/26: Interviews marked "Thomas (Dick) Cooper, A & B", undated (3 1/4-inch reel).
T-4555/27: Interview marked "Wm. C. Friday, Oct. 30, 1990, both sides" (cassette tape).
T-4555/28: Interview marked "Charlie Jones & Mrs. Jones, Oct. 30, 1990, both sides" (cassette tape).
T-4555/29: Interview marked "Arnold King, Oct. 31, 1990" (cassette tape).
T-4555/30: Interview marked "Arnold King, 2nd Interview, Side 3, Side 4" (cassette tape).
T-4555/31: Interview marked "Arnold King, 2nd Interview, Side 5" (cassette tape).
T-4555/32: Interview marked "Arnold King" (cassette tape).
T-4555/33: Interview marked "Arnold King garbled" (cassette tape).
T-4555/34: Interview marked "Fran Weaver, Oct. 1990, both sides" (cassette tape).
T-4555/35: Interviews marked "A. Luncheon w/ Mack & Letsey Preslar & Rhoda Wynn, Nov. 8/90" and "B. Geo. Esser, Nov. 8/90" (cassette tape).
T-4555/36: Interview marked "Frank Hogan, not clear, Nov. 8/90, 1 side only" (cassette tape).
T-4555/37: Interview marked "Gladys Coates, Nov. 13/90" (cassette tape).
T-4555/38: Interview marked "Gladys Coates," November 1990? (cassette tape).
T-4555/39: Interview marked "Gladys Coates, Nov. 28, '90" (cassette tape).
T-4555/40: Interview marked "Ida Friday, Int. at Carolina Inn dining room, Nov. 28, '90" (cassette tape).
T-4555/41: Interview marked "Doug Hunt, 10 min., 12-6-90" (cassette tape).
T-4555/42: Interview marked "Doug Hunt, Dec. 6, '90" (cassette tape).
T-4555/43: Interview marked "Doug Hunt," (cassette tape).
T-4555/44: Interviews marked "Stories-talks on campaign and also Orttinger, 12-8-90" (cassette tape).
T-4555/45: Interview marked "Ervin Orttinger, 2-25-91" (cassette tape).
T-4555/46: Interview marked "Luncheon mtg., 2-25-91, Eliz. Matheson, Rebecca Warren, Sophia Cody" (cassette tape).
T-4555/47: Interview marked "Frances Ferguson, Chapel Hill, 2-25-91" (cassette tape).
T-4555/48: Interview marked "Secrest & Preslar, May 8/91" (cassette tape).
T-4555/49: Interview marked "Bill Friday, May 91" (cassette tape).
T-4555/50: Interview marked "Stories, Roundtable," (cassette tape).
T-4555/51: Interview marked "Stories/Yoder's Talk," (cassette tape).
T-4555/52: Interview marked "Tom Lambeth, this side only," (cassette tape).
T-4555/53: Interview marked "Alice Neal's daughter - Caldwell," undated (cassette tape).
T-4555/54: Interview marked "Sanders," (cassette tape).
T-4555/55: Interview marked "Terry Sanford," (cassette tape).
T-4555/56: Interview marked "Sitterson," (cassette tape).
T-4555/57: Interview marked "Sophia Cody," (cassette tape).
T-4555/58:
"A talk made at Duke U., 5-17-81" and "A talk I [John Ehle] made at the Salzburg Seminar, June '77, while a faculty member there "(cassette tape).
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14.4. Microfiche, undated.
1 item.
M-4555/1: "Microfilm of the first basic draft of Paris novel."
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