Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4698
FRYE GAILLARD PAPERS
Initial Inventory
Abstract: Frye Gaillard (1946- ) of Charlotte, N.C., author
and journalist, chiefly with The Charlotte Observer.
Materials, 1970s-1993, relating to Gaillard's
various writings and projects. Included are letters;
manuscripts of works in various stages of completion;
notes; source materials, including newspaper and
magazine clippings and wire service reports; and audio
and video tapes, some containing interviews. There is
extensive documentation for The dream long deferred
(1988) and a documentary film for the University of
North Carolina Center for Public Television (1991) of
the same name, including materials relating to Judge
James B. McMillan and Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Board of Education (1969), which established busing as
a national tool for school integration. There is also
extensive material on The secret diary of Mikhail
Gorbachev (1990), a novel, and Kyle at 200 m.p.h.
(1993), about Kyle Petty and the NASCAR racing
circuit. The unfinished presidency: essays on Jimmy
Carter (1986) and other works are more sparsely
documented. Included in general files are a few
letters from Billy Graham and background material on
Jerry Falwell.
Online Catalog Terms:
Authors, American--20th century.
Automobile racing--United States.
Automobile racing drivers--North Carolina--Biography.
Busing for school integration--North Carolina--History.
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- .
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education--Trials, litigation,
etc.
Charlotte observer.
Falwell, Jerry.
Gaillard, Frye Gaillard, 1946- .
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931- --Fiction.
Graham, Billy, 1918- .
Journalists--North Carolina--History--20th century.
McMillan, James B., 1916- .
Petty, Kyle.
School integration--North Carolina--History.
Size: About 3400 items (12.0 linear feet).
Provenance: Received from Frye Gaillard in February 1994 (Acc.
94080).
Related Collection: James B. McMillan Papers (#4676).
Access: No restrictions.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series 1. General Files
1986-1993 and undated. About 80 items.
Folder 1 Correspondence, 1986-1993, including several
congratulatory letters relating to publications
and projects. Included are a few letters from
Billy Graham. About 30 items.
2-3 Notes, undated, and appointment books, 1987-1988.
About 20 items.
4-5 Notes and other materials relating to Jerry
Falwell, including two audio tapes (T-4698/12; T-
4698/13). About 20 items.
T-4698/14-25 Miscellaneous audio tapes, many unidentified,
including one dictation tape (T-4698/25)
Series 2. Writings/Projects
1970s-1993. About 3300 items.
Materials relating to Gaillard's various writings and
projects. Included is correspondence; manuscripts of works in
various stages of completion; notes; source materials, including
newspaper and magazine clippings, wire service reports, and other
items; audio and video tapes, some containing interviews; and
other items. Note that folders are identified by the work to
which they pertain.
Folder 1 The unfinished presidency: essays on Jimmy Carter
(1986). Notes and one typed manuscript.
The dream long deferred (1988) and documentary
film for the UNC Center for Public Television
(1991). About 800 items.
Folder 1 Correspondence
2-4 Manuscripts
5-11 Notes
12-18 Source materials, including newspaper and
magazine clippings, documents generated by or
for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District,
and legal documents relating to Judge James B.
McMillan and Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Board of Education (1969), which established
busing as a national tool for school
integration
Folder 19 Partial typed transcriptions of taped
interviews listed below except as noted:
T-4698/3-4 Interview with Julius Chambers
/5 Interview with Dorothy Counts
/6 Interview with John Phillips
/7 Interview with William Poe
/8 Interview with Julia Mauldin (no
transcription)
/9 Interview with James B. McMillan
/10 Interview with Ed Sanders
/11 Interview with Alan Stein
P-4698/Folder 1 Photograph of Darius and Vera Swann, 1989
Folder 20 Logs and other information relating to
videotapes listed below:
V-4698/33-110 Footage for documentary film (Beta, BTC/20
format)
Folder 21-22 Reviews
The secret diary of Mikhail Gorbachev (1990).
About 800 items.
Folder 1-4 Manuscripts
5-6 Notes
7-13 Source materials, including several annotated
clippings
14-15 Reviews
Folder 1 Southern voices: profiles and other stories
(1991). About 30 reviews.
Kyle at 200 m.p.h. (1993). About 1500 items.
Folder 1 Correspondence about publication
2-3 Manuscripts
4-16 Notes, including some identified as relating
to specific races
17-24 Source materials, including many official
NASCAR publications
P-4698/Folder 1 Photographs, chiefly of Petty and Gaillard
T-4698/1-2 Interview with "Mike" (audio cassettes)
V-4698/1-32 Videotapes of various races and other events
from the 1992 NASCAR season (VHS, T-120
format)
Folder 25 Reviews
Folder 1 Trapping time between the branches: an anthology
from Charlotte poets (1993). About 50 items,
including letters and information about area
poets.
Miscellaneous short writings/projects (1970s-
1990s). About 100 items.
Folder 1-13 Articles from the Charlotte Observer, The
Progressive, and other publications
14 Reviews
V-4698/111-115 Footage for "Moral Issues," 1993 (Beta, BTC/20
format)
Shelf List
Box 1 Series 1. General (folders 1-5)
Series 2. Writings/Projects
The unfinished presidency (folder 1)
The dream long deferred (folders 1-6)
Box 2 The dream long deferred (folders 7-19)
Box 3 The dream long deferred (folders 20-22)
The secret diary (folders 1-9)
Box 4 The secret diary (folders 10-15)
Southern voices (folder 1)
Kyle at 200 m.p.h. (folders 1-4)
Box 5 Kyle at 200 m.p.h. (folders 5-14)
Box 6 Kyle at 200 m.p.h. (folders 15-25)
Box 7 Trapping time between the branches (folder 1)
Miscellaneous (folders 1-9)
Box 8 Miscellaneous (folders 10-14)
Items separated:
P-4698/Folder 1
T-4698/1-25
V-4698/1-115