Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4559
CHARLES OSBORNE JEFFRESS PAPERS
Initial Inventory
Abstract: Charles Osborne Jeffress, journalist and publisher
of Greensboro, N.C.
Chiefly office files of Charles Osborne Jeffress,
documenting his career at the Greensboro News
Publishing Company, which owned the Greensboro Daily
News, the Greensboro Record, and WFMY-TV. Also
included are materials relating to Jeffress's
community work, particularly at the Wesley Long
Community Hospital and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.
Materials relating to Jeffress family members are also
present, including detailed documentation of the
sanity hearings of Jeffress's father, E. B. Jeffress,
who had been general manager and president of the
Greensboro News Publishing Company.
Online Catalog Terms:
Greensboro (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Greensboro daily news (Greensboro, N.C.).
Greensboro News Publishing Company.
Greensboro record (Greensboro, N.C.).
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Greensboro, N.C.).
Jeffress, Charles Osborne, 1915-1989.
Jeffress, E. B. (Edwin Bedford), 1887-1961.
Journalists--North Carolina.
Publishers--North Carolina.
Wesley Long Community Hospital (Greensboro, N.C.).
WFMY-TV (Television station : Greensboro, N.C.).
Size: About 12,000 items (18.0 linear feet).
Provenance: Received from Emma Sharpe Avery Jeffress in August
1990.
Access: May be used with assistance from the Technical
Services staff.
Processing Note: Processing deferred pending expected
additions.
Related Collections: EDWIN BEDFORD JEFFRESS PAPERS (#1167).
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.
Table of Contents:
Biographical Note
Description
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Charles Osborne Jeffress was born in Greensboro, N.C., in
1915, the son of E. B. Jeffress, general manager and president of
the Greensboro News Publishing Company, which owned the
Greensboro Daily News, the Greensboro Record, and WFMY-TV.
Charles Osborne Jeffress, known as Carl, was graduated from the
University of North Carolina in 1938 with a degree in economics.
He spent four years in the United States Army, serving in the
Public Relations Office at Fort Bragg, N.C.
After World War II, Jeffress's career began in earnest. He
started working as a reporter for the Greensboro Daily News and
soon graduated to the copy desk. He then spent several years at
the Daily News's Washington Bureau. Returning to Greensboro, he
became editorial supervisor at the Daily News, then, in 1950,
general manager of the Greensboro News Publishing Company. In
1965, he became publisher. Jeffress was also active in the
growth of television, being instrumental in bringing live
television to North Carolina on WFMY-TV, which was owned by the
Greensboro News Publishing Company.
Jeffress was also extremely active in his community. He spent
nine years on the Greensboro Planning and Zoning Board, eight of
those years as chair. He was president of the board of directors
of the Wesley Long Community Hospital, president of the
Greensboro Tuberculosis Association, and chair of the state
Christmas seal campaign and other charitable efforts.
He taught journalism at Elon College and was an active member
of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Jeffress, who served as
president of the North Carolina Press Association, received many
awards during his lifetime, including the Edward R. Murrow Award
and the National Medal of Honor from the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Jeffress was married to Emma Sharpe Avery Jeffress. He died
25 August 1989.
DESCRIPTION
Chiefly office files of Charles Osborne Jeffress, documenting
his career at the Greensboro News Publishing Company, which owned
the Greensboro Daily News, the Greensboro Record, and WFMY-TV.
Also included are materials relating to Jeffress's community
work, particularly at the Wesley Long Community Hospital and Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church. Materials relating to Jeffress family
members is also present, including detailed documentation of E.
B. Jeffress sanity hearings.
The following list gives a general idea of the materials
currently housed in each box. It is in the order as received
from the donor. Note that original folder titles have, for the
most part, been retained.
Personal, Business, and Organizational Materials
Box 1 Includes: Laura's columns
Warranties
Talk--Colonial Dames, 1979
Investments
Jeffress, Mrs. E. B.
Norfolk (clippings and correspondence)
Expense accounts
Personal
Estate
Jeffress, E. B.
Barksdale, Pam
Greensboro Historical Museum
Institute of Government
Empty Stocking Fund
Miscellaneous
News media--Administration of Justice
Council
Box 2 Includes: Greensboro News Publishing Company--History
Miscellaneous papers--News-Record
Cities
Miscellaneous materials (unfoldered)
1853 bank notes from New Orleans, La.
Wesley Long Community Hospital
Box 3 Includes: Financial statements
Assurance activity summaries
Board of trustees
Meeting notes
Annual reports
Correspondence
Forms
Budget reports
Trustee manual
Audit report
Box 4 Includes: Christian Social Ministry, 1988
Assurance activity summaries
Board of trustees minutes
DESCRIPTION (continued)
Box 5 Includes: Photographs and negatives
Clippings
Correspondence
Miscellaneous reports
American Cancer Society
Box 6 Includes: Cancer meeting, 13 February 1986
Cancer division, 1984
Corporate contract, "Celebration of Life"
Metro Crusade Workshop
Reports
Field service
Cancer society, 1982 meeting
Box 7 Includes: Fund raising, 1985
Volunteer and Staff Forum
Board of directors handbook
Miscellaneous
Minority involvement
Unit development, 1985
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Box 8 Includes: Kanuga Episcopal Center
Insurance
Property
Every member canvass
Diocese of North Carolina--Bishop
Co-Adjutor
"Share-A-Home" material
Executive director
Treasurer
Minutes
Correspondence
Board roster, committees, 1982-1983
Corporation of guardianship
Residents
Bylaws and articles of incorporation
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Box 9 Includes: Carolina Wilderness Institute
Avery, Julia Maier
Box 10 Includes: Sanity hearings of E. B. Jeffress
Avery, Julia Maier
Box 11 Includes: Greensboro Historical Museum
Class reunion
Notebooks
Credit union material
Diocesan convention
North Carolina press--miscellaneous
Box 12 Includes: University of North Carolina
Photographs
Jeffress, Laura
Accounting Statement
Aging Committee
Avery, Fred
Greensboro Country Club
Jeffress, Emmy Lou
Key, Sarah T.