Manuscripts Department
           Library of the University of North Carolina
                         at Chapel Hill

                 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                              #4633
               JAMES LINEBERRY JENKINS JR. PAPERS
                        Initial Inventory

Abstract:      James Lineberry Jenkins, Jr., was born in Robeson
           County, N.C., in 1919.  A graduate of Wake Forest
           College, Jay Jenkins became a prize-winning political
           reporter, an editorial writer, and a columnist for
           several North Carolina newspapers, including The News
           and Observer, the Charlotte Observer, and the Winston-
           Salem Journal and Sentinel.  In 1969, he was named a
           special assistant to William Friday, president of the
           University of North Carolina.  He retired from this
           position in 1982, and, in early 1983, began writing a
           weekly column featured in the Chapel Hill Newspaper
           and the Southern Pines Pilot.
               Chiefly letters, mostly from journalists with some
           from politicians and others, about various
           journalistic and political matters.  There are also
           typescripts of speeches written by Jenkins for
           Governor James B. Hunt, Mayor Avery Upchurch of
           Raleigh, and others, and typescripts and clippings of
           articles and columns written by or about Jenkins. 
           Also included is a scrapbook containing clippings, ca.
           1940-1970, of articles by or about Jenkins,
           photographs, and a few letters from various
           journalists and others; a few clippings, ca. 1920s,
           related to the poet John Charles McNeill, Jenkins's
           great-uncle; four photographs, 1952, of three of
           McNeill's colleagues from the Charlotte Observer; and
           a number of photographic negatives, evidently family
           snapshots taken by Jay Jenkins.

Catalog Terms:
   Hunt, James B., 1937- .
   Jenkins, James Lineberry, Jr., 1919- .
   Journalists--North Carolina--History--20th century.
   McNeill, John Charles, 1874-1907.
   North Carolina--Politics and government--1951- .
   Poets, American--North Carolina--History--20th century.
   Speechwriters--North Carolina--History--20th century.
   Upchurch, Avery.

Size:  About 400 items (1.5 linear feet).

Provenance:    Received from Jay Jenkins, Raleigh, N.C., October
               1992.

Access:        Closed pending processing and receipt of
               additional materials.

Related Collection:    John Charles McNeill Papers (#4419).

Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
           their descendants, as stipulated by United States
           copyright law.

Shelf List:
   Box 1 of 1
   4633/S-1 (oversize volume: scrapbook)
Abstract:      Letters about journalistic and political matters;
           typescripts of speeches, articles, and columns; a
           scrapbook; clippings about poet John Charles McNeill;
           and a few photographs relating to James Lineberry
           Jenkins, Jr., North Carolina political reporter,
           editorial writer, columnist and political
           speechwriter.
             CLOSED PENDING PROCESSING AND ADDITIONS
                                      About 400 items (1.5 l.f.)
                                        
Catalog Terms:
   BLANK (2X)
   Jenkins, James Lineberry, Jr., 1919- .
   Journalists--North Carolina--History--20th century.
   McNeill, John Charles, 1874-1907.
   North Carolina--Politics and government--1951- .
   Speechwriters--North Carolina--History--20th century.