Restrictions to Access

All materials pertaining to the years 1985 through 1991 are closed until 1 January 2002, or until the death of Senator Jesse Helms, whichever comes latest.

All materials pertaining to the years 1985 through 1991 are closed until 1 January 2002, or until the death of Senator Jesse Helms, whichever comes latest. Because this addition is largely unprocessed, all boxes carry this restriction.

This collection contains additional materials that are not processed and are currently not available to researchers. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process.

Copyright Notice

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

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the William Davis Jones papers #4603, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from William Davis Jones III of Raleigh, N.C., in November 1991 and September 1993 (Acc. 93119).

Received from William Davis Jones.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Community life--North Carolina--Raleigh.
• Jones, William Davis, 1926-
• Journalism Foundation of North Carolina.
• Journalism--Societies, etc.--North Carolina.
• News and observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
• Newspaper publishing--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• North Carolina Center for Literacy Development.
• North Carolina--Newspapers--History--20th century.
• Raleigh (N.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
• Raleigh Little Theatre.
• Rex Hospital Foundation.
• Southern Newspaper Publishers Association.
• United Way of Wake County.

• William D. Jones Papers (No. 4015).

William Davis Jones III worked for The News and Observer of Raleigh, N.C., from 1949 to 1991, first as an advertising salesman and later as retail advertising manager, general manager, and associate publisher.

Materials concerning the newspaper industry, including files on the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and the Newspapers in Education program, and materials relating to the operation of The News and Observer, including files on personnel, applications and resumes, subscriptions, production, deadlines, budgets, circulation, complaints, and advertising. Also included are materials pertaining to Jones's personal life and interests, including a few letters from his children and other relatives, and files on the Journalism Foundation of North Carolina, the North Carolina Center for Literacy Development, the Raleigh Little Theater, the Rex Hospital Foundation, and the Wake County United Way.