Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4639
SYLVAN MEYER PAPERS
Initial Inventory
Abstract: Sylvan Meyer (1921- ) of Gainesville, Ga., and Miami
Beach, Fla., journalist; editor of the Gainesville Times,
1947-1969; the Miami News, 1969-1973; and Miami Magazine,
1975-1987; and founder of Meyer Publications. Meyer, who
received an AB in journalism from the University of North
Carolina in 1943, was an editor of The Daily Tar Heel,
1942-1943.
Personal and business correspondence, 1940-1988, of
Sylvan Meyer, including letters from Jimmy Carter;
speeches, 1960s, many concerning the role of the press in
race relations; notes from a trip to the Soviet Union in
1969; and correspondence, records, and reports relating to
the Pulitzer Prize Advisory Board, 1969-1975, and other
organizations with which Meyer was involved, including the
American Society for Newspaper Editors, the American
Newspaper Publishers Association, and the Curriculum
Committee of Florida International University. Also
included are subject files from the Gainesville Times on
local Georgia politics, people, and issues, especially
desegregation and other racial matters, and papers relating
to the Miami News, Meyer Publications, Miami Magazine, and
Computer Living NY. There are also clippings from
newspapers and magazine articles and columns Meyer wrote
and several of his book manuscripts. Among the
miscellaneous papers are items from Meyer's time as a
student at the University of North Carolina, including
letters, writings, several issues of Truth and Consequence
(a student newsletter), and notes relating to The Daily Tar
Heel.
Online Catalog Terms:
American Society for Newspaper Editors.
American Newspaper Publishers Association.
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- .
College student newspapers and periodicals--North Carolina.
Computer Living NY.
Daily Tar Heel.
Florida International University. Curriculum committee.
Gainesville Times (Ga.).
Journalists--Florida--History--20th century.
Journalists--Georgia--History--20th century.
Meyer Publications.
Meyer, Sylvan, 1921- .
Miami News (Fla.).
Miami Magazine (Fla.).
Pulitzer Prize Advisory Board.
Race relations and the press.
Segregation and the press.
Soviet Union--Description and travel--20th century.
Truth and Consequence.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Social life and
customs--20th century.
Size: About 4,500 items (13.5 linear feet).
Provenance: Received from Sylvan and Anne Meyer, with a small
addition from their daughter, Erica M. Rauzin, in
December 1992.
Access: Unprocessed, may be used only with special staff
assistance.
Processing Note: Full processing has been deferred pending receipt
of additions.
Related Collections: Anne Heineman Meyer Papers (#4649).
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their
descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Shelf List
Box 1 General Correspondence. Arranged chronologically, 1940-
1973.
Box 2 General Correspondence. Arranged chronologically, 1974-
1988.
Name Files. Correspondence and other material. Arranged
alphabetically by name.
Speeches by Sylvan Meyer. No arrangement.
Box 3 Speeches (continued).
Travels. Correspondence, notes, articles and other
materials. Arranged alphabetically by country.
Box 4 Pulitzer Prize Material. Correspondence, recommendations,
summaries, and reports. Arranged chronologically,
1969-1975.
Box 5 Organizations. Correspondence, minutes, reports, and other
materials. Arranged alphabetically. A-F.
Box 6 Organizations (continued). G-Z.
Box 7 Gainesville Times. Subject files. Arranged
alphabetically.
Miami News. Correspondence and other materials. Arranged
chronologically, 1969-1974.
Meyer Publications. Financial statements, 1975-1982;
general files, 1975-1977. Arranged chronologically.
Box 8 Meyer Publications. General files continued, 1979-1987.
Writings by Sylvan Meyer. Arranged alphabetically by type
or title. A-Mag.
Box 9 Writings (continued). Man-Z.
Tapes and film on unknown subjects. Photo negatives,
possibly from travels to Africa.
Miscellaneous. Photo file, student materials, and other
items.
Items separated:
4639/S-1 Scrapbook
4639/F-1 Film: White South: Two Views
4639/F-2 Film: Profile of Southern Moderates