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[Identification of item], in the Sylvan Meyer papers #4639, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from Sylvan and Anne Meyer, with a small addition from their daughter, Erica M. Rauzin, in December 1992.

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• American Newspaper Publishers Association.
• American Society of Newspaper Editors.
• Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
• College student newspapers and periodicals--North Carolina.
• Computer living NY.
• Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.)--History.
• Florida International University--Curricula.
• Gainesville times.
• Journalists--Florida--History--20th century.
• Journalists--Georgia--History--20th century.
• Meyer Publications.
• Meyer, Sylvan.
• Miami magazine.
• Miami news.
• Pulitzer Prizes--History.
• Race relations and the press.
• Segregation and the press.
• Soviet Union--Description and travel.
• Truth and consequence.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Social life and customs.

• Anne Heineman Meyer Papers (#4649).

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 of 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.

• 4639/S-1 Scrapbook
• 4639/F-1 Film: White South: Two Views
• 4639/F-2 Film: Profile of Southern Moderates