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           Library of the University of North Carolina
                         at Chapel Hill

                 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                             #4078-z
                  HERBERT EDWARD O'KEEF PAPERS
                            Inventory

Abstract:      Letters received by O'Keef as editor of The
           Raleigh (N.C.) Times, from readers of the newspaper
           chiefly concerning race relations, the Ku Klux Klan,
           and other civil rights matters in North Carolina. 
           Topics of discussion also include local and national
           politics, the gubernatorial campaign of 1964, and the
           state university speaker ban law.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Academic freedom--North Carolina--History--20th century.
   American newspapers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
   Civil rights--North Carolina--History--20th century.
   Elections--North Carolina--History--20th century.
   Governors--North Carolina--Election.
   Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--North Carolina.
   Newspaper editors--North Carolina--History--20th century.
   North Carolina--Politics and government--1951-.
   North Carolina--Race relations--20th century.
   North Carolina.  General Assembly.  Speaker ban law.
   O'Keef, Herbert Edward, 1908-.
   Race relations--Public opinion.
   The Raleigh Times.

Size:  About 80 items (4 folders).

Provenance:    Received from Herbert Edward O'Keef of Raleigh,
               N.C., in December 1975.

Access:        No restrictions.

Processing Note:   This collection was processed with support
                   from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

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