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

                 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                              #4520
                     ROY PARKER, JR., PAPERS
                        Initial Inventory

Abstract:      Joseph Roy Parker, Jr., was born in Ahoskie, N.C.,
           the son of Joseph Roy Parker, Sr., journalist and
           professor of journalism at the University of North
           Carolina. In 1953, Parker began his career in
           journalism as editor of three family-owned weekly
           newspapers serving Hertford, Bertie, and Northampton
           counties, N.C. In 1957, after graduation from the
           University of North Carolina (A.B. Journalism, 1955),
           he became a political reporter for the News and
           Observer of Raleigh. From 1963 to 1971, Parker was
           the News and Observer's Washington correspondent. 
           Returning to Raleigh in 1971, Parker remained with the
           News and Observer until July 1972, when he left to
           work on the gubernatorial campaign of Democrat
           Hargrove (Skipper) Bowles. In 1973, after a short
           stint as associate editor of the Fayetteville
           Observer, Parker became the editor of the newly
           established Fayetteville Times.
               Correspondence, clippings and other material of
           Roy Parker, Jr. The papers relate to his career in
           journalism and to his political activities. There are
           also a few items relating to family life. The addition
           of January 2000 contains material relating to the
           history, particularly the founding, of the
           Fayetteville Times.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Fayetteville (N.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
   Fayetteville times (Fayetteville, N.C.).
   Journalists--North Carolina--History--20th century.
   North Carolina--Politics and government--1951- .
   Parker, Roy, 1930- .

Size:          About 7,000 items (10.5 linear feet).

Provenance:    Received from Roy Parker, Jr., of Fayetteville,
               N.C., in August 1988 (Acc. 88095), January 1999
               (Acc. 98280), and January 2000 (Acc. 98542).

Access:        Closed pending processing.

Processing Note:   Processing of this collection has been
                   deferred pending expected additions.
                   Items separated include pictures (P-4520).

Related Collections:   Southern Oral History Program Collection
                       (#4007), Interview A-260.

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

Table of Contents:
   Shelf List

                           SHELF LIST

   Boxes 1-5
   Boxes 5-7  Addition of January 1999 (Acc. 98280)
   Box   7    Addition of January 2000 (Acc. 98542)