Vermont Royster Papers, 1950-1986

Collection Number: 04432

Collection Title: Vermont Royster Papers, 1950-1986

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Size	4.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2300 items)
Abstract	Correspondence, writings, addresses, and printed material of Vermont Connecticut Royster (1914- ), editor of the "Wall Street Journal," 1958-1971; author; and winner of Pulitzer Prizes for editorial writing (1953) and distinguished commentary (1984). Most of the material relates to Royster's career as a journalist.
Creator	Royster, Vermont, 1914-
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: 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 Vermont Royster papers #4432, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Vermont C. Royster of Chapel Hill, N.C., in January 1986, October 1987, and May 1989, and transferred from the UNC School of Journalism in April 1990.

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.

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Correspondence, writings, addresses, and printed material of Vermont Connecticut Royster (1914- ), editor of the "Wall Street Journal," 1958-1971; author; and winner of Pulitzer Prizes for editorial writing (1953) and distinguished commentary (1984). Most of the material relates to Royster's career as a journalist.

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Chiefly correspondence, writings and addresses, and printed items relating to Royster's career. Files of particular interest include "Special Letters" (folder 2), which includes correspondence between Royster and public officials such as Richard M. Nixon, Barry Goldwater, and Jesse Helms, and "Memos on meetings with Presidents" (folder 15), documenting Royster's meetings with Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson, and John F. Kennedy.

Folders have been listed and numbered, but are otherwise unprocessed.

Folder 1	Syracuse University, Royster Papers #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 1
Folder 2	Special Letters #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 2
Folder 3	General Correspondence re Boating #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 3
Folder 4	Boat Yards #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 4
Folder 5	Manhassset Bay Yacht Club #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 5
Folder 6	The Covenant #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 6
Folder 7	Mystic Seaport #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 7
Folder 8	N. Y. Yacht Club #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 8
Folder 9	Royster "A Pride of Prejudices" #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 9
Folder 10	Morehead Central Selection Committee #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 10
Folder 11	Committees, Boards and Awards (accepted) #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 11
Folder 12	Committees, Boards and Awards (declined) #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 12
Folder 13	Pulitzer Prize Advisory Board #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 13
Folder 14	Press Releases re Royster #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 14
Folder 15	Memos on meetings with Presidents #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 15
Folder 16	Memoir Material #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 16
Folder 17	Royster Speeches #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 17
Folder 18	Miscellaneous Speeches #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 18
Folder 19	Miscellaneous Writings #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 19
Folder 20	Royster Articles #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 20
Folder 21	Miscellaneous Reprints #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 21
Folder 22	CBS Spectrum 1977 #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 22
Folder 23	CBS Scripts #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 23
Folder 24	Poli Sci 95, 1974 #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 24
Folder 25	Poli Sci 95, Spring 1976 #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 25
Folder 26	School Lectures #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 26
Folder 27	Royster Biographical Material #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 27
Folder 28	Biographical Sketches (Royster) #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 28
Folder 29	Royster-News Stories re Resignation from WSJ, Dow Jones #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 29
Folder 30	News Stories re Appointments to UNC-CH #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 30
Folder 31	Clips and VCR #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 31
Folder 32	Pulitzer #2 #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 32
Folder 33	VCR Clips About #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 33
Folder 34	Clips and Readers #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 34
Folder 35-36	Reviews - "Pride of Prejudices" #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 35-36 Folder 35 Folder 36
Folder 37	The Essential Royster Reviews #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 37
Folder 38	Reviews - Memoirs #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 38
Folder 39	Navy Post War #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 39
Folder 40	Navy Papers #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 40
Folder 41	Miscellaneous Navy Papers #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 41
Folder 42-43	Photographs #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF JANUARY 1986." Folder 42-43 Folder 42 Folder 43

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Folder 44	A. D. Royster, Inc. #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 44
Folder 45	Royster News #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 45
Folder 46	Royster Family-Genealogy, History and Pictures #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 46
Folder 47	Beall Correspondence-"A Story of Plagiarism" #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 47
Folder 48	Warren Phillips #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 48
Folder 49	Correspondence re China #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 49
Folder 50	Correspondence re My Own, My Country's Time #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 50
Folder 51	National Historical Publications and Records Commission #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 51
Folder 52	Pulitzer Prize #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 52
Folder 53	White House Correspondence #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 53
Folder 54	University of North Carolina Press #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 54
Folder 55-57	Royster Columns #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 55-57 Folder 55 Folder 56 Folder 57
Folder 58	United States Information Agency, 1976 #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 58
Folder 59	Book Found in Nagasaki, 19 September 1945 #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 59
Folder 60	Phi Bata Kappa #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 60
Folder 61-66	Letters from Readers #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 61-66 Folder 61 Folder 62 Folder 63 Folder 64 Folder 65 Folder 66
Folder 67	Letters Home during World War II #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 67
Folder 68	National Humanities Center #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 68
Folder 69	Hugh Morson High School Reunion, 1984 #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 69
Folder 70	Lecture Program #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 70
Folder 71	50th Wedding Anniversary #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 71
Folder 72	Snapshots of Roysters in Europe #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF OCTOBER 1987." Folder 72

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Folder 73	Congressional Campaign, 1950 ( Wall Street Journal articles) #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF MAY 1989 (Acc. 89033)" Folder 73
Folder 74	"Remarks at the 100th Anniversary of the News and Observer" (16 May 1965) #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF MAY 1989 (Acc. 89033)" Folder 74
Folder 75	"Thinking Things Over," ( Wall Street Journal columns, 7 February 1975-21 May 1975) #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF MAY 1989 (Acc. 89033)" Folder 75
Folder 76	Seventeenth Annual Communications Awards Dinner of the Press Club of Dallas (25 November 1975) #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF MAY 1989 (Acc. 89033)" Folder 76
Folder 77	Newspaper articles by and about VCR #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF MAY 1989 (Acc. 89033)" Folder 77
Folder 78	Items re VCR-Dow Jones Fellowships and Assistantships in the Journalism School #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF MAY 1989 (Acc. 89033)" Folder 78
Folder 79	VCR Induction into the N. C. Journalism Hall of Fame #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF MAY 1989 (Acc. 89033)" Folder 79
Folder 80	Miscellaneous items #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF MAY 1989 (Acc. 89033)" Folder 80
Folder 81	Pictures of VCR #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF MAY 1989 (Acc. 89033)" Folder 81
Museum Item MU-4432/1	Framed tearsheets (3 in one frame). Included are Royster's first "Thinking Things Over" column (28 January 1964), his last (5 March 1986), and letters to the editor ( Wall Street Journal, 18 March 1986)) about Royster's giving up the column. #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF MAY 1989 (Acc. 89033)" MU-4432/1

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Folder 82-84

Photocopy of typed copy of Royter's memoirs. #04432, Series: "ACCESSION OF APRIL 1990 (Acc. 90040)" Folder 82-84

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Processing Information

Processed by: Connie Cartledge, January 1986; David Weber, November 1987; Gina Overcash, July 1989; Roslyn Holdzkom, April 1990

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

Complete processing of this collection deferred pending excepted additions.

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Collection Number: 04432 Collection Title: Vermont Royster Papers, 1950-1986

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