Inventory of the Terry Sanford Papers, 1946-1993

Collection Number 3531

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

Contact Information:

Manuscripts Department

CB#3926, Wilson Library

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890

Phone: 919/962-1345

Fax: 919/962-3594

Email: mss@email.unc.edu

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Descriptive Summary

Repository

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.

Creator

Sanford, Terry, 1917-

Title

Terry Sanford Papers, 1946-1993

Call Number

3531

Language of Materials

Materials in English

Extent

Items: About 87000

Linear Feet: 94.0

Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access

This collection has restrictions to access. Please see details below or contact the Manuscripts Department for more information.

Usage Restrictions

RESTRICTED: Use or audio or visual materials may require production of listening or viewing copies.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Terry Sanford of Durham, N.C., 1961-1998 (Acc. 85095, 93018, 98148, 98176); from the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources in October 2001 and December 2003 (Acc. 99092, 99674); from the North Carolina Collection in August 2002 (Acc. 99306); from Terry Sanford Jr. in July 2003 and April 2004 (Acc. 99641, 99760); from Tom Lambeth in January 2005 and March 2005 (Acc. 99994, 100025); and from Marsha C. Vick in April 2007 (Acc. 100649).

Processing Information

Processed by: Tim Long, Patrick Huber, Tim West, June 1994

Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, 2002

Finding aid updated in May 2002 by John Foster, in October 2006 by Jackie Dean, in May 2007 by Rachel Canada.

Additional materials have been received, but not incorporated into the original organization of the collection. These materials are similar to those in the original deposit.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Terry Sanford Papers #3531, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Copyright Notice

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

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Bennett, Bert L.

Cannon, Hugh.

Clinton, Bill, 1946-

Democratic Party (N.C.)--History.

Ervin, Sam J. (Sam James), 1896-1985.

Faircloth, Lauch.

Friday, William C. (William Clyde)

Gavin, John.

Good Neighbor Council.

Governors--North Carolina--Election.

Governors--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-

Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974.

Hoey, Clyde Roark, 1877-1954.

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978.

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.

Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.

Lake, Isaac Beverly, 1906-

Larkins, John D. (John Davis), 1909-

Moore, Daniel Killian, 1906-1986.

North Carolina--Politics and government--1951-

North Carolina Fund.

Political campaigns--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Politicians--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Presidents--United States--Election--1960.

Presidents--United States--Election--1968.

Presidents--United States--Election--1972.

Presidents--United States--Election--1976.

Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961.

Sanford, Terry, 1917-1998.

Scott, William Kerr, 1896-1958.

Seawell, Malcolm.

Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965.

Students--Political activity--History--20th century.

Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003.

United States. Congress. Senate--Elections, 1968.

United States. Congress. Senate--Elections, 1986.

United States. Congress. Senate--Elections, 1992.

Wilson, Henry H.

Biographical/Historical Note

Terry Sanford was born 20 August 1917 in Laurinburg, N. C., the second son of Cecil L. and Elizabeth Martin Sanford. He received the A.B. degree in 1939 and the J.D. degree in 1946 from the University of North Carolina. He served as an FBI agent, 1941-1942, with the United States Army in Europe during World War II, and as assistant director of the Institute of Government, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1946-1948. Sanford practiced as an attorney in Fayetteville, N.C., from 1948 until he was elected governor of North Carolina in 1960, serving as president of the Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina, 1949-1950, and North Carolina state senator, 1953-1954. He practiced law again after leaving office in 1965, and, in 1969, became president of Duke University, a position he held until 1985. Sanford was United States senator from North Carolina, 1986-1992.

Sanford married Margaret Rose Knight in 1942; their two children are Elizabeth Knight and Terry Jr.

Collection Overview

This collection contains materials primarily related to Terry Sanford's political career. From his campaign for president of the Young Democrats Clubs of North Carolina in 1949 through his unsuccessful 1992 senatorial campaign, Sanford spent much of his time either in office or campaigning for office.

The first five series detail discrete parts of Sanford's political activities. Series 1 concerns many of Sanford's political activities prior to his 1959-1960 gubernatorial campaign. Especially well-documented are his efforts to gather support for his bid to become president of the Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina in 1950. Also included is a small amount of information about W. Kerr Scott's successful 1948 gubernatorial campaign, and a scrapbook concerning Frank Porter Graham's senatorial campaign of 1950.

Series 2 offers detailed information on Sanford's 1959-1960 gubernatorial campaign. Included are day-to-day accounts from local Sanford supporters, Sanford correspondence with key advisors, clippings from dozens of state and regional newspapers, telegrams and letters reacting to Sanford's support of John F. Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention, and other items. Also included are film (Series 6) and audio recordings (Series 7) of Sanford gubernatorial campaign advertisements.

Series 3 documents Sanford's political activities as governor of North Carolina, 1961-1965. Most of Sanford's official records as governor are housed at the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh, N.C. The materials in this collection include hundreds of applications for political appointments and items concerning the North Carolina Democratic Party. Also included are several films in Series 6 and dozens of audiotapes in Series 7, recorded while Sanford was governor.

Series 4 covers the years after Sanford left the governor's office until he was elected United States senator in 1986. During much of this time, Sanford was president of Duke University; and most of his papers from this period are housed at Duke. Materials in this collection include items related to Sanford's proposed 1968 senatorial campaign against Sam Ervin and to both runs at the United States presidency made by Sanford in 1972 and 1976. Series 4 also contains detailed information on the 1968 Citizens for Humphrey-Muskie Committee that supported Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie. Sanford was the Committee's co-chair. Note that there are no materials relating to Sanford's 1986 senatorial campaign.

Series 5 contains items related primarily to Sanford's unsuccessful 1992 senatorial campaign. Included are North Carolina voters' responses to a Sanford questionnaire and detailed reports on Sanford's opponent, Lauch Faircloth. Also included are several video (Series 6) and audio (Series 7) recordings relating to the campaign.

Series 8 contains photographs primarily related to the 1992 United States Senate campaign.

Unincorporated additions contain materials similar to those in other series.

Arrangement of Collection

1. Pre-1960 Material
1.1. Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina
1.2. Other Loose Papers
1.3. Volumes
2. 1960 Gubernatorial Campaign Material
2.1. County Files
2.2. General Correspondence
2.3. Speeches, Statements, and Background Materials
2.4. Congratulatory Material
2.5. Clippings
2.6. Democratic National Convention
2.7. Other Material
3. Gubernatorial Years, 1961-1965
3.1. Speeches, Press Releases, and Related Items
3.2. Political Appointments
3.2.1. Agency Files
3.2.2. Applicant Files
3.2.3. Other Files
3.3. Other Political Correspondence and Related Material
3.3.1. Terry Sanford
3.3.2. Henry H. Wilson Jr.
3.3.3. Bert Bennett
3.3.4. Other Gubernatorial Staff
3.3.5. J. William Copeland
3.4. North Carolina Fund
3.5. State Departmental and Other Reports
3.6. Newspaper Clippings
3.6.1. Newspaper Clippings Arranged by Date
3.6.2. Newspaper Clippings Arranged by Subject
3.7. Miscellaneous
4. Post-Gubernatorial, Pre-Senate Years, 1965-1984
4.1. Possible Senate Run, 1968
4.2. Citizens for Humphrey-Muskie, 1968
4.3. Sanford for President, 1972, 1976
4.4. Other Material, 1965-1972
5. Governor Years, 1961-1965
5.1. Speeches, Press Releases, and Press Conferences
5.2. Campaign Schedules and Invitation Regrets
5.3. Radio and Television Materials
5.4. Campaign Literature and Invitations to Fund-Raising Events
5.5. Campaign Correspondence
5.6. Newspaper Clippings
5.7. Lauch Faircloth
5.7.1. Faircloth Campaign Materials
5.7.2. Research on Faircloth
5.8. Background on Issues
6. Files and Videotapes
6.1. Files
6.2. Videotapes
7. Audiotapes
8. Photographs
Additions of 1998-2001
Additions of 2002-2005
Addition of April 2007

Items Separated

Films (F-3531/1-62)
Photographs (P-3531/1-128 and P-3531/Folder 1-3)
Oversize photographs (OP-P-3531/1-2)
Audiocassettes (C-3531/1-13)
Audiotapes (FT 93003-T-3531/1-192)
Videotapes (VT-3531/1-17)
Oversize volumes (V-3531/S-1-5)
Oversize papers (OP-3531/1)

Detailed Description of the Collection