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| Size | 94.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 87000 items) |
| Abstract | Terry Sanford of Scotland, Cumberland, Wake, and Durham counties, N.C., has been a politician, educator, administrator, lawyer, and soldier. He served as state senator, 1953-1954; governor of North Carolina, 1961-1965; president of Duke University, 1969-1985; and U.S. senator, 1986-1992. The collection includes campaign files and other items relating to Terry Sanford's career. Pre-1960 material includes items related to Strom Thurmond's 1948 Dixiecrat campaign for U.S. President; to Sanford's successful 1949 campaign for president of the Young Democrats Clubs of North Carolina; to Frank Porter Graham's 1950 senatorial campaign; and to North Carolina's Pearsall Plan for public school desegregation. 1959-1960 gubernatorial campaign items include correspondence between Sanford's staff and county liaisons, correspondence with key advisors, clippings from state and regional newspapers, letters responding to Sanford's support of John F. Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention, and films and audio tapes of Sanford gubernatorial campaign advertisements. Topics include agriculture, industry, public schools, welfare, race relations, women in politics, and religion and politics. Items, 1961-1965, document Sanford's political activities as North Carolina governor. Topics include North Carolina's 1963 "Gag Law," the Good Neighbor Council, and the North Carolina Fund. Items, 1965-1984, relate to Sanford's proposed 1968 U.S. senatorial campaign against Sen. Sam Ervin; the 1968 Citizens for Humphrey-Muskie Committee; and Sanford's 1972 and 1976 presidential campaigns. Materials related to Sanford's unsuccessful 1992 U.S. senatorial campaign include North Carolina voters' responses to a Sanford questionnaire, detailed reports on Sanford's opponent Lauch Faircloth, folders on women's and children's issues, and photographs and several video and audio tapes related to the campaign. 1992 campaign topics include welfare, industry, education, crime, and taxes. Correspondents represented in the collection include John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Bill Clinton, Bert Bennett, Hugh Cannon, Henry H. Wilson Jr., Frank Porter Graham, Clyde Hoey, William Friday, Sam Rayburn, W. Kerr Scott, Luther Hodges, Dan K. Moore, Hubert H. Humphrey, I. Beverly Lake, Sr., Malcolm Seawell, Sam Ervin, Lauch Faircloth, John Larkins, John Gavin, Robert F. Kennedy, and Adlai Stevenson. |
| Creator | Sanford, Terry, 1917- |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
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Biographical Information
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.
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Scope and Content
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.
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Series 1. Pre-1960 Material, 1946-1959.
Political materials of Sanford. Items document Sanford's activities as member and president of the Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina and other political activities. They include correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, and two scrapbooks, one of which concerns the Frank Porter Graham United States senate campaign of 1950. See Series 2 for pre-1960 material related to Sanford's 1960 gubernatorial campaign.
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Subseries 1.1. Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina, 1949-1952 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Chiefly correspondence related to Sanford's activities as member and president of the Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina (see also Volume 1 in Subseries 1.3). Included are letters, 1949, in support of Sanford's campaign for the presidency of the YDC; letters, 1949, congratulating Sanford on his YDC victory; and correspondence, 1949-1952, detailing YDC business. Correspondents include senators Frank Porter Graham and Clyde Hoey, William Friday, Sam Rayburn, Alben W. Barclay, Thad Eure, W. Kerr Scott, and Charles B. Deane. Also included is correspondence, 1951-1952, with Estes Kefauver relating to Kefauver's campaign for president.
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Subseries 1.2. Other Loose Papers.
Arrangement: alphabetical by file title.
Speeches, correspondence, legal papers, newspaper clippings, and other items chiefly relating to Sanford's early political career. Included are several farm speeches; correspondence with Luther Hodges, Joe Crawford, and others; promotional material, 1948, relating to Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrat campaign; and legal papers and newspaper clippings, 1955-1956, about the Pearsall Plan, North Carolina's legislative response to the United States Supreme Court's ruling against school segregation.
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Subseries 1.3. Volumes, 1946-1950.
Two scrapbooks, one with clippings and memorabilia relating to Sanford's early career and the other with information from the 1950 campaign of Frank Porter Graham for United States Senate; and a notebook from a 1958 congressional campaign.
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Series 2. 1960 Gubernatorial Campaign Material, 1958-1960.
Material relating to the 1960 gubernatorial campaign, dating from exploratory letters Sanford sent in late 1958 to expressions of support he received on election day, November 8, 1960.
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Subseries 2.1. County Files, 1959-1960 and undated.
Arrangement: alphabetical by county.
Chiefly correspondence and newspaper clippings related to county-level activities during Terry Sanford's 1960 gubernatorial campaign. Included is day-to-day correspondence between Sanford and county liaisons about campaign strategy and people to contact. Also included are letters to and from Sanford supporters and contributors and mounted clippings about activities in various counties.
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Subseries 2.2. General Correspondence, 1959-1960 and
undated.
Arrangement: alphabetical by file title.
Chiefly correspondence concerning Sanford's 1960 gubernatorial campaign, most of it between Sanford and campaign supporters and advisors or between members of Sanford's campaign staff and individuals with an interest in the campaign. Individuals represented include Bert Bennett, campaign manager; Tom Lambeth, personal aide; and Graham Jones, director of information. Correspondents include W. Kenneth Anderson, Doris Cromartie, Dula Hawkins, Ben Roney, Robert W. Scott, and Henry Hall Wilson Jr. Note that original file titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Subseries 2.3. Speeches, Statements, and Background Materials, 1959-1960 and undated.
Arrangement: speeches/statements; then background materials alphabetical by file title.
Chiefly speeches by Sanford, statements by and about him, and background material relating to issues in the 1960 gubernatorial race. Background material consists chiefly of newspaper clippings, publications, notes, reports, statements and speeches by others, with some correspondence included (see Subseries 2.5 for more clippings). Key issues include agriculture, education, race relations, public health, and welfare. (See Subseries 6.1 and Series 7 for related films and audiotapes.)
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Subseries 2.4. Congratulatory Material, 1960 and
undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Telegrams, post cards, and letters of good wishes and congratulations to Sanford from friends, acquaintances, and supporters throughout North Carolina and the United States, with scattered responses by Sanford. Items convey congratulations to Sanford for his February 1960 announcement of his intention to run for governor and for his performance in the 13 June 1960 debate with I. Beverly Lake, as well as for his electoral victories in May and June. Also included are a few telegrams from the eve of the 8 November 1960 general election. (See Subseries 3.3.1 for other congratulatory material from the November election.)
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Subseries 2.5. Clippings, 1959-1960 and undated.
Arrangement: in two runs: roughly alphabetical by file title, then chronological.
Articles, editorials, and advertisements from dozens of North Carolina (and some Virginia and South Carolina) newspapers pertaining to the gubernatorial campaign of 1960. Topics include race relations, the presidential campaign, education, industrial development, campaign costs, taxation, North Carolina courts, roads, agriculture, women in politics, religion and politics, insurance, and other issues. Individuals important in the clippings include Terry Sanford, I. Beverly Lake, Malcolm Seawell, John Larkins, John Gavin, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and other persons. Note that original folder headings have, for the most part, been retained. (See Subseries 2.3 and 2.7 for other clippings from this period; see Subseries 6.1 and Series 7 for films and audiotapes related to the 1960 campaign.)
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Subseries 2.6. Democratic National Convention, 1960 and
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Responses to Sanford's seconding of John F. Kennedy's nomination as president of the United States and postcards urging Sanford to support Adlai Stevenson for president. Kennedy-related items include telegrams and a few letters expressing support or condemnation for Sanford's support of Kennedy's candidacy. Most of the anti-Kennedy items express opposition based on religious concerns.
| Folder 988-993 |
Democratic National Convention #03531, Subseries: "2.6. Democratic National Convention, 1960 and undated." Folder 988-993Folder 988Folder 989Folder 990Folder 991Folder 992Folder 993 |
| Folder 994 |
Draft Stevenson #03531, Subseries: "2.6. Democratic National Convention, 1960 and undated." Folder 994 |
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Subseries 2.7. Other Material, 1958-1960 and undated.
Annotated newspaper clippings, probably sent to Sanford by various individuals; form letters; Sanford luncheon responses; polling data; newspaper, radio, and television advertising material; campaign literature; and a campaign headquarters signature book.
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Series 3. Gubernatorial Materials, 1960-1965.
Material dating from Sanford's election as governor on 8 November 1960 through the end of his tenure as governor in January 1965.
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Subseries 3.1. Speeches, Press Releases, and Related Items, 1961-1965 and undated.
Arrangement: by type.
Sanford's inaugural address; speeches on atomic energy, education, mental retardation, the Wright brothers; press releases, chiefly about political appointments; and an article entitled "The Case for the New South," which appeared in Look magazine.
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Subseries 3.2. Political Appointments, 1961-1965 and
undated.
See also Subseries 3.3.
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Subseries 3.2.1. Agency, 1961-1965 and undated.
Arrangement: alphabetical by group name.
Chiefly correspondence and other items pertaining to appointments of individuals to various state boards and commissions--recommendations, approvals, appointment letters, and related materials. Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.