Edwin M. Yoder Papers Inventory (#4963)

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

Collection Information

Descriptive Summary Including Abstract

Administrative Information

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; URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
Processed by: James M. Roth
Date Completed: April 2000
Encoded by: James M. Roth
Revisions:: Finding aid updated in September 2003 by Matthew Turi.

Descriptive Summary Including Abstract

Title: Edwin M. Yoder Papers (#4963)1945-1998

Creator: Yoder, Edwin M (Edwin Milton), 1934-

Extent: About 20,000 items (33.0 linear feet)

Repository: Southern Historical Collection

Abstract

Edwin M. Yoder, native North Carolinian, journalist, writer, and journalism professor. A 1956 graduate of the University of North Carolina, Yoder wrote editorials and columns for the Charlotte News, 1958-1961; the Greensboro Daily News, 1961-1964 and 1965-1975; the Washington Star, 1975-1981, where he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1979; and the Washington Post Writers Group syndicate, 1981-1996. He taught history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1964-1965, and, in 1991, became professor of journalism and humanities at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. The collection contains correspondence, columns, and other materials of Edwin Yoder. Professional correspondence consists of letters from readers, colleagues, and others. Personal correspondence is primarily of friends he made while a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. Correspondents include Eve Auchincloss, William F. Buckley, Jr., Virginius Dabney, Jonathan Daniels, John Ehle, Joel L. Fleishman, William Frankel, William C. Friday, Charles Kuralt, Tony Lewis, Willie Morris, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Sam Ragan, John Shelton Reed, James Reston, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Tom Wicker, George Will, Louis Round Wilson, and C. Vann Woodward. Writings include speeches, articles and essays, book manuscripts, book reviews, diaries, journals, columns, and editorials. Most are columns and editorials were written for the Washington Post Writers Group, 1982-1996. Topics include social conditions in the South, judicial power, and 20th-century journalism. There are also writings by others, including reviews of Yoder's books; notes and newspaper clippings in subject files; conference and professional association materials; items from Yoder's teaching career before Washington and Lee University; college materials; biographical and genealogical information; financial and other items relating to the Washington Post Writers Group; personal financial records; drawings by Yoder; photographs of Yoder and others; and videocassettes of television programs in which Yoder appeared.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access: Use of video materials may require production of viewing copies.

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

Provenance: Received from Edwin M. Yoder of Alexandria, Va., in 1998 (Acc. 98261 and 98271); addition received in November 2001 (Acc. 99123).

Processing Information: The Addition of November 2001 is arranged in the same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Edwin M. Yoder Papers #4963, Southern Historical Collection, 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 Terms

Auchincloss, Eve.

Authors, American--North Carolina.

Buckley, William F. (William Frank), 1925-

Charlotte news (Charlotte, N.C.)

Dabney, Virginius, 1901-

Daniels, Jonathan, 1902-

Ehle, John, 1925-

Fleishman, Joel L.

Frankel, William.

Friday, William C. (William Clyde)

Greensboro daily news (Greensboro, N.C.)

Journalism--United States--History--20th century.

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

Journalists--United States--History--20th century.

Judicial power--United States.

Kuralt, Charles, 1934-

Lewis, Tony, 1941-

Morris, Willie.

Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-

Powell, Lewis F., 1907-

Ragan, Sam, 1915-

Reed, John Shelton.

Reston, James, 1909-

Rhodes scholarships--United States--History.

Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, 1917-

Southern States--Social conditions.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Social life and customs.

Washington Post Writers Group.

Washington star.

Wicker, Tom.

Will, George.

Wilson, Louis Round, 1876-

Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann), 1908-

Yoder, Edwin M. (Edwin Milton), 1934-

Related Collection

Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007), Interview L-207
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Biographical Note

Edwin Milton Yoder was born 18 July 1934 to Edwin Moses and Mytrice M. (Logue) Yoder of Mebane, N.C. Yoder attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he edited the school newspaper, the Daily Tar Heel, and graduated with a B.A. in English in 1956. As a Rhodes Scholar, Yoder attended Jesus College, Oxford University, where he read philosophy, politics, and economics and received B.A. and M.A. degrees in 1958. That same year, he married Mary Jane Warwick of Tennessee. They had two children, Anne Daphne and Edwin Warwick Yoder. Throughout his career, Yoder remained active in the Rhodes Scholarship program, acting as class secretary and interviewing candidates.

Yoder began his newspaper career as an editorial writer for the Charlotte News in 1958. From 1961 to 1964, Yoder worked as an editorial writer for the Greensboro Daily News, then, taking a sabbatical from the newspaper, he began a one-year position as assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 1965, he returned to the Greensboro Daily News as associate editor, a position he held until 1975. Yoder accepted the position of editorial page editor of the troubled Washington Star in Washington, D.C., where he stayed until the newspaper's demise in 1981. He won several prizes for editorial writing including the Pulitzer Prize in 1979.

When the Washington Star folded, Yoder began writing an editorial column for the Washington Post Writers Group Syndicate for which he became nationally known. He continued to write the editorial column until 1997. During this time, Yoder wrote several books, including The Night of the Old South Ball, and Other Essays and Fables; The Unmaking of a Whig and Other Essays in Self-definition; Joe Alsop's Cold War: A Study of Journalistic Influence and Intrigue; and The Historical Present: Uses and Abuses of the Past.

He became professor of journalism and humanities at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., in 1991.

Collection Overview

Correspondence, columns, and other materials of Edwin Yoder, chiefly relating to Yoder's work as a journalist and teacher.

Professional correspondence consists of letters from readers and from national and local politicians. There are also inter-office memos and invitations to speak at conferences. Personal correspondence, which is mixed with the professional correspondence, primarily relates to lifelong friends made during Yoder's time as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. Correspondents include Eve Auchincloss, William F. Buckley, Jr., Virginius Dabney, Jonathan Daniels, John Ehle, Joel L. Fleishman, William Frankel, William C. Friday, Charles Kuralt, Tony Lewis, Willie Morris, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Sam Ragan, John Shelton Reed, James Reston, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Tom Wicker, George Will, Louis Round Wilson, and C. Vann Woodward.

Writings include speeches, articles and essays, book manuscripts, book reviews, diaries, journals, columns, and editorials. The bulk of the writings are columns and editorials written for the Washington Post Writers Group, 1982-1996. Topics include social conditions in the South, judicial power, and 20th-century journalism.

There are also writings by others, including reviews of Yoder's books; notes and newspaper clippings in subject files; programs, itineraries, and schedules relating to conferences attended by Yoder and professional associations to which he belonged; syllabi, textbook requisition forms, and memos from Yoder's teaching career; course work, quizzes and exams, notebooks, and papers written by Yoder at college; passports, newspaper clippings, press releases, transcripts, biographical sketches, photocopies of genealogical papers, and other biographical and genealogical information; agreements, budget information, and subscriptions from the Washington Post Writers Group and other personal financial records; awards, commencement programs, and funeral programs; drawings by Yoder; posters announcing Yoder's lectures; photographs of Yoder and friends; and videocassettes of television programs in which Yoder appeared.

Organization of Collection

1. Correspondence
1.1. Early Years, 1946-1958
1.2. Charlotte News, 1958-1960
1.3. Greensboro Daily News, 1961-1975
1.4. Washington Star, 1975-1981
1.5. Washington Post Writers Group, 1981-1996
1.6. 1997-1998
1.7. Undated
2. Writings and Related Materials
2.1. Articles and Essays
2.2. Books and Related Materials
2.3. Book Reviews
2.4. Columns and Editorials
2.5. Diaries and Journals
2.6. Speeches
3. Writings by Others
4. Professional Papers
4.1. Subject Files
4.2. Conferences and Professional Associations
4.3. Teaching
5. Other Materials
5.1. School Materials
5.2. Biographical and Genealogical Information
5.3. Financial Records
5.4. Miscellaneous
6. Pictures and Visual Materials
Addition of November 2001
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Items Separated

Photographs (P-4963), oversize drawings and posters (OP-4963), oversized drawing (OP-P-4963), oversize volumes (V-4963), and videotapes (VT-4963).

Series Descriptions

1. Correspondence, 1946-1997 and undated.

About 12,500 items.

Personal and professional correspondence, divided into seven subseries delineated by positions held. The bulk of the material relates to Yoder's career as an editor and editorial columnist. Correspondence from the year that Yoder took a sabbatical from newspapers and held a position as history professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro has not been separated out; it falls within the Greensboro Daily News series. Note check marks on letters means that Yoder responded.

1.1. Early Years, 1946-1958.

About 300 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Early personal correspondence relates to Yoder's high school and undergraduate years at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Later correspondence was directed to Yoder at Oxford, England. Included are several personal letters from Willie Morris and Ed Selig, two friends Yoder met while at Oxford; letters from Jane Warwick, Yoder's future wife; and a few letters from Charles Kuralt, one congratulating Yoder on his Rhodes Scholarship.

Folder 1

1946-1954

Folder 2

1955

Folder 3-5

1956

Folder 6-7

1957

Folder 8

1958 (see also Series 1.2)

1.2. Charlotte News, 1958-1960.

About 300 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Personal and professional correspondence relating to the Charlotte News, where Yoder was acting editorial page editor. Included are notes from local politicians; letters from former professors John Ehle and Walter Spearman, notes from William C. Friday, president of the University of North Carolina; inquiries about job opportunities at the New York Times and Washington Post; and correspondence with C. Vann Woodward. Personal correspondence includes letters from tutors at Oxford and from friends made while at Oxford, including Edward I. Selig, Willie Morris, Van Doorn Ooms, and Dick Baker, along with other Oxford alumni Reg Stanton, Vince Larson, Richard Sylvester, and Gary Christiansen.

Folder 9

1958 (see also Series 1.1)

Folder 10-12

1959

Folder 13-15

1960

1.3. Greensboro Daily News, 1961-1975 and undated.

About 4,500 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Personal and professional correspondence, with an emphasis on professional correspondence relating to the Greensboro Daily News, including letters from readers and work-related correspondence with Jonathan Daniels, editor of the News and Observer of Raleigh, N.C. Letters, 1964-1965, reflect Yoder's year-long tenure as assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The 1970 personal correspondence reflects Yoder's relinquishment of the office of secretary for the Rhodes Scholarship class of 1956. In the 1970s, topics include Vietnam, with editorial comments and reactions from readers; national politics and elections, especially Yoder's correspondence with Eve Auchincloss, an editor of Bookworld; and Richard Nixon and Watergate, with several interesting responses to editorials. In 1974, Yoder began a long correspondence with United States Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York. The series ends with news of Yoder's move to the Washington Star.

Also included is personal correspondence with Van Ooms, Willie Morris, and Dick Baker, as well as letters from William C. Friday, John Ehle, Louis R. Wilson, Sam Ragan, James Reston, and C. Vann Woodward. During this time, Yoder began corresponding with John Shelton Reed and Joel L. Fleishman.

Folder 16-19

1961

Folder 20-25

1962

Folder 26-31

1963

Folder 32-37

1964

Folder 38-40

1965

Folder 41-47

1966

Folder 48-54

1967

Folder 55-60

1968

Folder 61-67

1969

Folder 68-69

1960s undated

Folder 70-76

1970

Folder 77-83

1971

Folder 84-90

1972

Folder 91-100

1973

Folder 101-109

1974

Folder 110-111

1975

1.4. Washington Star, 1975-1981.

About 1,500 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Professional correspondence emphasizing national issues and the Washington Star, with some personal correspondence. Professional correspondence contains readers' responses to editorials; job inquiries and resumes sent to Yoder; invitations to speak at conferences; and letters from national politicians. Included are letters from Ambassador Gerard Smith on the SALT Treaty, senators Sam Nunn and Daniel P. Moynihan, Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, and other United States representatives and senators. Personal correspondents inlcude Tom Wicker of the New York Times, William C. Friday, John Shelton Reed, William F. Buckley, Jr., Joel L. Fleishman, Eve Auchincloss, and Willie Morris. There are several letters of congratulations to Yoder for winning the Pulitzer Prize in April 1979.

Items of note include a 1978 memo from Yoder to Murray Gart, editor-in-chief of the Washington Star, about editorial operations. Yoder mentions this memo in the rough draft of the Washington Star memoir in Series 2.4. Correspondence relating to the demise of the Washington Star appears throughout the summer of 1981. Letters is late 1981 include job offers from national, regional, and local newspapers. There is also one letter from Joe Alsop, about whom Yoder wrote a book.

Folder 112-114

1975

Folder 115

1976

Folder 116-117

1977

Folder 118

1978

Folder 119-126

1979

Folder 127-139

1980

Folder 140-146

1981

1.5. Washington Post Writers Group, 1981-1996 and undated.

About 5,000 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Professional correspondence emphasizing national issues that Yoder had written about in his column for the Washington Post Writers Group, with responses from readers to editorials and some personal correspondence. Correspondence in 1992 documents Yoder's teaching position at Washington and Lee University. Several letters in 1993 discuss the publication of Yoder's book on Joe Alsop, with comments from the three academic readers. Of note in the 1994 correspondence are a letter to JoAnne Prichard, executive editor, University of Mississippi Press and publisher of Yoder's book about flying on Airforce One and other materials relating to the flight ant to Bill Clinton. From 1994 to 1996, there are several letters that express Yoder's worry about falling interest in his column and his decision to stop writing the column to concentrate on his teaching at Washington and Lee.

Also included are letters from Joel L. Fleishman, Willie Morris, William F. Buckley, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., John S. Reed, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Daniel P. Moynihan, Anna Karavangelos (associate editor of the WPWG), James Reston. Tony Lewis, William Frankel, Tom Wicker, George F. Will, C. Vann Woodward, Virginius Dabney, and William C. Friday. There are also computer printouts of letters by Yoder, birthday cards, and letters from Ed Selig and other old friends--Dick Baker, James B. Meriwether, James Wagner, and William D. Snider.

Folder 147-150

1981

Folder 151-153

1982

Folder 154-157

1983

Folder 158-165

1984

Folder 166-177

1985

Folder 178-188

1986

Folder 189-200

1987

Folder 201-212

1988

Folder 213-222

1989

Folder 223

1980s undated

Folder 224-231

1990

Folder 232-238

1991

Folder 239-244

1992

Folder 245-252

1993

Folder 253-261

1994

Folder 262-271

1995

Folder 272-273

1996

Folder 274

1990s undated

1.6. 1997-1998.

About 300 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Correspondence relating to Yoder's teaching position at Washington and Lee University and personal correspondence, including Yoder's responses to pieces he read, material relating to the death of Charles Kuralt, and a letter to Bill Clinton thanking him for inviting the Yoder family to the White House for dinner and a movie. Also included is a short column about that evening.

Folder 275-279

1997

Folder 280

1998

1.7. Undated.

About 600 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Undated letters, mostly responses to editorials and some correspondence with friends.

Folder 281-282

Folder 283

Folder 284

Folder 285

Folder 286

E-F

Folder 287

Folder 288

Folder 289

I-J

Folder 290

Folder 291

Folder 292

M-N

Folder 293

O-P

Folder 294

Q-R

Folder 295-296

Folder 297

Folder 298

U-V

Folder 299

W-X

Folder 300

Y-Z

Folder 301

Miscellaneous

2. Writings and Related Materials, 1950-1997 and undated.

About 3,000 items.

2.1. Articles and Essays, 1960-1990 and undated.

About 200 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Articles and essays by Yoder, some of which were used as columns. Some materials may have been used as speeches. However, if there was no information identifying an item as a speech, it was placed in either the folder marked "Addresses" or filed alphabetically (see also speeches in Series 2.6). Larger works were are listed by title.

Folder 302

Addresses

Folder 303

Folder 304

"A Capital Life, " National Review, 25 May 1992

Folder 305

Cash essay (translated into French), 1986

Folder 306

"Civis Britannicus"

Folder 307

Cyclist

Folder 308

D-F

Folder 309

I-J

Folder 310

M-N

Folder 311

"The Order of the Golden Fleece"

Folder 312

Folder 313

Folder 314

Folder 315

T-V

Folder 316

No title, no date

Folder 317-318

Fragments

2.2. Books and Related Materials, 1983-1997.

About 800 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Drafts of books by Yoder. The drafts are not complete nor are there drafts of all the books. In some cases, there are photocopied material and notes that Yoder collected while writing particular books. Much of this material relates to Joe Alsop, Washington journalist during the early to mid 20th century.

Folder 319

"Night of the Old South Ball"

Folder 320

The Unmaking of a Whig

Folder 321-325

Black vs. Jackson

Folder 326-356

Joe Alsop

Folder 357

The Historical Present: Uses and Abuses of the Past

Folder 358 -360

Washington Star memoir

2.3. Book Reviews, 1958-1997.

About 200 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Book reviews by Yoder, most in manuscript form with revisions. These are filed in alphabetical order, followed by notes and printed copies of reviews.

Folder 361

Folder 362

Folder 363

Folder 364

Folder 365

Folder 366

Folder 367

G-H

Folder 368

Folder 369

Folder 370

Folder 371

Folder 372

Folder 373

Folder 374

Folder 375

Folder 376

Folder 377

Folder 378

Folder 379

Folder 380

Folder 381

Folder 382

Notes on book reviews

Folder 383

Published review copies

Folder 384

Newspaper clippings of reviews

2.4. Columns and Editorials, 1950-1996 and undated.

About 1,500 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Columns and editorials written by Yoder throughout his career. The materials are arranged chronologically and follow the same groupings as in Series 1. Early materials consist mostly of newspaper clippings of articles from school writings, the Daily Tar Heel, the Charlotte News, and the Greensboro Daily News. Most columns are those that Yoder wrote for the Washington Post Writers Group, 1982-1996. WPWG columns are drafts that were sent to the syndicate for publication. A few photocopies and clippings supplement this chronology. Note that there are no complete runs of columns.

Folder 385

The Mebane Journal

Folder 386

Mebane high school articles

Folder 387

Mebane Enterprise: "Slants" column

Folder 388

Daily Tar Heel

Folder 389

Oxford publications

Folder 390-391

Charlotte News

Folder 392-394

Greensboro Daily News

Folder 395-400

The Washington Star: "Perspectives" column

Folder 401

1981 columns

Folder 402-469

Washington Post Writers Group column

Folder 470-471

Newspaper clippings

Folder 472

Photocopies

Folder 473

Handwritten drafts of columns

2.5. Diaries and Journals, 1949-1990s and undated.

About 50 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Arrangement: chronological.

Working notebooks with a few diary/journals. Many of the notebooks contain first drafts of letters, book reviews, and editorial columns. The computer printout diary entries for 1984-1986 contain some materials that Yoder later used in columns.

Folder 474

Summer journal, 1949

Folder 475

1960s

Folder 476

1968

Folder 477

1968-1973

Folder 478

1974

Folder 479

1975

Folder 480

1978-1980

Folder 481

1980s

Folder 482

England journal, June 1983

Folder 483

Diary entries, 1984-1986

Folder 484

1990s

Folder 485

Notebooks, undated

2.6. Speeches, 1961-1997.

About 250 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Arrangement: chronological.

Speeches delivered by Yoder on a variety of topics, including the role of the press, the Constitution, and free speech. See also articles and essays in Series 2.1.

Folder 486

1961-1970

Folder 487

1973, 1975, 1976

Folder 488

1979-1982

Folder 489

1983-1984

Folder 490

1985-1986

Folder 491

1987

Folder 492

1988

Folder 493

1989

Folder 494

1990

Folder 495

1991

Folder 496

1992

Folder 497

1993

Folder 498

1994-1995

Folder 499

1996

Folder 500

1997

3. Writings by Others, 1958-1997 and undated.

About 200 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Arrangement: by subject.

Reviews of Yoder's books by various people, with several issues of the American Oxonian containing information about Yoder. Included are a few reviews by Jane Yoder.

Folder 501

Reviews of Yoder's books

Folder 502

Reviews by Jane Yoder

Folder 503-506

Various authors' essays

Folder 507

Various authors' published editorials

Folder 508-509

The American Oxonian, 1958-1987

Folder 510

Miscellaneous

4. Professional Papers, 1958-1995 and undated.

About 500 items.

4.1. Subject Files, 1958-1995 and undated.

About 100 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Early subject files of materials and newspaper clippings that Yoder apparently intended to use for editorials. Several of the clippings are from the late 1950s and early1960s; many are from the Charlotte News and Greensboro Daily News. Note that Yoder's original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Folder 511

American history

Folder 512

CIA

Folder 513

Chantilly

Folder 514

Childs-Alsop columns

Folder 515

Communists: Junius Scales case

Folder 516

Congress

Folder 517

Court cases and government documents

Folder 518

Economics

Folder 519

Education

Folder 520

France

Folder 521

Government Commission on Education

Folder 522

House Committee on Un-American Activities

Folder 523

Judge Robert Bork decision, 1987

Folder 524

Labor: Jimmy Hoffa

Folder 525

Literary

Folder 526

Loyalty oaths: Civil rights

Folder 527

Light-hearted

Folder 528

Manassas, Va.

Folder 529

Nature

Folder 530

Politics

Folder 531

Psychological warfare

Folder 532

Rhodes Scholar

Folder 533

Russia

Folder 534

Segregation

Folder 535

South

Folder 536

Supreme Court

Folder 537

University of North Carolina

Folder 538

Washington

Folder 539

Unidentified notes

4.2. Conferences and Professional Associations, 1968-1991 and undated.

About 300 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Materials relating to conferences attended by Yoder and to professional associations to which Yoder belonged. Conference materials consist of correspondence, schedules of events, and other materials.

Folder 540-546

American Press Institute Seminars, 1968-1985

Folder 547

"Democracy and Constitution-Making in Central and Eastern Europe," Hungary, 1990

Folder 548

Episcopalian Theological Conference, 1991

Folder 549

Fulbright pamphlets, 1993

Folder 550

Fund for Investigative Journalism

Folder 551-555

Rhodes Scholar material

Folder 556

Society for the Preservation of the Book of Common Prayer

Folder 557

Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, 1985

Folder 558

Wilton Park Conference, England, 1974

Folder 559-560

Various conferences

Folder 561

Various programs containing Yoder's name

Folder 562-564

Programs and catalogs

4.3. Teaching, 1961-1989.

About 100 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Files relating to Yoder's time as a professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Georgetown University. Included are syllabi, textbook requisition forms, bibliographies, and graduation ceremony programs.

Folder 565

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1961, 1964-1965

Folder 566

Georgetown, 1984-1985, 1988-1989

5. Other Materials, 1946-1995 and undated.

About 2,400 items.

5.1. School Materials, 1952-1958.

About 2,000 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Class course work, quizzes and exams, notebooks, and papers written by Yoder while at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and at Jesus College, Oxford University, England.

Folder 567-602

Courses

Folder 603-606

Notebooks

Folder 607-611

Class notes

Folder 612

Graded tests from unidentified classes

Folder 613-649

Essays and papers

Folder 650-651

Paper fragments

5.2. Biographical and Genealogical Information, 1952-1994.

About 100 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Arrangement: by subject.

Biographical information regarding Yoder and genealogical information about his ancestors. Materials include passports, newspaper clippings, press releases, transcripts, biographical sketches, and photocopies of genealogical papers.

Folder 652-653

Biographical information

Folder 654

Newspaper clippings about Yoder at the University of North Carolina

Folder 655

Media coverage and biographical news clippings

Folder 656

Bruce family genealogy

Folder 657-658

Bruce and Logue family genealogies

5.3. Financial Records, 1961-1995.

About 200 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Personal financial records regarding Yoder's house and investments, with some financial material of the Washington Post Writers Group, including agreements, budget information, and subscriptions.

Folder 659-660

Financial papers

Folder 661

House repairs

Folder 662-663

Washington Post Writers Group

5.4. Miscellaneous, 1946-1993.

About 100 items.

Processing note: See also Addition of November 2001.

Awards given to Yoder, commencement programs and funeral programs attended by Yoder, and other items.

Folder 664

Awards

Folder 665

Commencement and symposium programs, 1956

Folder 666

Frank P. Graham ceremony, 1990

Folder 667

Funerals

Folder 668

Other materials

6. Pictures and Visual Materials, 1952-1995 and undated.

About 50 items.

Drawings by Yoder, photographs, posters, and videocassettes. The videocassettes are a William C. Friday interview with Yoder, and a discussion led by Ben Wattenberg regarding the memory of George Washington that Yoder participated in, along with Daniel Boorstin and Stanley Elkins. The posters announce lectures given by Yoder. The drawings were made in high school by Yoder and several were published in the local newspapers, the Mebane Journal and the Mebane Enterprise.

Photographs include individual images of Yoder, photographs of Yoder in groups, family and friends, and photographs of drawings by Bill Greer from the book The Poems of Doctor Zhivago. There are eight photographs of Yoder, ca. 1956-1981. Photographs of Yoder with others include one from of Yoder with three unidentified men playing tennis attached to a letter from William Lilley, III, vice president at CBS, thanking Yoder for participating in a tennis tournament. Family and friend photographs include one of Cleanth Brooks, Allen Tate, and Francis Fergusson that was taken by Gale Link at Allen Tate's home.

VT-4963/1. "North Carolina People with William C. Friday", 1995

VT-4963/2. "Think Tank: George Washington, Is He Still the Indispensable Man?"

Folder 669

Drawings by Yoder, 1950s

Folder OP-4963/1

Drawings by Yoder, 1950s and posters

Folder P-4963/1

Photographs of Yoder, 1956-1981

Folder P-4963/2

Photographs of Yoder with others, 1952-1981

Folder P-4963/3

Photographs of family and friends, 1959-1981

Folder P-4963/4

Photographs of drawings by Bill Greer

Addition

Addition of November 2001 (Acc. 99123).

About 1200 items (7.0 linear feet)

Processing note: The Addition of November 2001 is arranged in the same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials.

Chiefly correspondence; written works, such as columns, editorials, and books; and other materials of Edwin Yoder.

1. Correspondence, 1930s-1999.

About 1000 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Personal and professional correspondence is divided into subseries that correspond to the professional positions that were held by Yoder.

1.1. Early Years, 1930s-1958.

About 70 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Childhood family letters, personal and institutional correspondence related to Yoder's education at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and at Jesus College, Oxford. Included are letters of congratulation on his Rhodes Scholarship as well as personal letters from friends, including Charles Kuralt and Edward I. Selig. Family correspondence in 1958 addresses Yoder's status with the local draft board and his military service options.

Folder 670

1930s-1940s

Folder 671

1953-1957

Folder 672-673

1958

1.2. Charlotte News, 1958-1960.

About 40 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Personal and professional correspondence related to the Charlotte News, where Yoder worked as acting editorial page editor; correspondence with Crane Brinton at Harvard University about the junior fellows program of the Society of Fellows; and letters Yoder received from his wife Jane during his service with the North Carolina Air National Guard at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex.

Folder 674

1959

Folder 675

1950s, undated

1.3. Greensboro Daily News, 1961-1977.

About 40 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Primarily personal and professional correspondence related to the Greensboro Daily News, where Yoder worked as editorial writer. Also included are letters from various Greensboro citizens, including L. Richardson Preyer welcoming the Yoders to town.

Folder 676

1960-1965

Folder 677

1966-1977

1.4. Washington Star, 1977-1981.

About 140 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Professional correspondence relating to Yoder's work at the Washington Star as editorial page editor. Professional correspondence includes readers' reactions to editorials; submissions of material for review; invitations to speak at conferences; and letters from politicans, academics, and other involved in forming public policy.

Folder 678

1980

Folder 679-684

1981

1.5. Washington Post Writers Group, 1981-1996.

About 600 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Professional correspondence related to issues that Yoder covered in his syndicated column for the Washington Post Writers Group. Professional correspondence includes readers' reactions to editorials, submissions of material for review, invitations to speak at conferences, and letters from politicans, academics, and other involved in forming public policy.

Folder 685-686

1982

Folder 687-688

1983

Folder 689

1984

Folder 690-691

1985

Folder 692

1986

Folder 693-694

1987

Folder 695-698

1988

Folder 699-701

1989

Folder 702-706

1990

Folder 707-710

1991

Folder 711-712

1992

Folder 713

1993-1995

Folder 714-715

1980s-1990s, undated

1.6. 1996-1999.

About 50 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence relating to Yoder's faculty position at Washington and Lee University as well as professional correpondence relating to occasional book reviews, speaking engagments, and his editorial work with the Working Group on Disability in U.S. Presidents. There is also correspondence related to the obituary he wrote for his friend Willie Morris.

Folder 716

1996-1999

2. Writings and Related Materials, 1950-1997.

About 250 items.

Arrangement: by type.

Articles, drafts of editorials, essays, books, and columns, a brief diary, reporters notebooks, and speeches written by Yoder.

2.1. Articles and Essays, 1960s-1980s.

About 50 items.

Arrangement: by type.

Articles, essays, and unidentified draft notes by Yoder.

Folder 717

C-T, 1960s-1980s

Folder 718

Unidentified notes

2.2. Books and Related Materials, 1980s-1990s.

About 10 items.

Arrangement: by type.

Drafts of books written by Yoder.

Folder 719-722

The Unmaking of a Whig and Other Essays in Self-Definition

Folder 723-725

Joe Alsop's Cold War: A Study of Journalistic Influence and Intrigue

Folder 726

Washington Star memoir

2.3. Book Reviews, 1980s-1990s.

About 30 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by title of the work reviewed.

Drafts of book reviews by Yoder.

Folder 727

A-L

Folder 728

M-T

2.4. Columns and Editorials, 1958-1990s.

About 200 items.

Arrangement: by publisher.

Columns and editorials written by Yoder. Most of this material was written for the Washington Post Writers Group, 1982-1996, and consists of drafts that were forwarded to the syndicate for publishing. The drafts are undated. Note that there are no complete runs of columns.

Folder 729

Charlotte News

Folder 730-736

Washington Post Writers Group

2.5. Diaries and Journals, 1962-1990s.

6 items.

Arrangement: by type.

A brief diary and several undated reporter's notebooks.

Folder 737

Diary, November-December 1962

Folder 738-742

Notebooks

2.6. Speeches, 1982-1997.

About 30 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Speeches delivered by Yoder.

Folder 743

1982-1996

Folder 744

1997

Folder 745

Undated

3. Writings by Others, 1980s-1990s.

About 40 items.

Arrangement: by type.

Reviews of Yoder's books and a collection of editorials and columns written by other journalists.

Folder 746

Reviews of Yoder's books

Folder 747

Various authors' published editorials

4. Professional Papers, 1960s-1990s.

About 600 items.

Arrangement: by type.

Research and background materials for columns and editorials; programs and schedules from conferences and professional associations; and teaching materials such as notes, syllabi, and evaluations from students.

4.1. Subject Files, 1960s-1990s.

About 350 items.

Arrangement: alphabetically by subject.

Research materials, including articles, essays, editorials, government reports, and case law that were collected by Yoder. Note that these materials were not grouped together and labeled by Yoder.

Folder 748

American History

Folder 749

Bork, Robert

Folder 750

Cash, W. J.

Folder 751

Clark, Ramsey

Folder 752

Constitutions

Folder 753

Courts

Folder 754

Domestic Policy

Folder 755

Economics

Folder 756

Education

Folder 757

Electoral Politics

Folder 758

Flag Protection Act, 1989

Folder 759

Espy, Mike

Folder 760

France

Folder 761

Gray, Bobby W.

Folder 762

Haley, Alex

Folder 763

Helms, Jesse

Folder 764

Hitachi: "Washington Quarterly"

Folder 765

Independent Counsel Law