Terry Sanford papers, 1926-1996

Using These Materials Teaser

Using These Materials Links:

Using These Materials

Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. However, some of the additions to this collection are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use. Researchers must register and...
More about accessing and using these materials...

Summary

Creator:
Sanford, Terry
Extent:
228.6 Linear Feet
130,000 Items
Language:
English.
Collection ID:
RL.01134

Background

Scope and content:

The Terry Sanford Papers document Sanford's career as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1986 to 1992. The collection contains papers dated from 1926-1992, with the bulk of the material dated between 1986 and 1992. His senatorial campaigns, views on issues, interactions with constituents, and activities in committees of which he was a member are documented throughout the collection. Sanford served on the following U. S. Senate committees: Select Committee on Ethics (Chair); Special Committee on Aging; Budget; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, including the Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy and Subcommittee on Securities; and Foreign Relations, including Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair), Subcommittee on African Affairs, and Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs.

Senator Sanford's 1986 and 1992 campaigns are portrayed in the Press Files Series, particularly in the Videos Subseries and the Speeches Subseries. The Personal/Political Series contains Sanford's personal files from these campaigns. His views on the topics of education, health care, civil rights, foreign relations, and the environment are also documented in the Videos Subseries in interviews with Sanford and in campaign commercials; in the Speeches Subseries as well as in the Press Issues Subseries of the Press Files Series, and in the Voting Record Subseries of the Legislative Files Series.

Records of Sanford's activities on the committees on which he served (Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Foreign Relations; Budget; Select Committee on Ethics; Environment; and Appropriations) appear in the Legislative Files Series. His ideas and actions on the issues addressed by these committees are reflected in the General Correspondence Subseries of the Personal/Political Series.

Relationships with Sanford's constituents are documented in the Constituent Services Series. Both letters from constituents to Sanford and samples of standard form replies are included. Individual correspondence between Sanford and representatives of corporations and foundations are arranged alphabetically by the subject in the General Correspondence Subseries of the Personal/Political Series. The Videos Subseries of the Press Files Series includes lobbying material from industries.

Material in the Personal Journals Subseries of the Personal/Political Series is closed to patron use during Sanford's lifetime unless written approval from Sanford or his authorized representative has been acquired.

Several other area repositories hold collections pertaining to Senator Sanford's life and career. The Duke University Archives has records pertaining to Sanford's Presidency of Duke. Papers relating to his governorship are in the North Carolina Archives. His personal papers are among the holdings of the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina.

Addition (1998-0323) is chiefly comprised of correspondence and printed material related to Sanford's political career, involvement in community, and membership in various organizations. They include files regarding the 517th Infantry (chiefly newsletters), a Battle of the Bulge reunion (1990), Central American affairs, and "miscellaneous memberships". Computer diskettes of Sanford's Senate journal document his career in the US Senate. (1982-1991) (780 items) (1.5 linear feet)

Addition (1999-0353) includes photographs and negatives of Sanford produced in 1987 for a senatorial portrait. (1987) (60 items) (.05 linear feet)

Addition (2000-0408) comprises 51 volumes of Sanford's Senate journal that cover June 1987 to August 1991; partial copies of his Senate schedules and 17 related micro-audio cassette tapes from July 1991 to March 1992; and other miscellaneous material concerning his senatorial campaigns of 1986 and 1992 and service in the Senate. This material was acquired from Sanford by Howard Covington and Marion Ellis for their use in writing Terry Sanford: Politics, Progress, and Outrageous Ambitions (Durham: Duke University Press, 1999). (1985-1995) (218 items) (3 linear feet)

Addition (2007-0078) (10 linear ft., 5650 items, dated circa 1986-1996) features material related to Sanford's 1986 senatorial campaign and to his book Outlive Your Enemies (published 1996). Senatorial campaign records include correspondence, voter surveys, campaign files, clippings, event flyers and invitations, videocassettes, and audiocassettes and other materials. The Outlive Your Enemies content consists of research files related to aging.

Addition (2010-0059) (3.6 lin. ft.; dated 1940s-1990s) includes hundreds of photographs from the Sanford family. The majority of these date from the 1980s and 1990s, while there are some earlier black and white prints from the 1940s and 1950s. Most are not labeled. There are also 2 photograph albums of family vacations to Africa (1988) and Europe (1990s). This material requires processing before use.

Addition (2012-0001) (0.2 lin. ft.; 150 items; dated 19602-2000s and undated) includes loose photographs and personal correspondence dating 1960s-2000s. The majority of these date from the 1970s. There are also miscellaneous items including a 1987 Congressional Pictorial Directory. This material requires processing before use.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1917
Born in Laurinburg, NC
1939
A.B., University of North Carolina
1940-1941
Assistant Director, Institute of Government, University of North Carolina
1942
Married Margaret Rose Knight
1942-1945
Parachute Infantry, US Army
1946
J.D., University of North Carolina
1946-1948
Assistant Director, University of North Carolina Institute of Government
1948-1960
Private law practice in Fayetteville
1949-1950
President, North Carolina Young Democrats Club
1950-1953
Secretary-Treasurer, North Carolina Port Authority
1953-1954
North Carolina Senator
1956 and 1960
Delegate to National Democratic Convention
1961-1963
Chair, Southern Regional Educational Board
1961-1965
Governor of North Carolina
1964
Delegate, Democratic National Convention
1964-1967
Member, Carnegie Commission on Educational TV
1965-
Partner, Sanford, Cannon, Adams, and McCullough
1965-1968
Director, Study of American States, Duke
1966
Publication: But What About the People?
1967
Publication: Storm Over the States
1968
Delegate, Democratic National Convention
1968-1969
Co-chair, Citizens' Committee for Governmental Reorganization; Chairman of Board, National Council of Independent Colleges and Universities; President, Urban America, Inc.
1969-1985
President, Duke University
1986-1992
U.S. Senator

Sanford served on the following U. S. Senate committees: Select Committee on Ethics (Chair); Special Committee on Aging; Budget; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs including the Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy and Subcommittee on Securities; and Foreign Relations including Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair), Subcommittee on African Affairs, and Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs.

Acquisition information:

The senatorial papers of Terry Sanford were received by the Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a donation in 1992-2000.

Accessions described in this finding aid: 2000-0408, 2007-0078, 2010-0059

Processing information:

Processed by: John Gribble, Melissa Delbridge, Phoebe Evans, Ian Lekus, Melanie Schoffner, Sara Zdeb, Randy Bryant, Dylan Swift

Completed December 26, 1995

Additions processed at box level by: Don Sechler, Lisa Stark, and Mohammad Hutasuhut

Encoded by Stephen D. Miller and Ruth E. Bryan

Updated by Jill Katte, June 2007

Updated by Meghan Lyon, April 2010

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Contents

Using These Materials

Using These Materials Links:

Using These Materials

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

However, some of the additions to this collection are not immediately accessible, because they require further processing before use.

Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection.

All or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. The library may require up to 48 hours to retrieve these materials for research use.

Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.

Terms of access:

copyright interests in the papers of Terry Sanford have not been transferred to Duke University. For further information, see the section on copyright in the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Before you visit:
Please consult our up-to-date information for visitors page, as our services and guidelines periodically change.