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Correspondence, memoranda, clippings, film, speeches, statements, drafts, press releases, and printed matter documenting Terry Sanford's campaigns for the Democratic nomination for President in 1976. Records contain files documenting the campaign in individual states, including detailed county-bycounty files for North Carolina, and within these files are updates on the campaign, letters of support, suggestions by constituents, and newspaper clippings. Other records of note include his May 1975 announcement to begin the campaign and his withdrawal in January 1976, as well as files related to Citizen Assmelbies, grass-roots support organizations for Sanford's campaign.

Duke University sponsored a grant from the Carnegie Corporation and the Ford Foundation for a study of the future role of state governments in society and in the federal system (1965-1967). Terry Sanford directed this project. Out of his research came his book, Storm over the States (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967), which concerns the individual citizen's active involvement in government.

Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, printed matter and other material concerning the Legislative Library Project of Legis 50 / The Center for Legislative Improvement.

Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, drafts, proposals, printed matter, questionnaires, financial material, films, audiocassettes, and audiotapes concerning the Democratic Charter Commission, which Terry Sanford chaired. The Commission was established by the 1972 Democratic Convention to draft a charter for the Democratic Party, the first in the party's history. The Charter established national structures and guidelines for the party on issues such as leadership, membership, and education. It was approved during the midterm convention of December 1974 and went into effect in 1980.