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[Identification of item], in the Boyd Cathey Papers #4629, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from Boyd Cathey of Raleigh, N.C., in September 1992 with subsequent additions.

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Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, June 2021

Conscious Editing updates by Wilson Library staff, January 2023: abstract; biographical note expanded.

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• Buchanan, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph), 1938-
• Cathey, Boyd.
• Conservatism--North Carolina.
• Conservatism--Southern States.
• Ervin, Sam J. (Sam James), 1896-1985.
• Funderburk, David B.
• Genovese, Eugene D., 1930-
• Helms, Jesse.
• Kirk, Russell.
• North Carolina--Politics and government--1951-
• Political campaigns--North Carolina.
• Political campaigns--United States.
• Robertson, Pat.
• Sanford, Terry, 1917-
• Southern States--Politics and government--1951-
• Stewart, Norman.
• Waters, Vincent S. (Vincent Stanislaus), 1904-1974.

Boyd Cathey of Raleigh, N.C., is a white conservative political activist who has written about the theological basis for the American Civil War, the impact of neo-conservativism on southern conservatism, in opposition to Martin Luther King Day and Juneteenth being recognized as federal holidays, in defense of Confederate monuments in public spaces, and other topics in southern history and heritage. He was a regular contributor to The Southern Partisan and later to the Abbeville Institute Press blog, both of which are associated with the neo-Confederate movement, and was on the editorial advisory committee of the Journal of Historical Review, a publication that has provided a platform for Holocaust denial. Cathey is also active in the Sons of Confederate Veterans and a regular contributor to their magazine, Southern Mercury.

Cathey earned a Ph.D. in European History from the Catholic University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, and an M.A. in Intellectual History from the University of Virginia.

The papers of political conservative and editor Boyd Cathey of Raleigh, N.C., contain materials relating to the political campaigns of several North Carolina and national conservative political candidates. Included are clippings, campaign literature, some correspondence, and other items from the campaigns of David B. Funderburk for United States Senate, 1985-1986; Pat Robertson for president, 1987-1988; Jesse Helms for United States Senate, 1988-1990; and Pat Buchanan for president, 1991-1992. Cathey was particularly active in the Robertson and Buchanan campaigns. There are also a few letters from Senator Sam Ervin Jr., Terry Sanford, historian Gene Genovese, writer Russell Kirk, film critic Norman Stewart, and Vincent S. Waters, Roman Catholic bishop of Raleigh. Materials in additions are similar to the materials in the original political deposit and relate to elections in 1992 and 1996.

• Audiocassettes (C-4629/1-2)