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Size | 73.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 44,500 items) |
Abstract | John McNeill Smith Jr. (1918-2011), a white attorney, state legislator, and teacher, practiced law in Greensboro, N.C. He was attorney for University of North Carolina students in the Speaker Ban case in 1963; co-counsel, 1958-1962, for Junius Irving Scales, a Communist Party member charged with advocating violent overthrow of the government; and negotiator during the 1960 lunch counter sit-in in Greensboro. Smith served as state representative and then senator, 1971-1978. After an unsuccessful campaign for the United States Senate in 1978, he continued to practice law and taught constitutional law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The papers, 1937-1999, of McNeill Smith document his career as a lawyer and as a North Carolina state legislator. Political papers, which make up the bulk of the collection, include materials relating to Smith's tenure in the North Carolina legislature, political campaigns, and other political activities. Many of these items relate to environmental legislation, education, and tax reform. Law firm materials include papers relating to Smith's activities in civil rights, the 1963 Speaker Ban Law case, and academic freedom and freedom of speech in general, but there are only a small number of items about his defense of Junius Irving Scales. There are also materials relating to Smith's participation in professional organizations, including the American Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, and the North Carolina Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and in civic and religious organizations, especially the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce and the Methodist Church. Also included are writings; items relating to his helping Estonia in its legal preparations for self-governance after the break-up of the Soviet Union; World War II materials relating to Smith's service in the United States Navy as a bomb disposal officer; papers from Robeson County, N.C., schools and the University of North Carolina documenting school life and alumni activities; and personal papers, including family correspondence and financial materials. |
Creator | Smith, McNeill. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English. |
Processed by: James M. Roth, June 2001
Encoded by: James M. Roth, June 2001
Revisions by: Nancy Kaiser, Gillian McCuistion, and Biff Hollingsworth, November 2019
Finding aid updated for digitization by Kathryn Michaelis, July 2010
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John McNeill Smith Jr., a white attorney, state legislator, and teacher, was born in Rowland, Robeson County, N.C., on 9 April 1918. Smith was graduated from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1938 and received his law degree from Columbia University in 1941. After World War II service in the Navy as a bomb disposal officer in North Africa, the Middle East, China, Burma, and India, Smith returned to North Carolina to practice law in Greensboro with Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell, and Hunter, a firm that became one of the largest in the state.
Smith became known as an advocate of human rights and equal justice, frequently taking cases that other lawyers refused. In 1963, he was the attorney for University of North Carolina students in the Speaker Ban case. From 1958 to 1962, Smith was co-counsel for Junius Irving Scales, a Communist Party member who was charged with advocating the violent overthrow of the United States government. In 1960, Smith was the negotiator between black and white leaders during the lunch counter sit-in in Greensboro. He continued acting as a negotiator in the desegregation of hotels, motels, and sit-down restaurants.
In 1970, Smith was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives, and, in 1972, to the North Carolina Senate. From 1971 to 1978, he developed a reputation as a liberal lawmaker, supporting such issues as tax reform, education, energy, consumer issues, creation of a state Department of Transportation, tougher laws against drunk drivers, and consolidation of the University of North Carolina system. In 1978, Smith unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate, losing in the Democratic primary. Smith built his campaign around defeating incumbent Jesse Helms. After his defeat, Smith returned to civil litigation and also taught constitutional law at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In 1989-1990, Smith was ranked as one of the nation's most influential lawyers by the National Law Journal for his work in establishing the North Carolina Civil Liberties Union. From 1992 to 1993, Smith traveled to Estonia to help the Soviet republic in its legal preparations to become self governing.
Back to TopThe papers, 1937-1999, of McNeill Smith, a white North Carolinian originally from Rowland, Robeson County, N.C., document his career as a lawyer and as a North Carolina state legislator. Political papers, which make up the bulk of the collection, include materials relating to Smith's tenure during the 1970s in the North Carolina House of Representatives and North Carolina Senate, political campaigns, and other political activities. Many of these items relate to environmental legislation, education, and tax reform. Law firm materials include papers relating to Smith's activities in civil rights, the 1963 Speaker Ban Law case at the University of North Carolina, and academic freedom and freedom of speech in general, but there are only a small number of items about his defense of Communist Party member Junius Irving Scales, 1958-1962. There are also materials relating to Smith's participation in professional organizations, including the American Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, and the North Carolina Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and in civic and religious organizations, especially the Greensboro, N.C., Chamber of Commerce and the Methodist Church. Also included are writings; items relating to his helping Estonia in its legal preparations for self-governance after the break-up of the Soviet Union; World War II materials relating to Smith's service in the United States Navy as a bomb disposal officer; papers from school and alumni activities; and personal papers.
The Addition of June 2017 consists of primary and secondary school materials, including publications from schools in Rowland, Robeson County, N.C.; college materials, including letters home from Chapel Hill to parents and friends; political campaign materials; printed materials, including legal filings of McNeill Smith with the U.S. Supreme Court; and personal and Smith family financial materials.
Back to TopMaterials relating to McNeill Smith's tenure as a North Carolina legislator make up the bulk of the collection. They include papers from Smith's time as a representative and as a senator in the North Carolina General Assembly. Other items include campaign material from his state campaigns and from his unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination for United States Senate in 1978 on a platform of opposition to Jesse Helms. Also included are papers relating to Smith's attempt at nomination to the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals judgeship, which Jesse Helms opposed. There are also materials relating to issues with which Smith was associated during his tenure in the North Carolina legislature, including education, energy, environmental issues, and tax reform.
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Correspondence, subject files, and sound recordings relating to McNeill Smith tenure as North Carolina representative and senator. Subject files contain correspondence, notes, and other items. Researchers should be sure to check general files for materials related to specific subjects of interest.
Correspondence, research materials, speeches, and other items relating to McNeill Smith's political campaigns for the North Carolina General Assembly as both delegate and state sentor, for state attorney general, and for the United States Senate in 1978. Also included is material relating to Smith's nomination for the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals judgeship. For additional campaign speeches, see Series 4.
Materials relating to McNeill Smith's political activities apart from his tenure in the North Carolina General Assembly. Files contain correspondence, notes, research material, speeches, and other items. Of note are papers relating to the Committee on Constitutional Integrity, of which Smith was a member.
Folder 484 |
Bicycles, 1984-1986 |
Folder 485 |
Bicycle laws, 1990-1999 |
Folder 486-487
Folder 486Folder 487 |
Bills, 1989-1991 |
Folder 488 |
Bond counsel, 1982, 1984 |
Folder 489 |
Campaigns of others: Gantt, Harvey, 1990 |
Folder 490 |
Campaigns of others: Graham, Frank Porter, 1949-1950 |
Folder 491 |
Campaigns of others: Sanford, Terry, 1968 |
Folder 492 |
Campaigns of others: Miscellaneous, 1983-1995 |
Folder 493-494
Folder 493Folder 494 |
Committee on Constitutional Integrity, 1982-1989 |
Folder 495-499
Folder 495Folder 496Folder 497Folder 498Folder 499 |
Committee on Constitutional Integrity: Bills, 1989-1996 |
Folder 500 |
Political correspondence, 1980-1981 |
Folder 501 |
Elections, 1992-1998 |
Folder 502 |
Product liability, 1979-1980 |
Folder 503 |
Term limits, 1981-1982 |
Folder 504 |
Miscellaneous political activities |
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
General correspondence, papers relating to court cases, sound recordings from the Junius Irving Scales trial, and general files from McNeill Smith's law firms. See also Series 6.3.
Folder 505 |
General correspondence, 1941-1944 |
Folder 506 |
Correspondence, 1945-1949 |
Folder 507 |
Correspondence, 1950 |
Folder 508 |
Correspondence, 1951 |
Folder 509 |
Correspondence, 1952-1954 |
Folder 510 |
General correspondence, 1955 |
Folder 511 |
General correspondence, 1956 |
Folder 512 |
General correspondence, 1957 |
Folder 513 |
General correspondence, 1958 |
Folder 514 |
General correspondence, 1959 |
Folder 515 |
General correspondence, 1960 |
Folder 516 |
General correspondence, 1961 |
Folder 517 |
General correspondence, 1962-1965 |
Folder 518 |
General correspondence, 1966-1969 |
Folder 519-546
Folder 519Folder 520Folder 521Folder 522Folder 523Folder 524Folder 525Folder 526Folder 527Folder 528Folder 529Folder 530Folder 531Folder 532Folder 533Folder 534Folder 535Folder 536Folder 537Folder 538Folder 539Folder 540Folder 541Folder 542Folder 543Folder 544Folder 545Folder 546 |
Correspondence, 1970-1999 |
Folder 547 |
Correspondence: Exum, Jim, 1961-1962 |
Folder 548-551
Folder 548Folder 549Folder 550Folder 551 |
Correspondence: Recruiting, 1977-1992 |
Folder 552 |
Agreement to dissolve and liquidate partnership, 1996 |
Folder 553 |
"The Bull" newsletter, 1941-1950 |
Folder 554 |
Business property listings |
Folder 555-556
Folder 555Folder 556 |
Calendars, 1976-1989 |
Folder 557-558
Folder 557Folder 558 |
Pocket calendar and day planner, 1974-1997 |
Folder 559-572
Folder 559Folder 560Folder 561Folder 562Folder 563Folder 564Folder 565Folder 566Folder 567Folder 568Folder 569Folder 570Folder 571Folder 572 |
Taxes, 1976-1997 |
Folder 573 |
Teaching: Insurance law, 1954 |
Folder 574-587
Folder 574Folder 575Folder 576Folder 577Folder 578Folder 579Folder 580Folder 581Folder 582Folder 583Folder 584Folder 585Folder 586Folder 587 |
Burlington Industries v. Milliken & Company |
Folder 588 |
Commercial Union, 1983 |
Folder 589 |
Continental Life Insurance Company, 1949-1954 |
Folder 590-591
Folder 590Folder 591 |
Dixie Furniture Company, 1969-1971 |
Folder 592-595
Folder 592Folder 593Folder 594Folder 595 |
Farmer's Hardware, Inc., 1947-1954 |
Folder 596 |
Government Center |
Folder 597 |
Morpul motor case |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-4990/1 |
Morpul motor case |
Folder 598 |
North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants, 1993-1994 |
Folder 599-601
Folder 599Folder 600Folder 601 |
Ruffin v. Cook Chemical Company |
Folder 602-604
Folder 602Folder 603Folder 604 |
Scales, Junius Irving, 1959-1988 (see also VT-4990/2) |
Folder 605 |
Smith v. Bostic, 1951 |
Folder 606 |
Stafford Holding Company, 1992-1993 |
Folder 607-609
Folder 607Folder 608Folder 609 |
Tanglewood Civil Rights Case (Gray, James A.) |
Folder 610 |
Troy-Bumpass House |
Folder 611 |
Utica Mutual Insurance Company, 1949-1956 |
Materials relating to McNeill Smith's activities as attorney for the students in the Speaker Ban case at the University of North Carolina in the 1960s that centered on the North Carolina state legislature's ban on Communist Party-affiliated speakers on state school campuses.
Folder 612-632
Folder 612Folder 613Folder 614Folder 615Folder 616Folder 617Folder 618Folder 619Folder 620Folder 621Folder 622Folder 623Folder 624Folder 625Folder 626Folder 627Folder 628Folder 629Folder 630Folder 631Folder 632 |
Correspondence, 1966-1999 |
Folder 633 |
Affidavits |
Folder 634 |
Arguments |
Folder 635 |
Court records |
Folder 636 |
Decisions |
Folder 637 |
Deposition notes and notebooks |
Folder 638 |
Documents |
Folder 639 |
Expenses |
Folder 640 |
Documents |
Folder 641-642
Folder 641Folder 642 |
"Facts" |
Folder 643-648
Folder 643Folder 644Folder 645Folder 646Folder 647Folder 648 |
Hearings |
Folder 649 |
Incidental records |
Folder 650 |
Materials for records |
Folder 651 |
Memorandums |
Folder 652 |
Notes |
Folder 653 |
Old drafts |
Folder 654-655
Folder 654Folder 655 |
Pleadings |
Folder 656-657
Folder 656Folder 657 |
Speaker laws; speeches |
Folder 658 |
Transcribed telephone conversations |
Folder 659 |
University of North Carolina report |
Material related to the North Carolina Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. McNeill Smith was chair of the committee. Materials include correspondence, notes, research materials, and other items that are arranged by the topics discussed by the committee: administration of justice, education, employment, housing, medical care, and voting. There are also files containing information about other committees, requests for and corrections to the committee's report, galley proofs, and general correspondence.
Note that original folder titles have been, for the most part, retained.
Materials relating to McNeill Smith's participation in American Bar Association (ABA) activities, especially the Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI), a public service project of the ABA designed to advance the rule of law in the world by supporting law reform processes in Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union. Through various programs, CEELI made available United States legal expertise and assistance to emerging democracies that were in the process of modifying or restructuring their laws or legal systems. Included are about twenty audiocassettes relating to Smith's work in Estonia (see also VT-4990/13).
Folder 710-713
Folder 710Folder 711Folder 712Folder 713 |
Correspondence, 1945-1997 |
Folder 714-727
Folder 714Folder 715Folder 716Folder 717Folder 718Folder 719Folder 720Folder 721Folder 722Folder 723Folder 724Folder 725Folder 726Folder 727 |
CEELI: Correspondence, 1991-1997 |
Folder 728 |
CEELI: Letters |
Folder 729 |
CEELI: Material |
Folder 730-731
Folder 730Folder 731 |
CEELI: Speeches |
Folder 732-736
Folder 732Folder 733Folder 734Folder 735Folder 736 |
CEELI: Drafts of laws |
Folder 737 |
CEELI: Memorandum of understanding |
Folder 738 |
CEELI: Official Estonian paperwork |
Folder 739 |
CEELI: Bulletins |
Folder 740 |
CEELI: North Carolina Bar Association bulletins |
Folder 741-742
Folder 741Folder 742 |
CEELI: News articles |
Folder 743 |
CEELI: Travel materials and brochures |
Folder 744-745
Folder 744Folder 745 |
Commission on Mental Disability, 1979 |
Folder 746-754
Folder 746Folder 747Folder 748Folder 749Folder 750Folder 751Folder 752Folder 753Folder 754 |
Commission on Mental Disability, 1980-1982 |
Folder 755 |
Diversity Committee, 1995-1996 |
Folder 756 |
Legal Services Corporation, 1980-1981 |
Folder 757-763
Folder 757Folder 758Folder 759Folder 760Folder 761Folder 762Folder 763 |
Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1969-1973 |
Folder 764-765
Folder 764Folder 765 |
Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1974-1996 |
Folder 766 |
Section of International Law and Practice, 1994 |
Folder 767-768
Folder 767Folder 768 |
Standing Committee on World Order Under Law, 1997-1998 |
Folder 769 |
Senior Lawyers Division, 1994-1998 |
Folder 770-774
Folder 770Folder 771Folder 772Folder 773Folder 774 |
Thurgood Marshall Award, 1994-1996 |
Folder 775 |
Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, 1995-1997 |
Folder 776 |
Young Lawyers Division, 1947-1954 |
Materials relating to McNeill Smith's participation in the North Carolina Bar Association, especially its Committee on Constitutional Rights and Responsibilities (CCR+R).
Folder 777-786
Folder 777Folder 778Folder 779Folder 780Folder 781Folder 782Folder 783Folder 784Folder 785Folder 786 |
Correspondence, 1946-June 1996 |
Folder 787-790
Folder 787Folder 788Folder 789Folder 790 |
Correspondence, July 1996-1999 |
Folder 791 |
CCR+R: Bylaws |
Folder 792 |
CCR+R: Cases |
Folder 793-794
Folder 793Folder 794 |
CCR+R: "The Constitutionalist" |
Folder 795-803
Folder 795Folder 796Folder 797Folder 798Folder 799Folder 800Folder 801Folder 802Folder 803 |
CCR+R: Civil rights litigation in the state and federal courts |
Folder 804 |
CCR+R: Computer and the Constitution |
Folder 805 |
CCR+R: Continuing legal education |
Folder 806 |
CCR+R: Corporation Rights Committee |
Folder 807 |
CCR+R: Ethics Committee |
Folder 808-809
Folder 808Folder 809 |
CCR+R: Ethics in civil rights |
Folder 810-812
Folder 810Folder 811Folder 812 |
CCR+R: Ethical issues for lawyers |
Folder 813 |
CCR+R: Expenses and budget |
Folder 814-818
Folder 814Folder 815Folder 816Folder 817Folder 818 |
CCR+R: Law reviews and current materials |
Folder 819-820
Folder 819Folder 820 |
CCR+R: Law reviews and current materials |
Folder 821 |
CCR+R: Legislative Committee |
Folder 822 |
CCR+R: Meeting minutes, 1994 |
Folder 823-839
Folder 823Folder 824Folder 825Folder 826Folder 827Folder 828Folder 829Folder 830Folder 831Folder 832Folder 833Folder 834Folder 835Folder 836Folder 837Folder 838Folder 839 |
CCR+R: Materials for meetings, 1994-1997 |
Folder 840-842
Folder 840Folder 841Folder 842 |
CCR+R: Materials for meetings, 1997-1998 |
Folder 843 |
CCR+R: Members list |
Folder 844 |
CCR+R: Names and addresses |
Folder 845-848
Folder 845Folder 846Folder 847Folder 848 |
CCR+R: Newsletters, 1996-1997 |
Folder 849 |
CCR+R: Notes |
Folder 850 |
CCR+R: Public Education Committee |
Folder 851 |
CCR+R: Reports |
Folder 852 |
CCR+R: State Constitution Committee |
Folder 853 |
CCR+R: Steps to form a new section |
Folder 854 |
CCR+R: Transcribed telephone conversations |
Folder 855 |
CCR+R: Tiger, Michael |
Folder 856 |
CCR+R: Treaties and International Law Committee |
Folder 857 |
Folder number not used (photographs housed in PF-4990/3) |
Image Folder PF-4990/3 |
Photographs |
Folder 858 |
Silent Partners Program |
Folder 859 |
Senior Lawyers Division 1993-1997 |
Folder 860-861
Folder 860Folder 861 |
World rule of law, 1958-1962 |
Speeches, book reviews, and other writings of McNeill Smith. Beginning in 1948, Smith delivered more than 400 speeches before civic, legal church, and student groups, mostly on the topics of constitutional issues, bills of rights, the role or rule of law, world law, environmental issues, and educational topics. Some of the speeches are available on audiocassette. See Series 7 for videotapes of speeches. Note that other series contain speeches that are directly related to materials within those series.
Note also that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Materials relating to McNeill Smith's tenure as chair of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, including correspondence, speeches, notes, and research material. The bulk of the materials relate to the downtown improvement of Greensboro, N.C., also called the Central Business District, headed by the Total Development Committee. Also included are materials about urban renewal.
Folder 1001-1003
Folder 1001Folder 1002Folder 1003 |
Correspondence, 1956-1997 |
Folder 1004-1008
Folder 1004Folder 1005Folder 1006Folder 1007Folder 1008 |
Downtown Improvement, 1960-1964 |
Folder 1009-1012
Folder 1009Folder 1010Folder 1011Folder 1012 |
Downtown Improvement, 1964-1969 |
Folder 1013 |
Downtown Improvement: Solicitations, 1961 |
Folder 1014 |
Downtown Improvement: Speeches, 1962 |
Folder 1015 |
Urban renewal |
Folder 1016 |
Colleges |
Folder 1017 |
Human Relations Commission |
Folder 1018 |
Investors of Greensboro, Inc. |
Folder 1019 |
Junior Chamber of Commerce |
Folder 1020 |
Selection sub-committee |
Folder 1021 |
Shade Tree Commission, 1965-1971 |
Folder 1022 |
Sister City Project |
Folder 1023 |
Transcribed telephone conversations, 1962 |
Folder 1024 |
Baltimore tour, 1962 |
Folder 1025 |
European tour, 1962 |
Folder 1026 |
United Nations Day, 1951-1972 |
Papers of McNeill Smith regarding the Methodist Church, his involvement in the lay ministry, the North Carolina Council of Churches, the Association of Churches and Synagogues, Inc., and the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Note that materials in this series on the World Affairs and World Peace committees of the North Carolina Council of Churches closely relate to materials in Series 3.3 on the American Freedom Association and United World Federalists. See also Series 6.3.
Folder 1027-1029
Folder 1027Folder 1028Folder 1029 |
Association of Churches and Synagogues, Inc., 1969-1980 |
Folder 1030-1031
Folder 1030Folder 1031 |
National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1956-1980 |
Folder 1032-1034
Folder 1032Folder 1033Folder 1034 |
North Carolina Council of Churches, 1955-1998 |
Folder 1035-1037
Folder 1035Folder 1036Folder 1037 |
North Carolina Council of Churches: Committee on World Peace, 1949-1958 |
Folder 1038 |
North Carolina Council of Churches: World Affairs Committee, 1958-1961 |
Folder 1039 |
Methodist Church: Bishop's Task Force, 1989-1990 |
Folder 1040 |
Methodist Church: Camp Nawakwa, 1955-1963 |
Folder 1041-1047
Folder 1041Folder 1042Folder 1043Folder 1044Folder 1045Folder 1046Folder 1047 |
Methodist Church: Lay leaders, 1947-1997 |
Folder 1048 |
Folder number not used (photographs housed in PF-4990/3) |
Folder 1049 |
Methodist Church: Young People's Class, 1951-1955 |
Folder 1050 |
Campus Ministry, 1978-1994 |
Folder 1051 |
New Methodist Church, 1956 |
Materials relating to McNeill Smith's activities with groups such as the Alternative Energy Corporation and the Southern Regional Council. Files contain correspondence, speeches, notes, and research materials.
Folder 1052-1053
Folder 1052Folder 1053 |
Alternative Energy Corporation (AEC), 1980-1996 |
Folder 1054 |
American Business Club, 1958 |
Folder 1055 |
Carolina Program on Medicine and Society, 1984 |
Folder 1056 |
Certificates and awards |
Folder 1057 |
Common Cause, 1984 |
Folder 1058 |
Conversation Club, 1979-1997 |
Folder 1059 |
February One Society, 1989-1990 |
Folder 1060 |
Greensboro radio station, 1946 |
Folder 1061 |
North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research, 1982-1984 |
Folder 1062 |
North Carolina Consumers Council (NCCC), 1980-1982 |
Folder 1063 |
North Carolina State Debate Tournament, 1990 |
Folder 1064-1067
Folder 1064Folder 1065Folder 1066Folder 1067 |
Southern Regional Council, 1959-1997 |
Folder 1068 |
United Way, 1963 |
Folder 1069 |
YMCA, 1970-1980 |
Folder 1070 |
Miscellaneous organizations |
Note that original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
Materials relating to McNeill Smith's World War II service in the United States Navy as a bomb disposal officer in North Africa, the Middle East, China, Burma, and India. Papers include official correspondence and reports, personal correspondence, notebooks, photographs, and items relating to the North Carolina G.I. Democrats Chalfonte Resolutions. See also Series 6.3.
Folder 1071-1072
Folder 1071Folder 1072 |
Official correspondence, 1941-1942 |
Folder 1073-1075
Folder 1073Folder 1074Folder 1075 |
Official correspondence, 1943-1945 and undated |
Folder 1076-1077
Folder 1076Folder 1077 |
Personal correspondence, 1942-1950 and undated |
Folder 1078 |
United States Naval Reserve correspondence, 1951-1955 |
Folder 1079-1080
Folder 1079Folder 1080 |
Officer service record |
Folder 1081 |
Bomb disposal reports |
Folder 1082-1084
Folder 1082Folder 1083Folder 1084 |
Bomb disposal school |
Folder 1085 |
Ephemera |
Folder 1086 |
Folder number not used (photographs housed in PF-4990/4) |
Image Folder PF-4990/4 |
Photographs |
Folder 1087 |
Pocket notebooks |
Folder 1088-1090
Folder 1088Folder 1089Folder 1090 |
North Carolina G.I. Democrats Chalfonte Resolutions, 1946-1991 |
Papers of McNeill Smith relating to his time at the University of North Carolina and at the Columbia University School of Law, as well as materials from other colleges and universities with which Smith was associated. Papers include correspondence, notes for a law class taught by Smith, alumni material and gifts, speeches, and photographs. See also Series 6.3.
Papers of McNeill Smith, including personal correspondence; financial papers; genealogical and biographical papers; and audiocassettes of interviews with Smith's mother, Roberta A. Smith (1894-1995). Labeled "personal" by Smith, the correspondence contains material related to all other series, most especially Series 2.1. Law Firm, about court cases and other legal matters; Series 5.2. Churches; Series 6.1. United States Navy; and Series 6.2. Schools.
Folder 1131-1143
Folder 1131Folder 1132Folder 1133Folder 1134Folder 1135Folder 1136Folder 1137Folder 1138Folder 1139Folder 1140Folder 1141Folder 1142Folder 1143 |
Correspondence, 1941-1998 |
Folder 1144 |
Biographical information |
Folder 1145 |
Grenville Clark Award nomination, 1975-1978 |
Folder 1146 |
Financial: Purchases, 1946-1950 |
Folder 1147 |
Financial: Southern National Bank, 1964-1988 |
Folder 1148 |
Financial: Stocks, 1945-1995 |
Folder 1149 |
Memorials, 1994-1997 |
Folder 1150 |
Notebooks and appointment books |
Folder 1151 |
"Pardon's Progeny," newsletter of the Tillinghast family, 1974-1975 |
Folder 1152 |
Photography, 1945-1947 |
Folder 1153 |
Folder number not used (photographs housed in PF-4990/4) |
Folder 1154 |
Power of attorney and wills |
Folder 1155 |
Roast of McNeill Smith, 1983 |
Folder 1156 |
Smith, Roberta A., 1995 |
Folder 1157 |
Travel, 1936-1950 |
Folder 1158 |
Typewriter collection |
Audiocassettes, microcassettes, and open reel tapes of speeches, talks, interviews, telephone conversations of McNeill Smith and others. Sound recordings clearly related to material in other series may be found in those series. Recordings in this series are those for which the subject matter is not easily determined.
Audiocassette C-4990/1-205
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audiocassettes and microcassettes |
Audiotape T-4990/1-34
T-4990/1T-4990/2T-4990/3T-4990/4T-4990/5T-4990/6T-4990/7T-4990/8T-4990/9T-4990/10T-4990/11T-4990/12T-4990/13T-4990/14T-4990/15T-4990/16T-4990/17T-4990/18T-4990/19T-4990/20T-4990/21T-4990/22T-4990/23T-4990/24T-4990/25T-4990/26T-4990/27T-4990/28T-4990/29T-4990/30T-4990/31T-4990/32T-4990/33T-4990/34 |
34 open-reel tapes |
Videotapes of interviews with McNeill Smith and speeches by McNeill Smith.
Acquisition Information: Accession 103090
Processing Note: The acquisition was divided between this collection and #05800 Smith and Andrew Family Papers and subsequently arranged by format by Southern Historical Collection staff. Some printed ephemera relating to the University of North Carolina and North Carolina tourism and travel were removed and transferred to the North Carolina Collection. Any materials not kept by the North Carolina Collection have been returned to the donor.
The Addition of June 2017 consists of primary and secondary school materials, including publications from Rowland, Robeson County, N.C., schools; college materials, including letters home from Chapel Hill to parents and friends; political campaign materials; printed materials, including legal filings of McNeill Smith with the U.S. Supreme Court; and personal and Smith family financial materials.
Box 48-49
Box 48Box 49 |
School notebooks, publicationsThe Tattler, Town Talk, Rowland High School. |
Box 50-52
Box 50Box 51Box 52 |
School materialsCollege writings, quiz books, correspondence to parents and friends. |
Box 53 |
Writings and other materials from state senate political campaigns, 1960s-1990s |
Box 54 |
Printed materials, 1970sLegal filings with the U.S. Supreme Court, newspaper clippings, Neptune: Independent News at the Law of the Sea Conference, Geneva |
Box 55 |
Personal and Smith family financial materials, 1920s-1930s |