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Collection Overview
| Size | 90.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 30,000 items) |
| Abstract | The congressional papers of Bob Etheridge, a white politician from Sampson and Harnett counties, N.C., comprise the bulk of the collection. Etheridge served seven terms in the United States House of Representatives for North Carolina's second congressional district from 1997 through 2010. Other collection materials pertain chiefly to Etheridge's two terms as the North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction and include education files for each North Carolina county. Congressional papers include correspondence; printed items such as House resolutions and congressional reports; newspaper clippings; policy papers; transcripts of congressional hearings; talking points for public speaking engagements; and materials related to House committees on which Etheridge served. The breadth of topics in the congressional papers is extensive, covering both foreign and domestic policy and reflecting the political climate of post Cold War America during the presidential administrations of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barak Obama. The collection does not contain much, if any, campaign or election materials. |
| Creator | Etheridge, Bob, 1941- |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
A summary description was created in November 2017 to provide information about unprocessed materials in Wilson Special Collections Library. The collection was first processed by Meaghan Alston, Nancy Kaiser, and Rebecca Stubbs in April 2022.
Encoded by: Laura Smith
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, December 2021
Since August 2017, we have added ethnic and racial identities for individuals and families represented in collections. To determine identity, we rely on self-identification; other information supplied to the repository by collection creators or sources; public records, press accounts, and secondary sources; and contextual information in the collection materials. Omissions of ethnic and racial identities in finding aids created or updated after August 2017 are an indication of insufficient information to make an educated guess or an individual's preference for identity information to be excluded from description. When we have misidentified, please let us know at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.
The collection creator's original arrangement has been retained.
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Biographical Information
| 1941 | Born 7 August 1941 in Sampson County, N.C. |
| 1965 | Received a business degree from Campbell University. He was a first-generation college graduate, and he attended Campbell on an athletic scholarship. |
| 1965-1967 | Served in the United States Army. |
| 1973-1976 | Served as a county commissioner in Harnett County, N.C. |
| 1978 | Elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives. |
| 1979-1988 | Served five terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives. |
| 1988 | Elected as the North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction. |
| 1989-1996 | Served two terms as the North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction. |
| 1996 | Elected to the United States House of Representatives for North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District. |
| 1997-2010 | Served seven terms in the United States House of Representatives. |
| 2010 | Lost election bid for an eighth term in the United States House of Representatives. |
| 2011 | North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue appointed Etheridge to lead the North Carolina Office of Economic Recovery and Investment. |
| 2012 | Lost the Democratic Party primary for North Carolina governor. |
| 2014 | Named State Executive Director of the North Carolina Farm Service Agency . |
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Scope and Content
Topics related to domestic policy include:
Topics related to foreign policy and foreign relations include:
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Bob Etheridge Papers, 1994-2010.
Arrangement: As received from collection creator
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