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Collection Number: 70026

Collection Title: Campaign Literature from North Carolina Elections, circa 1800s-2019

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Size 12 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 9,600 items)
Abstract Printed material including flyers, pamphlets, brochures, posters, and other ephemera primarily from local and statewide elections with a limited amount from national elections. There are also materials relating political and social movements such as amendments to the state constitution, affirmative action, and civil rights. Topics include the Iraq War, Eddie Hatcher, Jesse Helms, the Occupy movement, Amendment 1, and the Tea Party movement.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
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Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Campaign Literature from North Carolina Elections #70026, North Carolina Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
[Note: Collection number changed from #NCC0004 to #70026 in April 2020.]
Acquisitions Information
Materials have been collected by library staff and friends of the North Carolina Collection during their travels throughout the state.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Alison Barnett and Kate Trathen, November 2019

Encoded by: Laura Smith, November 2019

Finding aid updated by Dawne Howard Lucas in April 2020 to change the collection number from NCC0004 to 70026

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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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Printed material including flyers, pamphlets, brochures, posters, and other ephemera primarily from local and statewide elections with a limited amount from national elections. There are also materials relating political and social movements such as amendments to the state constitution, affirmative action, and civil rights. Topics include the Iraq War, Eddie Hatcher, Jesse Helms, the Occupy movement, Amendment 1, and the Tea Party movement.

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Preliminary Box list

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Formerly cataloged under the call number: VC329 C186

Box 23

Folder 232

1912

Box 23

Folder 233

1924

Box 23

Folder 234

1926

Box 1

Folder 1

1930s: undated

Includes: Temperance; Ralph W. McDonald for Governor; Frank Hancock

Box 23

Folder 235

1948

Box 1

Folder 2

1950

Includes: Frank Graham and Willis Smith Senate races; segregation

Box 23

Folder 236

1952

Box 1

Folder 3

1954

Includes: Alton A. Lennon

Box 1

Folder 4

1960

Includes: Chapel Hill lunch counter desegregation

Box 1

Folder 5

1961

Box 1

Folder 6

1962

Includes: State Constitutional amendments

Box 1

Folder 7

1963

Box 1

Folder 8

1964

Includes: Richardson Preyer for Governor; Dan K. Moore for Governor; 1964 federal election

Box 23

Folder 237

1965

Box 23

Folder 238

1966

Box 1

Folder 9

1967

Includes: US Congressman James C. Gardner; Chapel Hill school bond

Box 1

Folder 10

1968

J. Melville Broughton Jr. for Governor; Robert W. Scott; James C. Gardner for Governor

Box 1

Folder 11

1969

Howard N. Lee for Chapel Hill Mayor; Chapel Hill municipal elections

Box 1

Folder 12

1970s: undated

Nick Galifianakis; NC Constitutional Amendment 3

Box 1

Folder 13

1970

Congressman Ike F. Andrews; Congressman Howard Twiggs

Box 1

Folder 14

1971

Box 1

Folder 15-16

1972

Includes: Jesse Helms for US Senate; Nick Galifianakis for US Senate; Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles for Governor; Pat Taylor for Governor; Howard N. Lee for Chapel Hill Mayor; James Houlshouser for Governor; Terry Sanford for President; James B. Hunt for Lt. Governor; Wilbur Hobby for Governor; US Senator B. Everett Jordan

Box 1

Folder 17

1973

Box 1

Folder 18

1974

Includes: Benjamin Swalin for NC Senate; Nick Galifianakis for US Senate; James G. Exum for NC Supreme Court

Box 1

Folder 19

1975

Includes: Jim Wallace for Chapel Hill Mayor

Box 2

Folder 20-21

1976

Includes: Gubernatorial Election; Terry Sanford for President; John Brooks for Labor Commissioner; NC Lt. Governor race

Box 2

Folder 22

1977

Box 2

Folder 23

1978

Includes: Jesse Helms for US Senate; Luther Hodges Jr. for US Senate; Anne Barnes for County Commissioner; John Ingram for US Senate

Box 2

Folder 24

1979

Box 2

Folder 25

1980

Includes: Howard Lee for Lt. Governor; Jimmy Green for Lt. Governor; John East and Robert Morgan for US Senate; Jim Hunt and I. Beverly Lake Jr. for Governor

Box 2

Folder 26

1982

Box 2

Folder 27

1983

Box 2

Folder 28-29

1984

Includes: Helms vs. Hunt; Rufus Edmisten for Governor; Jim Martin for Governor; James G. Martin; Lauch Faircloth for Governer

Box 2

Folder 30-31

1986

Includes: Senate (Terry Sanford, Lauch Faircloth, James T. Broyhill); Robin Britt for US House; David Price for US House

Box 2

Folder 32

1987

Includes: Chapel Hill municipal elections

Box 2

Folder 33-34

1988

Includes: Gubernatorial election (James G. Martin)

Box 3

Folder 35

1988

Includes: Jim Gardner for Lt. Governor; Jesse Jackson for US President

Box 3

Folder 36

pre-1990s: undated

Includes: Jesse Helms

Box 3

Folder 37

1990s: undated

Includes: US House races; NC judicial races

Box 3

Folder 38-40

1990

Includes: US Senate election (Harvey Gantt vs. Jesse Helms)

Box 3

Folder 41

1991

Includes: Mark Chilton for Chapel Hill Town Council

Box 3

Folder 42-43

1992

Includes: Bill Clinton for President; Gubernatorial election (James C. Gardner, Jim Hatcher (Native American), Mike Easley, Jim Hunt, Lacy Thornburg, Marcus W. Williams); Lauch Faircloth ; Terry Sanford for Senate

Box 3

Folder 44

1994

Includes: General Assembly and municipal elections

Box 3

Folder 45

1995

Includes: Legislative and municipal elections

Box 3

Folder 46-50

1996

Includes: President/US Congressional seats; State Legislature; Local elections; Judges; NC Officials (Governor & Cabinet)

Box 4

Folder 51

1996

Includes: General voters guides

Box 4

Folder 52

1997

Box 4

Folder 53-55

1998

Includes: General, local; NC Congressional; US Congressional (Lauch Faircloth and John Edwards)

Box 4

Folder 56-58

1999

Includes: Local elections; Causes

Box 4

Folder 59-62

2000

Includes: Federal offices (George Bush and Al Gore, David Price); Causes; Local elections; Statewide offices--Primary campaign

Box 5

Folder 63-65

2000

Includes: Statewide offices; NC General Assmebly Candidates (Howard Lee); Causes

Box 5

Folder 66-67

2001

Includes: Local elections

Box 5

Folder 68-73

2002

Includes: US Congressional; General Assembly; Causes; Parties; Local and judicial; Kinnaird vs. Lee

Box 5

Folder 74-78

2003

Includes: Iraq War; Causes; Parties; Local elections

Box 6

Folder 79

2003

Includes: Presidential primaries and candidates

Box 6

Folder 80-89

2004

Includes: Voter guides; Parties; Causes; Presidential campaign; US Congressional races--Senate (Richard Burr and Erskine Bowles); US Congressional races--House; Statewide Offices (Patrick Ballantine); NC General Assembly

Box 7

Folder 90-91

2004

Includes: Local Races (Orange County and other counties)

Box 7

Folder 92-97

2005

Includes: Causes (war in Iraq); Parties; US Congress (David Price); NC General Assembly; Local races (Orange County and other counties)

Box 7

Folder 98

2002-2007: undated

Box 7

Folder 99-104

2006

Includes: Voter guides; Parties; Causes (immigrants' rights, the environment); Local races; Judicial elections

Box 8

Folder 105-106

2006

Includes: US Congressional races; NC General Assembly

Box 8

Folder 107-110

2007

Includes: Parties and causes (war); Local races; Candidates for 2008

Box 8

Folder 111-114

2008

Includes: Presidential; US Congresss--Senate (Elizabeth Dole, Kay Hagan)

Box 9

Folder 115-120

2008

Includes: US Congress--House; Governor (Bev Purdue, Pat McCrory); Lt. Governor; Statewide offices; Local candidates & issues (Transfer tax); General Assembly (Josh Stein

Box 10

Folder 121-126

2008

Includes: General Assembly; Judicial elections; Parties & causes (second amendment, taxes & the economy; Young Democrats of North Carolina--Obama for America UNC; Voter guides & voter information

Box 11

Folder 127-129

2008

Includes: Voter guides & voter information; Representative David Price

Box 11

Folder 130-134

2009

Includes: Mayoral elections; Local elections; Voter issues and information (energy); National elections; Congressional updates

Box 11

Folder 135-137

2010

Includes: US Congress--House of Representatives; US Congress--Senate; North Carolina General Assembly--House of Representatives

Box 12

Folder 138-143

2010

Includes: North Carolina General Assembly--Senate; Judicial elections; Local candidates and issues; voter guides and voter information; Congressional updates; Parties and causes (government spending, jobs/employment)

Box 12

Folder 144-146

2011

Includes: Congressman David Price/Congressional updates; Issues and causes; Local elections

Box 12

Folder 147

2000-2011: undated

Box 12

Folder 148-149

2012

Includes: Presidential race

Box 13

Folder 150-157

2012

Includes: Presidential race; Gubernatorial election (Pat McCrory, Walter Dalton; Congressional campaigns; Lieutenant Governor and Council of State; North Carolina General Assembly

Box 14

Folder 158-162

2012

Includes: North Carolina General Assembly (Steve Ross, Jim Davis, Tamara Barringer)

Box 15

Folder 163-172

2012

Includes: North Carolina General Assembly (Erv Portman, Tom Murry and Jim Messina); Judicial elections; Tea Party related; Occupy movement related; Political parties; Amendment 1; General issues (Healthcare, military/war in Iraq, abortion, fracking)

Box 16

Folder 173-177

2012

Includes: General issues (Medicare, Obamacare, economy/recession); Voter information; Local candidates; Local issues (Halifax County local tax, Orange County transit)

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2012

Includes: Presidential race; Issues

Box 16

Folder 178-180

2013

Includes: Elections; Issues

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2013

Includes: NC General Assembly

Box 17

Folder 181-184

2014

Includes: Get out the vote; Voter info; Issues, endorsements, parties (Student debt)

Box 17

Folder 187-190

2014

Includes: US Congress--House; US Congress--Senate (Thom Tillis and Kay Hagan)

Box 18

Folder 191-196

2014

Includes: US Congress--Senate (Thom Tillis and Kay Hagan); General Assembly--State House (Tim Moffitt and Brian Turner; Brad Salmon and Mike Stone); General Assembly--State Senate

Box 19

Folder 197-201

2014

Includes: General Assembly, State Senate, District 19 (Wesley Meredith and Billy Richardson); Judicial elections; Local elections (Orange County, Wake County, various counties)

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2014

Includes: State House

Box 17

Folder 185-186

2015

Includes: Local elections

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2015

Includes: Local elections

Box 19

Folder 202

2016

Includes: Presidential race

Box 20

Folder 203-212

2016

Includes: Voter info; Democratic Party; Republican Party; Other parties; US Senate (Deborah Ross and Richard Burr); US House; Lieutenant Governor & Council of State; Gubernatorial election

Box 21

Folder 213-220

2016

Includes: Judicial elections; general issues (Wake County transit, Halifax County school tax, vacant US Supreme Court seat, healthcare/Medicare, HB2, Cap-and-Trade, abortion/women's health, 2nd amendment); NC General Assembly--State House (Susan Martin and Charlie Pat Farris race, Jonathan Jordan and Sue Counts race); NC General Assembly--State Senate; Local elections

Box 22

Folder 221-222

2016

Includes: Local elections; local issues (Parks & Recreation referendum, Wake County public transit)

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2016

Includes: Voter info; Political parties; NC State House; NC State Senate: US Senate; Presidential race

Box 22

Folder 223-224

2017

Includes: Local elections

Box 22

Folder 225-229

2018

Includes: NC House elections; NC Senate elections (Latinx candidate); Judicial elections; general issues (Alamance County education funding, constitutional amendments; US House elections (Dan McCready and Mark Harris race)

Box 23

Folder 230-231

2018

Includes: Local elections

Oversize Box OB-70026/1

2018

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