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Collection Number: 70026

Collection Title: Campaign Literature from North Carolina Elections, circa 1800s-2023

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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
This collection is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact Research and Instructional Service staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options for consulting this collection.
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No usage restrictions.
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

Finding aid updated by Kathleen Murphy and Laura Smith, November 2023

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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

Folder 1

1930s: undated

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

Folder 2

1950

Includes: Frank Graham and Willis Smith Senate races; segregation

Folder 3

1954

Includes: Alton A. Lennon

Folder 4

1960

Includes: Chapel Hill lunch counter desegregation

Folder 5

1961

Folder 6

1962

Includes: State Constitutional amendments

Folder 7

1963

Folder 8

1964

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

Folder 9

1967

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

Folder 10

1968

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

Folder 11

1969

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

Folder 12

1970s: undated

Includes: Nick Galifianakis; NC Constitutional Amendment 3

Folder 13

1970

Includes: Congressman Ike F. Andrews; Congressman Howard Twiggs

Folder 14

1971

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

Folder 17

1973

Folder 18

1974

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

Folder 19

1975

Includes: Jim Wallace for Chapel Hill Mayor

Folder 20-21

1976

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

Folder 22

1977

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

Folder 24

1979

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

Folder 26

1982

Folder 27

1983

Folder 28-29

1984

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

Folder 30-31

1986

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

Folder 32

1987

Includes: Chapel Hill municipal elections

Folder 33-34

1988

Includes: Gubernatorial election (James G. Martin)

Folder 35

1988

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

Folder 36

pre-1990s: undated

Includes: Jesse Helms

Folder 37

1990s: undated

Includes: US House races; NC judicial races

Folder 38-40

1990

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

Folder 41

1991

Includes: Mark Chilton for Chapel Hill Town Council

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

Folder 44

1994

Includes: General Assembly and municipal elections

Folder 45

1995

Includes: Legislative and municipal elections

Folder 46-50

1996

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

Folder 51

1996

Includes: General voters guides

Folder 52

1997

Folder 53-55

1998

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

Folder 56-58

1999

Includes: Local elections; Causes

Folder 59-62

2000

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

Folder 63-65

2000

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

Folder 66-67

2001

Includes: Local elections

Folder 68-73

2002

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

Folder 74-78

2003

Includes: Iraq War; Causes; Parties; Local elections

Folder 79

2003

Includes: Presidential primaries and candidates

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

Folder 90-91

2004

Includes: Local Races (Orange County and other counties)

Folder 92-97

2005

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

Folder 98

2002-2007: undated

Folder 99-104

2006

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

Folder 105-106

2006

Includes: US Congressional races; NC General Assembly

Folder 107-110

2007

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

Folder 111-114

2008

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

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

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

Folder 127-129

2008

Includes: Voter guides & voter information; Representative David Price

Folder 130-134

2009

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

Folder 135-137

2010

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

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)

Folder 144-146

2011

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

Folder 147

2000-2011: undated

Folder 148-149

2012

Includes: Presidential race

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

Folder 158-162

2012

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

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)

Folder 173-177

2012

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

Folder 178-180

2013

Includes: Elections; Issues

Folder 181-184

2014

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

Folder 185-186

2015

Includes: Local elections

Folder 187-190

2014

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

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

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)

Folder 202

2016

Includes: Presidential race

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

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

Folder 221-222

2016

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

Folder 223-224

2017

Includes: Local elections

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)

Folder 230-231

2018

Includes: Local elections

Folder 232

1912

Folder 233

1924

Folder 234

1926

Folder 235

1948

Folder 236

1952

Folder 237

1965

Folder 238

1966

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Oversized: 2012

Includes: Presidential race; Issues

Oversized: 2013

Includes: NC General Assembly

Oversized: 2014

Includes: State House

Oversized: 2015

Includes: Local elections

Oversized: 2016

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

Oversized: 2018

Folder 239

1914

Folder 240

1916

Folder 241

1931

Folder 242

1932

Folder 243

1934

Folder 244

1940

Folder 245

1944

Folder 246

1947

Folder 247

1949

Folder 248

1952

Folder 249

1954

Folder 250

1956

Folder 251

1957

Folder 252

1959

Folder 253

1960

Folder 254

1964

Folder 255

1966

Folder 256

1967

Folder 257

1968

Folder 258

1969

Folder 259

1970

Folder 260

1972

Folder 261

1974

Folder 262

1976

Folder 263

1977

Folder 264

1978

Folder 265

1980

Folder 266

1982

Folder 267

1984

Folder 268

1985

Folder 269

1986

Folder 270

1987

Folder 271

1997

Folder 272

2000

Folder 273

2002

Folder 274

2004

Folder 275

2010

Folder 276

2012

Folder 277

2013

Folder 278

2014

Folder 279

2015

Folder 280

2016

Folder 281

2017

Folder 282

2018

Folder 283

2019

Folder 284

2021

Folder 285

2022

Includes: U.S. Congress -- House

Folder 286

2022

Includes: U.S. Congress -- Senate

Folder 287

2022

Includes: NC Senate

Folder 288

2022

Includes: NC House

Folder 289

2022

Includes: NC state judicial elections (district attorney, NC court of appeals, NC supreme court)

Folder 290

2022

Includes: Local elections

Folder 291

2022

Includes: Issues -- federal, state, local -- voting, abortion

Folder 292

2020

Includes: U.S. Presidential Race -- Biden, Joe

Folder 293

2020

Includes: U.S. Presidential Race -- Trump, Donald

Folder 294

2020

Includes: U.S Presidential Race -- Candidates (Bloomberg, Mike; Buttigieg, Pete; Sanders, Bernie; Warren, Elizabeth)

Folder 295

2020

Includes: U.S. Congress -- House

Folder 296

2020

Includes: U.S. Congress -- Senate

Folder 297

2020

Includes: NC Senate

Folder 298

2020

Includes: NC House

Folder 299

2020

Includes: NC Governor Race

Folder 300

2020

Includes: NC Lieutenant Governor Race

Folder 301

2020

Includes: NC State Elections -- State Treasurer, Attorney General, Judicial (district attorney, court of appeals), etc.

Folder 302

2020

Includes: NC political parties and PACs

Folder 303

2020

Includes: Local elections

Folder 304

2020

Includes: Issues -- federal, state, local -- healthcare, Second Amendment, Supreme Court nom, education, abortion

Folder 305

2020

Includes: Issues -- federal, state, local -- voting

Folder 306

2023

Includes: Local elections

Folder 307

undated

Includes: Federal elections and political material

Folder 308

undated

Includes: NC State elections and political material

Folder 309

undated

Includes: Local elections and political material

Folder 310

undated

Includes: Issues and causes -- federal, state, and local

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2018

Includes: NC Supreme Court

2020

Includes: U.S. Presdiential Race candidates; U.S. Presidential Race -- Biden, Joe; U.S. Congress -- House and Senate; NC Lieutenant Governor Race; NC Senate Race; local elections; issues

2022

Includes: U.S. Congress -- House; NC House; Issues -- abortion, voting

2023

Includes: NC local election

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