TERRY SANFORD PAPERS, #3531, 1946-1992
Campaign files, correspondence, and other political materials relating to the career of
North Carolina Democrat Terry Sanford, who was a state senator (1953-1954), North Carolina
governor (1961-1965), president of Duke University (1969-1985), and U.S. Senator (1987-1993).
Pre-1960 material includes items related to North Carolina's Pearsall Plan for public school
desegregation. Materials from Sanford's years as governor include documentation on the
Colored Orphanage Board, state-supported historically black colleges, and civil rights
newspaper clippings.