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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.
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Collection Overview
| Size | 168.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 140,000 items) |
| Abstract | Harold Dunbar Cooley was United States representative from North Carolina's Fourth Congressional District, 1934-1966, and chair of the House Committee on Agriculture, 1949-1966. The collection includes correspondence, office files, legislative and executive files, and other material of Harold Dunbar Cooley. Cooley's district encompassed, at one time or another, Chatham, Davidson, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Randolph, Vance, and Wake counties. Letters from constituents and material concerning agriculture make up the bulk of the collection, but there is also material concerning flood control on the Cape Fear, Neuse, and New Hope rivers, and rural mail delivery and post offices. |
| Creator | Cooley, Harold Dunbar, 1897-1974. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
Processed by: Linda Mackie Griggs, December 1983
Encoded by: Kathryn Michaelis, June 2010
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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.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
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Biographical Information
Harold Dunbar Cooley was United States representative from North Carolina's Fourth Congressional District, 1934-1966, and chair of the House Committee on Agriculture, 1949-1966.
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Scope and Content
The collection includes correspondence, office files, legislative and executive files, and other material of Harold Dunbar Cooley. Cooley's district encompassed, at one time or another, Chatham, Davidson, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Randolph, Vance, and Wake counties. Letters from constituents and material concerning agriculture make up the bulk of the collection, but there is also material concerning flood control on the Cape Fear, Neuse, and New Hope rivers, and rural mail delivery and post offices.
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Series 1. Papers, 1934-1971.
Arrangement: chronological, then by content within years.
The first 17 boxes of papers (representing the years 1934-1945) have been processed more intensively than the later material, and have been grouped into individual folders. Beginning with box 18, papers are arranged alphabetically by contents.
Note that original folder have have, for the most part, been retained.
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Series 2. Audiovisual Material.
Arrangement: by format.
Image Folder PF-3801/1-4
PF-3801/1PF-3801/2PF-3801/3PF-3801/4 |
PicturesMostly portraits of Cooley and publicity photographs. |
Extra Oversize Image XOP-P-3801/44-50
XOP-P-3801/44XOP-P-3801/45XOP-P-3801/46XOP-P-3801/47XOP-P-3801/48XOP-P-3801/49XOP-P-3801/50 |
Extra-oversize picturesMostly portraits of Cooley and publicity photographs. |
Audiotape T-3801/1-2
T-3801/1T-3801/2 |
Audio tape recordingsStatements made by Cooley concerning agricultural programs and one of his election campaigns. |
| Audiodisc D-3801/1 |
Audio disc recordingStatements made by Cooley concerning agricultural programs and one of his election campaigns. |
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