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| Size | 105.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 85,000 items) |
| Abstract | John William Harden (1903-1985) of Greensboro, N.C., was a journalist, newspaper editor, author, advisor to North Carolina governors and textile executives, and founder of the state's first full-service public relations company. The collection contains materials, 1914-1986, including business records, correspondence, writings, speeches and speech materials, administrative records, newspaper clippings, diaries, scrapbooks, photograph albums, family papers, sound recordings, and videocassettes relating to John Harden. Business records of John Harden Associates include information about businesses and other organizations in North Carolina and the South and the public relations services Harden provided to them. Major clients included North Carolina National Bank (NCNB), the North Carolina Fish Processors Association (promoting the menhaden fishing industry), Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, and the Tryon Palace. Other files document Harden's employment as a public relations executive with Burlington Industries, Inc., and Cannon Mills Company. Many of the Cannon Mills files reflect Harden's efforts to improve the company's image in the light of its opposition to union organizing activities. Also included are files related to Harden's political activities as a Democrat; his work as secretary to Governor Robert Gregg Cherry; his work in Hugh Morton's 1972 gubernatorial campaign; and his work promoting North Carolina businesses, especially during the administration of Governor Luther H. Hodges. Harden's work as a journalist and his interest in North Carolina folklore and ghost stories and his collection and publication of The Devil's Tramping Ground, and Other North Carolina Mystery Stories (1949) and Tar Heel Ghosts (1954) are also documented. Harden's personal papers include correspondence about his experiences as a student at the University of North Carolina in the 1920s and about his work with the Episcopal Church in North Carolina. |
| Creator | Harden, John, 1903- |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Steven Niven, Lynn Pritcher, Nicole Byers, Alicia Reeves, March 1997
Encoded by: T. Mike Childs, January 2008
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, June 2021; Anne Wells and Melanie Meents, September 2021
Processing Note: The business records contained in this collection arrived at the Southern Historical Collection in boxes and folders. For the most part, the original order and file titles have been retained. There are significant gaps in the records, however, because many folders and some entire boxes had to be discarded because of mold and water damage.
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Biographical Information
Born in 1903 in Graham, N.C., the son of Peter Ray and Nettie Cayce Abbott Harden, John William Harden worked for the Burlington Evening Times and the Raleigh News and Observer before entering the University of North Carolina at the age of 20. While at Chapel Hill, he worked under Bob Madry, head of the University News Bureau. On graduation in 1927, Harden joined the Charlotte News as a reporter and columnist, working there until 1937 when he became news editor of the Salisbury Evening Post. In 1944, Harden became executive news director of the Greensboro Daily News. That same year, he was named director of public relations in R. Gregg Cherry's gubernatorial campaign.
After Cherry's inauguration, Harden was appointed executive secretary to the governor, and wrote Governor Cherry's letter book. While living in Raleigh, he moderated a series of programs on radio station WPTF on Tales of Tar Heelia. Drawing from his personal file of ghost stories and mysteries, he continued this program for eighteen months during 1946-1947. Out of this grew two books, The Devil's Tramping Ground and Other North Carolina Mysteries (1949) and Tar Heel Ghosts (1954), both published by The University of North Carolina Press.
In addition to his works on North Carolina folklore, Harden was the author of Alamance County: Economic and Social (1928); North Carolina Roads and Their Builders, volume 2 (1966); a history of Cannon Mills entitled Cannon (1977), drafts of which may be found in Subseries 2.2 under the title The Story of Cannon; and Boling: The Story of a Company and of a Family (1979), commissioned by The Boling Company. According to a 1981 bio-sheet, John noted that he was attempting to finish a volume on North Carolina adventure stories that would have, when added to The Devil's Tramping Ground and Tar Heel Ghosts, formed a trilogy.
In 1948, Harden became head of public relations in the reelection campaign of U.S. Senator William B. Umstead. Following the election, John joined Burlington Mills Corporation as director of public relations and shortly afterwards was made a vice-president. In 1958, he left Burlington Mills to establish John Harden Associates (JHA), the first full service public relations consulting firm in North Carolina. Based in Greensboro, JHA expanded throughout the 1960s and 1970s, opening offices in Raleigh and Charlotte and setting up its own advertising agency, Cochrane Harden and Stuart.
While establishing himself as the "Tar Heel dean of public relations," Harden maintained close links with former colleagues in North Carolina politics and textiles. In 1959, Governor Hodges tapped him to organize--and publicize--the first North Carolina trade mission to Europe. Harden was also appointed to serve on the board of the Department of Conservation and Development during the administration of Governor Daniel K. Moore, a fellow alumnus of UNC's class of 1927. In 1971, Harden took a leave of absence from JHA to assist the Cannon Mills Company of Kannapolis as its director of public relations. Harden received wide recognition for his work in public relations, most notably being inducted as the first member of the North Carolina Public Relations Hall of Fame. After selling his company in 1981, he continued in an advisory capacity until his death, while working at his desk, in 1985.
On 13 June 1928, John Harden married Josephine (Nina Jo) Holt; they were the parents of Glenn Abbott and John William, Jr. Nina Jo Harden died in 1951. In 1953, John married Sarah Plexico (1925-1997); they had three sons, Mark Michael and Holmes Plexico, who were twins, and Jonathan Holder.
Harden was a Democrat, a Rotarian, and an Episcopalian. He worked with a wide variety of civic groups, including the Greensboro Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Carolina Regional Theater, and the North Carolina Historic Preservation Society. Harden also served in 1955 as the president of the General Alumni Association for The University of North Carolina.
Biographical note from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Volume 3 (1988), with additional information from the collection.
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Scope and Content
The collection contains materials, 1914-1986, including business records, correspondence, writings, speeches and speech materials, administrative records, newspaper clippings, diaries, scrapbooks, photograph albums, family papers, sound recordings, and videocassettes relating to John Harden. Business records of John Harden Associates include information about businesses and other organizations in North Carolina and the South and the public relations services Harden provided to them. Major clients included North Carolina National Bank (NCNB), the North Carolina Fish Processors Association (promoting the menhaden fishing industry), Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, and the Tryon Palace. Other files document Harden's employment as a public relations executive with Burlington Industries, Inc., and Cannon Mills Company. Many of the Cannon Mills files reflect Harden's efforts to improve the company's image in the light of its opposition to union organizing activities. Also included are files related to Harden's political activities as a Democrat; his work as secretary to Governor Robert Gregg Cherry; his work in Hugh Morton's 1972 gubernatorial campaign; and his work promoting North Carolina businesses, especially during the administration of Governor Luther H. Hodges. Harden's work as a journalist and his interest in North Carolina folklore and ghost stories and his collection and publication of The Devil's Tramping Ground, and Other North Carolina Mystery Stories (1949) and Tar Heel Ghosts (1954) are also documented. Harden's personal papers include correspondence about his experiences as a student at the University of North Carolina in the 1920s and about his work with the Episcopal Church in North Carolina.
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Series 1. John Harden Associates, 1958-1982.
Records of John Harden Associates (JHA) highlight the development and daily operations of North Carolina's first full service public relations firm. In a broader sense, these files open a window on the post-war industrial development of North Carolina and the South in general: a South concerned, as the field of public relations is concerned, with "image" and good media relations to attract new "customers." Indeed, Harden frequently touted his firm to northern and international businesses as one that understood Southern folkways but more than matched the professionalism of northern public relations firms. On a more practical level, JHA sought to attract clients by providing "New York quality at North Carolina prices."
JHA's client files, Subseries 1.1, form by far the largest portion of this series, and indeed of the entire collection. The rest of the series contains correspondence, memoranda and miscellaneous documents related to the company's routine office activities (Subseries 1.2), financial records (Subseries 1.3), and information on three particularly large clients: Tryon Palace in New Bern, N.C. (Subseries 1.4), the North Carolina National Bank (NCNB) (Subseries 1.5), and the Episcopal Church's Penick Home for the Aging (Subseries 1.6). Subseries 1.7, Public Relations Society of America contains correspondence and other documents maintained by JHA which deal with developments in the field of PR, both nationally and in the Carolinas.
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Subseries 1.1. John Harden Associates (JHA) Client Files, 1958-1982.
Arrangement: alphabetical by client.
Correspondence, press releases, clippings, and other documents pertaining to the services provided by John Harden Associates (JHA) to clients and prospective clients. JHA's broad array of clients reflected Harden's catholic interests in business, politics, and education. Clients ranged from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation to Structure House, a Durham, N.C.-based weight loss program, and from B. Everett Jordan's 1972 campaign for the U.S. Senate to the Medical Plastics Corporation of America, manufacturers of the nation's first mildew-free shower curtain. The majority of clients were based in North Carolina, with a scattering of firms based in Virginia and South Carolina.
The following is a list of some of the major topics covered by this series, and files in which information about them may be found. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, but rather a suggestive one:
North Carolina business and politics: North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development; North Carolina Citizens Association; North Carolina Council of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency
North Carolina commerce and industry: Gilbarco; Texas Gulf Sulphur; (also NCNB, Subseries 1.5)
North Carolina education: North Carolina Association of Independent Colleges and Universities; University of North Carolina-Greensboro
North Carolina politics: Campaign Associates, Inc.; Independent Research Associates; Jordan, B. Everett; Morton, Hugh, Gubernatorial Campaign, 1971-2
Greensboro/Guilford County: Gateways; Guilford County Bicentennial; Greensboro Chamber of Commerce; Greensboro Country Club
Textile industry: Cone Mills; National Spinning Company; North Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association; Morpul, Inc.
Southern labor relations: Cone Mills; National Spinning Company; Gilbarco, Inc.; P. Lorillard Company; Patrick B. Comer Associates; McDowell County Industries
Advertising: Ruder and Finn; Ayer and Gillette
Charities: Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation; Crossnore School; the Children's Home Society of North Carolina; Evergreens, Inc.; Muscular Dystrophy Association of America
Grandfather Mountain/Hugh Morton: Grandfather Golf and Country Club
Environment: Appalachian Power Company; Texas Gulf Sulphur; Nuclear Corporation of America (Darlington, S.C.)
Coastal Carolina Water Issues: Texas Gulf Sulphur; Menhaden
Historic Preservation: Historic Cabarrus; Guilford County Bicentennial; Colonial Williamsburg Brick
Alcohol Licensing Laws in North Carolina: Citizens United for Responsible Enforcement
African Americans in North Carolina: Palmer Memorial Institute; Cone Mills
Harden and his associates provided each of their clients with a myriad of public relations services, including press releases; advertising copy for print, radio, and television; company newsletters; brochures; and, for major clients such as the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, full length books. All of these documents assisted JHA in its efforts to get the clients' stories to their intended publics, either directly to consumers via the media, or to public policy makers via the media and lobbying efforts. These documents augmented by clippings about the clients and correspondence between JHA and each client or prospective client provide the raw material for researchers of the collection.
A small number of files are not related to clients, but are instead "information" files. For instance, the "NC Senate, 1969" file contains clippings, biographical material, and policy stances of all members of that body. The file on "NC House, 1969" reveals similar information. These files appear to have been used as part of an effort to gauge legislators' opinions on telephone utility companies, but there are no records of any client requesting this service. Researchers should note that although this collection includes most of the company's files, it does not contain all of them because water damage destroyed a substantial portion.
A number of clients are represented by only one or two files, usually reflecting a short term commitment by JHA. These may vary in usefulness. A few may contain a single press release or scattered clippings. Others are somewhat more revealing of their times. Copy of a radio jingle for A & A discount stores, for instance, is suggestive of the devices used by advertisers to attract customers: "background music should be modern and swinging-not rock. Scene begins as 3 or 4 attractive female models in beach coats and robes take off their robes."
In other instances, the company provided clients a wider array of services over a period of years. In this regard, the relationship of JHA with Gilbarco, Inc., one of JHA's largest clients, is instructive of the kinds of materials found throughout the series--and of the light these materials shed on the changing economics of the South. Gilbarco, a national leader for a century in support products for the petroleum industry moved its international headquarters and its entire American manufacturing operation from Springfield, Mass., to Greensboro, N.C., in 1966.
Correspondence between JHA and Gilbarco executives sheds light on the problems and the opportunities faced by the company's relocation and the early challenges posed by a lengthy Teamsters strike in 1968 and 1969. From its founding in 1958, JHA had offered its clients support in enlisting "official and citizen support in communities where union organizing attempts are resisted." For similar information on JHA's interest in opposing union drives, see also the files on Cone Mills, the National Spinning Company, and the American Textile Manufacturers Institute. Many documents show how JHA attempted to improve Gilbarco's image of good corporate citizenship--by news releases to the media, open days, sponsorship of a Miss Black North Carolina pageant, and publicity of new job opportunities and plant openings. At the same time, JHA advised the company how best to persuade workers that the firm was a loyal employer--by enclosing in wage packets a reminder of the benefits such as financial aid for further education and a ten percent discount on Humble Oil. Copies of Gilbarco News, 1969-1973, a newsletter, also reveal the effort to create a community atmosphere at the plant where workers could read of Armand Ragazzini's hole-in one, Jane Poole's success in the Powder Puff Derby at Caraway Speedway, and of United Fund drives and company picnics. A number of press releases and brochures deal with "project upgrade," an attempt to improve both the quality of the company's main product, gas pumps, and pride in the company's work force, with prizes awarded by a Miss Upgrade, dressed in a "distinctive uniform...of Gilbarco blue sweater, hot pants, and boots."
Much of the correspondence and clippings from the 1970s deals with Gilbarco's efforts to counteract the problems of gas hikes and the oil crises. Personnel and employee recruitment files reveal the company's attempts to attract northerners by highlighting opportunities to "enjoy leisure time in scenic North Carolina."
Copies of Gilbarco recruitment ads for women are also revealing: "Girls...Gilbarco, the company that has that very pretty plant near the airport, has decided to make the inside of the building look just as nice as the outside. So they are hiring women, women, women."
Similar materials reflecting JHA's range of services may be found in the files of the company's larger clients: the Appalachian Power Company, Carolina Motor Club, the Children's Home Society, Crossnore School, Citizen's United for Responsible Enforcement (CURE), Grandfather Mountain Golf and Country Club, Guilford College, Home Security Life Insurance Company, Morpul, Inc., Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, National Spinning Company, North Carolina Association of Independent Schools and Colleges, Ruder and Finn, Inc., Structure House, Texas Gulf Sulphur, and the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.
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Subseries 1.2. Office Files, 1958-1982.
Arrangement: topical.
Records related to the routine office activities of John Harden Associates, including business rosters, clippings about JHA's public relations assignments, and correspondence. Other materials include memoranda on company history, resumes and staff records, financial statements, minute books, and lists of prospective clients.
The business rosters provide names, addresses, telephone numbers, and contact personnel in North Carolina firms in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Correspondence highlights the expansion of the firm into new ventures, notably the advertising agency of Cochrane Harden and Stuart. Many of the memoranda concerning JHA's clients, the company's history and financial situation appear to be have been generated in anticipation of the sale of John Harden Associates in 1980 and 1981. Information on the sale of JHA to Bob Page of Chapel Hill can also be gleaned from legal documents, news clippings, and correspondence between Harden, Page, and their respective lawyers.
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Subseries 1.3. Removed.
Removed and destroyed at donors' request.
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Subseries 1.4. Tryon Palace, 1973-1978.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Correspondence, news releases, newsletters, reports, articles, and pamphlets concerning restoration of Tryon Palace in New Bern, N.C. Completed in 1770 and restored in the 1950s, the Palace was designed by John Hawks as the residence for William Tryon, North Carolina's colonial governor from England, in the newly designated capital of New Bern. John Harden Associates were hired in 1974 to assist in the public relations campaign to advertise the Tryon Palace Restoration. The Restoration included not only the Palace but also other historical homes in the area. This subseries provides information on the workings of the Restoration Commission in day-to-day operations as well as the larger view of advertising the Palace.
The primary impetus behind the Tryon Palace Restoration project, both in leadership and monetary contributions, was Mrs. Maude Moore Latham and, after her death, her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Kellenberger. John Harden was personally responsible and involved in the Tryon Palace Restoration account. The "Agreements and Negotiations" file outlines Harden's involvement and responsibilities. Much of the Tryon Palace correspondence covers ideas for promoting the Palace, including an unsuccessful attempt to have Queen Elizabeth II tour the Palace on her 1976 trip to America. A large amount of information in the files, including magazine articles, booklets, and newspaper clippings, relates to the American Bicentennial of 1976. There are a large number of pictures in Series 6 associated with Tryon Palace, including photographs of parts of the restoration as it progressed. Some of the photos are from the file "Commission Biography and Photos." This file provides information regarding those individuals appointed to the Commission, usually prominent individuals from New Bern and elsewhere in North Carolina.
A letter from former North Carolina First Lady, Mrs. Dan Moore, dated 2 August 1978, reveals that John Harden Associates were asked to resign their position as publicists for Tryon Palace. That letter and Harden's response reveal the dynamics of the relationship between Harden and the Tryon Commission's administration. Copies of correspondence between Harden and the Commission's administrative officers provide further background on differences between the two parties.
Folder 1354-1359
Folder 1354Folder 1355Folder 1356Folder 1357Folder 1358Folder 1359 |
1978 |
Folder 1360-1363
Folder 1360Folder 1361Folder 1362Folder 1363 |
Administrative Reports |
Folder 1364-1369
Folder 1364Folder 1365Folder 1366Folder 1367Folder 1368Folder 1369 |
Advertising and Correspondence |
| Folder 1370 |
Advertising and Correspondence: Agreements and Negotiations |
Folder 1371-1375
Folder 1371Folder 1372Folder 1373Folder 1374Folder 1375 |
Articles, Correspondence, Miscellaneous |
Folder 1376-1382
Folder 1376Folder 1377Folder 1378Folder 1379Folder 1380Folder 1381Folder 1382 |
Articles, Miscellaneous |
Folder 1383-1389
Folder 1383Folder 1384Folder 1385Folder 1386Folder 1387Folder 1388Folder 1389 |
Books |
Folder 1390-1391
Folder 1390Folder 1391 |
Brochures |
Folder 1392-1395
Folder 1392Folder 1393Folder 1394Folder 1395 |
Commission Biography and Photos |
Folder 1396-1402
Folder 1396Folder 1397Folder 1398Folder 1399Folder 1400Folder 1401Folder 1402 |
Correspondence |
Folder 1403-1405
Folder 1403Folder 1404Folder 1405 |
Curator |
Folder 1406-1407
Folder 1406Folder 1407 |
Kellenberger, Mrs. |
Folder 1408-1411
Folder 1408Folder 1409Folder 1410Folder 1411 |
Magazines |
Folder 1412-1414
Folder 1412Folder 1413Folder 1414 |
Magazine Articles |
Folder 1415-1416
Folder 1415Folder 1416 |
Martin, Mrs. [originally an envelope of pamphlets] |
| Folder 1417 |
Miscellaneous |
Folder 1418-1422
Folder 1418Folder 1419Folder 1420Folder 1421Folder 1422 |
Newsletters |
| Folder 1423 |
Photo descriptions |
| Folder 1424 |
PR Reports |
Folder 1425-1427
Folder 1425Folder 1426Folder 1427 |
Publications |
Folder 1428-1435
Folder 1428Folder 1429Folder 1430Folder 1431Folder 1432Folder 1433Folder 1434Folder 1435 |
Publications and Pamphlets |
Folder 1436-1438
Folder 1436Folder 1437Folder 1438 |
Speeches |
Folder 1439-1443
Folder 1439Folder 1440Folder 1441Folder 1442Folder 1443 |
Releases |
Folder 1444-1447
Folder 1444Folder 1445Folder 1446Folder 1447 |
Releases - A |
| Folder 1448 |
Stanley Portraits |
Folder 1449-1451
Folder 1449Folder 1450Folder 1451 |
Symposium |
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Subseries 1.5. NCNB, 1954-1973.
Arrangement: by branch, then alphabetical.
Correspondence, annual reports, news releases, memoranda, and other records relating to public relations activities of John Harden Associates on behalf of North Carolina National Bank (NCNB). The General Folder files include information that was loose or was placed in folders without any titles. The bulk of the material primarily covers the 1960s. There are a number of pictures in Series 6 of officers of the bank, as well as photographs of bank buildings and activities such as stockholders' meetings, art in the bank, and other pictures.
John Harden Associates began their relationship with NCNB through their public relations work with Security National Bank, the largest national bank in the state of North Carolina, in 1958. This bank merged with other banks to form NCNB in 1960. C. M. Vanstory, previously assistant treasurer of Burlington Mills and president of Security National Bank, became Chairman of the Board for NCNB. John Harden Associates' work with NCNB was formalized in a memo dated 4 May 1964. Previously, the relationship with both NCNB and Security had been on an informal level. Correspondence in the Joe Cloud folders provide information on this shift, 1964-1965, as well as other aspects of the relationship between the two companies. JHA provided internal assistance, with the in-house NCNB newsletter, The Compass , as well as external assistance.
The records in this subseries provide information and news releases regarding the mergers of banks throughout North Carolina which culminated in the creation of NCNB on 1 July 1960, including a flow chart of the mergers with dates. Throughout the files, reports and memos provide details of the operations of the bank and the changes as NCNB continued to grow. These include administrative changes, new mergers, and the introduction of computers in the bank and how this affected the customers, among other topics.
These files also contain information generated by John Harden Associates regarding other associations in which Vanstory and other NCNB officers were involved. JHA personnel assisted NCNB officers in writing speeches for the organizations and articles published in magazines and newspapers. Included in the files are clippings about NCNB from newspapers and magazines.
Folder 1452-1458
Folder 1452Folder 1453Folder 1454Folder 1455Folder 1456Folder 1457Folder 1458 |
Branch Offices: Burlington, 1958-1968 |
| Folder 1459 |
Branch Offices: Chapel Hill Merger, 1963 |
Folder 1460-1461
Folder 1460Folder 1461 |
Branch Offices: Chapel Hill, 1964-1965 |
Folder 1462-1469
Folder 1462Folder 1463Folder 1464Folder 1465Folder 1466Folder 1467Folder 1468Folder 1469 |
Branch Offices: Charlotte 1962-1965 |
| Folder 1470 |
Branch Offices: Charlotte Bank Building |
Folder 1471-1472
Folder 1471Folder 1472 |
Branch Offices: Charlotte Correspondence, 1966-1967 |
Folder 1473-1479
Folder 1473Folder 1474Folder 1475Folder 1476Folder 1477Folder 1478Folder 1479 |
Branch Offices: Charlotte Releases, 1964-1966, 1968 |
Folder 1480-1485
Folder 1480Folder 1481Folder 1482Folder 1483Folder 1484Folder 1485 |
Branch Offices: Durham, 1959-1965 |
| Folder 1486 |
Branch Offices: Fayetteville, 1967 |
| Folder 1487 |
Annual Carolinas Business Survey, 1962 |
| Folder 1488 |
Annual Report, [circa 1962] |
| Folder 1489 |
BPRMA |
| Folder 1490 |
Bank Personnel - Biographical Material |
| Folder 1491 |
Bankers Industrial Development |
Folder 1492-1493
Folder 1492Folder 1493 |
Carr, Wm., Columns |
Folder 1494-1495
Folder 1494Folder 1495 |
Christmas Club Releases |
Folder 1496-1499
Folder 1496Folder 1497Folder 1498Folder 1499 |
Cloud, Joe |
Folder 1500-1501
Folder 1500Folder 1501 |
Coin Shortage Stories |
| Folder 1502 |
The Compass, 1962 |
| Folder 1503 |
The Compass, 1969 |
Folder 1504-1505
Folder 1504Folder 1505 |
Correspondents' Workshop The Compass |
Folder 1506-1508
Folder 1506Folder 1507Folder 1508 |
Directors |
Folder 1509-1510
Folder 1509Folder 1510 |
Dividends |
Folder 1511-1514
Folder 1511Folder 1512Folder 1513Folder 1514 |
General Folder: Annual Reports |
| Folder 1515 |
General Folder: Clippings |
Folder 1516-1519
Folder 1516Folder 1517Folder 1518Folder 1519 |
General Folder: Company Info, Speeches/Stories |
Folder 1520-1521
Folder 1520Folder 1521 |
General Folder: Compass Issues |
Folder 1522-1525
Folder 1522Folder 1523Folder 1524Folder 1525 |
General Folder: Correspondence |
| Folder 1526 |
General Folder: Correspondence: NCNB's PR Program |
| Folder 1527 |
General Folder: Hours Changed |
| Folder 1528 |
General Folder: NCNB News |
| Folder 1529 |
General Folder: News Releases |
Folder 1530-1531
Folder 1530Folder 1531 |
General Folder: Other Publications |
Folder 1532-1535
Folder 1532Folder 1533Folder 1534Folder 1535 |
General Folder: Pamphlets |
| Folder 1536 |
General Folder: Printed Speeches by Storrs |
| Folder 1537 |
General Folder: Reports to Shareholders |
| Folder 1538 |
History File: Art in Banks |
| Folder 1539 |
History File: NCNB Speeches/Skit |
| Folder 1540 |
History File: News Releases |
| Folder 1541 |
House Organ (Security National Bank) |
| Folder 1542 |
Lady Bankers Seminar (Skit) |
| Folder 1543 |
Merchants and Farmer Merger |
Folder 1544-1545
Folder 1544Folder 1545 |
Miscellaneous through 1961 |
| Folder 1546 |
Miscellaneous |
| Folder 1547 |
Million Dollar Round Table |
Folder 1548-1549
Folder 1548Folder 1549 |
News clippings |
Folder 1550-1551
Folder 1550Folder 1551 |
News Release Policies, Miscellaneous |
| Folder 1552 |
New Raleigh Office |
| Folder 1553 |
Office-Manager Roster, circa 1961-1964 |
Folder 1554-1556
Folder 1554Folder 1555Folder 1556 |
Picture Correspondence |
| Folder 1557 |
Press Kit-Charlotte Dedication |
| Folder 1558 |
Public Relations Program, 1964 |
Folder 1559-1560
Folder 1559Folder 1560 |
Releases - Extra Copies |
| Folder 1561 |
Resolutions |
Folder 1562-1563
Folder 1562Folder 1563 |
Security - Guilford Merger |
| Folder 1564 |
Security - Depositors Merger |
| Folder 1565 |
Security National Bank |
| Folder 1566 |
Speakers Bureau |
Folder 1567-1569
Folder 1567Folder 1568Folder 1569 |
State Grange |
| Folder 1570 |
State Grange, 1963 |
Folder 1571-1574
Folder 1571Folder 1572Folder 1573Folder 1574 |
Stevens Dinner |
| Folder 1575 |
Stockholders Meeting |
| Folder 1576 |
Suggestions |
| Folder 1577 |
Summer Scholarship Fund |
Folder 1578-1579
Folder 1578Folder 1579 |
Supervisory Development Seminar |
| Folder 1580 |
Vanstory's American Banker Story, 1962 |
Folder 1581-1584
Folder 1581Folder 1582Folder 1583Folder 1584 |
Vanstory, through 1961 |
| Folder 1585 |
Vanstory, 1962 |
| Folder 1586 |
Vanstory Retirement, 1966 |
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Subseries 1.6. Penick Home, 1969-1980.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Correspondence, memoranda, press releases, and newsletters concerning Penick Home, an Episcopal Home for the Aging, and the Episcopal Church. Penick Home opened in 1964. John Harden Associates appear to have been most heavily involved from 1964 to 1974, maintaining files on various aspects of the home. The firm played a large part in the Home's Mother's Day fund raising campaign, the object of which was to provide funds for those who could not afford the cost of living in the Home and thereby ensuring that "no one would be turned away for financial reasons." This was the motto of Bishop Penick, for whom the Home was named. Correspondence, examples of information mailed to parishioners, and costs of the campaign are included.
John Harden served on the Board for Penick, and maintained his own Board files from 1971-1973, along with Board Member Information files through 1980. The files are extensive and describe the official actions of the board along with the finances and budget.
The Penick Home Messenger Newsletter, originally written by the residents, progressed from a simple homemade newsletter to a more professional publication mailed out to individuals as well as distributed to those in the home. The early newsletters afford a glimpse into the lives of the people living in the home. The files contain consecutive copies from the period 1972-1977. The newsletter files contain information that went into the newsletters, along with some copies of the newsletter as it developed. The Churchman (later renamed The Communicant), the publication of Diocese of North Carolina, reveals contemporary issues and Episcopal views on activities of their church and the country at large. Correspondence regarding both these publications, with the greatest amount dealing with the Penick Home Newsletter, is found in their respective files.
| Folder 1587 |
Annual Report, 1969 |
| Folder 1588 |
Annual Report, 1970 |
Folder 1589-1599
Folder 1589Folder 1590Folder 1591Folder 1592Folder 1593Folder 1594Folder 1595Folder 1596Folder 1597Folder 1598Folder 1599 |
Board File, Mr. H., 1971-1973 |
Folder 1600-1607
Folder 1600Folder 1601Folder 1602Folder 1603Folder 1604Folder 1605Folder 1606Folder 1607 |
Board Member Information |
Folder 1608-1610
Folder 1608Folder 1609Folder 1610 |
Brown, Phil (Executive Director) |
Folder 1611-1614
Folder 1611Folder 1612Folder 1613Folder 1614 |
The Churchman, 1971-1974, June 1976 |
| Folder 1615 |
Clippings and Correspondence |
| Folder 1616 |
The Communicant |
| Folder 1617 |
Film Strip (written information - 1971) |
Folder 1618-1619
Folder 1618Folder 1619 |
General: Advertising |
| Folder 1620 |
General: Clippings |
Folder 1621-1625
Folder 1621Folder 1622Folder 1623Folder 1624Folder 1625 |
General: Correspondence |
Folder 1626-1627
Folder 1626Folder 1627 |
General: News Releases |
Folder 1628-1630
Folder 1628Folder 1629Folder 1630 |
Literature-Background for Information |
Folder 1631-1633
Folder 1631Folder 1632Folder 1633 |
Miscellaneous |
Folder 1634-1638
Folder 1634Folder 1635Folder 1636Folder 1637Folder 1638 |
Mother's Day, 1961-1973 |
Folder 1639-1645
Folder 1639Folder 1640Folder 1641Folder 1642Folder 1643Folder 1644Folder 1645 |
Mother's Day, 1971-1974 |
| Folder 1646 |
Mother's Day: Past and Samples from other homes |
| Folder 1647 |
News from Episcopal Home for the Ageing |
Folder 1648-1653
Folder 1648Folder 1649Folder 1650Folder 1651Folder 1652Folder 1653 |
Newsletter |
Folder 1654-1658
Folder 1654Folder 1655Folder 1656Folder 1657Folder 1658 |
Newsletter, 1971-1972 |
Folder 1659-1662
Folder 1659Folder 1660Folder 1661Folder 1662 |
Newsletter: News releases |
Folder 1663-1667
Folder 1663Folder 1664Folder 1665Folder 1666Folder 1667 |
Penick Home Messenger, May 1962-Apr 1977 |
| Folder 1668 |
Open House -10th Anniversary, 1974 |
| Folder 1669 |
Pending Projects and Problems |
| Folder 1670 |
Projects |
| Folder 1671 |
Quickie Brochure, June 1971 |
| Folder 1672 |
Working Title, 1971 |
| Folder 1673 |
Year End Letter, 1973 |
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Subseries 1.7. Public Relations Society of America, 1957-1982.
Arrangement: topical.
Correspondence, memoranda, and press releases related to John Harden's activities in the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), a national organization of public relations executives. Approximately two-thirds of the material was generated by the national organization, providing members with information on the latest trends in public relations, job opportunities in the field, minutes from the executive meetings of the PRSA board, and the text of speeches on topics relevant to PR professionals. For the 1960s, there are scattered issues of The Gallagher Report: A Confidential Letter to Advertising, Marketing, and Media Executives . There are also more complete runs of the PRSA's National Newsletter in the 1970s. Around one-third of the material comprises correspondence related to the activities of the Carolinas Chapter of PRSA.
Folder 1674-1687
Folder 1674Folder 1675Folder 1676Folder 1677Folder 1678Folder 1679Folder 1680Folder 1681Folder 1682Folder 1683Folder 1684Folder 1685Folder 1686Folder 1687 |
Public Relations Society of America, 1957-1966, 1968-1982 |
Folder 1688-1694
Folder 1688Folder 1689Folder 1690Folder 1691Folder 1692Folder 1693Folder 1694 |
PRSA-Carolinas Chapter, 1964-1968 |
Folder 1695-1696
Folder 1695Folder 1696 |
PRSA-Carolinas Chapter: Financial Statements |
| Folder 1697 |
PRSA-Carolinas Chapter: Secretary-Treasurer, 1965 |
| Folder 1698 |
PRSA-Certificate of Accreditation |
| Folder 1699 |
PRSA-Leadership Kit, 1970 |
Folder 1700-1701
Folder 1700Folder 1701 |
PRSA National Newsletter, 1973-1980 |
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Series 2. Other Business Files, 1947-1981.
Correspondence, memoranda, news clippings, press releases, and other materials relating to John Harden's business activities that were distinct from his work for John Harden Associates.
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Subseries 2.1. Burlington Industries, 1947-1963,
1969-1971.
Arrangement: topical.
Correspondence and interoffice memos related primarily to Harden's tenure, 1948-1958, as Director of Public Relations at Burlington Mills in Alamance County, N.C. This post was the first of its kind in a southern textile mill, reflecting Burlington's desire, in an age of heightened mass media presence to get its story to the public, and, in particular, to those in power. In that regard, Harden, a confidant of Governor Cherry and Senator Umstead, proved a wise choice. The correspondence reveals that Harden had accepted the position with Burlington Mills while serving as manager of Senator Umstead's election campaign in 1948, but kept it "top secret" until after the Democratic primary.
There are relatively few letters from the late 1940s to mid-1950s, but they do illustrate Harden's extensive contacts with prominent Tar Heel politicians, educators, and newspaper men. One memo also lists Burlington Mills's charitable donations in its home county of Alamance for the period from 1941 to the end of 1950, showing the great extent to which the mill involved itself in the community. Recipients of Burlington's donations ranged from a "negro T.B. victim" ($300) to the Ossipee Baptist church ($1000) to the Burlington Community Building ($70,000).
A number of memoranda provide information on the organization of Burlington Industries, e.g., flow charts detailing the chain of command within the company, names and addresses of Burlington's managers and their locations, and financial data on sales and earnings.
Harden's memos to Burlington chairman, J. Spencer Love, in the late 1950s, are considerably more revealing of his public relations activities, and of southern political and economic developments in general. A number of memos deal with labor-management relations, in particular the long-running textile mill strike at Henderson, N.C. In this instance, Harden's connections in state government proved useful, gleaning information on the strikers activities from an unnamed source in the State Bureau of Investigation. One memo notes the fear of mill executives that the Henderson sheriff and his deputies favored the union side. Another exchange suggests that Time magazine delayed a special feature lauding North Carolina's industrial progress until the Henderson strike was over.
Other memos note the problems of growing foreign competition for Southern textiles, the need for the South to attract new industries, and concern that Luther Hodges's success in doing just that might be jeopardized if he were to be succeeded by a "traditional court house politician." Harden's involvement in the Luther Hodges European Trade Mission (See Subseries 2.3) is also discussed in these memos.
In many of the memos, Harden reported back to Love regarding meetings with University trustees, other businessmen, and politicians. These memos, designed to keep Spencer Love abreast of activities in local and national politics, highlight the close-knit nature of North Carolina's most prominent educators, businessmen, and politicians. Much of Harden's information on events in Raleigh are gleaned from Ed Rankin, Governor Hodges's private secretary and a former journalist with Harden at the Salisbury Post who later joined Harden at John Harden Associates. Harden also used his strong links to the University of North Carolina system --he served as president of the General Alumni Association from 1955 to 1956--to keep Love informed on developments in higher education.
Although Harden left Burlington Industries to establish John Harden Associates in 1958, a number of letters from the early 1960s reveal his continuing personal and professional interest in the firm's activities.
Additional information may be found in Subseries 5.1.4. Photographs regarding Burlington Mills are found in Subseries 6.1.
| Folder 1702 |
Annual reports, 1969-1971 |
| Folder 1703 |
Brochures |
Folder 1704-1707
Folder 1704Folder 1705Folder 1706Folder 1707 |
Correspondence, 1947-1979 |
| Folder 1708 |
Letters of Congratulation |
Folder 1709-1711
Folder 1709Folder 1710Folder 1711 |
Memos to J. S. Love, 1958-1959 |
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Subseries 2.2. Cannon Mills, 1971-1981.
Arrangement: topical.
Correspondence, memoranda, press releases, and other material related to Harden's tenure as head of public relations at Cannon Mills, one of the nation's largest textile manufacturers. From the spring of 1971 to the end of 1972, Harden took a sabbatical from John Harden Associates to assist his brother-in-law, Don Holt, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Cannon. Harden's primary task was to repair a corporate image tarnished by a 1970 exposé by consumer advocate Ralph Nader of poor working conditions in the company's mills, and racial discrimination in company-owned housing. One folder contains a transcript of Nader's televised documentary, Red, White and Blue for Mr. Charlie.
The bulk of materials relate to Harden's efforts to improve Cannon's public relations. Six folders contain press releases on Cannon activities to the local and national media. Harden initiated these releases in 1971 and 1972, but the majority of the releases date from 1973 to 1979, after he had left the company. There is also a full run of the first two years (1971-1973) of Cannon News, a "biweekly publication for employees and friends of Cannon Mills." The News informed its readers of "management's views," ("Strike Can Shut Plants, Holt Says," August 1971), recreational activities such as inter-plant softball, and news of retirees and Cannon scholarships. The first issue of Cannon News in July 1971 profiled a Mr. R. R. "Railroad" Coggins who "'Still Works, Stays Busy' at his 6:30 a.m. shift at Cannon despite a broken leg." Two folders deal with Harden's plan for public tours of the mills, and the construction of a visitor's center at Cannon.
One folder deals with the 1973 National Superdoffer Tournament, a contest to find the fastest doffer in American textile mills. According to the rules of the contest, a doffer must "remove full bobbins of yarn from the spindles on spinning frames, replace them with empty bobbins, then restart the machine so that the cycle of filling the bobbins with yarn can begin again." Harden's correspondence suggests that the tourney proved popular among textile workers and management, but was criticized by Charlotte journalist Harry Golden as akin to Roman bread and circuses, and as an attempt "to take [workers'] minds off the unions." Correspondence and news clippings reveal scattered references to an unsuccessful union drive by the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) in 1974.
Other items of note include news clippings on Don Holt, drafts of Holt's speeches, and drafts of a 90-year history of Cannon Mills, written by Harden in 1977. Seven folders contain news releases, fashion brochures, and sewing patterns on a project named, "Love and a Few Stitches," which suggested a myriad of uses (clothing, napkins, children's toys) for Cannon's primary product: towels. These folders also highlight Cannon's shift from staid, conservative designs in bed linens to a more adventurous style. For instance, one brochure, The Many Moods of Me, sought to appeal to "the kind of woman who dares to be different, who wants tomorrow's look today."
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Subseries 2.3. Luther Hodges European Trade Mission, 1959-1961.
Arrangement: topical.
Correspondence, memoranda, publicity materials, and news clippings related to Harden's role in an industry-hunting tour of Europe by North Carolina businessmen in 1959. The trip built on the state's success in attracting new plant investment (up 32% in 1957-58) and in promoting North Carolina as a business-friendly state with a favorable corporate tax climate. Yet since all the southern states were aggressively courting businesses from America's traditional industrial heartland, Governor Luther Hodges began to look to Europe to give North Carolina an edge over its neighbors. Recognizing that North Carolina needed to sell itself to Europeans who may have harbored less than progressive preconceptions about the South, Hodges handed Harden the task of organizing and publicizing a European tour that would promote the state as a major player in the new era of international trade.
The materials related to the trip can roughly be divided into three parts: correspondence, dossiers on each European city, and news clippings. Other materials include a number of speeches by Governor Hodges and information about travel arrangements. See Series 6 for photographs of the North Carolinians in London, including a photograph of Governor Hodges and a London "bobby" at the gates of Buckingham Palace.
Much of the correspondence concerns Harden's efforts to coordinate planning for the trip. Letters reveal that the tour captured the imagination of many in the North Carolina business community and that far more hoped to participate than could be budgeted. Eventually 64 business leaders, all male and white, made the trip. One constant source of controversy appears to have been the amount of state funds that could be allocated to the trip. Hodges expressed concern about "throwing away state money" (Hodges to Harden, 11 January 1960) and encouraged North Carolina firms to sponsor a luncheon fund to take care of entertainment expenses. A number of documents reveal the cost of the trip ($99,817.00). Other letters deal with the follow up to the European trip, and efforts to maintain contacts with European businesses.
The dossiers on each city visited are also informative. They reveal Harden's work with the diplomatic service and with his European hosts to ensure that the North Carolina party adhered to proper protocol. The commercial attache of the U.S. embassy in London reminded Harden, for instance, that "placing at tables is paramount at British luncheons and dinners." (London dossier) And in France, this attention to cultural sensitivities averted a potential diplomatic faux pas. Harden had sought to utilize the Tar Heel symbol on ties, lapel pins, and publicity materials as an easily recognizable logo. Unfortunately, white French colonial settlers in Algeria, the pieds noirs, had recently adopted a very similar symbol (two black feet) to publicize their resistance to Algerian independence. On being informed of this by French diplomats. Harden agreed for the delegation not to wear Tar Heel ties and emblems in Paris. The dossiers also provide information on the business and political leaders who attended the North Carolina luncheons, itineraries for participants, and briefing papers on the political and business climate in each city. Harden also produced a brochure informing each host nation about North Carolina. These brochures provided Europeans a brief history of North Carolina, a recent (and glowing) Time magazine article on the state's "progressive" race relations and dramatic strides in industrial production. Testimonials from businesses that had recently relocated to the state ("remarkable production record-Westinghouse Electric Corporation") and information on the newly established Research Triangle Park rounded off the brochure's contention that North Carolina was "the different state."
Many of the clippings cover material similar to that found in the correspondence and dossiers. Most of these are from North Carolina newspapers, but also include some from other publications, such as Business Week ("Carolina woos the Rich European") and the English language France Actuelle, which praised Hodges as a "go-getting governor." In the planning stage, the press offered mostly praise for Harden's and Hodges's initiative in formulating such an ambitious plan. Most of the coverage during the trip suggests that the trip had proved successful in making North Carolina known to the wider world. The trips to England and Germany appear to have met with the greatest success, but one account noted a less than enthusiastic welcome for Tar Heels in Paris. This does not seem to have been connected to the "pied noir" controversy, but rather to the fact that the French were reluctant to speak English and the North Carolinians spoke no French. A number of clippings reveal a minor controversy that arose at the end of the trip, concerning Harden's retainer fee of $100.00 a day for 73 days.
Other material of interest includes the texts of several addresses by Luther Hodges given at each European stop, in which he highlights the great strides made by North Carolina industries. There is also a copy of Hodges's pamphlet of a recent trip to the U.S.S.R, A Governor Sees the Soviets, and a German language edition of the tour's publicity brochure, Nordkarolina, der 'Tar Heel' Staat.
See also memos from Harden to J. S. Love in Subseries 2.1 about Harden's involvement in the trade mission.
Folder 1744-1745
Folder 1744Folder 1745 |
Amsterdam |
| Folder 1746 |
Applicants |
Folder 1747-1752
Folder 1747Folder 1748Folder 1749Folder 1750Folder 1751Folder 1752 |
Correspondence, June-December 1959 |
| Folder 1753 |
Correspondence, January-February 1960 |
| Folder 1754 |
Directories of foreign businesses |
| Folder 1755 |
Frankfurt and Hamburg |
| Folder 1756 |
Hodges, Luther. Addresses |
| Folder 1757 |
Hodges, Luther. A Governor Sees the Soviets |
Folder 1758-1759
Folder 1758Folder 1759 |
Invitations to participate |
| Folder 1760 |
Itineraries |
Folder 1761-1762
Folder 1761Folder 1762 |
London |
| Folder 1763 |
Luncheon sponsors |
| Folder 1764 |
Munich |
| Folder 1765 |
News clippings: Foreign Press |
Folder 1766-1767
Folder 1766Folder 1767 |
News clippings: July 1959-January 1960 |
| Folder 1768 |
News magazine clippings |
| Folder 1769 |
Nordkarolina Der "Tar Heel Staat" |
Folder 1770-1771
Folder 1770Folder 1771 |
Paris |
| Folder 1772 |
Participants |
| Folder 1773 |
Press and publicity |
| Folder 1774 |
Radio Free Europe |
| Folder 1775 |
Recommended participants |
| Folder 1776 |
Reports and releases |
Folder 1777-1779
Folder 1777Folder 1778Folder 1779 |
Stuttgart |
| Folder 1780 |
Suggestions for guest lists |
| Folder 1781 |
Travel brochures |
Folder 1782-1783
Folder 1782Folder 1783 |
Zurich |
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Subseries 2.4. Piedmont Associated Industries, Inc., 1961-1973.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence and memoranda generated by Piedmont Associated Industries, Inc. (PAI), a Greensboro-based lobbying group for the North Carolina textile industry, comprise about half of the material in this subseries. The remainder consists of PAI's membership bulletin, a weekly compendium of pending legislation of interest to PAI's membership, developments in labor relations in the industry, and information on social gatherings for members. There are only a handful of bulletins for 1961 to 1962, none for 1963 and 1964, and 20 weekly bulletins for 1965. There is practically a full run of bulletins for 1966, 1970, and 1971, and scattered issues for 1967, 1968, and 1969.
The correspondence offers a vivid portrait of the world of the Southern textile executive in the 1960s. Although Harden had left Burlington Industries to set up his own public relations company in 1958, he did not leave this world behind, and as a member of the Board of Directors of PAI, he kept abreast of the three major challenges faced by southern textile manufacturers in the 1960s: foreign competition, racial integration, and unionization.
The correspondence highlights PAI's efforts to feel the political pulse of Washington and Raleigh on matters concerning the textile industry. A number of letters convey PAI's concerted lobbying of Congress to protect Carolina textiles from Asian imports and the trade barriers of the European Common Market. Other memoranda note African-American efforts to gain access to jobs in textiles; an issue that, the members of PAI suggest, was not of "much concern" to management, but did meet with hostility from a predominantly white work force. In a speech to PAI in March 1962, Harden warned that any plans to integrate firms must proceed with caution. Convinced that good PR can overcome any problem, he proposed that every effort be made to improve "personal communications" between workers of both races and with management. In this regard, PAI sponsored a number of "management sensitization seminars" in the late 1960s to make supervisory personnel aware of the "plight of the minority disadvantaged person."
Several memoranda suggest that textile managers were, however, deeply concerned about federal equal opportunity legislation, and hostile to growing governmental regulation in general, including minimum wage legislation, Medicaid, Medicare, and anti-poverty measures. Many of the correspondents also note their concern about support for these measures within the Sanford administration in Raleigh. PAI's membership bulletin makes clear that, as the 1960s progressed, southern industrialists came to rely more and more on support from Northern Republicans as well as their traditional Southern Democratic allies.
The correspondence and weekly membership bulletins make clear, however, that organized labor posed the greatest concern for the members of PAI. One textile executive feared in October 1965, that the current "climate for union organizing [was] unparalleled in American history," and noted with alarm that "the Negro" hitherto anti-union "and with a history of loyalty to his employer...is no longer sure that's right." In order to combat the labor/civil rights alliance, PAI sponsored a number of conferences on how best to defeat union drives, and a number of pamphlets and brochures detail these efforts. The collection also includes materials produced by PAI's foes, notably labor unions, civil rights groups, and left-wing organizations such as the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).
Folder 1784-1788
Folder 1784Folder 1785Folder 1786Folder 1787Folder 1788 |
Membership Bulletin, 1961-1972 |
Folder 1789-1795
Folder 1789Folder 1790Folder 1791Folder 1792Folder 1793Folder 1794Folder 1795 |
Correspondence, 1958-1973 |
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Subseries 2.5. Rotary Club, 1955-1981.
Arrangement: chronological and topical.
Correspondence, newsletters, and clippings related to John Harden's activities in Rotary International. In 1962, Harden served as Governor of Rotary Chapter 769, a district that included Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, Kannapolis, and most of the North Carolina Piedmont excluding Charlotte and the Raleigh-Durham area. Harden remained active in that organization for the rest of his career.
Most of the material provides information on upcoming Rotary activities in Greensboro and in North Carolina generally. There are scattered issues of District 769's Governors Monthly Newsletter for the 1960s and for the 1970s. Rotaryarns, a monthly newsletter of Greensboro Rotaryans provides information on the organization's activities in that city from 1970 to 1976. Rotary Club pictures are available in Subseries 6.1.
Folder 1796-1804
Folder 1796Folder 1797Folder 1798Folder 1799Folder 1800Folder 1801Folder 1802Folder 1803Folder 1804 |
Rotary, 1955-1980 |
| Folder 1805 |
Rotary, undated |
| Folder 1806 |
Rotary International District 769: District Governor, 1962-1970 |
Folder 1807-1808
Folder 1807Folder 1808 |
Rotary International District 769: Governor's Monthly Letter, 1962-1980 |
Folder 1809-1810
Folder 1809Folder 1810 |
"Rotaryarns"-Greensboro Rotary Club, 1970-1976 |
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Series 3. Political Activities, 1944-1981.
Arrangement: topical.
Correspondence, press releases, campaign ads, speeches, and clippings concerning North Carolina politics from 1944 to 1981. About two-thirds of the materials cover the period from 1944 to 1958.
The largest single group of materials deals with North Carolina's 1944 gubernatorial campaign. Most of these folders contain speeches and press releases written by Harden in his capacity as director of publicity for Gregg Cherry, the successful Democratic candidate. Topics covered include increased salaries for public school teachers, tax cuts, juvenile delinquency, rural electrification, health care, and post-war planning. On health care, for instance, Cherry proposed in April 1944 that where parents were unable to afford medical care for their children, "the state should assume this cost," as "the neglect of youth becomes the burden of age and a grievous loss to the state in earning power." There are also numerous campaign ads, most supporting Cherry, but one contrasts a photograph of an apparently inebriated Cherry with his rival, Ralph McDonald, who is described as "Safe, Sane, and Sober." Further materials on the Cherry administration are collected in Subseries 4.5 and in Subseries 6.1.
Other folders deal with incumbent Senator William Umstead's losing 1948 campaign for the Senate. Again, most of the material consists of press releases generated by Harden, Umstead's director of public relations. Topics covered include Umstead's opposition to President Truman's "so-called civil rights program" as "an unwarranted invasion of state sovereignty." Umstead's speeches also focused on support for the European Recovery Program as the strongest bulwark against communism abroad and support for the Taft-Hartley Act as the best protection against the "unbridled" power of the labor unions.
Campaign literature and news clippings suggest that civil rights was also a key issue in the 1954 Democratic Senate primary between Alton Lennon and W. Kerr Scott. The primary took place against the backdrop of the Brown decision. Harden did not play a direct role in this primary, but the bulk of the campaign literature is supportive of Lennon's candidacy.
News clippings and campaign brochures account for most of the materials from the late 1950s through the 1960s. There are a number of large campaign advertisements for candidates Dan Moore, Richardson Preyer, and I. Beverly Lake from the 1964 gubernatorial race and correspondence related to Governor Moore's appointment of Harden to a number of state boards.
The remaining folders contain clippings and brochures from various North Carolina campaigns and scattered materials concerning national politics, notably promotional literature from the 1976 presidential campaigns of Senator Henry Jackson of Washington and Governor George Wallace of Alabama.
Further information concerning Harden's political activities can be found in Series 1, in the files of John Harden Associates. Campaign Associates, an offshoot of JHA, ran several electoral campaigns throughout the South in the 1970s, including Hugh Morton's race for North Carolina's Democratic gubernatorial primary in 1972. Photographs of this campaign are found in Subseries 6.1. Harden's writings (Series 4) and the Harden family correspondence (Series 5) also contain information on the Cherry and Umstead campaigns, and on Harden's tenure as Cherry's private secretary.
Folder 1811-1812
Folder 1811Folder 1812 |
Bond Issues-School and Mental Care 1953 |
| Folder 1813 |
Campaign Brochures, 1972 |
| Folder 1814 |
Cherry Campaign Ads |
Folder 1815-1819
Folder 1815Folder 1816Folder 1817Folder 1818Folder 1819 |
Cherry Campaign, 1944 |
| Folder 1820 |
Cherry Campaign Radio and Speeches |
| Folder 1821 |
Cherry Legislative Activity |
Folder 1822-1829
Folder 1822Folder 1823Folder 1824Folder 1825Folder 1826Folder 1827Folder 1828Folder 1829 |
Correspondence, 1948-1972, 1974 |
| Folder 1830 |
Correspondence, 1975-1981 and undated |
| Folder 1831 |
Democratic National Convention, 1960, 1964 |
| Folder 1832 |
Democratic Party Campaign, 1944-1946 |
| Folder 1833 |
Democratic Primary, 1954 (A. Lennon, K. Scott) |
| Folder 1834 |
Governors Conferences, 1946-1947 |
| Folder 1835 |
Greensboro City Council Elections, 1959 |
| Folder 1836 |
List of Democratic Party Activists, 1950-1954 |
| Folder 1837 |
List of Frank Porter Graham Supporters |
Folder 1838-1840
Folder 1838Folder 1839Folder 1840 |
News clippings, 1952-1958, 1960-1981 |
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4702/2 |
News clippings, 1960-1964, 1968Features articles in favor of Alton Lennon and in favor of Kerr Scott for the 1954 Senate Primary. Also includes a 1964 newspaper articles against the Civil Rights Bill, Guilford County, N.C. voting polls, and other campaigning advertisements |
| Folder 1841 |
North Carolina Democratic Club of Washington, D.C. |
| Folder 1842 |
North Carolina Legislators, 1969 |
| Folder 1843 |
Political Campaign Materials, 1968 and undated |
| Folder 1844 |
Scott, Kerr |
Folder 1845-1847
Folder 1845Folder 1846Folder 1847 |
Southern Governors' Conference, 1946-1947, 1967-1968 |
Folder 1848-1849
Folder 1848Folder 1849 |
Umstead, Senator, 1948 Campaign |
| Folder 1850 |
Umstead, Senator: Press Releases |
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Series 4. Writings, 1923?-1984.
Arrangement: by type.
Harden received many letters from fans, especially school children. Harden spoke to many schools and youth groups, including his own children's Boy Scout troops, about the ghost stories he had included in his books. Letters and ghost stories written by school children are included.
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Subseries 4.1. Published Books, 1946-1979.
Arrangement: by book title, then alphabetically.
Correspondence and other papers regarding each of John Harden's published books. Harden published The Devil's Tramping Ground and Other North Carolina Mystery Stories in 1949 and Tar Heel Ghosts in 1954. These books present stories gathered by Harden that deal with North Carolina locales, myths, and stories. Devil's Tramping Ground grew out of a weekly radio program, entitled Tales of Tarheelia, presented over eighteen months on station WPTF in Raleigh in 1946-1947. Both books were illustrated by Lindsey McAlister, an acquaintance of Harden's daughter Glenn Abbott, and were published by the University of North Carolina Press.
Correspondence between Harden and the University of North Carolina Press make up a large part of this subseries. These letters include information on the marketing strategies involved in selling the books. Getting the word out to others through influential and well-placed persons prompted the compiling of the Ghosts Mail List, containing the names of those individuals John Harden and the UNC Press felt should receive copies of the book. Correspondence includes answers from some people who received review copies.
Correspondence between Harden and UNC Press director Lambert Davis reveals the methods and sources for many of Harden's published stories. For both the radio shows and the books, Harden pulled information from a variety of sources. In February 1955, a Mrs. Patton wrote to Lambert Davis, then director of UNC Press, regarding a possible copyright problem. She had published a book earlier which included two stories that appeared in Tar Heel Ghosts.
Folder 1851-1855
Folder 1851Folder 1852Folder 1853Folder 1854Folder 1855 |
Devil's Tramping Ground: Correspondence |
| Folder 1856 |
Devil's Tramping Ground: Fate Magazine, 19 February 1953 |
Folder 1857-1860
Folder 1857Folder 1858Folder 1859Folder 1860 |
Tar Heel Ghosts: Letters |
| Folder 1861 |
Tar Heel Ghosts: 'Murdered by Ghosts' Art Work |
Folder 1862-1863
Folder 1862Folder 1863 |
Tar Heel Ghosts: Correspondence, 1954-1957 |
Folder 1864-1866
Folder 1864Folder 1865Folder 1866 |
Tar Heel Ghosts: Promotion |
| Folder 1867 |
Tar Heel Ghosts: Mail Lists |
| Folder 1868 |
Books-Correspondence, 1947-1979 |
| Folder 1869 |
Books-Miscellaneous |
| Folder 1870 |
Display, circa 1946-1948 |
| Folder 1871 |
Harden Book Pamphlets |
Folder 1872-1873
Folder 1872Folder 1873 |
Patton |
| Folder 1874 |
Stanley, Ruth P., Writings |
| Folder 1875 |
Ghost Stories, Archer School Correspondence |
| Folder 1876 |
Cone School Letters and Stories, 1978 |
Folder 1877-1878
Folder 1877Folder 1878 |
University of North Carolina Press |
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Subseries 4.2. Tar Heel Ghosts - Television, 1955.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Scripts, with illustrations, of stories presented in a series produced by WUNC Television in 1955, from Tar Heel Ghosts. Scripts contain notations as to when the pictures would be shown, notations about music and cues, as well as various changes and additions in Harden's hand.
There are two types of illustrations included in this subseries. One type is the smaller, paper drawings found in the regular folders. These were originally glued or taped to the center of a black background. The second type of drawings are in both the regular folder and in oversized folders. These are drawn directly onto a hardboard. Some of these boards are numbered to show the sequence of the pictures along with the text. An average of 4-5 pictures appear with each story. The drawings are by the book's illustrator, Lindsey McAlister.
Although there is not much other documentation on the television production, a letter dated June 1955 from WUNC Television in the Ghosts correspondence file refers to their having to cancel one story and how that influenced the schedule.
| Folder 1879 |
"Black Crosses on White Linen", 3 June 1955 |
| Folder 1880 |
"The Bride and Groom of Pisgah", 27 May 1955 |
| Folder 1881 |
"Buried Alive", undated |
| Folder 1882 |
"Colonial Apparition", undated |
| Folder 1883 |
"The Fighting Ghosts", 1 July 1955 |
| Folder 1884 |
"The Ghost of Maco Station", 22 April 1955 |
| Folder 1885 |
"A Ghost with a Mission", 17 June 1955 |
| Folder 1886 |
"Ghostly Gold", 1 April 1955 |
| Folder 1887 |
"A Ghostly Miscellany", 26 Aug 1955 |
| Folder 1888 |
"Hanged by a Dream", 13 May 1955 |
| Folder 1889 |
"A Haunted House", 6 May 1955 |
| Folder 1890 |
"The Haunted Mill of Willow Creek", 8 April 1955 |
| Folder 1891 |
"The Haunted Wood", 24 June 1955 |
| Folder 1892 |
"A Haven for Ghosts", 8 July 1955 |
| Folder 1893 |
"The House of the Opening Door", 10 June 1955 |
| Folder 1894 |
"Little Red Man", 15 April 1955 |
| Folder 1895 |
"The Peglegged Ghost", 29 April 1955 |
| Folder 1896 |
"The Skull Hangs High", 25 March 1955 |
| Folder 1897 |
"The Token of Cliff House", undated |
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4702/1 |
Oversize papers |
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Subseries 4.3. Radio Show, 1946-1947.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Scripts with times, dates, and directing instructions on them, and written copies of the stories used in John Harden's radio shows, entitled Tales of Tarheelia, which was broadcast by radio station WPTF in Raleigh in 1946-1947. On these shows, Harden told North Carolina stories, "giving emphasis to unsolved North Carolina mystery stories in recognition of the prevailing popularity of whodunits." The files are arranged according to Harden's filing of them under series sequence. There is some repetition of stories, but as little as possible.
| Folder 1898 |
Radio Programs: First Series |
| Folder 1899 |
Radio Programs: Second Series |
Folder 1900-1901
Folder 1900Folder 1901 |
Radio Programs: Fall/Winter Series |
Folder 1902-1903
Folder 1902Folder 1903 |
Radio Scripts: Tales of Tarheelia |
Folder 1904-1906
Folder 1904Folder 1905Folder 1906 |
Radio Series: Tales of Tarheelia I, May 1946-September 1946 |
Folder 1907-1909
Folder 1907Folder 1908Folder 1909 |
Radio Series: Tales of Tarheelia III, November 1946-April 1947 |
Folder 1910-1911
Folder 1910Folder 1911 |
Story Carbons |
Folder 1912-1913
Folder 1912Folder 1913 |
Mailed Copies of Radio Stories |
| Folder 1914 |
Goerch, Carl: Articles from The State |
| Folder 1915 |
Radio: Stories of North Carolina |
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Subseries 4.4. Newspaper, 1932-1944.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Correspondence, memoranda, articles, and notes relating to John Harden's work as reporter and columnist for the Charlotte News, 1927-1937; news editor for the Salisbury Evening Post, 1937-1944; and executive news director for the Greensboro Daily News, 1947. The majority of the correspondence relates to Harden's "Snapshots" column. Notes and letters sent in by readers provide a view of the relationship Harden cultivated with his readers and their interest in providing odd stories for inclusion in his column.
In addition to his news editor responsibilities in Salisbury, Harden also authored a weekly column with Carl Spencer for most of 1938. The column, "Heeling Tar Heelia," dealt with North Carolina oddities and events and is found in Subseries 4.6.
Folder 1916-1921
Folder 1916Folder 1917Folder 1918Folder 1919Folder 1920Folder 1921 |
Correspondence, 1932-1944 |
| Folder 1922 |
"Fun in the News" |
Folder 1923-1924
Folder 1923Folder 1924 |
The Newspaper Speech |
| Folder 1925 |
Snapshot Logo and Drawings |
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Subseries 4.5. Governor Cherry's Letter Book, 1950.
Arrangement: by draft number.
Drafts of Governor Cherry's Letter Book, written by John Harden. The Governor's Letter Book, Iron Major, is a summation of Cherry's accomplishments in office. The second file contains a letter from Lynn Nisbet, Bureau Manager of the North Carolina Association of Afternoon Dailies, commenting on Harden's draft. Nisbet's letter addressed Harden's handling of the issue of Cherry's drinking.
Folder 1926-1930
Folder 1926Folder 1927Folder 1928Folder 1929Folder 1930 |
Governor Cherry's Letter Book |
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Subseries 4.6. Original articles by John and Nina Jo Harden, 1927-1945?
Arrangement: by author, then alphabetically by subject.
Titled and untitled writings by both John and Nina Jo Harden, ranging from John's writings while at University of North Carolina to stories that they wrote together. A large number of the writings are nonfiction, but fictional works are found throughout. The bulk of the material appears to have been written in the 1930s and provides a view of contemporary issues and interests of that time period, including a woman's perspective on the Depression and married life.
John Harden's articles written for the newspapers were sent to various magazines for publication and payment. Harden mailed out unpublished stories as well. An envelope marked `Return' held a file of articles sent to different magazines in this attempt. Harden attempted to "sell" his inside knowledge of Paul Green as an article. Green's brother-in-law roomed with John Harden in college, and Harden knew Green through their participation in Playmakers.
The file titled "Heeling Tar Heelia" contains copies, 2 January 1938-4 September 1938, of the weekly newspaper column written by John Harden and Carl Spencer. The column reported on Carolina oddities in brief story form. Many of the columns include cartoon drawings by Carl Spencer in a similar style to Ripley's Believe It or Not, as well as editorial cartoons reflecting contemporary politics and the growing conflict in Europe.
Nina Jo Harden's fiction and non-fiction were written under the name "Jo Holt Harden." The file "Notes of a Haus Frau" contains her reflections on how life should be and the reality that she lived. She described, for example, how she dealt with her baby's thumb sucking and resultant complications, the doctor's prescriptions and home remedies attempted.
Folder 1931-1932
Folder 1931Folder 1932 |
John Harden's Titled Writings |
Folder 1933-1934
Folder 1933Folder 1934 |
John Harden's Untitled Writings |
| Folder 1935 |
Nina Jo Harden's Writings - Titled and Untitled |
| Folder 1936 |
"Notes of a Haus Frau" |
| Folder 1937 |
Manuscripts and Correspondence |
| Folder 1938 |
Return Envelope Contents |
Folder 1939-1940
Folder 1939Folder 1940 |
Feature Stories |
Folder 1941-1943
Folder 1941Folder 1942Folder 1943 |
Features, Materials for |
Folder 1944-1945
Folder 1944Folder 1945 |
Features Written |
| Folder 1946 |
Fiction |
| Folder 1947 |
"Heeling Tar Heelia" |
| Folder 1948 |
Harwell, Edith - Woman Potter |
Folder 1949-1950
Folder 1949Folder 1950 |
Miscellaneous Stories |
Folder 1951-1952
Folder 1951Folder 1952 |
Miscellaneous Writings |
| Folder 1953 |
Newspaper clippings by and about John Harden and others |
| Folder 1954 |
Writings, University of North Carolina, 1927-1928 |
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Subseries 4.7. Speeches, 1958-1978.
Arrangement: topical.
Correspondence, news clippings, texts of speeches, lay sermons, and other public addresses given by John Harden and others. The bulk of these materials consist of notes and clippings that Harden gathered in preparation for speeches covering topics such as public relations, morality, free enterprise, welfare, southern industry, and race relations. Harden's notes and selection of clippings on political issues suggest an unflinching commitment to the free enterprise system and a corresponding concern for the efficacy of the 1960s Great Society programs. A similar philosophy can be found in files containing scattered copies of Jesse Helms's WRAL-TV Viewpoints from the 1960s. Other items of note include the text and notes for a number of college commencement addresses, some possibly delivered by Harden. There are also notes and texts of speeches given by Harden and others at Rotary Club meetings and several drafts of lay sermons given by Harden in the 1970s in which he related his notion of faith to the field of public relations and communications. Much of the correspondence in this subseries relates to Harden's speaking engagements.
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Subseries 4.8. Clippings, 1934?-1984.
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
Clippings accumulated by John Harden over his writing career. Newspaper and magazine clippings were put together in subject areas, with titles such as Adventure or Death-Graves-Funerals-Epitaphs-Also Weirdies. The clippings provide further information on North Carolina folk tales and history. Many clippings are on the same subject, but by different authors or in different presentations. The stories that make up both of Harden's books can be found throughout the clippings. Articles by Bill Sharpe from the official magazine of North Carolina state government, The State, are also included. According to a 1981 bio-sheet, John was gathering information to write a book on North Carolina adventure stories.
Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
| Folder 1986 |
Additional Mysteries |
Folder 1987-1989
Folder 1987Folder 1988Folder 1989 |
Adventure |
Folder 1990-1992
Folder 1990Folder 1991Folder 1992 |
Clips |
| Folder 1993 |
Clippings from magazines |
| Folder 1994 |
Column |
| Folder 1995 |
Column material |
| Folder 1996 |
Courts-Trials-Lawyers-Politics-Crime-Famous Speeches |
Folder 1997-2001
Folder 1997Folder 1998Folder 1999Folder 2000Folder 2001 |
Death-Graves-Funerals-Epitaphs-Also Weirdies(Monuments)-Burial Places |
| Folder 2002 |
Epitaphs |
| Folder 2003 |
Fannie and Jennie (a shipwreck) |
Folder 2004-2006
Folder 2004Folder 2005Folder 2006 |
Ghosts |
Folder 2007-2012
Folder 2007Folder 2008Folder 2009Folder 2010Folder 2011Folder 2012 |
Ghost Towns |
| Folder 2013 |
Guilt-Psychic-Mystery (Ghosts)-Superstitious-Supernatural-Witches |
| Folder 2014 |
Hoax-Fraud-Swindle |
Folder 2015-2020
Folder 2015Folder 2016Folder 2017Folder 2018Folder 2019Folder 2020 |
Legends, North Carolina Superstitions, Myths |
Folder 2021-2022
Folder 2021Folder 2022 |
Loose Clippings, 1955-1959 |
| Folder 2023 |
Loose Clippings, 1980-1984 |
Folder 2024-2025
Folder 2024Folder 2025 |
Miscellaneous Clippings |
| Folder 2026 |
Natural Phenomenon |
| Folder 2027 |
Nature Stories |
| Folder 2028 |
North Carolina Legends |
| Folder 2029 |
North Carolina Story Classics |
| Folder 2030 |
Old Mills |
| Folder 2031 |
Old School/North Carolina Homes-Unusual |
| Folder 2032 |
Romance |
| Folder 2033 |
Samarkand |
| Folder 2034 |
Treasure |
| Folder 2035 |
Watering Places-Inns |
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Series 5. Personal Correspondence and Papers, 1915-1986.
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Subseries 5.1. Correspondence, 1915-1986.
Arrangement: by correspondent, then chronological.
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Subseries 5.1.1. Holt/Harden Correspondence, 1915-1948.
Arrangement: chronological.
Letters, clippings and some photographs, of John Harden and Nina Jo Holt Harden, dealing with courtship, marriage, World War II, and everyday life.
The Hardens' courtship is reflected in the letters, primarily through letters from John to Nina Jo. The letters are essentially cordial between 1915 and 1925. Nina Jo suffered from hypertension throughout her life, and many letters from John concern her recovery from various illnesses. As the courtship progressed, more and more letters from Jo appear. John corresponded, 1923-1927, with Jo while he was at the University of North Carolina and she was at home in Graham and at the Woman's College in Greensboro. John's feelings for Jo during this time are the main subject of the letters, but there is also a good deal of information about his work for the newspaper, school, and Playmakers, a theater group at UNC. This group went on performance trips, and ephemera from the various locations are included in John's correspondence with Jo. John sent clippings from local papers in practically every letter, whether from Chapel Hill or on a trip. The contents of the clippings are miscellaneous; some are romantic, but many simply reflect John's personal interests at the time. Through his discussions of his school work, friends, and activities John provides a view of collegiate life in the mid-1920s.
After their marriage, letters back and forth between the couple, and the families, are prevalent. Jo went on trips with the children throughout the 1930s, visiting friends and family, while John remained behind to work. Trips to the beach were frequent, and pictures from a 1935 trip are in Subseries 6.2 in Volume S-5.
In 1943, Nina Jo passed a civil service test and went to Washington to serve the government in a security level position. Family correspondence reflects her absence and the children's activities at boarding school. John states that the neighbors were wondering if he and Jo had separated.
John and Jo corresponded with a wide variety of people. Letters during World War II provide information on both the home front and various theaters of fighting. Of particular interest are letters between John Harden and Bill Snider and between Nina Jo Harden and Sue McNeely. Snider, later the editor of the Greensboro Daily News , was stationed in Assam, India, for much of 1944 and 1945, and wrote several letters that reveal a young Tar Heel's growing sensitivity on race relations. On 15 May 1944, he noted that "the racial situation will be dynamite when the army comes marching home," and that the "war is showing us how...undemocratic we all are." Still stationed in India after VJ day, Snider declared his support for Indians seeking independence from Britain (4 December 1945), and concluded that "this army is broadening....I'm not the same old boy who left Fort Bragg." Sue McNeely's world was similarly broadened by her husband's posting to New Mexico, where she enrolled in a civil engineering course at the University of New Mexico. Correspondence between Nina Jo Harden and her brother, Don Holt, also provide information on conditions in the armed forces during the war.
John's 1944 position with Gregg Cherry's campaign in Raleigh resulted in numerous letters to Jo and the children, relating his activities with the campaign and reflecting through his replies the state of affairs in Greensboro.
The correspondence of 1945-1948 is broad in scope, with letters to and from the children, other family members, and friends. After 1948, personal correspondence is more limited and general. These post-1948 letters can be found in Subseries 5.1.3.
Folder 2036-2075
Folder 2036Folder 2037Folder 2038Folder 2039Folder 2040Folder 2041Folder 2042Folder 2043Folder 2044Folder 2045Folder 2046Folder 2047Folder 2048Folder 2049Folder 2050Folder 2051Folder 2052Folder 2053Folder 2054Folder 2055Folder 2056Folder 2057Folder 2058Folder 2059Folder 2060Folder 2061Folder 2062Folder 2063Folder 2064Folder 2065Folder 2066Folder 2067Folder 2068Folder 2069Folder 2070Folder 2071Folder 2072Folder 2073Folder 2074Folder 2075 |
1915-1929 |
Folder 2076-2077
Folder 2076Folder 2077 |
Undated 1920s |
Folder 2078-2122
Folder 2078Folder 2079Folder 2080Folder 2081Folder 2082Folder 2083Folder 2084Folder 2085Folder 2086Folder 2087Folder 2088Folder 2089Folder 2090Folder 2091Folder 2092Folder 2093Folder 2094Folder 2095Folder 2096Folder 2097Folder 2098Folder 2099Folder 2100Folder 2101Folder 2102Folder 2103Folder 2104Folder 2105Folder 2106Folder 2107Folder 2108Folder 2109Folder 2110Folder 2111Folder 2112Folder 2113Folder 2114Folder 2115Folder 2116Folder 2117Folder 2118Folder 2119Folder 2120Folder 2121Folder 2122 |
1930-1948 |
Folder 2123-2129
Folder 2123Folder 2124Folder 2125Folder 2126Folder 2127Folder 2128Folder 2129 |
Undated |
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Subseries 5.1.2. Get Well/Sympathy Cards, Nina Jo Holt Harden, 1951-1952.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Correspondence to and from John Harden regarding Nina Jo Harden's illness and death, including telegrams and flower cards. Get well cards sent to Jo around the time of her death are also included in the subseries. In late 1951, Jo entered the hospital due to complications stemming from her only having one kidney and hypertension. According to a letter from John, it was the hypertension that was the main cause of death. Nina Jo's death was largely unexpected to many friends and acquaintances, and their shock and grief are reflected in the correspondence. Information regarding Jo's estate is found in Subseries 5.3.1.
Folder 2130-2159
Folder 2130Folder 2131Folder 2132Folder 2133Folder 2134Folder 2135Folder 2136Folder 2137Folder 2138Folder 2139Folder 2140Folder 2141Folder 2142Folder 2143Folder 2144Folder 2145Folder 2146Folder 2147Folder 2148Folder 2149Folder 2150Folder 2151Folder 2152Folder 2153Folder 2154Folder 2155Folder 2156Folder 2157Folder 2158Folder 2159 |
Get Well & Sympathy Cards: A-P, R-W, Y-Z |
| Folder 2160 |
Get Well & Sympathy Cards: Unknown |
| Folder 2161 |
Funeral Prayer |
| Folder 2162 |
Death-Miscellaneous |
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Subseries 5.1.3. John Harden Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1948-1971.
Arrangement: chronological.
Personal and business-related correspondence about North Carolina history, genealogy, household business, and other subjects. Personal correspondence is limited, typed, and usually brief. Throughout Harden's life, his interest in North Carolina history and genealogy was the subject of correspondence. Many letters to him refer to historical places, artifacts, or subjects that his correspondents had seen or heard of.
Household business correspondence is included. In much of these writings, John kept copies of outgoing letters. Correspondence about specific subjects were filed together, with the latest letter at the beginning and proceeding in reverse chronological order. A number of letters in the series are arranged this way, thus providing immediate background information for the correspondence.
General professional business, broad in subject, is included in this file. Much of this correspondence has a more personal flavor than does the business correspondence filed in Series 1.
| Folder 2163 |
Politics-"Gov. Office-Personal" circa 1944-1947 includes letters to and replies from J. Harden |
Folder 2164-2187
Folder 2164Folder 2165Folder 2166Folder 2167Folder 2168Folder 2169Folder 2170Folder 2171Folder 2172Folder 2173Folder 2174Folder 2175Folder 2176Folder 2177Folder 2178Folder 2179Folder 2180Folder 2181Folder 2182Folder 2183Folder 2184Folder 2185Folder 2186Folder 2187 |
1948-1971 |
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4702/5 |
News clipping; drawingIncludes a 1908 newspaper titled The Dustin Dispatch and a black and white ink drawing of a room dated 13 May 1968 |
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Subseries 5.1.4. Plexico/Harden Correspondence, 1950-1953.
Arrangement: chronological.
RESTRICTED: RESTRICTED UNTIL 1 JANUARY 2024.
Correspondence of Sarah Plexico, John Harden's second wife, while she was in New York City as an aspiring actress, and letters to her from John Harden during their courtship. The courtship correspondence, 1952-1953, makes up the majority of the subseries. The letters are brief, intermingling the personal aspect of their relationship with John's business responsibilities at Burlington Mills. Copies of interoffice correspondence or personal asides about events are included in many of his letters, especially the 1953 letters. Harden appeared to be experiencing financial difficulties and this is referred to in many of his letters.
Clippings and other items were included in most of these letters, with topics ranging from business activities at Burlington Mills to theatrical productions and articles and cartoons about older men marrying younger women. A 3 February 1953 letter includes a clipping regarding North Carolina author Inglis Fletcher and her visit to the O. Henry Hotel. Harden attended a dinner party in honor of Ms. Fletcher. Correspondence dated 18 February 1953 contains a pamphlet of Andy Griffith and his wife Barbara, advertising their potential as performers for different business settings.
| Folder 2188 |
Sarah Plexico Correspondence, 1945-1950 |
Folder 2189-2199
Folder 2189Folder 2190Folder 2191Folder 2192Folder 2193Folder 2194Folder 2195Folder 2196Folder 2197Folder 2198Folder 2199 |
Plexico/Harden Correspondence, 1952-1953 |
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Subseries 5.1.5. Family Correspondence, 1953-1986.
Arrangement: chronological and by subject.
RESTRICTED: RESTRICTED UNTIL 1 JANUARY 2057.
Letters and clippings about personal and household business, filed chronologically, followed by named folders for family members. These include the extended families of both John Harden and Sarah Plexico Harden, as well as John Harden's children from both marriages. These personal folders contain the majority of the correspondence.
Harden maintained files of his children's correspondence at his office and these are included with the children's files he and his wife kept at home. Correspondence found in these files is primarily between Harden and his children, including Father's Day cards, notes, and detailed letters. Much of the correspondence is during the children's teen and adult years, concerning their activities at college, on trips, marriage, and family. There is also correspondence regarding Harden's death in 1985. Items from the 1960s-1970s make up the majority of the correspondence, although there is a good amount of information from the early 1980s.
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Subseries 5.2. Personal Papers, 1914?-1984.
Arrangement: by subject.
RESTRICTED: RESTRICTED UNTIL 1 JANUARY 2055.
School papers, diaries, playbills, pamphlets and clippings. The arrangement of these papers is similar to the correspondence arrangement. Papers compiled by John and Nina Jo Holt Harden occur first, followed by John and Sarah Plexico Harden, and then the children. The majority of the papers are from 1940 on, with the children's school papers and certificates constituting a large portion of that majority.
Early items include Jo Holt's diaries, 1919-1925; and John Harden's school papers. Playbills and clippings from 1947-1951 reflecting Sarah's time in New York and in summer theater are included, as well as her own school papers, childhood to college.
General clippings from newspapers and magazines from the 1920s-1940s, as well as pamphlets of the same time period are included. A program from the 1947 (first) Williamsburg, Va., production of The Common Glory, written by Paul Green, is included. A pamphlet entitled Love Letters of an Athlete, circulated by the Southern Baptist Convention, circa 1925-1926, is contained here. The letters are "correspondence" between a male and female college senior at different schools discussing modesty in clothes, drinking, and petting. "Caroline, I have been thinking - petting, when carried on to the yellow fever stage, is what ruined Babylon-and Greece-and Rome and Sodom. No nation has ever gotten over a petting spree." An assortment of clippings from the 1920s are included.
The information from the 1940s on is broad in scope. Harden served as the President of the General Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina in 1955 and remained active with this organization for the rest of his life. Papers relating to UNC, the Alumni Association, and reunions of his class are found here.
School papers, drawings, and clippings are the primary subject of all the children's personal papers. From the time of his own twin sons' birth in 1956 until the 1970s, Harden collected many clippings on twins. The special language of twins is the subject of many of these newspaper and magazine articles, and reveal the changing attitude towards the treatment of parents, school and society regarding twin children.
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Subseries 5.3. Removed.
Removed and destroyed at donors' request.
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Subseries 5.4. Genealogy, 1903-1984.
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
Correspondence, clippings, birth certificates, charts, and other items relating to the Harden, Holt, Snead, and Abbott families. John Harden's great interest in his own family history is reflected here. The Sneads and Abbotts were the families of Harden's mother, Nettie Cayce Abbott (Muddies). Information about Muddies and her family, and the Snead/Abbott reunions attended by Harden and his siblings, is included. As his mother aged, Harden and his siblings were in close contact as to her financial and physical comfort. They and their cousins corresponded also about the upkeep of Muddie's family home in Virginia.
Correspondence and other records regarding Harden family reunions, held annually near Christmas. Photographs of these events are included in the collection. Many are of John Harden and his siblings in front of hotel signs stating "Welcome Harden Reunion."
Much biographical material on John Harden is included, with bio-sheets written by him providing his perspective on his life. Both John and Sarah Harden were included in a variety of Who's Who publications. Related files contain correspondence, copies of data sheets, and information regarding various Who's Who volumes.
| Folder 2457 |
Biography Information, circa 1975-1981 |
| Folder 2458 |
Birth Certificates |
| Folder 2459 |
Coat of Arms, circa 1950?-1973 |
Folder 2460-2461
Folder 2460Folder 2461 |
Family |
Folder 2462-2464
Folder 2462Folder 2463Folder 2464 |
Family File |
Folder 2465-2467
Folder 2465Folder 2466Folder 2467 |
Family Miscellaneous |
Folder 2468-2471
Folder 2468Folder 2469Folder 2470Folder 2471 |
Genealogy |
Folder 2472-2473
Folder 2472Folder 2473 |
Genealogy Information |
| Folder 2474 |
Harden Family |
| Folder 2475 |
Hardens-Holts-Genealogical Records, circa 1941 |
| Folder 2476 |
Have Been (Bio-Info) |
Folder 2477-2478
Folder 2477Folder 2478 |
Muddies, 1960-1973 |
| Folder 2479 |
"Pap" Harden, circa September 1984 |
Folder 2480-2482
Folder 2480Folder 2481Folder 2482 |
Who's Who, 1950-1969, 1972-1984 |
| Folder 2483 |
Miscellaneous |
| Folder 2484 |
Sarah Harden |
| Folder 2485 |
Included in Folder 'Have Been', 1954-1977 |
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Subseries 5.5. Religion, 1957-1984.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Papers relating to John Harden's religious activities, chiefly as an active member of Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church in Greensboro. Harden chaired and served on a variety of committees, taught Sunday School, served as secretary to the vestry in 1978, and was a delegate to at least three North Carolina Diocesan Conventions in the 1960s. Programs, itineraries, and lists of participants are included in the Diocesan Convention files. The 1966 Convention attempted to address concerns of the Episcopal members in the diocese regarding the National Council of Churches and that group's attempt to influence legislation repealing the Taft-Hartley Act.
In 1979 or later, John gave a series of church school lessons on aging, entitled "De Senectute", based on a work by Cicero. The written lessons and clippings relating to aging are contained in this file.
This subseries also contains prayers given by John or others on a variety of topics and specific to different occasions. See also sermons by John Harden in Subseries 4.7, Speeches.
Folder 2486-2490
Folder 2486Folder 2487Folder 2488Folder 2489Folder 2490 |
"De Senectute" |
Folder 2491-2493
Folder 2491Folder 2492Folder 2493 |
Diocesan Conventions: Charlotte, 14-15 May 1963 |
Folder 2494-2495
Folder 2494Folder 2495 |
Diocesan Conventions: Charlotte, 1-2 February 1966 |
| Folder 2496 |
Diocesan Conventions: Winston-Salem, 31 January-1 February 1967 |
Folder 2497-2499
Folder 2497Folder 2498Folder 2499 |
EMC (Every Member Canvass) |
| Folder 2500 |
EMC, 1957 |
Folder 2501-2503
Folder 2501Folder 2502Folder 2503 |
Prayers, circa 1974-1984 |
Folder 2504-2509
Folder 2504Folder 2505Folder 2506Folder 2507Folder 2508Folder 2509 |
Saint Andrews Church, 1960-1974 |
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Subseries 5.6. Alamance County, 1966?-1982.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, ephemera on Alamance County, Harden's home until he went to the University of North Carolina. Both John Harden and Nina Jo Holt were born in Graham, N.C., in Alamance County. Included is a copy of The Alamance County Architectural Heritage , circa 1980. Correspondence primarily regards historical aspects of Alamance and Harden's knowledge or inquiries in this matter.
| Folder 2510 |
Alamance-Historical Information compiled by JWH, Newspaper Clippings re "Know Alamance" |
Folder 2511-2514
Folder 2511Folder 2512Folder 2513Folder 2514 |
Alamance Miscellaneous |
Folder 2515-2517
Folder 2515Folder 2516Folder 2517 |
Alamance County |
Folder 2518-2519
Folder 2518Folder 2519 |
Alamance County Architectural Heritage |
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Subseries 5.7. Miscellaneous Papers.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Newspaper and business information that appears to be unconnected to Harden's official business activities or his writing files.
| Folder 2520 |
Directory of Journalists-Media Persons, 1972-1980 |
| Folder 2521 |
Does Elvis Live Again? |
Folder 2522-2524
Folder 2522Folder 2523Folder 2524 |
"Enhancing the Credibility of the Press", 1981 |
| Folder 2525 |
I've Come This Far-Rev. Frank Williams |
Folder 2526-2527
Folder 2526Folder 2527 |
Newspapers-Miscellaneous |
| Folder 2528 |
North Carolina History |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-4702/23-41
OPF-4702/23OPF-4702/24OPF-4702/25OPF-4702/26OPF-4702/27OPF-4702/28OPF-4702/29OPF-4702/30OPF-4702/31OPF-4702/32OPF-4702/33OPF-4702/34OPF-4702/35OPF-4702/36OPF-4702/37OPF-4702/38OPF-4702/39OPF-4702/40OPF-4702/41 |
Oversize papers |
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Series 6. Photographs, Photograph Albums, and Scrapbooks, 1915?-1984.
Photographs, photo albums and scrapbooks containing personal, business, and political subjects. Predominantly black and white photos. Of the personal photos, the majority were taken by the Hardens, Hugh Morton, or friends. Professional photographers, company photographers, and others were responsible for many of the business and political photographs. A few large photographs are located in the oversized picture file; these are primarily business photographs.
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Subseries 6.1. Photographs, 1915-1984.
Arrangement: by subject: political, business and personal.
Photographs include business, political, and personal subjects. The majority of these pictures are black and white. Many pictures include captions identifying the persons or places pictured.
The photographs of business and politics are primarily file pictures used in news stories or magazines. Hugh Morton, who took many of the Harden's personal pictures ran for governor in 1972. Photographs of his bid for governor include family photographs, photographs of campaign activities, and publicity photos of Morton as a young man and on Grandfather Mountain. Photographs of Harden's tenure with Governor Cherry are primarily publicity photos; the majority are well-captioned and dated. The NCNB photographs primarily contain portrait photographs of the executive officers of the bank. Bank activities and buildings are also included. Folders 16-17 contain photographs of a stockholders' meeting in the 1960s.
Publicity shots for The Devil's Tramping Ground are also included. These photographs center mainly on book signings and on photographs of the physical location of the Devil's Tramping Ground.
The personal photographs cover from the 1910s up until the 1980s, with most taken in the 1920s-1960s. John Harden, his first wife Nina Jo, and Harden's children are the subject of the majority of these pictures. Glenn Abbott, her wedding and family, are well-represented. A portion of the personal photographs appear to have been owned by John's mother, Muddies. Pictures of John and Sarah Plexico Harden and their children Mark, Holmes, and Jonathan are predominantly in color. Photographic Christmas cards make up most of that collection. Subseries 5.1.5 contains other photographs included in correspondence.
Throughout the folders there are many photographs providing a picture of life in North Carolina during this time period, Forexample, there are pictures in Folder 6 of a young Billy Graham preaching at a "Singing on the Mountain," one of the largest religious events in North Carolina, and of tobacco harvesting in the field. In Folder 76, there is a photograph of an all-black football team, presumably from the late 1930s or early 1940s.
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Subseries 6.2. Photograph Albums and Scrapbooks, 1910s-1962.
Arrangement: chronological and by subject.
Photo albums and scrapbooks include personal collections from the early 1910s-1950s, in addition to scrapbooks with business and political subjects. The majority of the scrapbooks were compiled by Nina Jo Holt, with the later scrapbooks being compiled by either John or Sarah Harden. Loose materials from the oversized volumes (noted with an SV-) are placed in the corresponding folder.
The early family photo albums include shots of John at the University of North Carolina with friends, and in plays. Pictures of family and friends and scenes of rural life in Alamance County and North Carolina in the early part of the twentieth century are prevalent in the early albums. Also included in a family photo album and scrapbook are pictures from Glenn Abbott Harden's debutante ball in 1949.
The later scrapbooks relate primarily to business and politics. An entire scrapbook is devoted to the 1958-1959 controversy about the North Carolina Bar Association's Court Improvement Committee Report and Senator Bell's involvement in attempts for Justice of the Peace reforms through the legislature during Governor Luther Hodges's tenure. Newspaper clippings covering Governor Hodges's European Trade Mission are the subject of another scrapbook. Information on this Trade Mission is found in Subseries 2.3.
| Folder 2529 |
Volume 1. Photograph album, 1910?-1920?Primarily containing pictures of John Harden and his family. Compiled by Nina Jo Holt Harden? |
| Folder 2530 |
Volume 2. Photograph album, 1910?-1920?Primarily containing pictures of John Harden, his extended family, and outings. Compiled by Nina Jo Holt Harden? |
| Folder 2531 |
Volume 3. Photograph album, 1910?-1920sContaining pictures of Nina Jo Holt Harden and family, Compiled by Nina Jo. |
| Folder 2532 |
See SV-4702/4 |
| Oversize Volume SV-4702/4 |
Volume 4. Photograph album, 1920s-1940s?Pictures of John and Nina Jo Harden and their family. Compiled by Nina Jo. |
| Folder 2533 |
See SV-4702/5 |
| Oversize Volume SV-4702/5 |
Volume 5. Photograph album, 1925-1935.Pictures of John and Nina Jo Harden and friends. University of North Carolina and a trip to Carolina Beach in 1935 are settings for many pictures. Compiled by Nina Jo. |
| Folder 2534 |
See SV-4702/6 |
| Oversize Volume SV-4702/6 |
Volume 6. Scrapbook/Photograph album, 1922-1939?contains cards, programs, and ephemera, many relating to high school and family. Photos are found in the back of book. Compiled by Nina Jo. |
| Folder 2535 |
See SV-4702/7 |
| Oversize Volume SV-4702/7 |
Volume 7. Scrapbook/Photograph album, 1922-1925?Primarily cards, signed messages at graduation, notes and family pictures, including Nina Jo's grandparents. Compiled by Nina Jo. |
| Folder 2536 |
See SV-4702/8 |
| Oversize Volume SV-4702/8 |
Volume 8. Scrapbook/Photograph album, 1923?-1925?Contains notes, cards, gift tags from friends and family. Also includes a few pictures. Compiled by Nina Jo. |
| Folder 2537 |
See SV-4702/9 |
| Oversize Volume SV-4702/9 |
Volume 9. Scrapbook/Photograph album, 1939? - 1940?Primarily clippings, also includes photos of John in community theatre productions. Annual Press Institute Dinner programs inscribed to GA and Jack and signed by Jonathan Daniels. Compiled by Nina Jo. |
| Folder 2538 |
See SV-4702/10 |
| Oversize Volume SV-4702/10 |
Volume 10. Scrapbook/Photograph album, 1939-1940.Woodboard summer camp scrapbook, includes letters, progress reports on health, photos, etc. Compiled by Glenn Abbott. |
| Folder 2539 |
See SV-4702/11 |
| Oversize Volume SV-4702/11 |
Volume 11. Scrapbook/Photograph album, 1939-1945?Entitled "Our Friends" includes late 1930's and wartime photos and clippings. Also includes the Commissioning Program for the USS Bougainville, circa 1944 with an invitation signed by Junius Harden, John's brother. Compiled by Nina Jo? |
| Folder 2540 |
See SV-4702/4 |
| Oversize Volume SV-4702/12 |
Volume 12. Scrapbook/Photograph album, 1949.Glenn Abbott's 1949 debutante ball in Raleigh chronicled, with pictures, clippings and programs. Compiled by Nina Jo and/or Glenn Abbott. |
| Folder 2541 |
See SV-4702/13 |
| Oversize Volume SV-4702/13 |
Volume 13. Scrapbook, 1952-1962.Includes family happenings, John's writings, interviews and activities and a 1951 Fall Issue of The Carolina Quarterly, with a story by Glenn Abbott. Compiled by John and/or Sarah. |
| Folder 2542 |
See SV-4702/14 |
| Oversize Volume SV-4702/14 |
Volume 14. Scrapbook, 1959.Luther Hodges European Trade Mission. Newspaper clippings, dated and notated by paper origin, covering the trip, as well as a program of the trip. Compiled by John or Sarah. |
| Folder 2543 |
See SV-4702/15 |
| Oversize Volume SV-4702/15 |
Volume 15. Scrapbook, 1958-1959.Extensive coverage, through newspaper clippings of the legislative attempt at Justice of the Peace reform headed by Senator Bell. Compiled by John? |
| Folder 2544 |
See SV-4702/16 |
| Oversize Volume SV-4702/16 |
Volume 16. Scrapbook, 1958-1960.Primarily business items, especially John beginning his own company. Included are a number of clippings focused on controversy of John's payment for coordinating European Trade Mission. Ed Rankin is the subject of many clippings. Compiled by John? |
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Series 7. Audiovisual Material, 1964?-1984.
Arrangement: by type.
Processing information: Processing archivists assigned new item call numbers ("FC-4702/1" for example) to the majority of audiovisual materials in September 2021. Previous call numbers are listed beneath titles.
This series contains both business related material and personal items, such as a 1942 recording of Sarah Plexico. Many materials appear to have been sent to Harden or JHA as promotional items. Correspondence and items that were attached to the audiovisual material are in the folders listed below. The information about audio and video recordings listed below was taken from the labels on the recordings.
| Folder 2545 |
Synthe-Cues: FC-4702/1Former title: "Synthe-Cues-D-4702/1" |
| Folder 2546 |
Nelson Boswell PamphletSee also 45-4702/4. |
| Folder 2547 |
See T-4702/4 |
| Folder 2548 |
See T-4702/5 |
| Audiodisc FC-4702/1 |
Presentation: Volume 1, Synthe Cues, 19727" LP record More information in series folder. Previously listed as D-4702/1 |
| 45-rpm Disc 45-4702/1 |
Argosy: Demonstration Ride, undated45-rpm record Previously listed as D-4702/2 |
| 45-rpm Disc 45-4702/2 |
Airstream: Adventure Sweepstakes, undated45-rpm record (Out of Doors Mart). Previously listed as D-4702/3 |
| Audiodisc FC-4702/2 |
Sounds of the 1965 PRSA Conference, 9-11 August 19657" LP record A take home record produced by the Colorado Chapter, 1965 (33 1/3 rpm). Previously listed as D-4702/4 |
| 45-rpm Disc 45-4702/3 |
"Mr. Touchdown USA" and "There's something about a Hometown Band", undated45-rpm record Performed by the Young Collegiates in Marching Band Style (1:36), Disco Style (1:43) and Dixieland Style (1:28). Previously listed as D-4702/5 |
| 45-rpm Disc 45-4702/4 |
The Nelson Boswell Program Audition. undated45-rpm record Pamphlet in main collection under series 7. Previously listed as D-4702/6 |
| 45-rpm Disc 45-4702/5 |
"Singing on the Mountain" and "It's Gotta Be All", Colonial Records, Chapel Hill, N.C., undated45-rpm record Performed by the Melody Masters Quartet, featuring Wilson and Jimmy Creech. Previously listed as D-4702/7 |
| 45-rpm Disc 45-4702/6 |
"Exsanguination Blues" and "Hospitality Blues", Colonial Records, undated45-rpm record Written and performed by Doug Harrell. Previously listed as D-4702/8 |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-4702/1 |
"The Night Before Christmas", undated7" Instantaneous disc Read by Basil Rathbone, with the Robert Mitchell Boy Choir. Promotional copy: (Your Company's Name) printed near top of record. Previously listed as D-4702/9 |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-4702/2 |
Sarah Plexico, Audiodisc Recording bank, N.Y., 19428" Instantaneous disc Previously listed as D-4702/10 |
| 45-rpm Disc 45-4702/7 |
"Jeff Wilson has the Abby-Du-Pause", Colonial Records, Chapel Hill, N.C., undated45-rpm record Written by Orville Campbell and Jeff Wilson. Previously listed as D-4702/11 |
| 45-rpm Disc 45-4702/8 |
(removed and destroyed at donors' request)45-rpm record Previously listed as D-4702/12 |
| Audiodisc FC-4702/3 |
Target '58 Local Dress Promotion: Sales Information, Dupont, Wilmington, Del., 195812" LP Previously listed as D-4702/13 |
| Audiodisc FC-4702/4 |
The Dallas Dozen, Peggy Taylor Talent, Inc., Dallas, Tex., 197212" LP This record apparently was sent to different businesses for promotion, advertising their ability to do voice-overs on scripts sent to them. Jacket includes pictures and bios of individuals. Previously listed as D-4702/14 |
| Instantaneous Disc FD-4702/3 |
Content unknown, Duodisc, 194512" Instantaneous disc Instructions on record state "Use light pickup." Previously listed as D-4702/15 |
| 78-rpm Disc 78-4702/1 |
"Hymns", by the Hour of Charm All Girl Orchestra, Columbia Records, undated78-rpm record Directed by Phil Spitalny. Previously listed as D-4702/16 |
| 78-rpm Disc 78-4702/2 |
(removed and destroyed at donors' request)78-rpm record Previously listed as D-4702/17 |
| 78-rpm Disc 78-4702/3 |
Limelight and Terry's Theme from Limelight London, undated78-rpm record Performed by Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra. Previously listed as D-4702/18 |
Audiodisc D-4702/1-5
D-4702/1D-4702/2D-4702/3D-4702/4D-4702/5 |
Edison Records, unmarked and undatedPreviously listed as D-4702/19-23 |
Film F-4702/1-4
F-4702/1F-4702/2F-4702/3F-4702/4 |
Unmarked 16 mm film reels, undatedHome movies? |
| Film F-4702/5 |
Azalea Ouzit Machine, Old Factory B (?) 197916mm motion picture film Canned reel. |
| Film F-4702/6 |
Todays Dacron, Fall 77 Spring 78 part 1Super 8mm motion picture film Program Objectives and Evolution Previously listed as VT-4702/2 |
| Film F-4702/7 |
Todays Dacron, Fall 77 Spring 78 part 2Super 8mm motion picture film Sight and Sound Previously listed as VT-4702/3 |
| Film F-4702/8 |
Dupont's Swimwear Consumer Film, May 1980Super 8mm motion picture film Previously listed as VT-4702/5 |
| Videotape VT-4702/1 |
Burlington Mills. Klopman Mills. Fabrics for the Way We Live , 7:08, 16 March 1978U-Matic |
| Videotape VT-4702/2 |
Dupont Swim Center Studio 18 minutes, 9 April 1980U-Matic Previously listed as VT-4702/4 |
| Videotape VT-4702/3 |
Client: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. Product: Qiana Nylon. Length: 10 minutes. Subject: 1980 Retail A/V PresentationU-Matic A New Standard of Textile Luxury & Practicality Previously listed as VT-4702/6 |
| Videotape VT-4702/4 |
Qiana, Holiday 81, Fashion Preview, 8 Resources 30 seconds eachU-Matic Previously listed as VT-4702/7 |
| Videotape VT-4702/5 |
Qiana Excites, Qiana Excites, Qiana ExcitesU-Matic Previously listed as VT-4702/8 |
| Videotape VT-4702/6 |
Dupont General Services Department, Graphics Communication Division, How to Increase Your Panty ProfitsU-Matic Previously listed as VT-4702/9 |
| Videotape VT-4702/7 |
Luther Hodges Memorial Fund, 1975: tape 12" Open Reel Video Television reels. Previously listed as VT-4702/10 |
| Videotape VT-4702/8 |
Luther Hodges Memorial Fund, 1975: tape 22" Open Reel Video Television reels. Previously listed as VT-4702/11 |
| Audiocassette C-4702/1 |
University of North Carolina Class of 1927 50th Reunion 1977Audiocassette 90 min. |
| Audiocassette C-4702/2 |
Interview of John Harden, by Bill Friday for the television show North Carolina People, and Part I PRSA John Harden NightAudiocassette 90 min. Written information regarding Friday's interview and on John Harden Night may be found in Subseries 5.2. |
| Audiocassette C-4702/3 |
Part II PRSA John Harden NightAudiocassette 90 min. |
| Audiotape T-4702/1 |
PICA meeting in Greensboro (22 January 1974) and Charlotte meeting (23 January 1974)1/4" Open Reel Audio Previously listed as T-4702/4 |
| Audiotape T-4702/2 |
Lou Baninger(?), February 19771/4" Open Reel Audio Previously listed as T-4702/5 |
| Audiotape T-4702/3 |
Conversations with Guilford students, circa 1974-1977?1/4" Open Reel Audio Previously listed as T-4702/6 |
| Audiotape T-4702/4 |
Luther Hodges Memorial Fund, with remarks by Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. 19751/4" Open Reel Audio Four different 30-second spots for radio broadcast. Letter in main collection, signed by Hugh Morton and addressed to Radio Broadcasters of North Carolina. Previously listed as T-4702/7 |
| Audiotape T-4702/5 |
Profile interview of John Harden, by Jeff Wilson, 19681/4" Open Reel Audio 4:48 minutes. Letter and information in main collection under series 7. Previously listed as T-4702/8 |
| Audiotape T-4702/6 |
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation House, 1964?-1973?1/4" Open Reel Audio Previously listed as T-4702/9 |
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