William Davis Jones Papers, 1948-1992

Collection Number: 04603

Collection Title: William Davis Jones Papers, 1948-1992

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Size	90.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 25800 items)
Abstract	William Davis Jones III worked for The News and Observer of Raleigh, N.C., from 1949 to 1991, first as an advertising salesman and later as retail advertising manager, general manager, and associate publisher. Materials concerning the newspaper industry, including files on the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and the Newspapers in Education program, and materials relating to the operation of The News and Observer, including files on personnel, applications and resumes, subscriptions, production, deadlines, budgets, circulation, complaints, and advertising. Also included are materials pertaining to Jones's personal life and interests, including a few letters from his children and other relatives, and files on the Journalism Foundation of North Carolina, the North Carolina Center for Literacy Development, the Raleigh Little Theater, the Rex Hospital Foundation, and the Wake County United Way.
Creator	Jones, William Davis, 1926-
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the William Davis Jones papers #4603, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from William Davis Jones III of Raleigh, N.C., in November 1991 and September 1993 (Acc. 93119).; Received from William Davis Jones.

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Processed by: Rebecca Hollingsworth, January 1992 with subsequent additions

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

Materials are generally in the order in which they were received.

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William D. Jones Papers (No. 4015).

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William Davis Jones III worked for The News and Observer of Raleigh, N.C., from 1949 to 1991, first as an advertising salesman and later as retail advertising manager, general manager, and associate publisher.

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Materials concerning the newspaper industry, including files on the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and the Newspapers in Education program, and materials relating to the operation of The News and Observer, including files on personnel, applications and resumes, subscriptions, production, deadlines, budgets, circulation, complaints, and advertising. Also included are materials pertaining to Jones's personal life and interests, including a few letters from his children and other relatives, and files on the Journalism Foundation of North Carolina, the North Carolina Center for Literacy Development, the Raleigh Little Theater, the Rex Hospital Foundation, and the Wake County United Way.

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Box 1-50 Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 Box 4 Box 5 Box 6 Box 7 Box 8 Box 9 Box 10 Box 11 Box 12 Box 13 Box 14 Box 15 Box 16 Box 17 Box 18 Box 19 Box 20 Box 21 Box 22 Box 23 Box 24 Box 25 Box 26 Box 27 Box 28 Box 29 Box 30 Box 31 Box 32 Box 33 Box 34 Box 35 Box 36 Box 37 Box 38 Box 39 Box 40 Box 41 Box 42 Box 43 Box 44 Box 45 Box 46 Box 47 Box 48 Box 49 Box 50	Materials pertaining mostly to the operation of The News and Observer; also included are materials concerning Jones's personal life and interests and his activities in professional organizations. The materials are mostly in the order in which they were received, which is roughly chronological with files generally arranged alphabetically by subject within each year.
Box 1	1948 - 1959. This box also contains materials pertaining to Susie Burnett before her marriage to Jones and to News and Observer publisher Frank Daniels, Jr.
Box 2	1960-1964
Box 3	1964-1965
Box 4	1966-1970
Box 5	1971-1973
Box 6	1974
Box 7	1974
Box 8	1975-1976
Box 9	1976
Box 10	1976-1977
Box 11	1977
Box 12	1978
Box 13	1978
Box 14	1979
Box 15	1979
Box 16	1979-1980
Box 17	1980
Box 18	1980
Box 19	1980
Box 20	1981
Box 21	1981
Box 22	1981
Box 23	1981-1982
Box 24	1982
Box 25	1982
Box 26	1982
Box 27	1982
Box 28	1982-1983
Box 29	1983
Box 30	1983
Box 31	1984
Box 32	1984
Box 33	1985
Box 34	1985
Box 35	1985
Box 36	1985-1986
Box 37	1986
Box 38	1986
Box 39	1986-1987
Box 40	1987
Box 41	1987
Box 42	1988
Box 43	1988
Box 44	1988
Box 45	1989
Box 46	1989
Box 47	1990
Box 48	1990
Box 49	1990
Box 50	1991
Box 51-52 Box 51 Box 52	Tax returns, 1967-1985.
Box 51 Box 52	Materials used by Jones in figuring his income taxes, including receipts, bank statements, and cancelled checks.
Box 51 Box 52	Similar materials for the years 1950-1966 and for years since 1985 are included in boxes 1-4 and 37-50 in chronological order.
Box 51	1967-1981
Box 52	1982-1985
Box 53-54 Box 53 Box 54	News and Observer Labor Negotiations.
Box 53 Box 54	Materials mostly dating from Jones's years as general manager of The News and Observer, concerning dealings with various unions.
Box 53	1960-1974
Box 54	1975-decertification (circa 1982)

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Box 55-56

Box 55

Box 56

Chiefly personal and family materials, 1950s-1980s.

Box 57-60

Box 57

Box 58

Box 59

Box 60

Materials chiefly pertaining mostly to the operation of The News and Observer; also included are materials concerning Jones's personal life and interests and his activities in professional organizations.

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Collection Number: 04603

Collection Title: William Davis Jones Papers, 1948-1992