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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.
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Collection Overview
| Size | 16.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 5000 items) |
| Abstract | The collection of Roy Wilder (1914-), white author and a newspaper reporter in New York and North Carolina, contains subject files, correspondence, and other items. The subject files were compiled by Wilder and address a wide range of topics, including southern food and jokes, moonshine, his friend Joseph Mitchell, who wrote for The New Yorker for almost 60 years, author Glen Rounds, and wartime reporting during the Second World War. Correspondence is chiefly with Wilder's family, friends, and acquaintances, including Burke Davis, John Dos Passos, John Ehle, Larry Lesueur, Sam Ragan, Terry Sanford, and Robert Walter Scott. Also included are photographs of Wilder and friends, an audiocassette of a 1996 tribute to Joseph Mitchell, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings. |
| Creator | Wilder, Roy. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
Processed by: Jennifer Thompson, January 2009
Encoded by: Jennifer Thompson, January 2009
Updated: May 2019
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
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Biographical Information
Roy Wilder, Jr. was born 1914. He attended the University of North Carolina's School of Journalism, but left before graduating. Wilder worked as a war correspondent during World War II; a newspaper reporter in New York and North Carolina; and in conservation and development, politics, and public relations. While in New York, Wilder developed a life-long friendship with North Carolina native Joseph Mitchell, who wrote for The New Yorker for almost 60 years. You All Spoken Here, Wilder's book about southern speech, was first published in 1984.
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Scope and Content
The collection contains subject files, correspondence, and other items relating to Roy Wilder Jr. The subject files were compiled by Wilder and address a wide range of topics, including southern food and jokes, moonshine, Joseph Mitchell, author Glen Rounds, and wartime reporting. Correspondence is chiefly with Wilder's family, friends, and acquaintances, including Burke Davis, John Dos Passos, John Ehle, Larry Lesueur, Sam Ragan, Terry Sanford, and Robert Walter Scott. Also included are photographs of Wilder and friends, an audiocassette of a 1996 tribute to Joseph Mitchell, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings.
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Series 1. Subject Files.
Subject files compiled by Wilder and on a wide range of topics, including southern food and jokes, moonshine, Joseph Mitchell, author Glen Rounds, and wartime reporting.
Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Series 2. Correspondence.
Correspondence is chiefly with Wilder's family, friends, and acquaintances.
Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Series 3. Other Materials.
Photographs of Wilder and friends, an audiocassette of the New Yorker's 1996 tribute to Joseph Mitchell, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings.
| Audiocassette C-5298/1 |
Tribute to Joseph Mitchell, 1996 |
Image Folder PF-5298/1-2
PF-5298/1PF-5298/2 |
Photographs of Roy Wilder and friends |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-5298/1 |
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings |
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