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MC 00173 Guide to the Cyrus B. King Papers, 1950-2009

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This collection is arranged into four series:

MC 173 Series 1. Correspondence
MC 173 Series 2. Political papers
MC 173 Series 3. Professional Papers
MC 173 Series 4. Personal Papers

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                                       [Box
                                       12,
                                       Folder
                                       5]
                                       Correspondence,
                                             1950-2009
                                             (MC 173 Series 1)
                                              
1.75 Linear feet
The correspondence contains copies of outgoing letters, incoming letters, printed copies of emails, and telegrams. It includes
                                       clippings and other enclosures that accompanied both the incoming and outgoing correspondence. The final two folders in the
                                       series contain letters addressed to Cyrus King's wife, Carolyn King. The material ranges in date from 1950 to 2009, but the
                                       majority dates from after 1985.
                                    
The vast majority of the correspondence was generated through Cyrus King's work to promote civil rights and his work on local,
                                       state, and national political campaigns for Democratic politicians. The chronologically arranged correspondence also contains
                                       some letters of a personal and professional nature, including some related to King's work at the North Carolina State University
                                       Library.
                                    
The correspondence is arranged chronologically and thereafter alphabetically by correspondent or by topic. There is a great
                                       deal of overlap between the two groupings - correspondence can be found from the same individuals in both the chronologically
                                       and the alphabetically arranged materials.
                                    

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       1]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1950-1959
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       2]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1960
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       3]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1961
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       4]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1962
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       5]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1963
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       6]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1964
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       7]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1967-1968
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       8]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1969-1970
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       9]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1971
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       10]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1972
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       11]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1973
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       12]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1974-1976
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       13]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1977-1980
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       14]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1981
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       15]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1982
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       16]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1983
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       17]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1984
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       18]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1985
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       19]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1986
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       20]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1987
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       21]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1988
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       1,
                                       Folder
                                       22]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1989
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       2,
                                       Folder
                                       1]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1990
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       2,
                                       Folder
                                       2]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1991
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       2,
                                       Folder
                                       3]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1992
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       2,
                                       Folder
                                       4]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1993
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       2,
                                       Folder
                                       5]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1994
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       2,
                                       Folder
                                       6]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1995
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       2,
                                       Folder
                                       7]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1996
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       2,
                                       Folder
                                       8]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1997
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       2,
                                       Folder
                                       9]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1998
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       2,
                                       Folder
                                       10]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1999
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       1]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          2000
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       2]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          2001
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       9,
                                       Folder
                                       1]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          2004-2005
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       9,
                                       Folder
                                       2]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          2005-2006
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       9,
                                       Folder
                                       3]
                                       Correspondence (1 of 2),
                                          2007-2008
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       9,
                                       Folder
                                       4]
                                       Correspondence (2 of 2),
                                          2007-2008
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       9,
                                       Folder
                                       5]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          2008-2009
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       3]
                                       Archives records,
                                          1996-2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       5]
                                       Blue, Dan,
                                          1989-2003
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       6]
                                       City of Raleigh,
                                          1993
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       7]
                                       Coble, Ran,
                                          1998-2003
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       9,
                                       Folder
                                       6]
                                       Edwards, John,
                                          2005-2007
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       8]
                                       Faircloth, Lauch,
                                          1995-1997
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       9]
                                       Finlator, W.W.,
                                          1996-1997
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       10]
                                       Goodman, Jim,
                                          2003-2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       11]
                                       Heineman, Fred,
                                          1996
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       12]
                                       Helms, Jesse,
                                          1996-1997
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       13]
                                       Holt, Joe,
                                          2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       9,
                                       Folder
                                       7]
                                       Holt, Joe,
                                          2005-2006
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       14]
                                       Hooker, Michael, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor,
                                          1995-1996
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       15]
                                       Kerry-Edwards Campaign,
                                          2003-2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       16]
                                       Miller, Brad (1 of 2),
                                          2003-2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       17]
                                       Miller, Brad (2 of 2),
                                          2003
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       9,
                                       Folder
                                       8]
                                       Miller, Brad,
                                          2005-2008
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       18]
                                       Neeley, Charles B., Jr.,
                                          1996-1997
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       19]
                                       News and Observer editorial,
                                          2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       20]
                                       North Carolina Humanities Center,
                                          1996
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       9,
                                       Folder
                                       10]
                                       North Carolina Legislature,
                                          2005-2007
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       21]
                                       North Carolina State Government,
                                          2001-2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       22]
                                       North Carolina Museum of History,
                                          2000-2001
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       23]
                                       Perdue, Beverly,
                                          2003-2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       24]
                                       Potorti, David,
                                          2003-2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       25]
                                       President, United States,
                                          1993-2003
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       26]
                                       Price, David,
                                          1989-1991
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       4,
                                       Folder
                                       1]
                                       Price, David,
                                          1992-1994
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       4,
                                       Folder
                                       2]
                                       Price, David,
                                          1996-1997
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       9,
                                       Folder
                                       9]
                                       Price, David,
                                          2005-2008
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       4,
                                       Folder
                                       3]
                                       Reno, Janet,
                                          1993
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       4,
                                       Folder
                                       4]
                                       United Nations Association,
                                          1990-1999
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       4,
                                       Folder
                                       5]
                                       United States House of Representatives,
                                          1993-2003
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       4,
                                       Folder
                                       6]
                                       United States Senate,
                                          1993-2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       1]
                                       United States Senate,
                                          2005-2008
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       4,
                                       Folder
                                       7]
                                       Voss, Carl Hermann,
                                          1992
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       4,
                                       Folder
                                       8]
                                       Wicker, Tom [New York Times],
                                          1991
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       4,
                                       Folder
                                       9]
                                       Y.M.C.A. Blue Ridge Assembly,
                                          1997
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       4,
                                       Folder
                                       10]
                                       Correspondence to Carolyn King,
                                          1985-1991
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       2]
                                       Correspondence to Carolyn King,
                                          1990-1991
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       12,
                                       Folder
                                       4]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          2003-2012
                                          
                                          
                                          (2013.0039)
                                          
                                       

Political papers,
                                             1964-2004
                                             (MC 173 Series 2)
                                              
1.5 Linear feet
This series is arranged chronologically and thereafter alphabetically by subject. There is some overlap between the topics
                                       covered in the two sets of material.
                                    
This series contains material generated from Cyrus King's involvement with political campaigns and his work on a wide variety
                                       of efforts to promote social justice and civil rights. The issues he worked for range from enviromentalism and gun control
                                       to international peace movements and campaign finance reform.
                                    
Included is a large amount of political campaign materials, newsletters from a variety of local and national organizations,
                                       flyers, clippings, membership rosters, fundraising information, invitations, precinct maps, reports and resolutions on political
                                       issues, and some correspondence. The materials range in date from 1964 to 2004, but the majority are from the 1980s and 1990s.
                                    

                                       [Box
                                       4,
                                       Folder
                                       11]
                                       Politics,
                                          1986-1987
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       4,
                                       Folder
                                       12]
                                       Politics (1 of 2),
                                          1988
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       4,
                                       Folder
                                       13]
                                       Politics (2 of 2),
                                          1988
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       4,
                                       Folder
                                       14]
                                       Politics,
                                          1989
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       4,
                                       Folder
                                       15]
                                       Politics,
                                          1990
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       5,
                                       Folder
                                       1]
                                       Politics,
                                          1991
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       5,
                                       Folder
                                       2]
                                       Politics (1 of 2),
                                          1992
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       5,
                                       Folder
                                       3]
                                       Politics (2 of 2),
                                          1992
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       5,
                                       Folder
                                       4]
                                       Politics (1 of 2),
                                          1993
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       5,
                                       Folder
                                       5]
                                       Politics (2 of 2),
                                          1993
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       5,
                                       Folder
                                       6]
                                       Politics (1 of 2),
                                          1994
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       5,
                                       Folder
                                       7]
                                       Politics (2 of 2),
                                          1994
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       5,
                                       Folder
                                       8]
                                       Politics,
                                          1996
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       5,
                                       Folder
                                       9]
                                       American Civil Liberties Union,
                                          1997-2002
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       4]
                                       American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina,
                                          1985-2001
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       5]
                                       American Civil Liberties Union - Wake County Chapter,
                                          1985-1998
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       5,
                                       Folder
                                       10]
                                       Anti-Ballistic Missle Treaty,
                                          2002-2003
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       3]
                                       Anti-war rallies, vigils for gun violence victims,
                                          2000-2003
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       5,
                                       Folder
                                       11]
                                       Athletics and Claude Sitton,
                                          1989-1990
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       5,
                                       Folder
                                       12]
                                       Berrigan - Plowshares (1 of 2),
                                          1993-1994
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       5,
                                       Folder
                                       13]
                                       Berrigan - Plowshares (2 of 2),
                                          1993-1994
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       1]
                                       Black Cultural Center,
                                          1993
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       2]
                                       Britt Campaign,
                                          2002
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       3]
                                       Brown for President,
                                          1992
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       4]
                                       Campaign Finance Reform,
                                          1998
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       20]
                                       Campaign Finance Reform/Tax Reform,
                                          1979-2001
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       11,
                                       Folder
                                       10]
                                       
                                          The Carolinian,
                                          15 September 1994
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       22]
                                       
                                          The Carolinian,
                                          2008
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       7]
                                       Certificates,
                                          1990-2002
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       14]
                                       Clippings,
                                          1981-2001
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       17]
                                       Crabtree Creek Greens,
                                          1990
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       5]
                                       Death Penalty,
                                          1992-2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       11,
                                       Folder
                                       4]
                                       Democratic National Convention (1 of 2),
                                          1972
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       12,
                                       Folder
                                       1]
                                       Democratic National Convention (2 of 2),
                                          1972
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       11,
                                       Folder
                                       11]
                                       Democratic National Convention - clippings,
                                          1972
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       2]
                                       Editorials by Cyrus King,
                                          1982?, 1995
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       11,
                                       Folder
                                       2]
                                       Environmental Federation of North Carolina,
                                          1994-1999
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       6]
                                       Free Speech,
                                          2001
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       7]
                                       Franklin, Anne,
                                          1993
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       8]
                                       Gantt, Harvey,
                                          1991
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       9]
                                       Gantt, Harvey,
                                          1996
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       10]
                                       Gay and Lesbian issues,
                                          2003
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       6]
                                       Governor's Criminal Justice Summit,
                                          1990
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       11]
                                       Gun control,
                                          1984-1995
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       12]
                                       Haiti,
                                          1995
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       15]
                                       Hazardous Waste Reduction,
                                          1990
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       13]
                                       Human Rights Planning Group,
                                          1989-1995
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       14]
                                       Iraq,
                                          2003
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       15]
                                       Israel,
                                          2000
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       16]
                                       Junior ROTC,
                                          2002
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       15]
                                       The Man From Hope : with a special personal message from Bill Clinton / prepared exclusively for Clinton Team Members and
                                          their guests [VHS],
                                          ca. 1991
                                          
                                          
                                          (Number 24371)
                                          
                                       1 videotape (VHS) : sd., col.

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       17]
                                       Mt. Olive Pickle Company,
                                          1998-2002
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       18]
                                       Mt. Olive Pickle Company,
                                          2003
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       19]
                                       Mt. Olive Pickle Company,
                                          2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       20]
                                       Mt. Olive Pickle Company - Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO,
                                          1999-2003
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       21]
                                       Mt. Olive Pickle Company - letter from Cy and Carolyn King,
                                          1999
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       22]
                                       Mt. Olive Pickle Company and Community United Church of Christ,
                                          1999-2003
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       6,
                                       Folder
                                       23]
                                       Mt. Olive Pickle Company - National Farm Worker Ministry,
                                          1998-2003
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       1]
                                       Mt. Olive Pickle Company - Bill Bryan,
                                          2000-2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       2]
                                       Mt. Olive Pickle Company - Triangle Friends Farm Workers,
                                          2000-2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       3]
                                       Mt. Olive Pickle Company - Duke University,
                                          2002-2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       4]
                                       National Rifle Association,
                                          2002
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       11,
                                       Folder
                                       7]
                                       Newsletters - Center for Reflection on the Second Law,
                                          1986-1998
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       11,
                                       Folder
                                       6]
                                       Newsletters - Church World Service/Crop,
                                          1986-1988
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       11,
                                       Folder
                                       9]
                                       Newsletters - Miscellaneous,
                                          1987-2002
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       12,
                                       Folder
                                       2]
                                       Newsletters - North Carolina Peace Network,
                                          1983-1986
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       11,
                                       Folder
                                       5]
                                       Newsletters - Notes from under the Fig Tree,
                                          1991-2002
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       12,
                                       Folder
                                       3]
                                       Newsletters - Wake County Peace and Justice Groups,
                                          1986-1998
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       11,
                                       Folder
                                       8]
                                       Newsletters - Sierra Club,
                                          1987-1993
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       5]
                                       No Child Left Behind,
                                          2001
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       9]
                                       North Carolina Alliance for Democracy / Wake County Deomcratic Party,
                                          1995-1999
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       7]
                                       North Carolina Democratic Party Periodicals,
                                          1997-2002
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       13]
                                       North Carolina General Assembly,
                                          1989
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       6]
                                       North Carolina Lottery,
                                          2000-2001
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       19]
                                       Northgreen Country Club,
                                          1983
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       16]
                                       New Party,
                                          1995
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       7]
                                       Paul, Mack,
                                          1995
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       8]
                                       Peace Action Education Fund,
                                          2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       9]
                                       Peace Action Education Fund Award dinner (1 of 2),
                                          25 April 2002
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       10]
                                       Peace Action Education Fund Award dinner (2 of 2),
                                          25 April 2002
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       19]
                                       Peace Campaigns/Abolition of Death Penalty,
                                          1983-2001
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       11,
                                       Folder
                                       1]
                                       Peace Guide,
                                          1991-1992
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       8]
                                       Political Action Committees,
                                          1980-1987
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       12]
                                       Political Campaigns,
                                          1964-1990
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       11]
                                       Precinct 29 minutes,
                                          1985-1993
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       11]
                                       Price, David - campaign material and reports,
                                          1986-2002
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       18]
                                       Program named for Sam Ervin Jr.,
                                          1980-1982
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       12]
                                       Racial justice (1 of 3),
                                          1989-1994
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       13]
                                       Racial justice (2 of 3),
                                          1989-1994
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       14]
                                       Racial justice (3 of 3),
                                          1989-1994
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       15]
                                       School prayer,
                                          1992-1993
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       16]
                                       Smith, Dean - beer advertising ban,
                                          1993
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       21]
                                       Tobacco Growers,
                                          undated
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       11,
                                       Folder
                                       3]
                                       Tributes to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
                                          1987-2001
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       7,
                                       Folder
                                       17]
                                       U.S.A. Patriot Act,
                                          2004
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       14]
                                       Voter Guides,
                                          1990-2000
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       11]
                                       Wake County Board of Education,
                                          1981
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       10]
                                       Wake County Democratic Party,
                                          1986-2002
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       1]
                                       Williams, Malcolm,
                                          undated
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       10,
                                       Folder
                                       18]
                                       Women's Organizations,
                                          1981-1999
                                       

Professional Papers,
                                             1960-2000
                                             (MC 173 Series 3)
                                              
0.25 Linear feet
This series contains material relating to King's professional activities, mostly from his time as a librarian at North Carolina
                                       State University. The material ranges in date from 1960 to 2000.
                                    

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       8]
                                       Articles by Cyrus King,
                                          1963,1978
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       9]
                                       Certificates and Awards,
                                          1964-2000
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       17]
                                       Correspondence, Memorandum, and Reports,
                                          1971-1984
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       6]
                                       Race relations seminar,
                                          1979
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       15]
                                       Retirement from NCSU Libraries,
                                          1984-1985
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       3,
                                       Folder
                                       4]
                                       State Department of Archives and History,
                                          1960-1963
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       3]
                                       Student Supply Store and State Archives [articles],
                                          1960
                                       

Personal Papers,
                                             1957-2003
                                             (MC 173 Series 4)
                                              
This series contains personal photographs and correspondence as well as material related to King's involvement with NC State's
                                       Libraries after his retirement. The material ranges in date from 1957 to 2003.
                                    

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       4]
                                       Clippings,
                                          1969-1984
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       23]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          1975-1989
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       10]
                                       Cyrus King Endowment to NCSU Libraries,
                                          2003
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       5]
                                       Friends of the Library/Friends of the College,
                                          1983-1989
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       12]
                                       Interview with Cyrus King,
                                          2000s
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       8,
                                       Folder
                                       13]
                                       Photographs,
                                          1957-1958, 1964, 1971, 1990s?
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       12,
                                       Folder
                                       5]
                                       Clippings, Awards,
                                          1984-2012
                                          
                                          
                                          (2013.0039)
                                          
                                       

                                       [Box
                                       12,
                                       Folder
                                       6]
                                       Correspondence,
                                          2008-2012
                                          
                                          
                                          (2013.0039)
                                          
                                       

Creator

King, Cyrus B. (Cyrus Baldwin), 1922-

Quantity

7.4 Linear feet

General Physical Description note

11 archival storage boxes and 1 legal archival storage box

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff external link .

Language

English

Acquisitions Information

Gift of Cyrus B. King, 1984 (Accn. no. 1984-0013), 1989 (Accn. no. 1989-0007), 1992 (Accn. no. 1992-0005), 1996 (Accn. no. 1996-0005), ca. 2004 (Accn. no. 2004-0014), and 2008 (Accn. nos. 2008-0019 and 2008-0131).

Processing

Processed by: Steven Mandeville-Gamble; Machine-readable finding aid created by: Steven Mandeville-Gamble and Todd Kosmerick; Updated by Allyson Smally, September 2011

Revised

September 2011, Updated by Allyson Smally September 2011

Scope and Content Note

The Cyrus B. King Papers contain correspondence, political campaign materials, newsletters from a variety of local and national organizations, flyers, clippings, membership rosters, fundraising information, invitations, precinct maps, journal articles, newspaper editorials, and reports and resolutions on political issues. The majority of the material was generated through King's work to promote civil rights and racial justice and his work on political campaigns. Also included documents that relate to his time as a Librarian at North Carolina State University and a small amount of personal correspondence.

The correspondence series contains letters to and from a variety of local, state, and national political figures, including North Carolina governor Luther Hodges, North Carolina House of Representatives member Dan Blue, former mayor of Charlotte and Senatorial hopeful Harvey Gantt, U.S. Representative Fred Heineman, Congressman Brad Miller, journalist David Potorti, Senator Paul Simon, Janet Reno, David Price, Lauch Faircloth, W.W. Finlator, and more. The issues addressed in the political papers range from enviromentalism and gun control to international peace movements and campaign finance reform.

The material ranges in date from 1950 to 2011, although the majority of the material dates from after 1980.

Biographical Note

Cyrus Baldwin King, born 31 October 1922, worked in the North Carolina State University Library for over twenty years and was active in a wide variety of efforts to promote civil rights and social justice. He grew up in North Carolina in a pacifist Quaker family and served with the United States Army in Europe during World War II. His father, Edward Scull (E.S.) King, was also very active in the N.C. State University community, serving as the secretary of the campus chapter of the Young Men's Christian Association for over thirty years.

Cyrus King earned his Bachelor's Degree in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1947 and his Master's Degree in History from the University of Kentucky in 1949. He worked for several years at the Student Supply Stores at North Carolina State College before joining the North Carolina State Archives as the Assistant State Archivist in 1960. In 1963, he was hired by N.C. State as an Acquisitions Librarian and was head of the department for many years. He eventually became the Assistant Director for Collection Management and Development before retirng in 1984.

King was and remains very politically active, writing tirelessly in support of the causes that he has adopted. He has worked through his church, the Community United Church of Christ, the Democratic party, and many local and national organizations. He spoke out in favor of of desegregation and other civil rights issues in the 1950s and 1960s and has remained active in support of a wide variety of efforts to promote social justice and non-violence. He has worked in support of greater voting rights, environmental issues, the abolishment of the death penalty, workers' rights, improving education in North Carolina, and many other civil rights causes.

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Access to Collection

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Mail

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Raleigh, NC, 27695-7111

Telephone

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Fax

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Cyrus B. King Papers, MC 173, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

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