Robert Morgan papers.

Scope and content Collection contains legislative files; campaign files, including materials regarding the 1980 election; county correspondence files; East Carolina University Board of Trustees files; personal files as North Carolina Attorney General and director of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation; memorandums; legislative council material; clippings; speeches and statements; Carroll H. Leggett correspondence; 1965 General Assembly scrapbook; daily schedules; and Lees-McRae College files. Also includes papers regarding Senator Jesse Helms, the "Hard Right" in politics, and the Panama Canal Issue. Personal files include correspondence, photographs, movie film and sound track, clippings, reports, and miscellaneous. Campaign and United States Senate files include committee material, legislation, constituent correspondence, case files, speeches, press releases, clippings, campaign records, oral tapes, and photograph negatives of Morgan and associates in and around the United States Senate.
Access restrictionJoyner- Access to original audiovisual and digital media is restricted. Please contact Special Collections for access copies.
Cite as Robert Morgan Papers (#268), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Terms of useJoyner- See collection guide for copyright restrictions.
Acquisitions source Joyner- Gift of The Honorable Robert Morgan.
Acquisitions source Joyner- Gift of Carroll H. Leggett.
Acquisitions source Joyner- Gift of Dorothy Pastis.
Acquisitions source Joyner- Gift of Martha G. Elmore.
Acquisitions source Joyner- Gift of Peggy Seifert.
Acquisitions source Joyner- Gift of W. W. "Billy" Yeargin, Jr.
Biographical noteRobert Morgan (b. 1925), a native of Lillington, N.C., and member of the Democratic Party, served as North Carolina State Senator (1965-1967), North Carolina Attorney General (1968-1974), and United States Senator (1974-1980). He was also a member of the boards of trustees of East Carolina University (1958-1973) and of Lees-McRae College (1974-1977).
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formPersonal correspondence.

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