Cyrus B. King Papers 1932-2014 (bulk 1980-2014)

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Creator
King, Cyrus B. (Cyrus Baldwin), 1922-
Size
12.25 linear feet (22 boxes, 1 legalbox, 1 halfbox and 1 cardbox)
Call number
MC 00173

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 Cyrus King's work to promote civil rights and racial justice and his work on political campaigns. Correspondence includes letters to and from political figures. There are also documents that relate to his time as a librarian at North Carolina State University and a small amount of personal correspondence. Materials range in date from 1932 to 2014, with the majority dated after 1980.

Cyrus Baldwin King (1922-2014), worked in the North Carolina State University Libraries for over twenty years and was active in a wide variety of efforts to promote civil rights and social justice. He was hired by N.C. State as an acquisitions librarian in 1963 and retired in 1984 as Assistant Director for Collection Management and Development. He was very politically active, writing tirelessly in support of the causes that he has adopted, most notably racial justice, campaigns to promote peace and non-violence, and other civil rights causes.

Biographical/historical note

Cyrus Baldwin King, born 31 October 1922, and died 25 June 2014, worked in the North Carolina State University Libraries 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 a bachelor's degree in history from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1947 and a 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 (later University) before joining the North Carolina State Archives as the Assistant State Archivist in 1960. In 1963, he was hired by N.C. State University as an acquisitions librarian and was head of the Acquisitions Department for many years. He eventually became the Libraries' Assistant Director for Collection Management and Development before retiring in 1984.

King was very politically active, writing tirelessly in support of the causes that he adopted. He 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 remained active in support of a wide variety of efforts to promote social justice and non-violence. He 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.

Scope/content

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 1932 to 2014, although the majority of the material dates from after 1980.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into four series:

  • Series 1. Correspondence
  • Series 2. Political Papers
  • Series 3. Professional Papers
  • Series 4. Personal Papers

Use of these materials

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Cyrus B. King Papers, MC 00173, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Related material

Source of acquisition

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), 2008 (Accn. nos. 2008-0019 and 2008-0131), 2009 (Accn. no. 2009.0162), 2013 (Accn. nos. 2013.0039 and 2013.0224), 2014 (Accn. nos. 2014.0179 and 2014.0181)

Processing information

Processed by Steven Mandeville-Gamble, 2006 February 23; Encoded by Steven Mandeville-Gamble, 2006 February 23; Finding aid updated by Todd Kosmerick, 2008 June ; Finding aid updated by Allyson Smally, 2011 September and Gwynn Thayer, 2013 October; Finding aid updated by Shima Hosseininasab, 2020 December

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The collection is organized into four principal series:

Correspondence 1950-2014 (MC 173 Series 1)
Size: 2 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. Two folders in the series contain letters addressed to Cyrus King's wife, Carolyn King. The material ranges in date from 1950 to 2014, 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.

Arrangement note

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.

Correspondence 1950-1959
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence 1960
Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence 1961
Box 1, Folder 3
Correspondence 1962
Box 1, Folder 4
Correspondence 1963
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence 1964
Box 1, Folder 6
Correspondence 1967-1968
Box 1, Folder 7
Correspondence 1969-1970
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence 1971
Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence 1972
Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence 1973
Box 1, Folder 11
Correspondence 1974-1976
Box 1, Folder 12
Correspondence 1977-1980
Box 1, Folder 13
Correspondence 1981
Box 1, Folder 14
Correspondence 1982
Box 1, Folder 15
Correspondence 1983
Box 1, Folder 16
Correspondence 1984
Box 1, Folder 17
Correspondence 1985
Box 1, Folder 18
Correspondence 1986
Box 1, Folder 19
Correspondence 1987
Box 1, Folder 20
Correspondence 1988
Box 1, Folder 21
Correspondence 1989
Box 1, Folder 22
Correspondence 1990
Box 2, Folder 1
Correspondence 1991
Box 2, Folder 2
Correspondence 1992
Box 2, Folder 3
Correspondence 1993
Box 2, Folder 4
Correspondence 1994
Box 2, Folder 5
Correspondence 1995
Box 2, Folder 6
Correspondence 1996
Box 2, Folder 7
Correspondence 1997
Box 2, Folder 8
Correspondence 1998
Box 2, Folder 9
Correspondence 1999
Box 2, Folder 10
Correspondence 2000
Box 3, Folder 1
Correspondence 2001
Box 3, Folder 2
Correspondence 2004-2005
Box 9, Folder 1
Correspondence 2005-2006
Box 9, Folder 2
Correspondence (1 of 2) 2007-2008
Box 9, Folder 3
Correspondence (2 of 2) 2007-2008
Box 9, Folder 4
Correspondence 2008-2009
Box 9, Folder 5
Correspondence 2005, 2010-2012
Box 14, Folder 2
Correspondence with Congressman Brad Miller 2007-2010
Box 20, Folder 10
Correspondence with Curtis Gatewood 2012-2013
Box 20, Folder 5
Correspondence with Governor McCrory 2013
Box 21, Folder 10
Correspondence with Obama 2011-2014
Box 21, Folder 11
Archives records 1996-2004
Box 3, Folder 3
Blue, Dan 1989-2003
Box 3, Folder 5
City of Raleigh 1993
Box 3, Folder 6
Coble, Ran 1998-2003
Box 3, Folder 7
Committee to Reverse the Arm Race - Letters 2012-2013
Box 13, Folder 2
Edwards, John 2005-2007
Box 9, Folder 6
Faircloth, Lauch 1995-1997
Box 3, Folder 8
Finlator, W. W. 1996-1997
Box 3, Folder 9
General Correspondence 2004-2013
Box 21, Folder 9
Goodman, Jim 2003-2004
Box 3, Folder 10
Heineman, Fred 1996
Box 3, Folder 11
Helms, Jesse 1996-1997
Box 3, Folder 12
Holt, Joe 2004
Box 3, Folder 13
Holt, Joe 2005-2006
Box 9, Folder 7
Hooker, Michael, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor 1995-1996
Box 3, Folder 14
Kerry-Edwards Campaign 2003-2004
Box 3, Folder 15
Letters (Born-Digital) undated
Box 20, Folder 11
Miller, Brad (1 of 2) 2003-2004
Box 3, Folder 16
Miller, Brad (2 of 2) 2003
Box 3, Folder 17
Miller, Brad 2005-2008
Box 9, Folder 8
Neeley, Charles B., Jr. 1996-1997
Box 3, Folder 18
News and Observer editorial 2004
Box 3, Folder 19
North Carolina Humanities Center 1996
Box 3, Folder 20
North Carolina Legislature 2005-2007
Box 9, Folder 10
North Carolina State Government 2001-2004
Box 3, Folder 21
North Carolina Museum of History 2000-2001
Box 3, Folder 22
Perdue, Beverly 2003-2004
Box 3, Folder 23
Potorti, David 2003-2004
Box 3, Folder 24
President, United States 1993-2003
Box 3, Folder 25
Price, David 1989-1991
Box 3, Folder 26
Price, David 1992-1994
Box 4, Folder 1
Price, David 1996-1997
Box 4, Folder 2
Price, David 2005-2008
Box 9, Folder 9
Reno, Janet 1993
Box 4, Folder 3
United Nations Association 1990-1999
Box 4, Folder 4
United States House of Representatives 1993-2003
Box 4, Folder 5
United States Senate 1993-2004
Box 4, Folder 6
United States Senate 2005-2008
Box 10, Folder 1
Voss, Carl Hermann 1992
Box 4, Folder 7
Wicker, Tom [New York Times] 1991
Box 4, Folder 8
Y.M.C.A. Blue Ridge Assembly 1997
Box 4, Folder 9
Correspondence to Carolyn King 1985-1991
Box 4, Folder 10
Correspondence to Carolyn King 1990-1991
Box 10, Folder 2
Correspondence 2003-2012 (2013.0039)
Legal box 12, Folder 4
Political Papers 1932-2013 (MC 173 Series 2)
Size: 6.5 linear feet

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 1932 to 2013, but the majority are from the 1980s and 1990s.

Organization of the Collection

This series is arranged chronologically and thereafter alphabetically by subject. There is some overlap between the topics covered in the two sets of material.

Politics 1986-1987
Box 4, Folder 11
Politics (1 of 2) 1988
Box 4, Folder 12
Politics (2 of 2) 1988
Box 4, Folder 13
Politics 1989
Box 4, Folder 14
Politics 1990
Box 4, Folder 15
Politics 1991
Box 5, Folder 1
Politics (1 of 2) 1992
Box 5, Folder 2
Politics (2 of 2) 1992
Box 5, Folder 3
Politics (1 of 2) 1993
Box 5, Folder 4
Politics (2 of 2) 1993
Box 5, Folder 5
Politics (1 of 2) 1994
Box 5, Folder 6
Politics (2 of 2) 1994
Box 5, Folder 7
Politics 1996
Box 5, Folder 8
Politics 2007-2009
Box 18, Folder 1
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) 2007-2010
Box 18, Folder 12
Afghanistan and Obama 2009-2010
Box 18, Folder 10
American Civil Liberties Union 1997-2002
Box 5, Folder 9
American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina 1985-2001
Box 10, Folder 4
American Civil Liberties Union - Wake County Chapter 1985-1998
Box 10, Folder 5
American Freedom Association 1953-2003
Half box 24, Folder 4
Anti-Ballistic Missle Treaty 2002-2003
Box 5, Folder 10
Anti-war rallies, vigils for gun violence victims 2000-2003
Box 10, Folder 3
Athletics and Claude Sitton 1989-1990
Box 5, Folder 11
Athletics Scandal, UNC-Chapel Hill 2008-2013
Box 18, Folder 11
Athletics Scandal, UNC-Chapel Hill 2013
Box 20, Folder 9
Beal, Fred E. undated
Box 23, Folder 1
Beal, Fred - Manuscript undated
Half box 24, Folder 7
Berrigan - Plowshares (1 of 2) 1993-1994
Box 5, Folder 12
Berrigan - Plowshares (2 of 2) 1993-1994
Box 5, Folder 13
Black Cultural Center 1993
Box 6, Folder 1
Britt Campaign 2002
Box 6, Folder 2
Brown for President 1992
Box 6, Folder 3
Campaign Finance Reform 1998
Box 6, Folder 4
Campaign Finance Reform/Tax Reform 1979-2001
Box 10, Folder 20
Campaign Finance Reform 2006-2009
Box 19, Folder 1
The Carolinian 15 September 1994
Box 11, Folder 10
The Carolinian 2008
Box 8, Folder 22
Certificates 1990-2002
Box 8, Folder 7
Clark, Ramsey 2006-2010
Half box 24, Folder 5
Clippings 1981-2001
Box 8, Folder 14
Committee for High School Options and Information on Careers, Education and Self-improvement (CHOICES) (1 of 2) 2002-2008
Box 19, Folder 4
Committee for High School Options and Information on Careers, Education and Self-improvement (CHOICES) (2 of 2) 2002-2008
Box 19, Folder 5
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 1999-2008
Box 18, Folder 14
Committee to Reverse the Arms Race 2006-2011
Box 21, Folder 7
Communist Party in Gastonia undated
Box 23, Folder 6
Communist Party in North Carolina 1932-1934
Box 23, Folder 9
Congo 2003, 2006, 2009
Box 19, Folder 3
Crabtree Creek Greens 1990
Box 10, Folder 17
Culture of Peace (1 of 2) 2006-2010
Box 21, Folder 3
Culture of Peace (4 of 2) 2006-2010
Box 21, Folder 4
Cyrus B. King's Writings (1 of 3) 1992-2011
Box 13, Folder 6
Cyrus B. King's Writings (2 of 3) 1992-2011
Box 13, Folder 7
Cyrus B. King's Writings (3 of 3) 1992-2011
Box 14, Folder 1
Death Penalty 1992-2004
Box 6, Folder 5
Death Penalty 1998-2009
Box 18, Folder 2
Defense Monitor 2005-2008
Box 14, Folder 6
Democratic National Convention (1 of 2) 1972
Box 11, Folder 4
Democratic National Convention (2 of 2) 1972
Legal box 12, Folder 1
Democratic National Convention - clippings 1972
Box 11, Folder 11
Economic Justice 2007-2013
Box 20, Folder 3
Economic Justice (1 of 2) 2008-2011
Box 22, Folder 4
Economic Justice (2 of 2) 2008-2011
Box 22, Folder 5
Editorials by Cyrus King 1982?, 1995
Box 8, Folder 2
Ella Baker, Historical Markers 1989-1994
Box 17, Folder 2
Environmental Federation of North Carolina 1994-1999
Box 11, Folder 2
Farm Workers 2007
Box 18, Folder 3
Fighting Segregation in Educational Institutions, School Zones (1 of 2) 2010
Box 13, Folder 3
Fighting Segregation in Educational Institutions, School Zones (2 of 2) 2010
Box 13, Folder 4
Free Speech 2001
Box 6, Folder 6
Franklin, Anne 1993
Box 6, Folder 7
Friends Committee on National Legislation 2005
Box 14, Folder 8
Friends of Residents in Long Term Care 2001-2007
Box 18, Folder 5
Gantt, Harvey 1991
Box 6, Folder 8
Gantt, Harvey 1996
Box 6, Folder 9
Gay and Lesbian issues 2003
Box 6, Folder 10
Governor's Criminal Justice Summit 1990
Box 10, Folder 6
Guns 2007-2010
Box 18, Folder 4
Gun control 1984-1995
Box 6, Folder 11
Haiti 1995
Box 6, Folder 12
Hazardous Waste Reduction 1990
Box 10, Folder 15
Hospice of Wake County 2006
Box 18, Folder 8
Human Rights 1987-2010
Box 17, Folder 3
Human Rights Planning Group 1989-1995
Box 6, Folder 13
Immigration and Guest Workers 2004-2007
Box 18, Folder 6
Interfaith Alliance 2003-2004
Box 18, Folder 7
International Festival 2003-2006
Box 18, Folder 9
Iraq 2003
Box 6, Folder 14
Iraq 1991-2007
Box 17, Folder 4
Israel 2000
Box 6, Folder 15
Islam - Pamphlets and Historical Perspective 2001, undated
Box 17, Folder 5
Junior ROTC 2002
Box 6, Folder 16
Just Peace 2011
Box 20, Folder 7
Labor 1976-1978
Box 23, Folder 5
The Man From Hope : with a special personal message from Bill Clinton / prepared exclusively for Clinton Team Members and their guests [VHS] circa 1991 (Number 24371)

1 videotape (VHS) : sd., col.

Box 8, Folder 15
Martin Luther King Jr. Tributes 2000-2011
Box 17, Folder 6
Military Parade 2008
Box 19, Folder 7
Militarism (1 of 2) 2005-2008
Box 19, Folder 8
Militarism (2 of 2) 2005-2008
Box 19, Folder 9
Military Actions and Issues on Iraq (1 of 2) 2005-2007
Box 19, Folder 10
Military Actions and Issues on Iraq (2 of 2) 2005-2007
Box 19, Folder 11
Miscellaneous Papers on Communism undated
Box 23, Folder 2
Moral Mondays 2013
Box 21, Folder 1
Mt. Olive Pickle Company 1998-2002
Box 6, Folder 17
Mt. Olive Pickle Company 2003
Box 6, Folder 18
Mt. Olive Pickle Company 2004
Box 6, Folder 19
Mt. Olive Pickle Company - Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO 1999-2003
Box 6, Folder 20
Mt. Olive Pickle Company - letter from Cy and Carolyn King 1999
Box 6, Folder 21
Mt. Olive Pickle Company and Community United Church of Christ 1999-2003
Box 6, Folder 22
Mt. Olive Pickle Company - National Farm Worker Ministry 1998-2003
Box 6, Folder 23
Mt. Olive Pickle Company - Bill Bryan 2000-2004
Box 7, Folder 1
Mt. Olive Pickle Company - Triangle Friends Farm Workers 2000-2004
Box 7, Folder 2
Mt. Olive Pickle Company - Duke University 2002-2004
Box 7, Folder 3
National Rifle Association 2002
Box 7, Folder 4
Newsletters - Center for Reflection on the Second Law 1986-1998
Box 11, Folder 7
Newsletters - Church World Service/Crop 1986-1988
Box 11, Folder 6
Newsletters - Miscellaneous 1987-2002
Box 11, Folder 9
Newsletters - North Carolina Peace Network 1983-1986
Legal box 12, Folder 2
Newsletters - Notes from under the Fig Tree 1991-2002
Box 11, Folder 5
Newsletters - Wake County Peace and Justice Groups 1986-1998
Legal box 12, Folder 3
Newsletters - Sierra Club 1987-1993
Box 11, Folder 8
NC SANE / Freeze Annual Meeting, April 1989 1988-1991
Box 16, Folder 8
NC SANE / Freeze Newsletter 1985-1991
Box 17, Folder 1
NC Council Churches 2010, undated
Box 17, Folder 7
NC Peace Action 2011-2012
Box 20, Folder 4
No Child Left Behind 2001
Box 7, Folder 5
North Carolina Alliance for Democracy / Wake County Deomcratic Party 1995-1999
Box 10, Folder 9
North Carolina Democratic Party Periodicals 1997-2002
Box 10, Folder 7
North Carolina General Assembly 1989
Box 10, Folder 13
North Carolina Lottery 2000-2001
Box 7, Folder 6
Northgreen Country Club 1983
Box 8, Folder 19
Notes (1 of 3) undated
Box 14, Folder 9
Notes (2 of 3) undated
Box 14, Folder 10
Notes (3 of 3) undated
Box 14, Folder 11
Notebooks undated
Box 23, Folder 4
Nuclear Freeze Union - The Raleigh Peace Initiative 1987
Box 16, Folder 6
New Party 1995
Box 10, Folder 16
Papers and Publications on War, Peace and Communism (1 of 2) 2000-2008
Box 22, Folder 6
Papers and Publications on War, Peace and Communism (2 of 2) 2000-2008
Box 22, Folder 7
Paul, Mack 1995
Box 7, Folder 7
Peace Action (1 of 2) 2005-2012
Box 19, Folder 12
Peace Action (2 of 2) 2005-2012
Box 20, Folder 1
Peace Action Education Fund 2004
Box 7, Folder 8
Peace Action Education Fund Award dinner (1 of 2) 25 April 2002
Box 7, Folder 9
Peace Action Education Fund Award dinner (2 of 2) 25 April 2002
Box 7, Folder 10
Peace Actions & Movements 2009-2011
Box 14, Folder 3
Peace Booth 2005-2009
Box 14, Folder 5
Peace Campaigns/Abolition of Death Penalty 1983-2001
Box 10, Folder 19
Peace Guide 1991-1992
Box 11, Folder 1
"Peace" Outreach - Churches, War Registers League, Veterans for Peace, etc. 1991-2011
Box 16, Folder 5
Peace - Resources 2001-2008
Box 14, Folder 4
Peaceable Kingdom - Edwards Hicks (1780-1899) 1999-2004
Box 15, Folder 2
Peaceful Tomorrows 2003-2008
Box 19, Folder 6
People's Forum 2005-2012
Box 22, Folder 1
Political Action Committees 1980-1987
Box 10, Folder 8
Political Campaigns 1964-1990
Box 10, Folder 12
Political Ideology 2012-2013
Box 13, Folder 1
Poverty 2005-2007
Half box 24, Folder 6
Precinct 29 minutes 1985-1993
Box 7, Folder 11
Precinct 12 2007-2012
Box 13, Folder 5
Pres. Barack Obama Inauguration 2009
Box 17, Folder 8
Price, David - campaign material and reports 1986-2002
Box 10, Folder 11
Program named for Sam Ervin Jr. 1980-1982
Box 8, Folder 18
Racial justice (1 of 3) 1989-1994
Box 7, Folder 12
Racial justice (2 of 3) 1989-1994
Box 7, Folder 13
Racial justice (3 of 3) 1989-1994
Box 7, Folder 14
Radical Bibliographies undated
Box 23, Folder 3
ROTC 2007, 2010, 2013
Box 21, Folder 6
ROTC in Schools 2011
Box 20, Folder 6
School prayer 1992-1993
Box 7, Folder 15
Smith, Dean - beer advertising ban 1993
Box 7, Folder 16
Southeastern World Affairs 2002-2003
Half box 24, Folder 3
Textile Workers 1981, 1990
Box 21, Folder 5
Tobacco Growers undated
Box 8, Folder 21
Torture 2006-2007
Half box 24, Folder 2
Triangle Fellowship of Reconciliation 2005-2007
Box 14, Folder 7
Tributes to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1987-2001
Box 11, Folder 3
Unions 2005
Box 21, Folder 2
United Nations Associations 2003-2004
Box 16, Folder 2
United Nations Associations 2005-2006
Box 16, Folder 1
United Nations Associations Advocacy 2003-2008
Half box 24, Folder 1
United Nations Associations - Meetings and Correspondence 2003-2004
Box 15, Folder 8
United Nations Associations - Structure and Minutes 2000, 2007
Box 21, Folder 8
United Nations Associations (UNA) Nominating Committee Meeting and Correspondence 1999-2004
Box 16, Folder 3
United Nations Associations Publicity 2005, 2007, 2009
Box 23, Folder 7
United Nations Associations - USA, Wake County 2005-2007
Box 23, Folder 8
U.S.A. Patriot Act 2004
Box 7, Folder 17
Veterans for Peace 2004-2009
Box 15
Voter Guides 1990-2000
Box 10, Folder 14
Wake County Board of Education 1981
Box 8, Folder 11
Wake County Democratic Party 1986-2002
Box 10, Folder 10
War and Peacemaking 1991-2002
Box 16, Folder 7
War Money 2011-2012
Box 20, Folder 8
War Registers League 1993-2012
Box 15, Folder 3
Williams, Malcolm undated
Box 8, Folder 1
Women Peace Keepers 1989-2008
Box 15, Folder 4
Women's Organizations 1981-1999
Box 10, Folder 18
Writings 2009-2011
Box 22, Folder 2
Professional Papers 1960-2009 (MC 173 Series 3)
Size: 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 2009.

Articles by Cyrus King 1963,1978
Box 8, Folder 8
Book Reviews and Reports 1931-1948, undated
Box 15, Folder 7
Certificates and Awards 1964-2000
Box 8, Folder 9
Correspondence, Memorandum, and Reports 1971-1984
Box 8, Folder 17
Index Cards undated
Card box 25
King's Master Thesis: "Antebellum Free Negroes as Race Leaders in Virginia and Kentucky during Reconstruction" 1949
Box 15, Folder 6
Race relations seminar 1979
Box 8, Folder 6
Retirement from NC State University Libraries 1984-1985
Box 8, Folder 15
Reinhold Niebuhr Publications undated
Box 22, Folder 3
State Department of Archives and History 1960-1963
Box 3, Folder 4
Student Supply Store and State Archives [articles] 1960
Box 8, Folder 3
Study Circles on Race and Ethnicity - Building Beloved Communities, Eliminating Racism, Empowering Women YWCA 2009, 2011
Box 20, Folder 2
Personal Papers 1957-2014 (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 2014.

Book Club 1964-2009
Box 18, Folder 13
Carolyn King Memorial Service and Civil Rights Museum Exhibit 1956-2014
Box 15, Folder 5
Clippings 1969-1984
Box 8, Folder 4
Computer Scams 2012
Box 19, Folder 2
Correspondence 1975-1989
Box 8, Folder 23
Cyrus King Endowment to NC State University Libraries 2003
Box 8, Folder 10
Friends of the Library/Friends of the College 1983-1989
Box 8, Folder 5
Interview with Cyrus King 2000s
Box 8, Folder 12
Photographs 1957-1958, 1964, 1971, 1990s?
Box 8, Folder 13
Clippings, Awards 1984-2012 (2013.0039)
Legal box 12, Folder 5
Correspondence 2008-2012 (2013.0039)
Legal box 12, Folder 6
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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Cyrus B. King Papers, MC 00173, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Use of these materials

The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.

The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.

This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.