Finding Aid of the Jesse Helms Photograph Collection, PHC.128

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Finding Aid of the Jesse Helms Photograph Collection, PHC.128

Abstract

Photographs taken in Hickory, North Carolina during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984 during the hotly contested Hunt/Helms race.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Jesse Helms Photograph Collection
Call Number
PHC.128
Creator
Unknown
Date
1984
Language
English
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], PhC.128, Jesse Helms Photograph Collection, State Archives of North Carolina; Raleigh, NC.

Collection Overview

Photographs taken in Hickory, North Carolina during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984 during the hotly contested Hunt/Helms race. The images show Jesse Helms at a podium with supporters including former NFL football star and Christian minister Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier and conservative politician Sue Myrick of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Arrangement Note

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Biographical Note

Jesse Helms was born in Monroe, North Carolina on October 18, 1921. He attended both Wingate University and Wake Forest University. His first job was as a sports reporter with the . In 1942 he married Dorothy Coble, who was the society reporter, and enlisted in the Navy during World War II.After leaving the Navy, Helms worked in a variety of fields, including serving as the director of several cerebral palsy hospitals and support organizations; serving on the Board of Trustees of Meredith College, John F. Kennedy College, Campbell University and Wingate College; and working for several news agencies, including WRAL-TV, , and the . By the mid-1960s, Helms was the executive vice president for Capitol Broadcasting in Raleigh. In 1972, he won election as the Republican candidate to the U.S. Senate and was reelected until he retired in 2003.[Biographical note based upon information from The Jesse Helms Center website.]

Contents of the Collection

Collection Contents
Senator Jesse Helms passing in front of a podium of microphones with unidentified crowd of onlookers.
PhC.128.01

Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.

Senator Jesse Helms standing and clapping hands at left of podium at which an unidentified man speaks.
PhC.128.02

To the speaking man's left, standing left to right, are Representative Sue Myrck and Reverend Rosey Grier. Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.

Senator Jesse Helms standing, laughing, at left of podium at which an unidentified man speaks.
PhC.128.03

To the speaking man's left, standing left to right, are Representative Sue Myrck and Reverend Rosey Grier. Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.

Senator Jesse Helms hugging an unidentified woman at the podium.
PhC.128.04

Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.

Senator Jesse Helms, left, at the podium with unidentified woman, right.
PhC.128.05

Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.

Senator Jesse Helms, left, at the podium with Sue Myrick, middle, and Rosey Grier, right.
PhC.128.06

Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.

Rosey Grier at the podium.
PhC.128.07

Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.

Senator Jesse Helms, right, and Sue Myrick, left, at the podium.
PhC.128.08

Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.

Senator Jesse Helms, right, and Sue Myrick, left, at the podium.
PhC.128.09

Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.

Senator Jesse Helms, smiling and waving; unidentified man and woman in background.
PhC.128.10

Photo taken in Hickory, NC, during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984.

Subject Headings

  • Grier, Rosey
  • Helms, Jesse
  • Myrick, Sue, 1941-
  • Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
  • United States. Congress. Senate
  • Political campaigns
  • Politics
  • Hickory (N.C.)

    • Acquisitions Information

    Donated to the State Archives of North Carolina April 2008 by Don Baker of Conover, North Carolina.

    Processing Information

  • Processed by Kim Cumber, April 2008
  • Encoded by Kim Cumber, April 2008