Archives, Special Collections, & Community

Scope and Contents The collection is organized into the following series: 1) Biographical Information; 2) Addresses; 3) Correspondence; 4) Printed Material; and 5) Photographs. The biographical information includes materials about his family and his wife, Pat. There are speeches from 1971-1976, including his statement of candidacy for governor, his commencement address to Davidson College in 1974, and the text to his televised "Talk to the People" from 1976. There is correspondence with Davidson College from...

Scope and Contents The collection is organized into the following series: Biographical material; Speeches; Printed Material; Scrapbooks; and Memorabilia. The biographical materials include information on Mr. Martin's years at Davidson and photographs as well as information on his family and wife, Dorothy. There are a few speeches from his years as governor of NC. The majority of the collection is printed material, consisting of campaign literature from 1984-1989 and newspaper clippings of his political life and...