]> phc_helms_jesse_128 Finding Aid of the Jesse Helms Photograph Collection, 1984 Processed by: Kim Cumber; machine-readable finding aid created by: Kim Cumber &hdrNcDncsa; 2008 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: April 2008 Description is in English Finding Aid of the Jesse Helms Photograph Collection, 1984 State Archives of North Carolina &tpNcDncsa; Descriptive Summary State Archives of North Carolina. Jesse Helms Photograph Collection, 1984 Ph.C.128 Materials in English 10 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Public Services Branch, State Archives of North Carolina. Jesse Helms was born in Monroe, North Carolina on October 18, 1921. In 1972, he won election as the Republican candidate to the U.S. Senate and was reelected until he retired in 2003. Photographs taken in Hickory, N.C., during a Jesse Helms for U.S. Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984 during the hotly contested Hunt vs Helms race. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Ph.C.128, Jesse Helms Photograph Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, USA.

Acquisitions Information

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

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Processed by Kim Cumber, April 2008

Encoded by Kim Cumber, April 2008

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 Raleigh News and Observer. 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, The Raleigh Times, and the Tarheel Banker. 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.]

Collection Overview

Photographs taken in Hickory, N.C., during a Jesse Helms for US Senate campaign tour probably in or around October 1984 during the hotly contested Hunt vs 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, N.C.

Collection Arrangement

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

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Container List Jesse Helms Photograph Collection, 1984 PhC128.1 Senator Jesse Helms passing in front of a podium of microphones with unidentified crowd of onlookers.