| Scope and content |
Papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, proposed bills, reports, petitions, resolutions, bulletins, periodicals, and printed bills, including materials regarding the North Carolina General Assembly Special Session of 1956 and General Assembly Sessions of 1957, 1959, and 1961. Topics include the desegregation of public schools; the Pearsall Plan; teachers' and state employees' salary increases; tax increases; efforts to establish the East Carolina School of Nursing and other East Carolina University issues; the appropriation needs of Pembroke State University; justices of the peace in Greenville, N.C.; North Carolina court reform; N.C. Democratic Executive Committee and the national election of 1958; tourism and the Tuckasegee River; development of a port at Morehead City; and the Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina. Also includes various Pitt County records, papers regarding the Office of Price Administration Board for Pitt County; campaign items of Alton A. Lennon; state Senate campaign records for 1946, 1948, and 1950; genealogical items regarding the Wooten and Loftin families; and newspaper clippings. Other legislative material includes reports, petitions, resolutions, lobby material, bulletins, periodicals, and municipal records concerning Fountain, Greenville, and Bethel. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Frank M. Wooten, Jr., Papers (#126), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mr. Frank M. Wooten, Jr. |
| Biographical note | Frank Marion Wooten, Jr. (b. May 3, 1916) was the son of Frank M. Wooten and Elizabeth Hampton (Wade) Wooten. He graduated from East Carolina College and the University of North Carolina School of Law, after which he joined his father's law practice in Greenville. Governor Luther Hodges appointed Wooten a member of the N.C. House of Representatives for the special session of 1956 after the resignation of Sam O. Worthington. Re-elected in 1957, Wooten served through the session of 1961, after which he returned to the private practice of law. |
