The Jesse Helms Center, located in Wingate, North Carolina and named for its founder, U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, is a repository of Helms' papers, letters, speeches, transcripts of his televised editorials for WRAL-TV, books of faith, and a replica of his Senate desk and office. There are also campaign materials, such as polling information, walled editorial cartoons, and advertisements.[1]
 The Helms Center | |
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| Established | 1994; current building 2001 |
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| Location | Wingate, North Carolina |
| Director | Bill Cobey |
| Website | www.jessehelmscenter.org |
Since 1995, the President of the Jesse Helms Center has been John Dodd.[2] The organization is governed by a board of directors.
The Helms Center was established in 1994, after Helms rejected requests that his papers be left to an Ivy League university. He instead deposited the material with his home-county Wingate University, a private institution which he had once attended.[3] In 2001, the center opened as a 3.3 million[clarification needed], two-story brick and glass structure situated next to the Wingate Town Hall.[1]
The Helms Center hosts a center-sponsored lecture series with such notable participants as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and the Dalai Lama of Tibet.[1]
The center sponsors the annual Helms Foreign Relations School, which consists of two days of classes held near Washington, D.C.[1] Helms and Nathaniel Macon, who is honored with an exhibit at the Helms Center, are the only North Carolina senators ever to chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Local & North Carolina state news from Raleigh, NC - NewsObserver.com". newsobserver.com.
- ^ "The Jesse Helms Center". Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- ^ St. Onge, Peter; Torralba, Mike (6 July 2008). "Small-town upbringing shaped a senator". The News & Observer. Retrieved June 9, 2009. [dead link]
External links edit
- Official website
- Organizational Profile – National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute)
- In Monroe, Helms' roots remembered: Rural values, and a deep admiration for his father, helped shape the staunchly conservative senator's outlook, observers say.[permanent dead link] By Peter St. Onge and Mike Torralba.