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University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Repository:	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Special Collections
Creator:	R. Stewart Lillard
Title:	R. Stewart Lillard papers, 1771 - 2000
Call Number:	177
Extent:	1 (linear feet) 1 (archival boxes)
Location:	For current information on the location of these materials, please consult University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Abstract:	Primarily R. Stewart Lillard's papers on Ralph Ellison; and also a few papers collected R. Stewart Lillard, senior's papers collected from Spiro T. Agnew, Eugene McCarthy and Jimmy Carter.

R. Stewart Lillard, junior was originally from eastern Tennessee (his father was the mayor of Decatur, Tennessee, a small town in that area) and that he matriculated at Davidson College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in English in 1962. From there, he earned a master's degree in American Literature in 1966 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. After that, he continued his education at George Peabody College (later renamed Vanderbilt University), where he earned an MLS degree in 1970.

In his career, Lillard delved into a variety of different pursuits. From 1965 to 1969, he taught English composition and literature at Arkansas State University, Pembroke State College (now the University of North Carolina at Pembroke) and Sue Bennett College (in Kentucky). As a librarian, he worked for Furman University (in South Carolina), the South Carolina State Library, the University of the South (in Sewanee, Tennessee), Queens University (in Charlotte, NC), and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Lillard's interests were varied and wide-ranging. He studied Korean history, medieval history, education, the Russian language, world fairs, and especially in the life and writing of Ralph Waldo Ellison. He was the President of the Mecklenburg Historical Association, he served as the Chairman of the Southern Books Competition Committee for the Southeastern Library Association, and is a life member of the East Tennessee Historical Association. He also ran (unsuccessfully) for election for a seat on the Charlotte City Council in 1989. He retired in 2006 and moved to suburban Washington, DC in Maryland.

This collection contains materials concerning the interests of R. Stewart Lillard, who was at one time a cataloging librarian at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. Lillard was interested in a wide range of subject, including world's fairs (the San Diego World's Fair in 1935-36, the Chicago World's Fair in 1933-34 and the Montreal Expo in 1967). He was also interested in the origins of the institution that later became the Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library; Lena Jones Springs; his own campaign for a seat on the Charlotte City Council in 1989; the Charlotte election of 2000; and most especially-the life and writing of Ralph Ellison. About eighty per cent of the collection contains material by or about Ralph Ellison, including an article that Lillard wrote about Ellison's tastes in and use of music. The three folders that make up R. Stewart Lillard senior's series in this collection pertain to Spiro T. Agnew, President Carter's inauguration and Senator Eugene McCarthy's presidential election campaign.

Carter, Jimmy, 1924- .
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934, Chicago, Ill)
Ellison, Ralph.
Expo '67 (Montreal, Quebec)
Mecklenburg County Library (North Carolina) of 1771-1772.
California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936-San Diego, Calif.)
Springs, Lena J.

Box	Folder
		Series 1. R. Stewart Lillard, junior, 1940- .
	1	California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936-San Diego, Calif.)
	2	Carter, Jimmy, 1924- . Letter, April 12, 1971.
	3	Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934, Chicago, Ill)
	4	Charlotte campaign materials, 2000.
	5	Charlotte City Council Election Campaign, 1989.
		Ellison, Ralph
	6	Bibliography.
	7	Correspondence, 1967-1989, and not dated.
		Magazine articles (by or about Ralph Ellison)
	8	The American Scholar, winter, 1977/78, page 25.
	9	Atlantic, December 1970, Page 45.
	10	Black World, December 1970.
	11	The Carleton Miscellany, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, Winter 1980.
	12	English Journal, Vol. 58, No. 6, Sept. 1969, page 833.
	13	Funding the Dream, page 35.
	14	Harper's magazine, March 1967, page 76.
	15	The Nation, (100th Anniversary Issue), page 129.
	16	The New Yorker, November 22, 1976, page 55.
		The New Yorker, April 29 & May 6, 1996, page 110.
	17	Ralph Ellison, Edited by Harold Bloom (dust cover only)
	18	Ralph Waldo Ellison's Use of Music, by Stewart Lillard, Dec. 1966.
	19	Saturday Review, July 28, 1962, page 47.
		Saturday Review, November 15, 1975.
	20	Time, June 28, 1968.
	21-23	Research Material.
	24	Expo '67 (Montreal, Quebec)
	25	Mecklenburg County Library (North Carolina) of 1771-1772.
	26	Springs, Lena Jones, 1883-1942.
		Series 2. R. Stewart Lillard, 1892-1971.
	27	Agnew, Spiro T. [1918-1996]. Letter, Oct. 22, 1968.
	28	Carter, Jimmy, [1924- ]. Inauguratural program, 1977.
	29	McCarthy, Eugene [1916-2005], Election campaign material, 1968.