Jesse Helms Center
Encyclopedia
The Jesse Helms Center, located in Wingate, North Carolina
and named for its founder Jesse Helms
, is a repository of Helms' papers, letters, and speeches, transcripts of his televised editorials for WRAL-TV
, and campaign materials such as polling information and advertisements. The Chairman of the Jesse Helms Center is Bill Cobey
.
The center was established in 1994, after Helms turned down requests for his papers to be left to an Ivy League
university and left them to his home-town Wingate University
instead. In 2001, the center opened a $3.3 million, two-story brick and glass headquarters.
"It's a first-rate collection," said William A. Link, chairman of the history department at the University of Florida, "Sometimes you get collections that have been sanitized. That's not the case with this collection. It's quite full and rich."
The Helms Center also hosts a center-sponsored lecture series with notable participants such as former British
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
, Condoleezza Rice
and the Dalai Lama
.
The center started the Helms Foreign Relations School: two days of classes held near Washington, D.C.
Wingate, North Carolina
Wingate is a town in Union County, North Carolina and a suburb of the city of Charlotte. The population was 2,406 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wingate is located at ....
and named for its founder Jesse Helms
Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. was a five-term Republican United States Senator from North Carolina who served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001...
, is a repository of Helms' papers, letters, and speeches, transcripts of his televised editorials for WRAL-TV
WRAL-TV
WRAL-TV, virtual channel 5 , is a television station in Raleigh, North Carolina. WRAL-TV has been the flagship station of Capitol Broadcasting Company since its inception, and is currently the CBS affiliate for the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill/Fayetteville area, known collectively as the Triangle...
, and campaign materials such as polling information and advertisements. The Chairman of the Jesse Helms Center is Bill Cobey
Bill Cobey
William Wilfred Cobey, Jr. is a former one-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina....
.
The center was established in 1994, after Helms turned down requests for his papers to be left to an Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
university and left them to his home-town Wingate University
Wingate University
Wingate University was founded by Baptists in 1896 as Wingate School, an independent, co-educational institution and became a four-year college in 1977. In 1996, Wingate College became Wingate University....
instead. In 2001, the center opened a $3.3 million, two-story brick and glass headquarters.
"It's a first-rate collection," said William A. Link, chairman of the history department at the University of Florida, "Sometimes you get collections that have been sanitized. That's not the case with this collection. It's quite full and rich."
The Helms Center also hosts a center-sponsored lecture series with notable participants such as former British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Prime Minister
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
, Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and was the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush...
and the Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...
.
The center started the Helms Foreign Relations School: two days of classes held near Washington, D.C.