From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jesse Helms Center
Jesse Helms Center
Jesse Helms Center tish Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Condoleezza Rice
and the Dalai Lama.[1]
Established 1994 The center started the Helms Foreign Relations
Location Wingate, North Carolina School: two days of classes held near Washington, D.C.[1]
Director Bill Cobey
Website www.jessehelmscenter.org
References
[1] ^ Papers endure at Helms Center in Wingate
Center,
The Jesse Helms Center located in Wingate, North Caroli- [2] Chairman of the Jesse Helms Center Remembers
na and named for its founder Jesse Helms, is a repository The Senator; July 04, 2008.
of Helms’ papers, letters, and speeches, transcripts of his [3] St. Onge, Peter; Torralba, Mike (6 July 2008).
televised editorials for WRAL-TV, and campaign mate- "Small-town upbringing shaped a senator". The
rials such as polling information and advertisements.[1] News & Observer. http://www.newsobserver.com/
The Chairman of the Jesse Helms Center is Bill Cobey.[2] politics/politicians/helms/story/1132244.html.
The center was established in 1994, after Helms Retrieved June 9, 2009.
turned down requests for his papers to be left to an Ivy • In Monroe, Helms’ roots remembered: Rural values,
League university and left them to his home-town Win- and a deep admiration for his father, helped shape
gate University instead.[3] In 2001, the center opened a the staunchly conservative senator’s outlook,
$3.3 million, two-story brick and glass headquarters.[1] observers say. By Peter St. Onge and Mike Torralba.
"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
External links
sanitized. That’s not the case with this collection. It’s • Jesse Helms Center official website
quite full and rich."[1] Coordinates: 35°58′34″N 80°26′01″W / 35.97611°N
The Helms Center also hosts a center-sponsored lec- 80.43361°W / 35.97611; -80.43361
ture series with notable participants such as former Bri-
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