Richardson Preyer Papers
1964-1980
Manuscript Collection #102- Creator(s)
- Pinnix, John Lawrence; Preyer, Richardson
- Physical description
- 323.005 Cubic Feet, consisting of correspondence, speeches, financial records, legislative bills, invitations, reports, press releases, and video recordings.
- Preferred Citation
- Richardson Preyer Papers (#102), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- Access to audiovisual and digital media is restricted. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
This collection contains about 363 cubic feet of material documenting the Congressional career of Lunsford Richardson Preyer. Mr. Preyer (January 11, 1919-April 3, 2001) of Greensboro, North Carolina, served in the U.S. House of Representatives for twelve years (January 1969-January 1981).
Biographical/historical information
Lunsford Richardson Preyer (called "Richardson") was born January 11, 1919, and died April 3, 2001, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He served in the U.S. Navy (1941-1946), received a law degree from Harvard in 1949, served as a city judge (1953-1954) and a N.C. State Superior Court judge (1956-1961) and as a U.S. District Court judge (1961-1963), ran unsuccessfully for N.C. governor in 1964, was a senior vice president and held other posititions at NCNB (1964-1966), and was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in the fall of 1968. He served in the U.S. House for six terms until he lost his seventh bid for office in the fall of 1980. During his fifth U.S. House term he served as the chair of the Select Committee on Ethics.
Administrative information
Custodial History
Source of acquisition
Gift of Honorable L. Richardson Preyer Gift of John Lawrence Pinnix
Processing information
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Metadata Rights Declaration
Key terms
Personal Names
Preyer, RichardsonCorporate Names
Democratic Party (N.C.)--History--20th centuryTopical
Governors--North Carolina--ElectionJudges--North Carolina--History--20th century
Legislators--United States--History--20th century
Politicians--North Carolina--History--20th century