{"value"=>"<p>Terry's journalistic career is conveyed through files related to his reporting at <span class=\"title\">The Indianapolis Daily News</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Washington Post</span>, <span class=\"title\">Time</span>, <span class=\"title\">USA Today</span>, <span class=\"title\">Parade</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Vietnam Veterans of America</span>; his tenure as president of the Capital Press Club; his interviews and surveys conducted in Vietnam and Europe; and his commentaries for radio and television. Terry's tenure with the Capital Press Club is represented through souvenir programs, photographs, correspondence, gavels from his time as president, and press clippings. The photographs, many of which also depict Terry, feature such figures as Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Edward Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Whitney Young, and Walter Cronkite. There is also a large selection of correspondence written to Terry from such individuals as John F. Kennedy; Lyndon B. Johnson; Robert Wagner; Nelson Rockefeller; Sargent Shriver; A. Philip Randolph; and many other politicians, elected officials, and journalists. Additionally, Terry held on to a selection of political memorabilia from his reporting on the 1964 presidential campaign that includes his press passes and inauguration invitations.</p> <p>Terry's <span class=\"title\">Time</span> Washington Correspondent files contain full transcripts of interviews he conducted with Malcolm X, Julian Bond, Jesse Jackson, Bobby Seale, and Whitney Young. Other materials include files of his reporting on Hanafi Muslims, press passes to the 1967 National Conference on Black Power, and notes from an interview with Lyndon B. Johnson.</p> <p>Terry kept files of the interviews he conducted in Vietnam, some of which informed his book, <span class=\"title\">Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War</span> and the album, <span class=\"title\">Guess Who's Coming Home: Black Fighting Men Recorded</span>. These folders are arranged chronologically, and hold interview notes and drafts of articles he authored for <span class=\"title\">Time</span>.</p> <p>The Vietnam Correspondent files also contain research materials Terry collected while stationed in Saigon. These files contain clippings, military resources, and propaganda materials targeted at Black American soldiers that were distributed by the National Front of Liberation of South Vietnam.</p> <p>Files pertaining to Terry's survey of American servicemen includes background research, data sheets, drafts, raw data, transcriptions, survey analysis, participant quotes, and articles about the survey.</p> <p>The Vietnam photographs were either taken by Terry or depict him, and are in the form of prints, contact sheets, and slides. Many of the photographs include typed captions with the year and location. The photographs portray conditions in Vietnam and the individuals Terry interviewed, and chronicle his tenure as Saigon correspondent between 1967 and 1969.</p> <p>The documentary album, <span class=\"title\">Guess Who's Coming Home: Black Fighting Men Recorded Live in Vietnam</span>, was edited, narrated, and produced by Terry. The full transcripts of the album, as well as correspondence and reviews have been preserved. The transcript includes handwritten annotations and edits.</p> <p>After returning from Vietnam, Terry continued to conduct interviews with black soldiers, most of which were recorded and preserved in the form of typed transcripts. These files are arranged alphabetically by last name. In 1972, he traveled to Europe and conducted dozens of interviews with black enlisted servicemen. These files are arranged by interview location, and also contain full interview transcripts.</p> <p>The <span class=\"title\">Parade</span> files contain correspondence, contracts, research, and story suggestions; full issues of the magazine that feature his articles; and files for the interviews he conducted. Audio recordings of these interviews are found in Series XI. The Interviews files hold excerpts of the interviews, handwritten annotations, and drafts of the articles. Among those profiled are Zalin Grant, Sinbad, Christopher Walken, Montel Williams, and Stevie Wonder.</p>"}