Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. (left) is pictured shaking hands with Emory Miller, who was then chair of the Burke County Board of Commissioners, according to Gertrude Shell, Miller's daughter. The photo is part of the NC Room's Picture Burke project.
Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Room at the Burke County Public Library/
Dottie Ervin points to a shelf in the North Carolina Room at the Morganton Public Library containing biographies of Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr.
Photo by Tammie Gercken/Wholly-owned by The News Herald/
The Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. Library and Museum at Western Piedmont Community College contains a recreation of the senator’s home office and library.
Photo by Tammie Gercken, The News Herald
Pictured is Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr.'s desk in his recreated home office/library.
Photo by Tammie Gercken/Wholly-owned by The News Herald/
Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series on U.S. Sen. Samuel James Ervin Jr. Find part two in Monday’s edition of The News Herald.
Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. (left) is pictured shaking hands with Emory Miller, who was then chair of the Burke County Board of Commissioners, according to Gertrude Shell, Miller's daughter. The photo is part of the NC Room's Picture Burke project.
Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Room at the Burke County Public Library/