North Carolina Poverty Project records, 1983-2004 and undated (bulk 1986-1997)
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Summary
- Creator:
- North Carolina Poverty Project
- Extent:
- 30.1 Linear Feet
71 Megabytes (Files extracted from 40 3.5" floppy disks as both preservation disk images and use copies.)
19,182 Items - Language:
- English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.00937
Background
- Scope and content:
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Primarily consists of Executive Board and Sector and Advisory Groups correspondence, memoranda, and meeting records; financial and planning documents, including grant applications; and workshop, seminar, and presentation materials that document the organization's activities to raise awareness of and promote action on the causes of poverty in N.C. Also includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other writings by the executive director, J. Gordon Chamberlin; telephone logs and appointment books; various printed material concerning poverty in NC; 11 audio and 15 videocassettes; 134 black-and-white and 10 color prints; 10 color negatives; and 8 data cartridge tapes. (02-234)
The 2006 addition (2006-0055)(600 items, 1.3 lin. ft.; dated 1986-2004) contains correspondence, meeting records, publications, and other documents generated by the North Carolina Poverty Project and the Poverty Coalition. Also included is an oversize 7 panel Poverty Display.
The 2007 addition (2007-0023)(3300 items, 4.4 lin. ft.; dated 1982-2003) contains documents related to the executive board including correspondence, financial documents, and planning documents; tax information; documents related to conferences and business trips; photocopies and clippings of articles related to poverty from the New York Times and other newspapers (1986-2001); and lists of library holdings of poverty books at Southeastern universities.
- Biographical / historical:
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Non-profit organization incorporated January 7, 1987, to study, provide education about, and stimulate action on the causes of poverty in North Carolina. In 2000, merged with other organizations to form the Poverty Coalition.
- Acquisition information:
- The North Carolina Poverty Project Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2002.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Ann Green Langford; John Mayrose
Encoded by Ann Green Langford; Joshua A. Kaiser; John Mayrose
Completed November 8, 2002
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Poverty -- North Carolina
Poverty -- Research -- North Carolina
Public welfare -- North Carolina
Nonprofit organizations -- North Carolina - Format:
- Videocassettes
Black-and-white photographs
Color negatives
electronic records (digital records)
Audiocassettes
Memoranda
Color photographs - Names:
- North Carolina Poverty Project
Chamberlin, J. Gordon - Places:
- North Carolina -- Economic conditions
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