Poverty Display

ncpovertyproject Preliminary Inventory of the North Carolina Poverty Project Records, 1983-2004 and undated (bulk 1986-1997) Processed by: Ann Green Langford; John Mayrose machine-readable finding aid created by: Ann Green Langford; Joshua A. Kaiser; John Mayrose

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from automated markup system. Date of source: November 8, 2002 Processed by Ann Green Langford November 8, 2002; Updated by John Mayrose February 20, 2007; Finding Aid encoded by Ann Green Langford; Joshua A. Kaiser; John Mayrose, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, December 4, 2003 Description is in English. 12-31-2005 PUBLIC "-//David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::North Carolina Poverty Project Records)//EN" "ncpovertyproject.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) changed to conform to current Rubenstein Library and NC EAD standards as laid out in the Inventory Style Guide and in the NCEAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. These changes were made by Michelle Belden. Also, container TYPE and LABEL attribute values were standardized according to the Rubenstein Library EAD 2002 manual and the NCEAD eadlocal.ent by Ruth E. Bryan.The tag list inside index was changed to indexentry by Ruth E. Bryan. 02-20-2007 The finding aid was updated to include two additions (2006-0055 and 2007-0023) to the collection by John Mayrose. Preliminary Inventory of the North Carolina Poverty Project Records, 1983-2004 and undated (bulk 1986-1997) David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary North Carolina Poverty Project Records, 1983-2004 and undated (bulk 1986-1997) North Carolina Poverty Project 30.1 Linear Feet 19,182 Items David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. English. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], North Carolina Poverty Project Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The North Carolina Poverty Project Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2002.

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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

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Biographical Note

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.

Collection Overview

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.

Subject Headings

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Chamberlin, J. Gordon. North Carolina Poverty Project. Nonprofit organizations--North Carolina. Public welfare--North Carolina. Poverty--North Carolina. Poverty--Research--North Carolina. North Carolina--Economic conditions. Memoranda. Black-and-white photographs. Color photographs. Color negatives. Machine-readable records. Audio cassettes. Videocassettes. Contents of Collection Accession 2002-0234

Subheadings in boxes 1-20 were created/determined by an archivist.

Some of the materials in this accession are not immediately accessible because they require further processing before use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rubenstein Library to use this collection.

1 Contents of Box 1:

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NCPP Board correspondence, 1994 Board members correspondence, 1990-1991 NCPP Board of Directors correspondence, 1987-1989 Board lists for Robert W. Scott, 1986 Board--Legal NCPP By-Laws, revised, 1990 NCPP Incorporation papers, 1987-1990 Board--Meetings, 1986-1992 Foundations [appeals and responses], 1995-1997 2 Contents of Box 2: Foundations [appeals and responses] continued, 1987-1994

Includes folders for individual foundations, B-K.

3 Contents of Box 3: Foundations [appeals and responses] continued, 1987-1994

Includes folders for individual foundations, K-W.

4 Contents of Box 4: Fundraising Activity Files, 1988-1994

Includes correspondence, planning records, and records of contributors.

5 Contents of Box 5: Accounts, 1988-1992

Includes accounting, general ledger, and operations reports; budgets and budget preparation; and sales.

Expenses, 1987-1994

Includes expense reports, lease agreements, payroll, and tax forms and reports.

6 Contents of Box 6:

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Personnel Policies, [ca. 1991]

Includes information compiled by J. Gordon Chamberlin and presentations made by Nelson Stover.

Staff Meetings and Activities, 1986-1991 NCPP Beginnings Education coordinators, 1986 October-1990 November Human Services Institute, 1986 March- 1987 August Poverty Project Committee, 1986 November-1987 April J. Gordon Chamberlin Articles, Correspondence, Papers, and Presentations, 1987-1992 7 Contents of Box 7: J. Gordon Chamberlin, continued

Includes material relating to the NCPP crisis, 1992; NCPP description, aims, and handouts; and records from the NCPP Information Center.

8 Contents of Box 8:

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Professional Advisory Group memoranda and correspondence, 1986-1992 Publicity, reviews, and news releases, 1986-1992 Sector and Advisory Groups General Ralph Ketner correspondence, 1986 May- 1990 October Business Sector, 1993 Charlotte, 1991 September 3-1992 April 23 Charlotte Business, 1990 December -1991 March County Commissioners, 1986-1988 Editors Sector, 1986-1988 Human Services Sector, 1986 Lawyers Sector, 1986-1988 Lawyers and Poverty, 1988-1991 9 Contents of Box 9: Sector and Advisory Groups, continued Legislators Librarians Sector Medical/dental Sector, 1987 May 4 Poverty and health, 1988 December-1990 February Poverty programs Representatives meeting Public school superintendents, 1986-1989 Religious Sector Rural Sector, 1986 July - 1987 January Thrift Organizations Sector Structure of the NCPP Television Sector NCPP Toner Scam Subject files, including memoranda, correspondence, and other materials, A-Ch, 1984-1994 10 Contents of Box 10: Subject files, including memoranda, correspondence, and other materials, Co-E, 1984-1994 11 Contents of Box 11

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Subject files, including memoranda, correspondence, and other materials, F-I, 1984-1994

Contains section of folders on Individual Donors, approximately fifty names.

12 Contents of Box 12:

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Subject files, including memoranda, correspondence, and other materials, Individuals, continued, 1984-1994 13 Contents of Box 13: Subject files, including memoranda, correspondence, and other materials, Individuals, continued, and then J-Sm, 1984-1994 14 Contents of Box 14: Subject files, including memoranda, correspondence, and other materials, So-We, 1984-1994 15 Contents of Box 15:

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Subject files, including memoranda, correspondence, and other materials, Wi-Wr, 1984-1994 Board Correspondence [relating to NCPP publications], 1987-1990 16 Contents of Box 16: Board Correspondence continued NCPP Publications Causes of Poverty 25 Years of Community Action in North Carolina Examining Poverty Finding Out about The Other North Carolina Underlying Issues for the Rural Summit Finding Out About Poverty in North Carolina Influential Sectors Program-- The General Plan Helping Students Study Poverty: Suggestions to teachers How We Feed the Poor I Have Walked: Stories and Poems about Poverty North Carolinians Write about Poverty The Poor Among Us: A View of Poverty in North Carolina Poverty and Civic Responsibility: A Statement to all North Carolinians Poverty in the East: Shared Ownership in the Problems and Solutions Poverty Project Exploration: State Advisory Groups Poverty Project Exploration: Report Exploration and Replication: A Report North Carolina Poverty Project: Replication Handbook, 1993 Causes of Poverty 19 Reasons for being in Poverty Poverty Study Packet: Resource Material for Various Ways to Study Poverty Superintendents Discuss Impacts of Poverty on Public Schools, 1987 Thinking About Poverty Influential Sectors Program, 1991-1993

Includes minutes of meetings.

17 Contents of Box 17: Influential Sectors Program continued, 1991-1993

General information including minutes of meetings, correspondence, information on and for participants.

ISP Individual Sectors Academia Council, 1986-1993 Business and Advisory Council, 1992 Business and Poverty Council, 1991 18 Contents of Box 18:

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ISP Individual Sectors, continued Business Rotary Club Responses Report, 1987 October 13 Foundations Council, 1990-1993 Foundations and Poverty Council, 1992 Government Council, 1992 June- 1993 January Government and Poverty Council, 1986-1992 May The Poor and Poverty Council, 1990-1992 Poverty Programs and Council, 1990-1992 Religion and Poverty Council Committee on Principles Religion and Poverty Council Committee on Theology and Ethics, 1992-1993 Religion and Poverty Council, 1991-1992 19 Contents of Box 19: ISP Individual Sectors, continued Religion and Poverty Council continued, 1987-1992

Includes general information including minutes of meetings, study groups, council nominees, questionnaires, correspondence, and task forces.

Coalition Addressing Systemic Poverty General Information including articles, papers, and correspondence, 1992-1994 20 Contents of Box 20:

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Coalition Addressing Systemic Poverty, continued Workshops, 1992-1994 Member States Alabama Arkansas Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi 21 Contents of Box 21: Coalition Addressing Systemic Poverty, continued Member States, continued

[Member states also continue in box 31.]

Mississippi resource file Correspondence Seminar on Understanding Poverty, 1997-1998 NCPP Income, 2001 State Tax records, 2001 22 Contents of Box 22: NCPP--IRS, 1987-1999 Causes of Poverty Material for repository Anti-slavery Professional advisory group, 1987-1996 Originals of working papers, 1990 NCPP Beginnings, 1986 March- 1987 January 5 Expenses, 1998 Fundraising, 1994-1997 Smith Richardson NCPP folder Expenditures, 2000 23 Contents of Box 23:

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Workshop 3, 1993 March 4-7 NC maps Social Work Forum, 1983 April 12 Publications Miscellaneous NCPP beginnings Advisory council, 1984-1985 Issues advisory group, 1986 The Human Services Institute Board of Trustees, 1984 May- 1985 May Consultations Dinner, 1985 December 10 Subgroup on Community Social Policy Staff Training and Leadership Development Program on Poverty Statement of Principles Executive seminar, 1983-1986 24 Contents of Box 24:

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Forsyth County Chamberlin--Seminar The Human Services Institute Trustees education program Research committee Board, 1984 Advisory council Board accounts Peacemaker Rick Gentry Executives seminar, 1983-1984 Philosophy subgroup NCPP beginnings--Sector strategy group, 1986 HSI HSI--Education project follow-up 24A Contents of Box 24A: Chamberlin--minutes of board meetings, 1985-1986 25 Contents of Box 25:

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Miscellaneous digital and audiovisual material including videocassettes of panels, evaluations, and presentations. 26 Contents of Box 27:

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Miscellaneous digital and audiovisual material, continued 27 Contents of Box 27:

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Miscellaneous audiovisual material, continued Rolodex contents 28 Contents of Box 28:

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Board Member Photos Anniversary Brochure Photo of Senator Terry Sanford Poverty photos by Eric Green North Carolina Insight--Profiles in Poverty: State Policy and Poor in North Carolina, 1989 April 29 Contents of Box 29:

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Leadership Development in the South, 1992 Academia response cards [Loose material: Influential Sectors Program] 30 Contents of Box 30: [Loose material: Influential Sectors Program] Complete mailing list Leaders correspondence, 1992 NC Low Income Housing Coalition--Planning retreat, 1991 October 3-4 Mailing lists sorted by zip code CrossRoads of Wilmington Incorporated Williams Report C/F Study--Access to Prenatal and Maternity Care by County, 1985-1989 31 Contents of Box 31: Human Services Project--Lists of names Mailing list--current Mailing list names Coalition on Addressing Systemic Poverty, member states

[Continued from box 21.]

Tennessee West Virginia West Virginia resource file Pennsylvania South Carolina South Carolina resource file Category lists--computer Correspondence to college professors for 1987 publication support, 1987 Mailing list add-ons and returned envelopes Lists CAA anniversary booklet [Unlabeled folder: mailing list] 32 Contents of Box 32:

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Newsletter mailing list Poverty and health [Miscellaneous loose and unlabeled material] CAA [Community Action Agencies] Anniversary Booklet invoices CAA 25th Anniversary CAA Anniversary Booklet--Specific grant Singular statements re poverty CPS #1953 [Unlabeled folders] [Miscellaneous loose material] 33 Contents of Box 33:

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[Miscellaneous loose material] Smith Richardson application Niblock/Ramey Legislators Education Program Children/Families Consultations I and II Report on Consultation I Working groups final lists Legislators Education Program Television Documentary Working group Case studies Detrimental legislation In poverty 34 Contents of Box 34:

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Community Action Agencies Program Community Action groups Legal Services Booklet Poverty Materials Center REDC Poverty task force Strategic Planning conference, 1990 Source book 35 Contents of Box 35:

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REDC, continued Source book Source book corrections Inventory of data/information about poverty--expenses Advisory committee--Inventory of poverty data/information CAP reports DSS reports United Way reports Bill Finger--Governmental David Lee Stegall--Academia and private organization Sandra Hopkins--Bibliographical Done To be called To call back Inventory report forms Finding Out About the Other North Carolina 36 Contents of Box 36:

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Logs 1989-1990 1989-1994 1988 1987 37 Contents of Box 37:

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Log, 1986 Appointments, 1988-1991 ISP Council Notes, 1992 Notes on Replication Handbook Poverty Project Workshop II, 1992 [Poverty Project] Workshops, 1993 Human Services Institute (HSI), [ca. 1984] 38 Contents of Box 38: Coalition Workshop IV, 1993-1994 Coalition Workshop VII, 1993-1994 Board, 1995-1999 The Role of Religious Communities and Poverty--Responses 1-75 The Role of Religious Communities and Poverty--Responses 76-108 39 Contents of Box 39: Foundation Grants to Affect Poverty, 1992 [Miscellaneous unlabeled material] Influential Sectors Program, 1990 ACED BUS Poor FND [Miscellaneous unlabeled material] 40 Contents of Box 40: PPRO REL, 1991-1992 NCPP Theology and Ethics Committee of the ISP Religion and Poverty Council NCPP Board 1987-1990 1991-1994 NCPP study packet 41 Contents of Box 41:

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NCPP The Poor Among Us The Poor Among Us--Clippings The Poor Among Us--Clippings List [Miscellaneous loose material] The Pilot Accession, 2006 (2006-0055) 3 boxes

The 2006 addition (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.

42 Upon Whom We Depend Pamphlets and booklets published by North Carolina Poverty Project Publications North Carolina Poverty Project, 1990 Rumors and Facts About Poverty, 1990 19 Reasons for Being in Poverty, April 1986 Poverty and Civic Responsibility, December 1987 North Carolinians Write About Poverty, March 1988 Thinking About Poverty, by professors of economics, education, ethics, public health, history, political science, psychology, social work, sociology, and a lawyer, May 1988 I Have Walked, March 1989 How We Feed the Poor in North Carolina, August 1989 Finding Out About the Other North Carolina, September 1989 Poverty in the East, March 1990 Causes of Poverty, 1994 Community Action in North Carolina, 1994 Program on Understanding Poverty, Academic Year 1999 First Report - Program on Understanding Poverty, 2000 Second Report - Program on Understanding Poverty, 2000 Display Folders On Understanding Poverty Why Don't United Methodists Address What Causes the Social Injustice of Employee Poverty Poverty Coalition Conference, 2003 43 Materials for Understanding Poverty Basic Course Materials for Correspondence Course Documentation of the Poverty Coalition, 1994-1998

Includes correspondence, board minutes, budget reports, and progress reports.

Documentation of the Poverty Coalition, 1998-2000

Includes correspondence, board minutes, budget reports, and progress reports.

Documentation of the Poverty Coalition, 2001-2004

Includes correspondence, board minutes, budget reports, and progress reports.

Poverty Coalition Updates 44 The Poverty Display

Seven foam board panels.

Accession, 2007 (2007-0023) 3 boxes

45 Documents from board meetings

Including minutes, reports, and correspondence (2000-2001)

Photocopies of articles Poverty Coalition incorporation documents Documentation from the Mott Foundation Pamphlets and booklets by related organizations Other documents related to the Poverty Coalition 46 Documents about related organizations Documents related to conferences and trips Correspondence, 2000 Poverty Coalition Board documents, 2000-2007 Poverty Coalition tax information and forms 501 C-3 documentation 47 Correspondence 3 and 5 year plans Documents of recent publications Statistics reports 48 Newspaper clippings Documents about related organizations Publications by related organizations Information on Universities in the Southeast 49 Statistics reports Files related to conferences and trips Photocopies and clippings of newspaper articles Documents about related organizations 50 Correspondence with related organizations and professors 50 Correspondence with related organizations and professors 51 Correspondence, 2001-2003, numbered 1-579 by the donor

The following items include invoices and final transactions and have been removed from the collection and shredded: 82, 156, 179, 185, 186, 196, 197, 263, 273, 274, 275, 277, 283, 285-293, 241, 295-289, 299, 300, 303, 306, 308, 312, 316, 314, 317, 318, 319, 321, 323, 338, 339, 340, 344, 349-355, 357-362, 366, 374, 378, 381, 383, 393, 400, 404, 409-411, 416, 487, 490, 491, 498.

42 3.5" Diskettes

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52 Poverty Coalition Executive Committee Workbook, 2000 List of poverty books from Barnes and Noble University library holdings for books related to poverty from: Auburn University University of South Carolina Clemson University College of Charleston Samford UNC Charlotte USC Spartanburg Duke University East Carolina University North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University University of Alabama Birmingham University of Alabama 53 Professional Curriculum Vitaes Collected information on Universities in South Carolina Collected information on Universities in North Carolina Collected information on Universities in Alabama 2003 Poverty Conference Documentation of the Poverty Coalition, 1997-2001 One 3.5" diskette

Diskette has been removed from this box and its contents have been migrated to the server.

54 Instruction materials for Understanding Poverty Basic Course Poverty Introduction Collection of documents titled Seminaries and Ethics Newspaper Clippings, 1986-1999 Newspaper Clippings, 1982-1991 55 Clippings and photocopies of articles about poverty, and clippings of articles on poverty from the New York Times, 1997-2001