Preliminary Inventory of the North Carolina Poverty Project Records, 1983-2004 and undated (bulk 1986-1997)
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.
- Title
- North Carolina Poverty Project Records, 1983-2004 and undated (bulk 1986-1997)
- Creator
-
North Carolina Poverty Project
- Extent
- 30.1 Linear
Feet, 19,182 Items
- Repository
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
- Location
- For current information on
the location of these materials, please consult the
Library's online catalog.
- Language
- English.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
However, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have
not been transferred to Duke University. For more
information, consult the copyright section of the
Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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.
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint before use.]
NCPP Board correspondence, 1994
Box 1
Board members correspondence, 1990-1991
Box 1
NCPP Board of Directors correspondence, 1987-1989
Box 1
Board lists for Robert W. Scott, 1986
Box 1
NCPP By-Laws, revised, 1990
Box 1
NCPP Incorporation papers, 1987-1990
Box 1
Board--Meetings, 1986-1992
Box 1
Foundations [appeals and responses], 1995-1997
Box 1
Foundations [appeals and responses] continued, 1987-1994
Includes folders for individual
foundations, B-K.
Box 2
Foundations [appeals and responses] continued, 1987-1994
Includes folders for individual
foundations, K-W.
Box 3
Fundraising Activity Files, 1988-1994
Includes correspondence, planning records,
and records of contributors.
Box 4
Accounts, 1988-1992
Includes accounting, general ledger, and
operations reports; budgets and budget preparation; and
sales.
Box 5
Expenses, 1987-1994
Includes expense reports, lease
agreements, payroll, and tax forms and reports.
Box 5
[Technical services staff may need to
reformat newsprint before use.]
Personnel Policies, [ca. 1991]
Includes information compiled by J. Gordon
Chamberlin and presentations made by Nelson Stover.
Box 6
Staff Meetings and Activities, 1986-1991
Box 6
Education coordinators, 1986 October-1990 November
Box 6
Human Services Institute, 1986 March- 1987 August
Box 6
Poverty Project Committee, 1986 November-1987 April
Box 6
J. Gordon Chamberlin Articles, Correspondence, Papers, and Presentations, 1987-1992
Box 6
J. Gordon Chamberlin, continued
Includes material relating to the NCPP
crisis, 1992; NCPP
description, aims, and handouts; and records from the NCPP
Information Center.
Box 7
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint before use.]
Professional Advisory Group memoranda and correspondence, 1986-1992
Box 8
Publicity, reviews, and news releases, 1986-1992
Box 8
Ralph Ketner correspondence, 1986 May- 1990 October
Box 8
Charlotte, 1991 September 3-1992 April 23
Box 8
Charlotte Business, 1990 December -1991 March
Box 8
County Commissioners, 1986-1988
Box 8
Editors Sector, 1986-1988
Box 8
Human Services Sector, 1986
Box 8
Lawyers Sector, 1986-1988
Box 8
Lawyers and Poverty, 1988-1991
Box 8
Medical/dental Sector, 1987 May 4
Box 9
Poverty and health, 1988 December-1990 February
Box 9
Public school superintendents, 1986-1989
Box 9
Rural Sector, 1986 July - 1987 January
Box 9
Thrift Organizations Sector
Box 9
Subject files, including memoranda, correspondence, and other materials, A-Ch, 1984-1994
Box 9
Subject files, including memoranda, correspondence, and other materials, Co-E, 1984-1994
Box 10
[Technical Services staff may need to
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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.
Box 11
[Technical Services staff may need to
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Subject files, including memoranda, correspondence, and other materials, Individuals, continued, 1984-1994
Box 12
Subject files, including memoranda, correspondence, and other materials, Individuals, continued, and then J-Sm, 1984-1994
Box 13
Subject files, including memoranda, correspondence, and other materials, So-We, 1984-1994
Box 14
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Subject files, including memoranda, correspondence, and other materials, Wi-Wr, 1984-1994
Box 15
Board Correspondence [relating to NCPP publications], 1987-1990
Box 15
Board Correspondence continued
Box 16
25 Years of Community Action in North Carolina
Box 16
Finding Out about The Other North Carolina
Box 16
Underlying Issues for the Rural Summit
Box 16
Finding Out About Poverty in North Carolina
Box 16
Influential Sectors Program-- The General Plan
Box 16
Helping Students Study Poverty: Suggestions to teachers
Box 16
I Have Walked: Stories and Poems about Poverty
Box 16
North Carolinians Write about Poverty
Box 16
The Poor Among Us: A View of Poverty in North Carolina
Box 16
Poverty and Civic Responsibility: A Statement to all North Carolinians
Box 16
Poverty in the East: Shared Ownership in the Problems and Solutions
Box 16
Poverty Project Exploration: State Advisory Groups
Box 16
Poverty Project Exploration: Report
Box 16
Exploration and Replication: A Report
Box 16
North Carolina Poverty Project: Replication Handbook, 1993
Box 16
19 Reasons for being in Poverty
Box 16
Poverty Study Packet: Resource Material for Various Ways to Study Poverty
Box 16
Superintendents Discuss Impacts of Poverty on Public Schools, 1987
Box 16
Influential Sectors Program, 1991-1993
Includes minutes of meetings.
Box 16
Influential Sectors Program continued, 1991-1993
General information including minutes of
meetings, correspondence, information on and for
participants.
Box 17
Academia Council, 1986-1993
Box 17
Business and Advisory Council, 1992
Box 17
Business and Poverty Council, 1991
Box 17
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint before use.]
Business Rotary Club Responses Report, 1987 October 13
Box 18
Foundations Council, 1990-1993
Box 18
Government Council, 1992 June- 1993 January
Box 18
Government and Poverty Council, 1986-1992 May
Box 18
The Poor and Poverty Council, 1990-1992
Box 18
Poverty Programs and Council, 1990-1992
Box 18
Religion and Poverty Council Committee on Principles
Box 18
Religion and Poverty Council Committee on Theology and Ethics, 1992-1993
Box 18
Religion and Poverty Council, 1991-1992
Box 18
Religion and Poverty Council continued, 1987-1992
Includes general information including
minutes of meetings, study groups, council nominees,
questionnaires, correspondence, and task forces.
Box 19
General Information including articles, papers, and correspondence, 1992-1994
Box 19
[Attention: Contains pictorial
materials.]
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint before use.]
[Member states also continue in box
31.]
Mississippi resource file
Box 21
Correspondence Seminar on Understanding Poverty, 1997-1998
Box 21
Professional advisory group, 1987-1996
Box 22
Originals of working papers, 1990
Box 22
NCPP Beginnings, 1986 March- 1987 January 5
Box 22
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint before use.]
Workshop 3, 1993 March 4-7
Box 23
Social Work Forum, 1983 April 12
Box 23
Advisory council, 1984-1985
Box 23
Issues advisory group, 1986
Box 23
Board of Trustees, 1984 May- 1985 May
Box 23
Subgroup on Community Social Policy
Box 23
Staff Training and Leadership Development
Box 23
Executive seminar, 1983-1986
Box 23
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Trustees education program
Box 24
Executives seminar, 1983-1984
Box 24
NCPP beginnings--Sector strategy group, 1986
Box 24
HSI--Education project follow-up
Box 24
Chamberlin--minutes of board meetings, 1985-1986
Box 24A
[Technical Services staff need to format
for use copies of videocassette tapes and data cartridge
tapes.]
Miscellaneous digital and audiovisual material including videocassettes of panels, evaluations, and presentations.
Box 25
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat for use copies of audio cassette tapes,
videocassette tapes, and data cartridge tapes.]
Miscellaneous digital and audiovisual material, continued
Box 26
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat for use copies of audio cassette tapes,
videocassette tapes, and data cartridge tapes.]
Miscellaneous audiovisual material, continued
Box 27
[Attention: Contains pictorial
material.]
[The numbers on each folder indicate the
number of photographs inside.]
Photo of Senator Terry Sanford
Box 28
Poverty photos by Eric Green
Box 28
North Carolina Insight--Profiles in Poverty: State Policy and Poor in North Carolina, 1989 April
Box 28
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint before use.]
Leadership Development in the South, 1992
Box 29
[Loose material: Influential Sectors Program]
Box 29
[Loose material: Influential Sectors Program]
Box 30
Leaders correspondence, 1992
Box 30
NC Low Income Housing Coalition--Planning retreat, 1991 October 3-4
Box 30
Mailing lists sorted by zip code
Box 30
CrossRoads of Wilmington Incorporated
Box 30
C/F Study--Access to Prenatal and Maternity Care by County, 1985-1989
Box 30
Human Services Project--Lists of names
Box 31
West Virginia resource file
Box 31
South Carolina resource file
Box 31
Correspondence to college professors for 1987 publication support, 1987
Box 31
Mailing list add-ons and returned envelopes
Box 31
[Unlabeled folder: mailing list]
Box 31
[Technical Services staff may need to
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[Miscellaneous loose and unlabeled material]
Box 32
CAA [Community Action Agencies] Anniversary Booklet invoices
Box 32
CAA Anniversary Booklet--Specific grant
Box 32
Singular statements re poverty
Box 32
[Miscellaneous loose material]
Box 32
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint before use.]
[Miscellaneous loose material]
Box 33
Smith Richardson application
Box 33
Legislators Education Program
Box 33
Working groups final lists
Box 33
Legislators Education Program
Box 33
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint before use.]
Community Action Agencies Program
Box 34
Strategic Planning conference, 1990
Box 34
[Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.]
Inventory of data/information about poverty--expenses
Box 35
Advisory committee--Inventory of poverty data/information
Box 35
Bill Finger--Governmental
Box 35
David Lee Stegall--Academia and private organization
Box 35
Sandra Hopkins--Bibliographical
Box 35
Finding Out About the Other North Carolina
Box 35
[Technical Services staff may need to
reformat newsprint before use.]
[Attention: Contains pictorial
material.]
Notes on Replication Handbook
Box 37
Poverty Project Workshop II, 1992
Box 37
[Poverty Project] Workshops, 1993
Box 37
Human Services Institute (HSI), [ca. 1984]
Box 37
Coalition Workshop IV, 1993-1994
Box 38
Coalition Workshop VII, 1993-1994
Box 38
The Role of Religious Communities and Poverty--Responses 1-75
Box 38
The Role of Religious Communities and Poverty--Responses 76-108
Box 38
Foundation Grants to Affect Poverty, 1992
Box 39
[Miscellaneous unlabeled material]
Box 39
Influential Sectors Program, 1990
Box 39
[Miscellaneous unlabeled material]
Box 39
NCPP Theology and Ethics Committee of the ISP Religion and Poverty Council
Box 40
[Technical Services staff may need to
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The Poor Among Us--Clippings
Box 41
The Poor Among Us--Clippings List
Box 41
[Miscellaneous loose material]
Box 41
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.
North Carolina Poverty Project, 1990
Box 42
Rumors and Facts About Poverty, 1990
Box 42
19 Reasons for Being in Poverty, April 1986
Box 42
Poverty and Civic Responsibility, December 1987
Box 42
North Carolinians Write About Poverty, March 1988
Box 42
Thinking About Poverty, by professors of economics, education, ethics, public health, history, political science, psychology, social work, sociology, and a lawyer, May 1988
Box 42
How We Feed the Poor in North Carolina, August 1989
Box 42
Finding Out About the Other North Carolina, September 1989
Box 42
Poverty in the East, March 1990
Box 42
Community Action in North Carolina, 1994
Box 42
Program on Understanding Poverty, Academic Year 1999
Box 42
First Report - Program on Understanding Poverty, 2000
Box 42
Second Report - Program on Understanding Poverty, 2000
Box 42
Why Don't United Methodists Address What Causes the Social Injustice of Employee Poverty
Box 42
Poverty Coalition Conference, 2003
Box 42
Materials for Understanding Poverty Basic Course
Box 43
Materials for Correspondence Course
Box 43
Documentation of the Poverty Coalition, 1994-1998
Includes correspondence, board minutes, budget reports, and progress reports.
Box 43
Documentation of the Poverty Coalition, 1998-2000
Includes correspondence, board minutes, budget reports, and progress reports.
Box 43
Documentation of the Poverty Coalition, 2001-2004
Includes correspondence, board minutes, budget reports, and progress reports.
Box 43
Poverty Coalition Updates
Box 43
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.
Documents from board meetings
Including minutes, reports, and correspondence (2000-2001)
Box 45
Poverty Coalition incorporation documents
Box 45
Documentation from the Mott Foundation
Box 45
Pamphlets and booklets by related organizations
Box 45
Other documents related to the Poverty Coalition
Box 45
Documents about related organizations
Box 46
Documents related to conferences and trips
Box 46
Poverty Coalition Board documents, 2000-2007
Box 46
Poverty Coalition tax information and forms
Box 46
Documents of recent publications
Box 47
Documents about related organizations
Box 48
Publications by related organizations
Box 48
Information on Universities in the Southeast
Box 48
Files related to conferences and trips
Box 49
Photocopies and clippings of newspaper articles
Box 49
Documents about related organizations
Box 49
Correspondence with related organizations and professors
Box 50
Correspondence with related organizations and professors
Box 50
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.
Box 51
Poverty Coalition Executive Committee Workbook, 2000
Box 52
List of poverty books from Barnes and Noble
Box 52
University of South Carolina
Box 52
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Box 52
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
Box 52
University of Alabama Birmingham
Box 52
Professional Curriculum Vitaes
Box 53
Collected information on Universities in South Carolina
Box 53
Collected information on Universities in North Carolina
Box 53
Collected information on Universities in Alabama
Box 53
Documentation of the Poverty Coalition, 1997-2001
Box 53
Instruction materials for Understanding Poverty Basic Course
Box 54
Collection of documents titled Seminaries and Ethics
Box 54
Newspaper Clippings, 1986-1999
Box 54
Newspaper Clippings, 1982-1991
Box 54
Clippings and photocopies of articles about poverty, and clippings of articles on poverty from the New York Times, 1997-2001
Box 55
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.
[Identification of item], North Carolina Poverty
Project Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The North Carolina Poverty Project Records were
received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2002.
Processed by Ann Green Langford; John Mayrose
Encoded by Ann Green Langford; Joshua A. Kaiser; John Mayrose
Completed November 8, 2002
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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