Research Triangle Foundation records, 1955-1999 [manuscript].

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Research Triangle Foundation records, 1955-1999 [manuscript].

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Records of the Research Triangle Foundation include files of predecessor organizations and other organizations related to the planning and development of the Research Triangle Park, among them the Pinelands Company, Inc.; the Research Triangle Committee, Inc.; the Triangle Service Center; and the Research Triangle Regional Planning Commission. Also included are materials relating to the Research Triangle Institute and the Triangle Universities Center for Advanced Studies, Inc. Files contain correspondence, memoranda, agendas and minutes of meetings, financial records, legal documents, maps, plats, architectural drawings, speeches, promotional materials, newspaper clippings, publications of Research Triangle Park organizations, reference materials, photographs, slides, film, and audiocassettes and tapes. These materials document the daily operations of the above organizations, including the recruitment and relocation of businesses and other organizations to the Research Triangle Park; land acquisition and land management; city and infrastructure planning; zoning; research and administrative facilities development; community outreach; fundraising; promotion of the Research Triangle Park area to various industries; publicity for press conferences and special events; and budgeting, loan repayment, and management of other financial operations. The materials also document the work of key figures in the development of the Foundation, Park, Institute, and related organizations, including Elizabeth Aycock; Archie K. Davis; Romeo Guest; George R. Herbert; George Watts Hill; Luther Hodges; Ned E. Huffman; G. Akers Moore, Jr.; James B. Shea, Jr.; George L. Simpson; and Pearson H. Stewart.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Research Triangle Foundation

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The Research Triangle Foundation (RTF) is the owner and developer of Research Triangle Park, N.C., a research park housing research institutes and other businesses in Piedmont North Carolina. From the description of Research Triangle Foundation records, 1955-1999. In the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#5081). The private, not-for-profit Research Triangle Foundation (RTF) owns the Research Triangle Park (RTP), an in...

Aycock, Elizabeth.

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Hill, George Watts, 1901-1993

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George Watts Hill (1901-1993) of Durham, N.C., was the son of John Sprunt Hill (b. 1869) and father of George Watts Hill Jr. (1926-2002). He worked in hospital administration, banking, insurance, and other industries. A University of North Carolina alumnus, he served on the University of North Carolina System Board of Trustees and later the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors, and was involved, with other Hill family members, in much financial support for the University of Nor...

Moore, G. Akers, Jr.

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Research Triangle Regional Planning Commission

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The Research Triangle Regional Planning Commission was established by the North Carolina General Assembly for the purpose of regional planning and administration. The Triangle J Council of Governments is one of the 17 regional North Carolina Councils of Governments (Region J). Region J consists of Durham, Orange, Wake, Chatham, Johnston, Lee, and Moore counties. From the guide to the Research Triangle Region General Development Plan, 1980, circa 1965, (Special Collections Research Ce...

Shea, James B., Jr.

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Pembroke, George Herbert, Earl of, 1850-1895

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Simpson, George Lee, Jr., 1921-2012

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Triangle Universities Center for Advanced Studies, Inc.

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Davis, Archie K.

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Archie K. Davis wrote "The Boy Colonel of the Confederacy" (1987) and was chair of the board of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company; president of the American Bankers Association, 1966; and president of the United States Chamber of Commerce. From the description of Archie K. Davis papers, 1927-1986 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26243280 Archie K. Davis, North Carolina banker, was born 22 January 1911, in Winston-Salem. A graduate of the University of North Carol...

Stewart, Pearson H.

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Research Triangle Committee.

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Guest, Romeo Holland.

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Construction manager, of Greensboro, N.C. From the description of Romeo Guest Papers, 1953-1964; (bulk 1955-1960). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19594328 Construction manager, of Greensboro, N.C., and originator of the idea of the Research Triangle of North Carolina. From the description of Papers, 1925-1985. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40422018 ...

Triangle Service Center, Inc.

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Pinelands Company, Inc.

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Huffman, Ned E.

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Research triangle institute

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Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974

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Luther Hartwell Hodges began his career as an executive for Marshall Field & Comapny, 1919-1950. He was later consultant to the Economic Cooperation Administration, 1950-1951; lieutenant governor, 1953- 1954, and governor, 1956-1960, of North Carolina; United Sates Secretary of Commerce, 1961-1965; head of the Research Triangle Foundation, 1966-1972; and president of Rotary International, 1967-1968. From the description of Luther Hartwell Hodges papers, 1947-1969. WorldCat record...