Benjamin Everett Jordan Papers, 1896-1974 and undated

United States. Department of Transportation

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The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is headed by the secretary of transportation, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet. Prior to the creation of the Department of Transportation, its functions were administered by the under secretary of commerce for transportation. In 1965, Najeeb Halaby, administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (p...

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established as an independent agency of the executive branch on October 1, 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act (72 Stat. 426), approved July 29, 1958. It superseded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). NASA conducted redsearch on problems of flight, developed aeronautical and space vehicles, explored outer space, and participated in international programs for the peaceful development of space technology....

Peace Corps (U.S.)

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The Peace Corps was established by Executive Order 10924, issued by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961, announced by televised broadcast March 2, 1961, and authorized by Congress on September 22, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Public Law 87-293). Since 1961, over 200,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps and have served in 139 countries. From the guide to the Brown University Peace Corps files, 1965-1967, (John Hay Library Special Collections) The Pea...

National Institute of Health (U.S.)

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The U.S. Hygienic Laboratory was established in 1887 under the U.S. Marine Hospital Service. It became a part of the U.S. Public Health Service in 1912. In 1930 the facility was renamed the National Institute of Health. From the guide to the Station journal of the Hygienic Laboratory/National Institute of Health, 1922-1937, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) The U.S. Hygienic Laboratory was established in 1887 under the U.S. Marine Hospital Service....

United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

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In March 1972 President Richard Nixon called for an "intensive study" and requested a plan for developing a "safe, fast, and efficient nationwide blood collection and distribution system." Nixon's request was the result of several independent events and initiatives throughout the late 1960s that focused on the U.S. lack of an efficient system for maintaining a sufficiently ample, risk-free national blood supply. The primary aim of the policy was to eliminate the nation's dependence on an oft-con...

United States. Veterans Administration

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United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was formed in 1824. An agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior, it is responsible for the administration and management of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives. From the guide to the Navajo Land, motion picture, undated, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) A Statistics Section was organ...

United States. Department of Labor

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United States. National Park Service

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U.S. National Park Service has managed the Morristown National Historical Park since 1933. From the description of Morristown National Historical Park resource management records, 1933-1994 (bulk 1938-1970). (Morristown National History Park). WorldCat record id: 71014733 The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. It was created...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a bureau within the Department of the Interior. Its mission is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. A 1940 reorganization plan in the Department of the Interior consolidated the Bureau of Fisheries and the Bureau of Biological Survey into one agency to be known as the Fish and Wildlife Service. The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife was created...

United States. National Labor Relations Board

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After the first National Labor Relations Board was functionally abolished by the Supreme Court decision invalidating the National Industrial Recovery Act, May 27, 1935, a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was established as an independent agency by the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act (NLRA) (49 Stat. 195), dated July 5, 1935. The Supreme Court in 1937 declared the Board constitutional and sustained Congress’s power to regulate employers whose operations affected interstate commerce...

United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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United States. Federal Housing Administration

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The Federal Housing Administration, also known as FHA, provides mortgage insurance on loans made by FHA-approved lenders throughout the United States and its territories. FHA insures mortgages on single family homes, multifamily properties, residential care facilities, and hospitals. It is one of the largest insurers of mortgages in the world, insuring more than 46 million mortgages since its inception in 1934....

United States. Department of Justice

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, and is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration, and administers several federal law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigat...

United States. Department of Defense

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Proposals to coordinate the activities of the military services were initially considered by U.S. Congress in 1944. Specific plans were put forth in 1945 by the Army, the Navy, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff . In a special message to U.S. Congress on December 19, 1945, President Harry Truman proposed creation of a unified Department of National Defense. A proposal reached Congress in April 1946, but was held up by the Naval Affairs Committee held hearings in July 1946 due to objections to the con...

United States. Department of State

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The Department of Foreign Affairs was established by an act of July 27, 1789 (1 Stat. 28) and redesignated the Department of State by an act of September 15, 1789 (1 Stat. 68). It was the agency of the United States created by law to assist the President in the formulation and execution of the Nation's foreign policy, and in the conduct of foreign affairs and of certain domestic affairs. The Department made plans for peace and security among all nations, participated in the United Nations and o...

Farmers Home Administration

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Asheville-Buncombe Technical Institute

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F.B.I.

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Fayetteville Technical Institute

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Carteret Technical Institute

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Caldwell Technical Institute

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Soil Conservation Service.

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A and T State University

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Rural Electrification Administration.

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Department of Commerce

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The 52nd Legislature, in amending NRS Chapter 232, created the Department of Commerce, under which were the divisions of Banking, Insurance, Real Estate, and Savings and Loan. By 1990 the Commerce Department consisted of the Office of the Director, and eight separate divisions: Financial Institutions, Consumer Affairs, Housing, Insurance, Manufactured Housing, Real Estate, Unclaimed Property, and the State Fire Marshal's Office, with the office of Protection and Advocacy...

Federal Aviation Administration

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1967 May-1972 Apr.

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Army Corps Of Engineers

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The Cold War era caused feelings of uncertainty and fear for the American government and its citizens. With Communist nations in various parts of the world, the U.S. feared nuclear attacks and wanted to ensure their protection from radiation if an attack occurred. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy gave responsibility for civil defense to the Secretary of Defense and a National Fallout Shelter Program was established. The Secretary of Defense created the Office of Civil ...

Federal Highway Administration

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United States. Federal Home Loan Bank Board

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Neighborhood Youth Corps (U.S.)

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United States. Civil Aeronautics Board

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On November 3, 1958 the six airlines filed an agreement with the Civil Aeronautics Board which provided for certain mutual assistance in the event of a strike against one of them. The carriers still operating would make monthly payments of the increased revenues (less added direct expense) to the carrier which was shut down. Formal objections to the agreement were filed by the International Association of Machinists, the Brotherhood of Hallway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and ...

Department of Water and Air Resources

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1958-1967 Apr.

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Interstate Commerce Commission

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Board of Health

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Department of Conservation and Development

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Beaver Creek Head Start Program (Fayetteville, N.C.)

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Department of the Interior

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Bureau of Standards

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Department of Social Services

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Ireland. Environmental Protection Agency

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Administrative History The Environmental Affairs Agency was formed through a series of executive actions in the 1970s, in order to maintain and enforce existing environmental laws in California. The agency played an integral part in the development of California's environmental policies, some of which were the first of their kind nationwide. However, the agency was never formally established in statute, and its haphazard development reflected...

Office of Economic Opportunity

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Small Business Administration

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...

Tariff Commission

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Agricultural Marketing Service

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School Lunch Program

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Office of Emergency Preparedness

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Washington (State). Supreme Court

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An agency history is available. From the guide to the Supreme Court Registers of actions indexes, 1895-1940., (Utah State Archives and Records Service) From the guide to the Supreme Court Opinions, 1886-, (Utah State Archives and Records Service) From the guide to the Supreme Court Minute books, 1859-1987., (Utah State Archives and Records Service) From the guide to the Supreme Court Utah Reporter, 1851-, (Utah State Archives and Records Service) F...

Marion-McDowell Technical Institute

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United States. General Services Administration

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Cape Fear Technical Institute

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Duke University

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United States. Food and Drug Administration

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The mission of the FDA History Office is to increase knowledge of the history, mission, and activities of the FDA and its predecessor, the Bureau of Chemistry of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The office provides perspective on current policy objectives and increases public understanding of FDA's purpose and function. In general, office activities concern research, documentation, consultation, and information. In 1968, James Harvey Young received a grant from the National Library of Medici...

Bureau of Public Roads

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Bureau of Customs

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Richmond Technical Institute

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Air Force

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Agency for International Development

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Water Pollution Control Administration

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Consumer and Marketing Service

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College of the Albemarle

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Department of Public Instruction

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Coast Guard

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Tennessee Valley authority

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The TVA was created in 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act creating a federal agency to develop the Tennessee Valley region, then suffering from soil depletion, flood damage, and economic depression. Fifty years later, over 30 electricity-producing dams controlled the Tennessee and its tributaries, and a navigation channel had been created from Paducah, Ky., to Knoxville, Tenn. In addition TVA had carried out programs to prevent pollution, improve forest and farm management, ...

Economic Development Adminsitration

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Coastal Plains Regional Commission

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Trans Alaska Pipeline System

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Department of Agriculture

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FHA Rural Housing Program

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Federal Trade Commission

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Jordan, B. Everett (Benjamin Everett)

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Textile manufacturer, politician, and United States Senator from North Caroina (1958-1972). From the description of Benjamin Everett Jordan papers, 1936-1974 and undated, (bulk 1958-1972). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 25149903 1896, Sept. 8 Born, Ramseur, Randolph County, N. C., son of the Rev. Henry Harrison and Annie Elizabeth Sellers Jordan ...

Forsyth Technical Institute

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Butner Prison

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Southwestern Technical Institute

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Bureau of International Commerce

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Elon

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Housing and Home Finance Agency

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Selective Service System

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Wake Forest University

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Area Redevelopment Administration

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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

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Abbot Low Mills Jr. (1898-1986) was born in Portland, Oregon and educated at Harvard. His father, Abbot Low Mills, was president of the First National Bank of Portland. Mills, Jr. started working for the bank as a messenger in 1922 after graduating from college. He eventually became vice-president of the First National Bank of Portland, and vice-president and director of U. S. National Bank, Portland. In 1952, President Truman nominated Mills Jr. to serve on the board of governors o...

Office of Trade Negotiations

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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service

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Office of the President

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During the period covered by these records, the University had four presidents, Charles N. Millican, H. Trevor Colbourn, Steven Altman and John C. Hitt . An acting president, Leslie Ellis served between Dr. Millican and Dr. Colbourn and interim president, Robert A. Bryan, served between Dr. Altman and Dr. Hitt. Each man contributed to the creation of these records, and many files include correspondence from several of them; some files even have at least one document produced by every man. The Of...

Weather Bureau

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Robeson Technical Institute

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Shaw University

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Oldest historically black university in the South founded in 1865 as Raleigh Institute; renamed Shaw Collegiate Institute in 1870 in honor of benefactor, Elijah Shaw, of Wales, Mass.; in 1875 an act of the North Carolina General Assembly chartered the university as The Shaw University; originally founded to teach freedmen theology and Biblical interpretation, however within 15 years of its founding the institution began to broaden its curriculum. From the description of Commencement ...

Federal Power Commission

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Blackman's Development Center (Washington, DC)

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N.C. Charter Tercentenary Commission

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Defense Supply Agency

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Wilson County Technical Institute

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Army

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National Guard Bureau

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Forest Service

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Environmental Sciences Service Administration

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Marine Corps

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East Carolina University

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East Carolina University is a doctoral-granting, publich research university located in Greenville, North Carolina. Founded March 8, 1907 as East Carolina Teachers Training School, East Carolina University (ECU) underwent a number of iterations before receiving unviersity status on June 29, 1967. ECU is made up of nine undergraduate colleges, a graduate school, and four professional schools, located primarily on two main campuses. Nicknamed, the Pirates, ECU is a member of the University of Nor...