Until 1989, the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies was also the dean of the Graduate School with administrative responsibility for the Graduate School and the Office of Research Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The office of dean was established in 1903. In 1932, when the Consolidated University of North Carolina was created, the dean of the Graduate School at Chapel Hill became dean of the Consolidated Graduate School and assumed oversight of graduate programs at the three campuses of the consolidated system. The dean was also adviser on graduate studies to the North Carolina College for Negroes. In 1969, the dean of the Graduate School became vice chancellor and dean and, in 1987, vice chancellor for research and graduate studies and dean of the Graduate School. The administrative responsibilities remained virtually the same. In 1989, the vice chancellorship was eliminated and responsibilities for research and graduate studies were divided between two sssociate provosts. In 1992, it was reestablished as the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies; and the dean of the Graduate School became a separate position. The records include correspondence and other files relating to the organization and administration of the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Also included are minutes and other files relating to the Administrative Board of the Graduate School at Chapel Hill and some files pertaining to graduate programs at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University (1965)), 1932-1955; Woman's College in Greensboro (later University of North Caroline at Greensboro (1963)), 1939-1955; and North Carolina College for Negroes (later North Carolina College at Durham (1947), then North Carolina Central University (1969)), 1935-1952. There are also a few files on the Office of Research Services at Chapel Hill, formerly Office of Research Administration, which coordinated sponsored research. Individuals who figure significantly in these records include: Alexander Heard, C. Hugh Holman, James C. Ingram, Lyle V. Jones, G. Philip Manire, and John D. O'Connor.
