Records of the Office of the Vice Provost for Health Affairs, 1932-1997 (bulk 1950-1997) [manuscript].

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Records of the Office of the Vice Provost for Health Affairs, 1932-1997 (bulk 1950-1997) [manuscript].

Correspondence and other files relating to the administration of and programs in the Division of Health Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Annual reports of the schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Public Health date to the 1930s. Of particular interest are files, 1946-1963, relating to the North Carolina Medical Care Commission, a state agency that promoted hospital construction, medical education, and health insurance for rural citizens. Also of interest are files, 1965-1975, concerning the East Carolina University-University of North Carolina Cooperative Committee on Medical Education, which helped plan the School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Vice Chancellors who figure significantly in these records include Henry Toole Clark, Jr., G. Philip Manire, C. Arden Miller, Cecil G. Sheps, Christopher C. Fordham, James R. Turner, and H. Garland Hershey (cataloged separately).

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