North Carolina Fund records, 1962-1971 (Experiment for Self-Reliance) [manuscript].

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North Carolina Fund records, 1962-1971 (Experiment for Self-Reliance) [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34847479

Records (about 4,000 items) relating to the Experiment for Self- Reliance (ESR), a North Carolina Fund community action program in Winston- Salem and Forsyth County, N.C. Included are a strong public information component, including articles and clippings, as well as newsletters of ESR and of the Neighborhood Youth Corps. ESR programs documented best include the Winston-Salem Police Community Services Unit, for which there are proposals, reports, a review, and clippings; a Wider Job Opportunities program; and a legal services program. There are also files on an after-school tutorial program, a Boys Club program, a community organization summer program, and an Option B program.

About 187000 items (330.0 linear ft).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7366935

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Boys' Clubs of America

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Winston-Salem Police Community Services Unit.

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Neighborhood Youth Corps (U.S.)

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Wider Job Opportunities.

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Experiment for Self-Reliance.

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Community Action Program (U.S.)

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North Carolina Fund

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The North Carolina Fund, an independent, non-profit, charitable corporation, sought and dispensed funds to fight poverty in North Carolina, 1963-1968. Gov. Terry Sanford and other North Carolinians convinced the Ford Foundation to grant $7 million initial funding for a statewide anti- poverty effort aimed at rural and urban communities. This money--plus additional funding from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation; the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation; the U.S. Dept. of Labor; U.S. Dept. of Health, E...