North Carolina Fund records, 1962-1971 (Macon Program for Progress) [manuscript].

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North Carolina Fund records, 1962-1971 (Macon Program for Progress) [manuscript].

Records (about 3,000 items) relating to the Macon Program for Progress (MPP), a North Carolina Fund community action program in Macon County, N.C. Included are files on a manpower program, a health services program, a mental health program, and an agricultrual development program. There are also files on neighborhood workers, Head Start, self- help housing, a credit union, day care and child development, small business development, the Macon County Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association, Inc., a family planning clinic, adult education, and a senior citizen program.

About 187000 items (330.0 linear ft).

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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...

Macon Program for Progress.

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Macon County Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association, Inc.

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