North Carolina Fund records, 1962-1971 (Nash-Edgecombe Economic Development) [manuscript].

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North Carolina Fund records, 1962-1971 (Nash-Edgecombe Economic Development) [manuscript].

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Records (about 3,000 items) relating to Nash-Edgecombe Economic Development (NEED), a North Carolina Fund community action agency in Nash and Edgecombe counties, N.C. Included are files that document the agency's emphasis, under Director R. Timothy Brinn, on inudstry and jobs rather than on community organization and participation of the poor. The program's priorities changed in 1967 when Edgar Odum took over as director. Documented NEED programs include the community action program proposal, the manpower program, the small business development center, and Neighborhood Youth Corps.

About 187000 items (330.0 linear ft).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7366939

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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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...

Community Action Program (U.S.)

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Neighborhood Youth Corps (U.S.)

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Nash-Edgecombe Economic Development, Inc.

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