Records, 1961-1979.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Materials Research Center
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Although the Materials Research Center was formally established in 1965, its program began in 1961 with a grant to the university from the U.S. Dept. of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) for basic research in the materials sciences. From 1961 to 1965 the program was administered jointly by the Departments of Physics and Chemistry. In 1965 it was placed under the administrative supervision of the Vice Chancellor for Advanced Studies and Research; when that office was dismantled i...