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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Roy M. Brown Papers, #3883, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Tom W. Brown, 1962.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

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• Brown, Roy M. (Roy Melton)
• North Carolina Commission on Interracial Cooperation.
• North Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Corporation.
• North Carolina--Race relations.
• Public welfare--North Carolina--History.
• Rural development--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Social work education--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962). School of Social Work--Faculty--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962). School of Social Work.

• Roy Melton Brown, "The Growth of a State Program of Public Welfare" (typescript), North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Roy M. (Roy Melton) Brown (1878-1962) held various administrative positions in North Carolina state public welfare agencies, 1921-1934, and was director of the Division of Public Welfare and Social Work (now the School of Social Work), University of North Carolina, 1936-1945. Brown was born near Boone, N.C., and was educated at the University of North Carolina. He taught English in North Carolina public schools, 1898-1908, and at Appalachian State Teacher's College, 1908-1919. Brown wrote, in cooperation with Jesse F. Steiner, The North Carolina Chain Gang , 1927, and Public Poor Relief in North Carolina , 1928.

The collection includes correspondence with professional colleagues concerning public issues, social work training, the North Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, the North Carolina Commission on Interracial Cooperation, and the compiling of information from North Carolina counties for a history of public aid to the poor. There is also some personal correspondence and letters from former pupils. Also included are reports and articles on social work, course outlines, and reading lists.

Oversize papers (OP-F-3883/1).