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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Bernard G. Greenberg papers #4570, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Transferred from University Archives and Records Service, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in 1989.

Received from Harriet Barr of the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in April 1991.

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• Biometry--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina.
• Greenberg, Bernard G.
• Health occupations schools--North Carolina--History.
• Mathematical statistics--Study and teaching.
• Medical statistics--Study and teaching.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962). School of Public Health.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Biostatistics.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Division of Community Health.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Public Health.

Bernard G. Greenberg, professor of biostatistics, founder and chair of the Department of Biostatistics, dean of the School of Public Health, and organizer of the Division of Community Health Service at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Greenberg's chief research interests were in survey and analysis techniques relating to health and disease.

Two complete copies (11 microfilm cartridges each) relating to Greenberg's "Pierre the Pelican" study, which documented child training and rearing practices in North Carolina. Also included are paper guidelines called "Microfilming Procedures for Pierre the Pelican," which display the scope and content of the study, and a note, dated 3 January 1973, announcing the completion of the microfilming project.