Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4769
NORTH CAROLINA CONSUMERS' COUNCIL, INC.
RECORDS
Inventory
Abstract: The North Carolina Consumers' Council (NCCC), a
non-profit, non-partisan organization established in
1968, to disseminate information about consumer
products and services; conduct research relating to
professional and business practices of interest to
consumers; advocate for consumers with merchants,
government offices, and others; and sponsor and lobby
for legislation to protect and better serve consumers.
NCCC office files including board notes; consumer
affairs correspondence; consumer complaint materials;
information relating to the Consumer Federation of
America (CFA); financial notes; NCCC bylaws; materials
on special issues, including deregulation of various
industries, hospital inflation, and taxes; legislative
information; materials relating to research projects;
and other items. Printed materials include books,
pamphlets, and other items relating to the work of the
NCCC and other organizations. There are also several
files relating to the Advisory Budget Commission, the
National Consumers' League, the State Council for
Social Legislation, and other organizations, as well
as miscellaneous materials on various subjects with
which the NCCC was concerned.
Online Catalog Terms:
Consumer Federation of America.
Consumer protection--Law and legislation--North Carolina.
Consumer protection--North Carolina.
North Carolina Consumers' Council, Inc.
Size: About 3,000 items (9.0 linear feet).
Provenance: Received from the North Carolina Consumers'
Council, Inc., in August 1995 (Acc. 95108) and
January 1996 (Acc. 96006).
Access: Processed to folder level only.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.
Table of Contents:
Series Descriptions
Series 1. Office Files
Series 2. Printed Materials
Series 3. Other Materials
Shelf List
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series 1. Office Files
1970-1989. About 2,000 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Office files, organized by year then alphabetically within
each year. Included are board notes; consumer affairs
correspondence; consumer complaint materials; information
relating to the Consumer Federation of America (CFA); financial
notes; NCCC bylaws; materials on special issues, including
deregulation of various industries, hospital inflation, and
taxes; legislative information; materials relating to research
projects; and other items. Note that original folder titles have
been retained.
1970
Folder 1 Newsletters and pamphlets
1971
2 Board
3 Consumer Federation of America
4 Finances
5 Research projects
1972
6-9 Automobiles
10-11 Board and newsletters
12-14 Consumer affairs
15-17 Consumer complaints
18 Consumer Federation of America
19 Finances
20-25 General
26 History and bylaws
27 "Info" file
28 Transparencies
1973
29 Board
30-33 General
34-35 Legislature
1974
36 Board
37 General
38 Studies
1975
39-40 Board
41-43 Finances
44-47 General
48 Newsletters
1976
49 Board
50-51 Finances
52-53 General
1977
54 Board and newsletters
55 Consumer Federation of America
56 Finances
57-60 General
61 "Southern Wage and Southern Mind"
1978
62 Board
63 Finances
64-67 General
68-69 Intangibles property tax
1979
70 Board
71 Consumer Federation of America
72 Deregulation proposal to governor
73 Finances
74-79 General
80 Hospital inflation
81 Mailing labels
82-83 Political correspondence
84 Radio deregulation
1980
85 Amendments to Regulation 2
86-88 Board
89 Congressional correspondence
90 Consumer Federation of America
91 Consumer Forum
92 Finances
93-95 General
96 House and Senate bills: increased contact and
installment loans
97-99 Issues
100 Legislature/governor correspondence
101 National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
102 Report on waste (governor's office)
103 State bottle bill model
104 Utilities Commission
1981
105 Board
106 Dues payment
1982
107
1983
108 Board
109 Consumer Federation of America
1984
110 Board and newsletters
1985
111 Board
112 Consumer Federation of America
113 General
114 Publications/clippings
1986
115 Annual meeting notes
116 Board and newsletters
117 Class action right to sue
118 Clippings: federal tax change
119 Congressional races
120-124 General
1987
125-126 Board
127-129 General
130 Newsletters
131 Legislature
1988
132a Board
132-133 General
1989
134 Board
135 General
1991
135a General
Series 2. Printed Materials
1968-1986. About 700 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Books, pamphlets, and other printed items relating to the work
of the NCCC and other organizations. Included are issues of
State Consumer Action, People Power, the Annual Directory of
North Carolina Organizations, and other reports, studies, and
newsletters.
Folder 136 1968-1970
137-138 1971
139-140 1972
141-142 1973
143 1974
144 1975
145 1976
146-151 1977
152-158 1978
159-166 1979
167-176 1980
177-178 1981
179 1982
180 1984
181-182 1985
183 1986
184 1988
185 1989
186-187 1990
Series 3. Other Materials
1970s-1980s. About 300 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Included is information on the Advisory Budget Commission, the
National Consumers' League, the State Council for Social
Legislation, and other organizations, as well as miscellaneous
materials on various subjects with which the NCCC was concerned.
Folder 188-189 A
190 B
191-193 C
194 D-E
195-196 F
197 G
198 H-I
199 J-M
200-201 N
202 O
203 P-R
204 S
205 T-Z
SHELF LIST
Box 1 Series 1. Office files, 1970-1974 (folders 1-38)
Box 2 Series 1. Office files, 1975-1979 (folders 39-78)
Box 3 Series 1. Office files, 1979-1987 (folders 79-126)
Box 4 Series 1. Office files, 1987-1991 (folders 127-135a)
Series 2. Printed materials, 1968-1978 (folders 136-158)
Box 5 Series 2. Printed materials, 1979-1985 (folders 159-181)
Box 6 Series 2. Printed materials, 1985-1989 (folders 182-187)
Series 3. Other materials (folders 189-205)