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           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)