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                         RECORDS OF THE
                OFFICE OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES

                             in the

             University Archives and Records Service
           University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
                    Wilson Library, CB# 3926
                   Chapel Hill, North Carolina
                           27514-8890

                            July 1992

     The Office of Allied Health Sciences was established by the
University's Board of Trustees on August 1, 1970.  Reporting to
the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, the Office was to help
develop an appropriate administrative structure for allied health
curricula on the campus and to serve as the focus of allied
health education throughout the state.  The field of allied
health includes all professional, technical, and supportive
workers in patient care, public health, health research, and
environmental health programs.

     The Office received basic personnel and equipment funds from
the University through the Vice Chancellor's office.  Operating
and development funds were provided by grants from the National
Institutes of Health.  During the second year of its existence,
the Office assisted in the drafting of a study proposal to
develop guidelines for the transfer of credit from community
colleges to four-year institutions.  This project, called the
Articulation Study, was also funded by the NIH and operated from
July 1972 through June 1974.

     While primarily functioning as a clearinghouse for
information and as a support service to the health programs on
campus, the Office assumed increasing responsibility for
continuing education gradually.  On April 1, 1974, the Office of
Allied Health and the Office of Continuing Education in the
Health Sciences were combined.

     The archival records of the Office of Allied Health Sciences
are arranged as follows:

     Committee on Allied Health Professions Training:
          Correspondence, 1969
          Meeting Minutes, 1969
          Reports, 1969
     School of Allied Health Sciences:
          Correspondence about Establishment, 1971
          Proposals for Establishment, 1970-1971
     Budgets, Office of Allied Health Sciences, 1971-1973
     Grants:
          General, 1972-1978
          "Planning a Regional Program for Preparation of
               Allied Health Instructional Personnel," Division
               of Allied Health Manpower, Bureau of Health
               Manpower Education, National Institutes of Health,
               (Proposal), 1971
          Advanced Traineeship Grants, Division of Allied Health
               Manpower, Bureau of Health Manpower Education,
               National Institutes of Health, 1971-1974
          Basic and Special Improvement Grants, Division of
               Allied Health Manpower, Bureau of Health Manpower
               Education, National Institutes of Health,
               1971-1974
          "North Carolina Allied Health Articulation Project," 
               Division of Allied Health Manpower, Bureau of
               Health Manpower Education, National Institutes of
               Health:
                    General Correspondence, 1972-1973
                    Executive Advisory Committee Minutes,
                         1972-1974
                    Reports, 1973-1975
                    Study Committee Meeting Minutes and Reports:
                         Dental Auxiliary, 1973
                         Diatetic and Nutrition, 1973-1974
                         Environmental Health Technology,
                              1973-1974
                         Medical Laboratory, 1973
                         Medical Record Administration, 1973-1974
                         Physical Therapy, 1973-1974
                         Radiologic Technology, 1973-1974
                         Respiratory Therapy, 1973-1974