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Collection Number: 40042

Collection Title: Assistant to the Provost of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 1972-1989

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Size 3.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2400 items)
Abstract Carl W. Smith served as Assistant to the Provost from 1972 to 1995. He was the first individual appointed to an assistant's role in the Office of the Provost. His primary duty was the handling of routine budgetary and financial matters; he was the liaison for such matters between the Provost and the units comprising the Division of Academic Affairs. He was also responsible for monitoring the affirmative action and minority recruitment and retention programs for the Division. Correspondence and other files of Assistant to the Provost Carl W. Smith. The majority of the files deal with the budgets of individual units in the University's Division of Academic Affairs. Also of interest are several files pertaining to affirmative action and minority recruitment within the Division.
Creator University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Assistant to the Provost.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Assistant to the Provost at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40042, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Periodic transfer from the offices that create these records.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: University Archives Staff

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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These records consist of the files of the Assistant to the Provost, Carl Smith, from 1972 to 1989. They also include a small amount of material kept by Smith when he was an administrative intern in the Provost's Office in 1972. Smith handled primarily matters of budget and finance and was the liaison for financial matters to the various offices reporting to the Provost. He also administrated the affirmative action and minority recruitment and retention programs for the Division of Academic Affairs. Carl Smith retired on 31 May 1995. He was succeeded by Kathleen F. McGaughey, whose title became Assistant Provost for Finance.

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Correspondence and other files of Assistant to the Provost Carl W. Smith. The majority of the files deal with the budgets of individual units in the University's Division of Academic Affairs. Also of interest are several files pertaining to affirmative action and minority recruitment within the Division.

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Box 1

Ackland Art Museum, 1977-1982; 1984-1989

Admissions Office, 1972-1974; 1976; 1978

Affirmative Action, 1973-1989

Arts and Sciences, College of, 1972-1989

Biomedical Research Support, 1989

Biotechnology Program, 1984; 1989

Black Faculty/Staff Caucus, 1974-1980

Business and Finance: Vice Chancellor for, 1973-1989

Business and Finance: Budget Office, 1976-1989?

Business and Finance: Personnel Department, undated; 1983-1986

Business, School of, 1974-1977; 1980-1989

Chancellor's Office, 1972-1982; 1984-1985; 1988

Continuing Education, Division of, 1985-1989

Duke University, 1980; 1984

Education, School of, 1975-1989

General Administration: General, 1974-1981

General Administration: Mathematics and Science Education Network, 1982-1988

Graduate School, 1973-1980; 1986

Health Affairs: General, 1972-1979; 1981-1987

Health Affairs: Medicine, School of, 1974-1976

Health Affairs: Public Health, School of, 1974-1977; 1986

Information and Library Science, School of, 1972-1988

Institute for Research in Social Science, 1973-1978; 1981-1988

Institute of Government, 1973-1989

Institutional Research and EPA/Faculty Benefits Office, 1975-1989

Box 2

Journalism, School of, 1973-1975; 1977-1989

Law, School of, 1973-1989

Library, 1972-1981; 1984-1989

Marine Sciences, Institute of, 1973-1974; 1977; 1980-1989

(includes some material on the Curriculum in Marine Sciences)

Microelectronics Program, 1980-1983

Minority Faculty Recruitment, 1973; 1977-1985

Morehead Planetarium, 1984-1987

North Carolina State University, 1974; 1980

Research Administration, Office of, 1973; 1976-1978; 1981

Social Work, School of, 1973-1989

Specialized Accreditation Survey, 1982

Student Affairs, Division of: General, 1979; 1982; 1985

Student Affairs, Division of: International Center, 1977-1979; 1985-1989

Summer Session, 1972-1975; 1977-1981

Upward Bound, 1974-1976; 1978-1980; 1984-1988

Urban and Regional Studies, Center for, 1981; 1984-1989

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