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[Identification of item], in the Institute of Applied Business and Economic Research of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40065, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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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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• Economics--Research--North Carolina.
• Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.
• North Carolina--Economic conditions.
• Research institutes--North Carolina.
• Southern States--Economic conditions.
• Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Departments.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Research grants.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Institute of Applied Business and Economic Research.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Business Administration.

On 1 August 1971, the Institute of Applied Business and Economic Research was established in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Business Administration. With Wachovia Professor of Banking Clifton H. Creps, Jr., as director and funded by grants from the Economic Development Administration of the United States Department of Commerce, the Institute's goal was the stimulation of and the support for research dealing with the business and economic problems of North Carolina and the Southeast in general. During its three-year existence, the Institute coordinated and supported eleven major research studies as well as aiding academic research with summer stipends.

The Institute of Applied Business and Economic Research's archival records consist of correspondence and reports, mainly of the director to officials of the Economic Development Administration of the United States Department of Commerce; financial accounts of grant fund expenditures; and files relating to the eleven major research efforts supported by the Institute from 1971 through 1974.