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| Size | 157.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 126000 items) |
| Abstract | The Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs (later Vice Provost for Health Affairs) was administrative head of the university's Division of Health Affairs, created in 1948 as the Division of Health and Medical Affairs. It consisted of the schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health and research centers, institutes, and programs like the Carolina Population Center, the Child Development Institute, and the Research and Training Center on Blindness. The vice chancellor was also the liaison between the chancellor and the various deans and directors of these units. From its opening in 1952 until 1956, North Carolina Memorial Hospital was administratively under the administrator for Health Affairs. From 1956 to 1971, it reported directly to the dean of the School of Medicine; since 1971, it has been governed by an appointed Board of Directors. In April 1996, the vice chancellor's title changed to Vice Provost for Health Affairs. In 1997, the position was eliminated, and the division's various units began reporting to the university's provost. The records include correspondence and other files relating to the administration of and programs in the Division of Health Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Annual reports of the schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Public Health date to the 1930s. Of particular interest are files, 1946-1963, relating to the North Carolina Medical Care Commission, a state agency that promoted hospital construction, medical education, and health insurance for rural citizens. Also of interest are files, 1965-1975, concerning the East Carolina University-University of North Carolina Cooperative Committee on Medical Education, which helped plan the School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Vice chancellors who figure significantly in these records include Henry Toole Clark, Jr., G. Philip Manire, C. Arden Miller, Cecil G. Sheps, Christopher C. Fordham, James R. Turner, and H. Garland Hershey. |
| Creator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Vice Provost for Health Affairs. |
| Language | English. |
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The Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs was administrative head of the university's Division of Health Affairs, created in 1948 as the Division of Health and Medical Affairs. It consisted of the schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health and research centers, institutes, and programs like the Carolina Population Center, the Child Development Institute, and the Research and Training Center on Blindness. The vice chancellor was also the liaison between the chancellor and the various deans and directors of these units. From its opening in 1952 until 1956, North Carolina Memorial Hospital was administratively under the administrator for Health Affairs. From 1956 to 1971, it reported directly to the dean of the School of Medicine; since 1971, it has been governed by an appointed Board of Directors. The division's chief officers have had various titles, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs being the one of longest duration. Until 1996 the head of the Division of Health Affairs reported directly to the chancellor. A listing of the heads of the division along with their titles and tenures follows.
| 15 September 1949-30 June 1950 | Edward Grafton McGavran, Acting Administrator of Health and Medical Affairs |
| 1 July 1950-31 August 1965 | Henry Toole Clark, Jr., Administrator, Division of Medical Affairs (successive title changes to Health Sciences and Health Affairs) |
| 1 September 1965-30 June 1966 | George Philip Manire, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs |
| 1 July 1966-30 June 1970 | C. Arden Miller, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs |
| 1 July 1970-31 December 1976 | Cecil George Sheps, Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences |
| 1 January 1977-8 February 1980 | Christopher Columbus Fordham, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs |
| 1 March 1980-15 November 1982 | James R. Turner, Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs |
| 15 November 1982-11 November 1983 | James R. Turner, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs |
| 14 November 1983-April 1996 | H. Garland Hershey, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs |
| April 1996-September, 1997 | H. Garland Hershey, Vice Provost for Health Affairs |
In 1989 then Vice Chancellor Hershey became Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Vice Provost. This title change was not the result of any change in the structure of the Division of Health Affairs but rather a reorganization of the Office of Provost. Under this reorganization the provost and the vice chancellor for Health Affairs worked together to consolidate oversight of all educational activities that served the entire university. This arrangement continued until April 1996, when the provost was designated the university's chief academic officer. At that time Hershey's title was changed to Vice Provost for Health Affairs, and he began reporting to the provost rather than to the chancellor. In September 1997, when he returned to teaching, the position of Vice Provost for Health Affairs was eliminated and the Health Affairs deans began reporting to the Provost.
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The records include correspondence and other files relating to the administration of and programs in the Division of Health Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Annual reports of the School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, and School of Public Health date to the 1930s. Of particular interest are files, 1946-1963, relating to the North Carolina Medical Care Commission, a state agency that promoted hospital construction, medical education, and health insurance for rural citizens. Also of interest are files, 1965-1975, concerning the East Carolina University-University of North Carolina Cooperative Committee on Medical Education, which helped plan the East Carolina University School of Medicine. Vice chancellors who figure significantly in these records include Henry Toole Clark, Jr., G. Philip Manire, C. Arden Miller, Cecil G. Sheps, Christopher C. Fordham, James R. Turner, and H. Garland Hershey.
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Series 1. General Administrative Files.
The files in this series possess one or more of the following characteristics: they pertain to the routine functions of the vice chancellor's office; they concern divisionwide functions; or they pertain to functions not normally performed solely by any one Health Affairs school, center, institute, or program.
In the main, this series contains the vice chancellor's correspondence, reports, etc. with other Uuiversity administrative officials, especially in the areas of budget and long-range planning for the Division of Health Affairs.
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Subseries 1.1. Office of the Vice Chancellor/Vice Provost.
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Subseries 1.2. Academic Affairs, Division of.
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Subseries 1.3. University Affairs/Administration, Division of.
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Subseries 1.4. Business and Finance, Division of.
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Subseries 1.5. Development and University Relations, Division
of.
Earlier names for this division were Division of Development and Public Service and Division of University Relations.
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Subseries 1.6. Faculty Affairs.
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Subseries 1.7. Graduate Studies and Research.
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Subseries 1.8. Student Affairs, Division of.
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Subseries 1.9. Outside Organizations.
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Subseries 1.10. Contracts.
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Series 2. Centers, Institutes and Programs.
The agencies listed in this subgroup reported directly to the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, rather than to one of the schools in the division. In their programs and personnel, however, these agencies tend to draw support from the various Health Affairs schools.
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Subseries 2.1. Carolina Population Center.
The Carolina Population Center was established at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1966 to promote and support multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary population research, training, and service. Its principal areas of activity are population theory, population policy, population measurement, demographic studies, and human sexuality. The Assembly of Fellows, representing Health Affairs and Academic Affairs disciplines, constitutes the center and advises its director on policy issues and program priorities. The Policy Board is made up of university administrative officials and reviews major policy changes.
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Subseries 2.1.1. General Administrative Files.
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Subseries 2.1.2. Academic Programs.
Correspondence, Administrative, 1971-1976 #40110, Subseries: "2.1.2. Academic Programs." Box 2:2 |
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Academic Programs Council, Minutes, 1972-1975 #40110, Subseries: "2.1.2. Academic Programs." Box 2:2 |
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Subseries 2.1.3. International Programs Office.
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Subseries 2.1.4. State Services Office.
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Subseries 2.2. Child Development Institute.
The Child Development Institute was established in 1967 as one of the twelve national Mental Retardation Research Centers sponsored, in part, by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. It consists of three separate but coordinated research centers. The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center focuses on psychological, social, and educational child development and disabilities. The Biological Sciences Research Center emphasizes the biological and medical aspects of development and maturation. The Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning provides services to families and interdisciplinary training of students in the evaluation and management of people with learning and developmental disabilities.
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Subseries 2.2.1. Office of the Director.
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Subseries 2.2.2. Brain Development Research Center.
The Brain Development Research Center was formerly named the Biological Sciences Research Center.
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Subseries 2.2.3. Frank Porter Graham Child Development
Center.
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Subseries 2.2.4. Clinical Center for the Study of Development and
Learning.
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Subseries 2.3. Office of Continuing Education in the Health
Sciences.
See also Subseries 8, Office of Allied Health Sciences, below. After May 1987 the Office of Continuing Education in the Health Sciences took over the functions of that office.
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Subseries 2.4. Dental Research Center.
The Dental Research Center was established in 1967 with a grant from the National Institute of Dental Research of the National Institute of Health. The center maintains a close relationship with the School of Dentistry and the School of Medicine with the purpose of broadening and strengthening the scientific base and national capacity to improve dental hygiene and oral health. See also Subgroup 3, School of Dentistry.
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Subseries 2.5. Health Sciences Library.
The Health Sciences Library was established in 1952 as the central information repository for the agencies of the Division of Health Affairs. Several agencies, for example, the Carolina Population Center, maintain specialized library collections. See also files related to campuswide library planning under Library in Series 1.2.
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Subseries 2.6. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services
Research.
The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research was established in 1969 as the Health Services Research Center. It serves as a multidisciplinary, university-wide center to promote, coordinate, and conduct research focused on primary health care and health promotion/disease prevention in the United States. A major share of the center's funding is obtained by grants, especially from the National Center for Health Services Research. In 1991 the center's name was changed to honor its founding director.
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Subseries 2.7. North Carolina Health Careers Access Program.
The North Carolina Health Careers Access Program, established in 1971 as the North Carolina Health Manpower Development Program (and known by that name until January 1990), focuses on the development of training programs for paraprofessionals and support personnel in the health fields. The program is also active in broadening knowledge of opportunities in these fields, especially among minorities.
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Subseries 2.8. Office of Allied Health Sciences.
Established 1 August 1970, the Office of Allied Health Sciences emphasized coordination and planning of allied health programs and served as a source of information on allied health education programs. This agency also served to identify needs and coordinate continuing education programs for allied health personnel. It was disbanded in May 1987, and its functions taken over by the Office of Continuing Education in the Health Sciences (see Subseries 3, above).
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Subseries 2.9. Social Research Section.
The Social Research Section was established in 1952 as a research liaison between the health and social sciences. Its special focus was the training of social scientists for research in health-related fields. It developed a research and graduate training program for gerontology and was also active in the development of standards for evaluation of health care programs. The Social Research Section was abolished on 30 June 1981.
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Subseries 2.10. Institute for Speech and Hearing Sciences.
The Institute for Speech and Hearing Sciences was established in 1969 to meet training, public service, and research needs in the areas of communication disorders as well as normal speech, hearing, and language. It was discontinued on 31 December 1979, and its curriculum was transferred to the Department of Medical Allied Health Professions in the School of Medicine (see Series 4.2.).
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Subseries 2.11. Center for Alcohol Studies.
The Center for Alcohol Studies was established in 1970 with state support to coordinate and perform studies related to alcohol, alcoholism, and alcohol offenses. One activity of the center was the monthly Forum on Alcohol. The program was transferred to the School of Medicine effective 1 July 1979. For post-1979 files, see Series 4.2.
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Subseries 2.12. Institute of Nutrition.
Founded in 1969, the Institute of Nutrition is a multidisciplinary organization of University of North Carolina System faculty, the purpose of which is to investigate nutrition problems in modern society and develop practical means to improve human health. The institute is supervised by an intercampus committee of faculty from North Carolina State University, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Greensboro, and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. See also the School of Medicine's Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition in Series 4.2.
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Subseries 2.13. Institute for Environmental Studies.
The Institute for Environmental Studies is the successor to the Institute for Environmental Health Studies, which was organized in 1966. Its general purposes are to foster and coordinate environmental research, teaching, and service within the university and to act as liaison with environmentally concerned agencies outside the university. On 1 February 1980 the institute became a division of the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering in the School of Public Health.
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Subseries 2.14. Research and Training Center on Blindness.
The Research and Training Center on Blindness was established in 1979 with support from the National Institute of Handicapped Research. The center's purpose was to foster and coordinate programs for the visually impaired. The center's funding was not continued after its first year of operation.
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Subseries 2.15. Center for Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention.
The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention began in 1982 as the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program of the Health Services Research Center. In March 1985, with a grant from the Centers for Disease Control, it became an independent agency. The center coordinates the efforts of the various schools in the Division of Health Affairs to promote health on both an individual and a community basis. Specific health promotion goals have included the reduction of cancer rates and the prevention of injury and cardiovascular disease. See also the Injury Prevention Center in Subseries 16, below.
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Subseries 2.16. Injury Prevention Research Center.
Previously part of the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, the Injury Prevention Research Center became a separate center on 1 July 1994.
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Subseries 2.17. Highway Safety Research Center.
The Highway Safety Research Center was established in 1965 by the North Carolina General Assembly. It studies the design of vehicles and the effects of crashes on them, roads, driving habits, and laws. Public awareness safety campaigns are also studied and created by the Center. Located on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, it is overseen by the Vice President for Research of the University of North Carolina System and by the Vice Provost for Health Affairs.
Audits, 1995 #40110, Subseries: "2.17. Highway Safety Research Center." Box 2:20 |
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Series 3. School of Dentistry.
The School of Dentistry was established in 1950 during the expansion and reorganization of the university's medical complex. As of 2009, it remained the only dental school in North Carolina. In 1947 the North Carolina Dental Society made a survey of the dental needs of the state and in 1949 secured enactment of legislation for the establishment of the school with appropriations for its operation and for the construction of a building to house it. The following have served as dean of the School of Dentistry:
| 1950-1966 | John Charles Brauer |
| 1966-1974 | James Wyatt Bawden |
| 1974-1981 | Raymond Petrie White, Jr. |
| 1981-1989 | Bennie D. Barker |
| 1989- | John W. Stamm |
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Subseries 3.1. Office of the Dean.
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Subseries 3.2. Academic Affairs.
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Subseries 3.3. Outpatient Services.
Outpatient Services includes both Clinic and Faculty Practice.
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Subseries 3.4. Oral Surgery, Department of.
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Subseries 3.5. Dental Ecology, Department of.
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Subseries 3.6. Orthodontics, Department of.
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Series 4. School of Medicine.
The original School of Medicine opened in 1879, operating on the preceptorial system. This system, however, proved impractical and the school discontinued operation in 1885. In 1890, formal instruction in preclinical subjects was approved and the school reopened. In 1900 it was officially incorporated into the university. During the years 1902-1910, a four-year course of instruction was offered, the last two years devoted to clinical subjects in Raleigh. In 1910 the Raleigh branch and the clinical instruction were abandoned, but the two-year School of Basic Sciences in Medicine continued operation. As early as 1920, Dean Isaac Manning began to push for the expansion of the two-year curriculum to a four-year one. The Board of Trustees backed him, but the idea failed to materialize. Then, in 1924, Duke University established its medical school.
In 1944 Governor Broughton appointed a Commission on Hospital and Medical Care to study the state's medical care needs. On 11 October 1944, that commission submitted a report, one recommendation of which was the establishment of a four-year, state-supported medical school and teaching hospital. In March of the following year the state set up a permanent commission, the North Carolina Medical Care Commission, which continued the study of the state's health care needs, particularly in relation to hospitals. In 1946 the North Carolina Medical Care Commission reported to the governor, recommending that a state-supported four-year medical school be located at the University in Chapel Hill. Finally, in 1947, the North Carolina General Assembly appropriated funds for the expansion. The resulting University Medical Center opened in the fall of 1952 with the admission of patients to its hospital in September and the admission of the first junior class in October. The following have served as dean of the School of Medicine:
| 1879-1885 | Thomas W. Harris |
| 1890-1905 | Richard Whitehead |
| 1905-1933 | Isaac Hall Manning |
| 1933-1937 | Charles S. Mangum |
| 1937-1940 | William de Berniere MacNider |
| 1941-1964 | W. Reece Berryhill |
| 1964-1971 | Isaac M. Taylor |
| 1971-1979 | Christopher C. Fordham III |
| 1978-1979 | William E. Easterling, Jr., Acting |
| 1980-1994 | Stuart Bondurant |
| 1994-1996 | Michael A. Simmons |
| 1996-1997 | Stuart Bondurant, Acting |
| 1997- | Jeffrey L. Houpt |
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Subseries 4.1. Office of the Dean.
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Subseries 4.1.1. General Administrative Files.
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Subseries 4.1.2. Admissions.
| Box 4:8 |
General, 1950-1951 #40110, Subseries: "4.1.2. Admissions." Box 4:8(see also Admissions and Enrollment in Series 1.1.) |
Minority Student Recruitment and Retention, 1979-1980 #40110, Subseries: "4.1.2. Admissions." Box 4:8 |
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Subseries 4.1.3. Alumni Office.
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Subseries 4.1.4. Budget Office.
More material related to budgetary and financial matters in the School of Medicine will be found in Series 1.4., as well as Subseries 10, 13, 14, and 15, below.
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Subseries 4.1.5. Continuing Education Office.
General, 1963; 1965 #40110, Subseries: "4.1.5. Continuing Education Office." Box 4:8 |
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Report of Associate Dean, 1987 #40110, Subseries: "4.1.5. Continuing Education Office." Box 4:8 |
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Subseries 4.1.6. Curriculum Office.
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Subseries 4.1.7. Grants Office [VACANT].
See Subseries 10, Planning Office, below for material related to construction grants.
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Subseries 4.1.8. Learning and Assessment Laboratory
[VACANT].
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Subseries 4.1.9. Office of Educational Development.
Prior to 1989, the Office of Educational Development was named Office of Research and Development in Health Professions Education; before that, it was the Medical Studies Office.
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