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| Size | 10.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3100 items) |
| Abstract | Charles E. Daye is a professor of law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection consists of organizational records relating to the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, the North Carolina Fair Housing Center, the North Carolina Poverty Project, and the Triangle Housing Development Corporation; materials relating to an unpublished book project, "Litmus Law"; grant applications, presentations, and other material related to a study of educational diversity in law schools; and reports and other materials relating to committees working on diversity issues at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
| Creator | Daye, Charles E. (Charles Edward) |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical Information
Charles Daye, a native of Durham, N.C., began his career as an associate with the firm of Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood in New York City. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Harry Phillips, chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, becoming the first African American to serve as a law clerk in that circuit.
After the clerkship, Daye practiced as an associate with Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C. He joined the law faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972 where he was the first African American to hold a tenure-track position on the law faculty. In 1981, Daye was named dean of North Carolina Central University School of Law, where he served until 1985. He then rejoined the UNC-Chapel Hill law faculty, and teaches torts, housing and community development and administrative process and advocacy.
Daye is co-author of both Housing and Community Development and North Carolina Law of Torts. In addition, he has published articles, essays, book reviews, and monographs on a variety of subjects including an empirical analysis of educational diversity, housing, state administrative procedure, torts, constitutional law, ethics in law school admissions, affirmative action, and academic support programs. Currently, he serves as deputy director of the University of North Carolina Center for Civil Rights. He served fifteen years as chair of the University's Committee on Scholarships and Student Aid and served as chair of the University's Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Advisory Board.
Daye has served several nonprofit and public service organizations. He served as president of the Law School Admission Council (1991-1993) and on the board of governors and as vice president for legal affairs of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (2002-2008). He served sixteen years as either a member of the board of directors or as president of Triangle Housing Development Corporation, a nonprofit organization that operates federally subsidized housing for low income rural elderly. He has served as a member of the board of the Center for Community Self Help. He has chaired or served on numerous committees of professional organizations, including committees of the Association of American Law Schools, of the American Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina State Bar, and the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers where he served as Executive Secretary for twenty years (1979-1999).
Suffolk University in Boston, Mass., awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 1999. He has been admitted to the bars of New York (inactive), District of Columbia (inactive), North Carolina, and the United States Supreme Court.
Adapted from http://www.law.unc.edu/faculty/directory/dayecharlesedward/.
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Scope and Content
Charles E. Daye is a professor of law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His collection consists of organizational records and personal papers related to his professional work with legal, fair housing, and poverty organizations and his academic research and service at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Series 1. North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers documents Charles E. Daye's service as executive secretary of the organization from 1979 to 1999. Materials include histories of the association's founding lawyers, Civil Rights era lawyers, and women lawyers; membership communications and financial information; newsletters; and amicus briefs filed by the association.
Series 2. The North Carolina Fair Housing Center was incorporated on 23 February 1994 to support and encourage equal opportunities in housing in the state of North Carolina. Charles Daye served as chairman of the corporation and of the board of directors until its dissolution in 2007. Records include by-laws, grant award notification, board meeting agendas and minutes, work plans, annual report, litigation, finances, printed material on non-profit governance, memorandum, correspondence, talking points, work plan, operating practices manual, mission statement, and a newsletter.
Series 3. North Carolina Poverty Project documents the organization's efforts to educate people about the complex causes and consequences of poverty and the programs and problems of the agencies that serve the impoverished. The Poverty Coalition, Inc., an outgrowth of the North Carolina Poverty Project, created an academic program to teach educators across the country how to teach about poverty. The records collected here document both organizations and include substantive correspondence about meanings, perspectives, and understandings of poverty, as well as the work of the board of directors, board meeting minutes, and printed materials.
Series 4. Triangle Housing Development Corporation (THDC) documents a non-profit regional housing corporation created to provide housing for people with low or moderate income who reside in Durham, Wake, Orange, Johnston, Chatham, and Lee counties. The Triangle Housing Development Corporation provided expertise and assistance in the planning, financing, development, and management of affordable housing projects. Charles Daye served as chairman. Records include incorporation documents, board of directors meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Housing Assistance Council, and tax materials.
Series 5. "Litmus Law" constitutes an unpublished book project of Charles E. Daye. Materials include proposal and manuscript drafts; background research for chapters on crime, balanced budget, term limits, sentencing, the death penalty, gun control, policing, welfare reform, affirmative action, hate speech, and condom distribution; correspondence with agents; and a presentation at an appellate judges conference of the American Bar Association.
Series 6. Educational Diversity Project documents an empirical study of race and educational diversity in law schools. Charles E. Daye and Abigail Panter of the Psychology Department at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were the principle investigators in this study funded by the Law School Admissions Council. Materials include grant applications, presentations, planning materials, progress reports, and correspondence among study investigators and with funders.
Series 7. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Committees documents Charles E. Daye's service on various committees created to study diversity issues on campus. Daye served as a member or chair of the Minority Affairs Review Committee, the Chancellor's Task Force on Diversity, the Diversity Plan Committee, and the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Advisory Board. Records include reports, notes, and correspondence. There are also notes and communications regarding faculty code matters in the file on the Chancellor's Advisory Committee, which Daye chaired in 2008-2009.
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Series 1. North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, 1975-2002.
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.
Charles E. Daye served as executive secretary of the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers from 1979 to 1999. Materials include histories of the association's founding lawyers, Civil Rights era lawyers, and women lawyers; membership communications and financial information; newsletters; and amicus briefs filed by the association.
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Series 2. North Carolina Fair Housing Center, 1995-2007.
Arrangement: chronological by year.
The North Carolina Fair Housing Center was incorporated on 23 February 1994 to support and encourage equal opportunities in housing in the state of North Carolina. Charles Daye served as chairman of the corporation and of the board of directors until its dissolution in 2007. Records include by-laws, grant award notification, board meeting agendas and minutes, work plans, annual report, litigation, finances, printed material on non-profit governance, memorandum, correspondence, talking points, work plan, operating practices manual, mission statement, and a newsletter.
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North Carolina Fair Housing Center, 1995-2007 |
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North Carolina Fair Housing Center, 1995-2007 |
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Series 3. North Carolina Poverty Project, 1987-2006.
The North Carolina Poverty Project was created to educate people about the complex causes and consequences of poverty and the programs and problems of the agencies that serve the impoverished. The Poverty Coalition, Inc., an outgrowth of the North Carolina Poverty Project, created an academic program to teach educators across the country how to teach about poverty. The records collected here document both organizations and include substantive correspondence about meanings, perspectives, and understandings of poverty, as well as the work of the board of directors, board meeting minutes, and printed materials.
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North Carolina Poverty Project, 1987-2006 |
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North Carolina Poverty Project, 1987-2006 |
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North Carolina Poverty Project: Correspondence Seminar, 1997-1998 |
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North Carolina Poverty Project: Correspondence Seminar, 1997-1998 |
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North Carolina Poverty Project: Printed materials |
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North Carolina Poverty Project: Printed materials |
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North Carolina Poverty Project: Printed materials |
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Series 4. Triangle Housing Development Corporation, 1978-2008.
The Triangle Housing Development Corporation (THDC) is a non-profit regional housing corporation created to provide housing for people with low or moderate income who reside in Durham, Wake, Orange, Johnston, Chatham, and Lee counties. The Triangle Housing Development Corporation provided expertise and assistance in the planning, financing, development, and management of affordable housing projects. Charles Daye served as chairman. Records include incorporation documents, board of directors meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Housing Assistance Council, and tax materials.
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Series 5. Litmus Law, 1996-1997.
Arrangement: Original order as received from creator has been preserved. Book chapters are followed by subject files
"Litmus Law: A Nation's Futile Quest for Easy Solutions to Hard Problems" is an unpublished book project of Charles E. Daye. Materials include proposal and manuscript drafts; background research for chapters on crime, balanced budget, term limits, sentencing, the death penalty, gun control, policing, welfare reform, affirmative action, hate speech, and condom distribution; correspondence with agents; and a presentation at an appellate judges conference of the American Bar Association.
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General Themes, Misc |
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Chapter 1: Litmus Law Quest |
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Chapter 2: Political Problems |
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Chapter 3: Crime Problems |
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Chapter 4: Social Problems |
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Chapter 5: Balanced Budget |
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Chapter 6: Term Limits |
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Chapter 7: Crime, Section 1: Three Strikes |
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Chapter 7: Crime, Section 2: Sentencing |
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Chapter 7: Crime, Section 3: Death Penalty |
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Chapter 7: Crime, Section 4: Gun Ownership |
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Chapter 7: Crime, Section 5: Police on Street |
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Chapter 8: Welfare Reform |
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Chapter 9: Affirmative Action |
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Chapter 10: Hate Speech |
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Chapter 11: Condom Distribution |
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Chapter 12: Other Possible Topics |
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Folder 141-143 Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143 |
Balanced budget |
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Folder 144-149 Folder 144Folder 145Folder 146Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149 |
Three strikes/Mandatory minimum sentencing |
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Folder 150-153 Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153 |
Gun control |
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More police on the streets |
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Folder 155-162 Folder 155Folder 156Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159Folder 160Folder 161Folder 162 |
Welfare reform |
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Affirmative action |
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Folder 164-166 Folder 164Folder 165Folder 166 |
Affirmative action |
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Hate crimes |
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Agent mail |
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Folder 169-170 Folder 169Folder 170 |
Appellate judges background research |
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Clippings |
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Crime solutions (ideas) |
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Literature search |
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Loose papers |
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Folder 176-179 Folder 176Folder 177Folder 178Folder 179 |
Presentations |
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Race/Poverty/Crime |
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Series 6. Educational Diversity Project, 2002-2012.
Arrangement: chronological.
The Educational Diversity Project was an empirical study of race and educational diversity in law schools. Charles E. Daye and Abigail Panter of the Psychology Department at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were the principle investigators in this study funded by the Law School Admissions Council. Materials include grant applications, presentations, planning materials, progress reports, and correspondence among study investigators and with funders.
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2003 |
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2003 |
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Folder 185-189 Folder 185Folder 186Folder 187Folder 188Folder 189 |
2004 |
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Folder 190-191 Folder 190Folder 191 |
2005 |
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Folder 192-194 Folder 192Folder 193Folder 194 |
2005 |
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Folder 195-198 Folder 195Folder 196Folder 197Folder 198 |
2006 |
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2010 |
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2011 |
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2012 |
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Data sources, 2002 |
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Diversity project contacts and basic stuff, 2002 |
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Ford Foundation, 2002 |
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Grant seeking, 2002 |
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Letter of Intent, 2002 |
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Letterhead |
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National Science Foundation, 2002 |
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New York Law Journal, 2002 |
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Opinion poll questions, 2002 |
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Opinion poll results, 2002 |
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Planning document, 2002 |
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Proposals rejected, 2002 |
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Proposals submitted, 2002 |
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Proposals working title, 2002 |
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Sampling plan, 2002 |
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Searches for sources, 2002 |
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Linda's comments, 2002 |
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Abigail's comments, 2002 |
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Spencer Foundation, 2002 |
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Stevens on affirmative action benefits, 2002 |
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Study design, 2002 |
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Working drafts, 2002 |
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Series 7. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Committees, 1978-2009.
Arrangement: chronological.
Reports, correspondence, and meeting materials relating to Charles E. Daye's service on various committees created to study diversity issues at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Charles E. Daye served as a member or chair of the Minority Affairs Review Committee, the Chancellor's Task Force on Diversity, the Diversity Plan Committee, and the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Advisory Board. There are also notes and communications regarding faculty code matters in the file on the Chancellor's Advisory Committee, which Daye chaired in 2008-2009.
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1978 Revision of Affirmative Action Plan |
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Minority Affairs Review Committee, 2000Includes report, news release. |
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Chancellor's Task Force on Diversity, 2004-2005Includes email discussions of the definition of diversity and central questions for the task force; orientation materials, including demographic data, a survey of faculty perceptions of diversity, background material on planning the survey; and assessment reports. |
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Diversity Plan Committee, 2005-2006Includes correspondence, background work to develop the pan university diversity plan. |
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Chancellor's Advisory Committee, 2008-2009 |
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Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Advisory Board, 2008-2009Includes charge to appoint the board, meeting agendas and notes, the diversity plan for 2006-2010. |
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