Files documenting the formation and earliest actions of the SGPB. Included are the 1971 speech by Terry Sanford in which he suggested the formation of an organization like the SGPB, background files, early correspondence and mailing lists, files relating to IRS and copyright considerations, bylaws, documents about the establishment of the financial relationship with Duke University under which Duke assumed the role of fiscal agent for SGPB, and other materials.

Correspondence, mailing lists, promotional materials, and other items relating to the SGPB's associate membership program. Aimed at fostering cooperation between the public and private sectors in reaching economic goals, the program allows corporations, nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions to participate in the Board's activities.

Speeches on a variety of topics presented by persons apparently representing the SGPB at various functions. Topics include the growth of the southern region, the South's export economy, and the federal government's relations with the South. There are also copies of speeches, chiefly on broad topics, given by governors of member states, probably at SGPB-sponsored meetings.

Newspaper and journal clippings on the SGPB and, more generally, on economic growth in the South. Many of the clippings concern the competition between Northern and Southern legislators for federal funds. The clippings are useful for placing the SGPB in a larger political context.

Correspondence, memoranda, meeting and conference files, and speeches of William Bowden. Topics covered in the correspondence include the establishment of the SGPB; the Student Awareness Program; and the Southern State Office in Europe. Much of the correspondence is with officials in member states. Some correspondence appears with Terry Sanford. The meeting files contain correspondence, agendas, minutes, and reports. Some of the files pertain to Executive Committee meetings.

Mostly files on meetings and conferences, consortia, and seminars convened by the SGPB or attended by Liner or other SGPB staff members. Includes files on meetings of the Southern and National Governors Associations, the SGPB Executive Committee, and the Local Governments Advisory Committee. Other items are speeches, interoffice memoranda, proposals, files on consultants and interns, files on individual states, and miscellaneous subject files. Among the subjects for which information appears are the federal tax system; urban development; economic policy; the Regional Programs Advisory Council; the Federation of Southern Arts Agencies; and the Children's Project.

Meeting and conference files; speeches; notebooks; reports; files on individual states; subject files on southern banking, SGPB interns, the Commission on the Future of the South, the Southern States Energy Board, education, the Coastal Plains Regional Commission, and the Common Market; staff memoranda; and some correspondence. Correspondence is mostly with state officials and conference participants. Interspersed with White's correspondence are letters belonging to his predecessor, E. Blaine Liner. Some correspondence appears for the SGPB's Washington office. The meeting files include minutes, agendas,and other items for meetings of the Executive Committee, the National Governors Association, and the Local Governments Advisory Committee. Reports to the SGPB appear from organizations such as the National Scanning Board.

Files of Evan Brunson in his tenures as Associate Director of Programs and Research and later as Director of Research, including correspondence, internal memoranda, speeches, and subject files. The bulk of the files pertain to the NASA Remote Sensing project; the Coastal Zone Management project; the Southern Federation of State Arts Agencies; the Regional Programs Advisory Council; the Regional Program of Interstate Cooperation to Improve Productivity of State and Local Governments; the N.C.Manpower Development Corporation; and other grant-funded projects.

Files of Carol Conway, Deputy Director of the SGPB, containing staff research reports, memoranda, correspondence, and workplans for the SGPB. Reports discuss work done, work planned, and the general direction of the SGPB's research efforts.

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Financial records of the SGPB kept by Sandra Copeland, Director of Administration. The records contain contract documents and reports; budgets; accounts with consulting scholars and grant recipients; correspondence; and records of salaries and supplies, conference expenses, and other materials. Financial records also appear for the SGPB's Washington, D.C., office, and consist mostly of accounts for petty cash, supplies, rent, and miscellaneous operating expenses.

Files of Patricia J. Dusenbury, Associate Director for Urban Affairs. Included are correspondence; questionnaires; issue papers; program reports; speeches; internal memoranda; and data tables. A large number of completed questionnaires are available as part of a survey on the New National Urban Policy.

Files of David Gillespie, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and Publications. About half of the files contain correspondence, and are arranged in files marked "General Correspondence" and in files arranged alphabetically by correspondent. The remainder of the material consists of subject files, annual SGPB reports to the legislators of member states, and internal memoranda. Among the correspondents is Terry Sanford. Subject files appear on the Commission on the Future of the South and various conferences and meetings.

Files pertaining to research completed by David Godshalk, Scholar-In-Residence in the area of growth management policy in the South. Includes Godshalk's correspondence with state officials and SGPB personnel; completed surveys; progress reports; financial records; speeches; and conference materials. A few subject files also appear on the Regional Resource Analysis Center and the Coastal Zone Management Project and on growth management in individual southern states.

Files of Sandra Kramer, Associate Director for Federal Affairs, containing correspondence, interoffice communications, and research proposals.

Files of Sondra Nelson, Programs Assistant. Files include prospecti, development proposals, handwritten notes, and other background materials related to the development of a Southern Policies Information Network; files containing socioeconomic profiles on Tennessee and Kentucky; notes and background materials on the Regional Programs Advisory Council, remote sensing in the South, and coastal plains development; review drafts of project reports; minutes of committee meetings on regional transportation, growth management policies, and land and natural resources; biographical information on committee members; reports from the Southern Regional Council to the Commission on the Future of the South; papers and speeches given at meetings; conference materials; and notes and correspondence concerning the gathering of data on poverty and growth management in the South by the Commission on the Future of the South.

Files of Janet Papke, Administrative Assistant. Papke's files contain materials developed for meetings of the SGPB Executive Committee, conferences sponsored by the SGPB, conferences attended by its leaders, and SGPB's annual meetings. Conference materials include speeches; correspondence with participants and others; invitations; questionnaires to participants and attendees; meeting minutes; agendas; brochures; and proceedings. Meeting topics include rural economies, vocational education, economic growth, international trade, forestry and waterways, and interstate banking. Meetings of the Southern Governors Association, National Governors Association, the Local Governments Advisory Committee of the SGPB, the Southern Technology Council, and the National Urban League are included.

Staff handbooks and other items relating to general personnel policies and procedures followed at SGPB.

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Salary schedules, information about raises, and budgetary projects having to do with salary.

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Forms listing weekly activities as reported by staff members.

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Files on individual staff members, including summer interns.

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Resumes and other materials relating to applicants for various positions at SGPB.

Files pertaining to an economic analysis of the South, conducted under a grant from the EDA in 1976.

Files pertaining to a project on growth trends in the South, funded by the EPA in 1976.

Files on research by a Scholar-in-Residence funded by the Ford Foundation in 1979 -1980.

Files on the Children's Project, carried out under a grant from HEW in 1979.

Files on several grants received from HUD between 1977 and 1980 to study urban growth and transport.

Files on the Future of the South Project funded by NEH in 1980.

Files on the Coastal Zone Management Project funded by NOAA in 1976.

Files on a project to develop a Standard Terminology Lexicon, funded by the NSF between 1979 and 1980.

Files on miscellaneous small grants received from the National Endowment for the Arts, Babcock, the International Trade Administration, and other funding sources.

The Coastal Plains Regional Commission is a multi-state regional action planning commission set up to advise the U. S. Secretary of Commerce on coastal plains development. The SGPB was under contract in 1981 to evaluate the effectiveness of the CPRC. The records here were most likely gathered as part of that process, and include a notebook of CPRC resolutions from 1967-1980; a notebook and other materials on the history of the organization; meeting minutes; speeches; background documents on the coastal plains; clippings; correspondence; internal memoranda; files on coastal development in individual states; background data; reference materials on regional development; and annual and other reports.

The SGA worked closely with the SGPB to establish political contacts in Washington, D.C. Most of the papers are bound packets distributed at the SGA's staff advisory and executive committee meetings. The packets contain agendas, meeting minutes, memoranda of work done and memoranda on issues before the SGA, newsletters, resolutions, correspondence, and reports on regional coordination and cooperation.

Records of the SGPB's Local Governments Advisory Committee. The records consist of internal memoranda, correspondence, meeting minutes, resolutions, copies of presentations made at meetings, meeting informational packets, including agendas and handouts on issues to be discussed, publications by the committee, and work plans.

Topics in these files include the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), southern agriculture, budget analysis, and President Reagan's 1982 budget. The materials include correspondence, issues papers, working papers on national legislation, notebooks on the sunbelt, community development block grants, background information on grants and legislation, including the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, and other data.