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| Size | 93.75 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 144,000 items) |
| Abstract | The collection contains the records of MDC, Inc., a nonprofit organization founded in 1967 as Manpower Development Corporation, which grew out of North Carolina Fund programs in collaboration with the United States Office of Economic Development. The records reflect the organization's research interests and its community work in the American South, especially in the areas of job training, racial integration of workplaces, economic mobility, and rural development during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The collection contains the organization's administrative files; materials generated by the office of founding president George B. Autry (1937-1999); project and subject files; and reports. Administrative files pertain to the board of directors, advisory board, and the general governance of the organization. Documents include board meeting minutes; meeting summaries; correspondence; memorandums; articles of incorporation; by-laws; financial records; manuals; calendars; public relations materials; press releases; printed materials; speeches; field notes; conference materials; items related to federal legislation; and organizational histories and chronologies. Histories are of MDC, Inc., MDC center in Raleigh N.C., and the North Carolina Fund. Records generated and maintained by Autry's office are chronological files with correspondence, internal communications, grant proposals, notes, and speeches related to MDC, Inc.'s administration, programs, and funding. Many items contain Autry's handwritten notes. His research and writing files include materials for a history of Duke Endowment and a biography of United States Senator Sam Ervin (1896-1985). Photographs of Ervin are included. Project and subject files pertain to MDC, Inc.'s research, funding, programs, and Manpower Development Centers in Greensboro, N.C., Asheville, N.C., Johnston County, N.C., and Craven County N.C. Files contain research papers and studies, draft reports, grant applications, proposals, contracts, and audits. Programs documented in the files include Concentrated Employment Program (CEP), Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System (CAMPS), Human Resource Development (HRD), Job Readiness Training (JRT), Management Awareness Programs (MAP), Rural Community College Initiative (RCCI), Women in Electronics (WIE), and Youth Employment Competencies (YEC). Funding agencies for the programs include Ford Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, and Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (Winston-Salem, N.C.). Reports pertain chiefly to MDC, Inc.'s Mobility Project, funding agencies, research, and federal legislation, especially Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 (MDTA). Subjects addressed in reports include community colleges, community leadership, computerization and technology, home-to-work transportation in rural areas, in-plant training, rural development, women's employment, and youth literacy. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection. |
| Creator | MDC, Inc. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Flannery Fitch, February 2024
Encoded by: Laura Smith, March 2024
Since August 2017, we have added ethnic and racial identities for individuals and families represented in collections. To determine identity, we rely on self-identification; other information supplied to the repository by collection creators or sources; public records, press accounts, and secondary sources; and contextual information in the collection materials. Omissions of ethnic and racial identities in finding aids created or updated after August 2017 are an indication of insufficient information to make an educated guess or an individual's preference for identity information to be excluded from description. When we have misidentified, please let us know at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.
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Historical Information
MDC, Inc. is a nonprofit organization founded in 1967 as Manpower Development Corporation and established in collaboration with the United States Office of Economic Development. The organization was an outgrowth of the North Carolina Fund, a nonprofit corporation with a series of experimental antipoverty and community action programs across the state from 1963 to 1968. MDC, Inc.'s early focus was on job training particularly for agricultural workers moving into an increasingly industrial economy and racially integrated workplaces in the American South. Founding president George B. Autry (1937-1999) of Wilmington, N.C., served in the executive role from 1967 until his death in 1999. During the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, the organization's research and programs expanded to include economic mobility, rural development, community leadership development, community colleges, and youth training.
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Scope and Content
The collection contains the records of MDC, Inc., a nonprofit organization founded in 1967 as Manpower Development Corporation, which grew out of North Carolina Fund programs in collaboration with the United States Office of Economic Development. The records reflect the organization's research interests and its community work in the American South, especially in the areas of job training, racial integration of workplaces, economic mobility, and rural development during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The collection contains the organization's administrative files; materials generated by the office of founding president George B. Autry (1937-1999); project and subject files; and reports.
Administrative files pertain to the board of directors, advisory board, and the general governance of the organization. Documents include board meeting minutes; meeting summaries; correspondence; memorandums; articles of incorporation; by-laws; financial records; manuals; calendars; public relations materials; press releases; printed materials; speeches; field notes; conference materials; items related to federal legislation; and organizational histories and chronologies. Histories are of MDC, Inc., MDC center in Raleigh N.C., and the North Carolina Fund.
Records generated and maintained by Autry's office are chronological files with correspondence, internal communications, grant proposals, notes, and speeches related to MDC, Inc.'s administration, programs, and funding. Many items contain Autry's handwritten notes. His research and writing files include materials for a history of Duke Endowment and a biography of United States Senator Sam Ervin (1896-1985). Photographs of Ervin are included.
Project and subject files pertain to MDC, Inc.'s research, funding, programs, and Manpower Development Centers in Greensboro, N.C., Asheville, N.C., Johnston County, N.C., and Craven County N.C. Files contain research papers and studies, draft reports, grant applications, proposals, contracts, and audits. Programs documented in the files include Concentrated Employment Program (CEP), Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System (CAMPS), Human Resource Development (HRD), Job Readiness Training (JRT), Management Awareness Programs (MAP), Rural Community College Initiative (RCCI), Women in Electronics (WIE), and Youth Employment Competencies (YEC). Funding agencies for the programs include Ford Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, and Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (Winston-Salem, N.C.).
Reports pertain chiefly to MDC, Inc.'s Mobility Project, funding agencies, research, and federal legislation, especially Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 (MDTA). Subjects addressed in reports include community colleges, community leadership, computerization and technology, home-to-work transportation in rural areas, in-plant training, rural development, women's employment, and youth literacy.
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