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Contains records related to a variety of North Carolina Licensed Practical Nurses Association committees that convened on a regular basis, including the Area Presidents, Brochure, Bylaws, Continuing Education, Convention Planning, Finance, Legislative, Membership, Nominating, Resolutions, and Ways & Means Committees. Also includes minutes from specially convened committees and task forces, which were centered around specific goals, such as the Special Pay Off Mortgage Committee of 1991 and 1992, and topical issues in nursing legislation and education. Copies of meeting minutes for a variety of committees can also be found throughout the Administrative Records series, Convention series, and Membership series. Types of materials include documents and ephemera. Materials are arranged alphabetically by name of committee and chronologically. Materials range in date from 1968 to 2005.

Contains records related to continuing education programs administered by the North Carolina Licensed Practical Nurses Association (NCLPNA). To improve patient care, the NCLPNA encouraged all its members to actively participate in continuing education events, including workshops, sessions during annual conventions, and other events. To incentivize participation by recognition of achievement, NCLPNA, administered a Continuing Education Achievement Point (CEAP) Program. The CEAP Program was established in 1975. The NCLPNA provided notice of organizational and sponsored events to members and tracked individual members' completion of events.

Contains records related to annual state conventions held by the North Carolina Licensed Practical Nurses Association. Materials include advertisements, statistics, booth contracts for vendors, ribbons, evaluation forms, flyers for bake sales and other fundraisers, workshop announcements, programs, annual reports, itineraries, committee meeting minutes, menus, and hotel pamphlets. Materials are arranged chronologically. Folders indicate the city and location where conventions were held. Master copies of certain documents were printed using Gestetner-brand mimeograph stencils; these materials are housed separately where indicated due to strong odor of the ink. Materials range in date from 1961 to 2010, and some are undated.