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[Identification of item], in the Alma J. Corbitt papers #4874-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Purchased from J. Douglas Mattox of Raleigh, N.C. in April 1997. (Acc. 97058).

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• Corbitt, Alma J. (Alma Jordan), d. 1976.
• Governors--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• North Carolina--Officials and employees--History--20th century.
• North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.
• North Carolina--Politics and government--1951-
• Women in politics--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Alma Jordan Corbitt was secretary and, beginning in 1940, executive clerk in the North Carolina Governor's office during the McLean, Gardner, Ehringhaus, Hoey, Broughton, Cherry, and Kerr Scott terms. She also worked for several judges on Superior Court cases.

Correspondence, 1925-1956, and writings, mostly undated, of Alma J. Corbitt, chiefly focusing on North Carolina politics. Correspondence is largely with North Carolina political and judicial figures, particularly district judges and North Carolina Supreme Court justices, about personal and political matters. There are also speeches that Corbitt presented to various groups on topics including her experiences in state government.