Kathrine R. Everett and R. O. Everett Papers Inventory (#4735)

Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Collection Information

Descriptive Summary Including Abstract

Administrative Information

1. Correspondence, 1851-1993 and undated.

2. Writings, 1915-1980 and undated.

3. Legal Practice, 1894-1990 and undated.

4. Organizations, 1920-1990 and undated.

5. School Materials, 1909-1989 and undated.

6. Historical, Genealogical, and Biographical Material, 1903-1989 and undated.

7. Social Materials, 1910-1990 and undated.

8. Pictures, 1861-1990 and undated.

9. Audio Visual Material, 1965-1971 and undated.

10. Museum Items, 1900-1977 and undated.

Addition of 2006

Items Separated

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Descriptive Summary Including Abstract

Title: Kathrine R. Everett and R. O. Everett Papers (#4735)1851-1993

Creator: Everett, Kathrine R. (Kathrine Robinson), 1893-1992.
Everett, R. O. (Reuben Oscar), 1879-1971.

Extent: About 26,000 items (48.0 linear feet)

Repository: Southern Historical Collection

Abstract

Kathrine R. Everett (1893-1992) and R. O. Everett (1879-1971), husband and wife lawyers who shared a practice in Durham, N.C. Kathrine R. Everett, who served on the Durham City Council, 1951-1971, received her J.D. from the University of North Carolina Law School in 1920 and was the first women to win a case before the N.C. Supreme Court. In 1926, she married R. O. Everett, attorney, state legislator, and civic and cultural leader, who was a law student in the first class at Trinity College and became the first Durham city attorney. He served five terms in the state House of Representatives, 1921-1933. Their son, Robinson O. Everett (1928- ), Duke University law professor and judge in the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, joined them in the firm of Everett, Everett and Everett, 1956-1968. In 1954, the three were the first father, mother, and son to be admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. Papers include law office files; professional and family correspondence; and other materials relating to the Everetts' personal finances and activities, including their extensive real estate holdings in North Carolina. Well documented are Kathrine R. Everett's involvement with the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Colonial Dames of America, and the Daughters of the American Revolution and her interest in family history, including the Everett, Hicks, Hill, Kyle, McDiarmid, Robinson, and related families. Also included is material relating to R. O. Everett's efforts to memorialize Bennett Place in Durham, site of negotiations leading to the largest troop surrender of the Civil War; to Democratic Party politics; to Kathrine Everett's service on the Durham City Council, 1951-1971, and the Durham County Welfare Board, on which she served for 17 years beginning in 1934; to R. O. Everett's tenure in the North Carolina Legislature; to Katherine Everett's father, Henry McDirmid Robinson, mayor of Fayetteville, N.C., 1923-1925; and to activities with the American Bar Association. Other items include postcards and other materials documenting the Everetts' travels around the world; family and other photographs; films and videotapes about Bennett Place and other subjects; and museum items relating to politics, women's organizations, and various events.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access: Use of audio-visual materials may require sufficient advance time for staff to prepare viewing copies.

Usage Restrictions: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Provenance: Received from the estate of Kathrine R. Everett through Robinson O. Everett of Durham, N.C., in January 1995 (Acc. 95006). The Addition of 2006 possibly came in with the original deposit, but was not included in the processing of the original deposit.

Processing Information: Processed by: Linda Sellars and James M. Roth, January 2001; Encoded by: James M. Roth; Finding aid updated in November 2006 by Jackie Dean because of addition.; The Addition of 2006 has not been incorporated into the original organization of the collection. These materials are similar to those in the original deposit.

Online Catalog Terms

American Bar Association.

Bennett Place State Historic Site (N.C.).

Colonial Dames.

Daughters of the American Revolution.

Democratic Party (N.C.)--History--20th century.

Durham (N.C.)--Politics and government.

Durham (N.C.)--Social life and customs.

Everett family.

Everett, Kathrine R. (Kathrine Robinson), 1893-1992.

Everett, R. O. (Reuben Oscar), 1879-1971.

Everett, Robinson O.

Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs--20th century.

Hicks family.

Hill family.

Kyle family.

Lawyers--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Legislators--North Carolina--History--20th century.

McDiarmid family.

North Carolina--Genealogy.

Real property--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Robinson family.

Robinson, Henry McDiarmid.

United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Women in politics--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Women lawyers--North Carolina.

Women--North Carolina--Social life and customs.

Biographical Note

Kathrine Robinson Everett (1893-1992) and Reuben Oscar Everett (1879-1971), husband and wife lawyers who shared a practice in Durham, N.C. Kathrine R. Everett, first woman to win a case before the North Carolina Supreme Court, received her J.D. from the University of North Carolina Law School in 1920, making her one of the school's first women graduates. She began her legal career with the firm of her father, Henry McDirmid Robinson, mayor of Fayetteville, N.C., 1923-1925. In 1926, she married R. O. Everett, attorney, state legislator, and civic and cultural leader of North Carolina. R. O. Everett, student of law in the first class at Trinity College, became the first Durham city attorney and the first prosecuting attorney in the Durham Recorder's Court, and served five terms in the state House of Representatives, 1921-1933. Their son, Robinson O. Everett (1928- ), Duke University law professor and judge in the United States Court of Military Appeals, joined his mother and father in the firm of Everett, Everett and Everett, 1956-1968. In 1954, the three were the first father, mother, and son to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

Kathrine R. Everett also was active in Democratic Party politics, serving on the Durham City Council, 1951-1971, and participating in many conventions and campaigns. She also worked for many civic organizations and was active in various women's organizations, including the Colonial Dames, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Business and Professional Woman's Club, the Federation of Women's Club, various organizations in Durham, and the Presbyterian Church. R. O. Everett, long active in political, civic, and religious affairs of the community, was a charter member of the Durham Merchants Association and the American Law Institute, as well as a lifelong member of the American Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, the North Carolina Society of County and Local Historians, and the St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Durham.

Collection Overview

Papers include office files of Durham, N.C., lawyers Kathrine R. Everett and R. O. Everett; professional and family correspondence; and other materials relating to the Everetts' personal finances and activities, including their extensive real estate holdings in North Carolina. Well documented are Kathrine R. Everett's involvement with the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Colonial Dames of America, and the Daughters of the American Revolution and her interest in family history, including the Everett, Hicks, Hill, Kyle, McDiarmid, Robinson, and related families. Also included is material relating to R. O. Everett's efforts to memorialize Bennett Place in Durham, site of negotiations leading to the largest troop surrender of the Civil War; to Democratic Party politics; to Kathrine Everett's service on the Durham City Council, 1951-1971, and the Durham County Welfare Board, on which she served for 17 years beginning in 1934; to R. O. Everett's tenure in the North Carolina Legislature; to Katherine Everett's father, Henry McDirmid Robinson, mayor of Fayetteville, N.C., 1923-1925; and to activities with the American Bar Association. Other items include postcards and other materials documenting the Everetts' travels around the world; family and other photographs; films and videotapes about Bennett Place and other subjects; and museum items that relate to politics, women's organizations, and various events.

Organization of Collection

1. Correspondence
1.1. 1851-1921
1.2. 1922-1926
1.3. 1925-1927
1.4. 1927-1943
1.5. 1943-1957
1.6. 1957-1964
1.7. 1964-1965
1.8. 1965-1971
1.9. 1971-1993
1.10. Undated
2. Writings
2.1. Kathrine R. Everett Writings
2.2. R. O. Everett Writings
3. Legal Practice
3.1. Memoranda
3.2. Financial and Legal Papers
3.3. Legal Volumes
4. Organizations
4.1. Civic, Religious, and Social Organizations
4.2. Historical, Patriotic, and Genealogical Organizations
4.3. Legal Organizations
4.4. Political and Government Organizations
5. School Materials
5.1. Alumnae and Board of Trustees
5.2. School Notebooks
6. Historical, Genealogical, and Biographical Material
6.1. Bennett Place
6.2. Biographical Materials
6.3. Family Genealogy
7. Social Materials
7.1. Social Activities
7.2. Travel
8. Pictures
9. Audio Visual Materials
10. Museum Items
Addition of 2006
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Items Separated

Items separated include oversize papers (OP-4735); photographs (P-4735, SF-P-4735, and OP-P-4735); volumes (V-4735); audio visual materials (F-4735 and VT-4735); and museum items (MU-4735).

Series Descriptions

1. Correspondence, 1851-1993 and undated.

About 10,000 items.

Processing Note: For additional correspondence of Robinson O. Everett, see Addition of 2006.

Professional and family correspondence of Kathrine R. Everett, R. O. Everett, and Robinson O. Everett documenting their legal careers, personal and family life, and social activities. Most of the professional correspondence was written by R. O. Everett concerning politics, legal affairs, and business matters, with Kathrine R. Everett contributing heavily in all three areas, especially in business matters related to her extensive holdings of property in North Carolina. Much of the family and personal correspondence was written by Kathrine R. Everett, with R. O. Everett and, later, Robinson O. Everett adding to the material. Also included are letters related to the many social and genealogical organizations to which Kathrine R. Everett belonged. Some of the earliest correspondence relates to the Robinson and Kyle families and to Georgia Hicks (Georgie), aunt of Kathrine R. Everett.

Some correspondence may be found in other series, including Series 3.2. Financial and Legal Papers, Series 4. Organizations, Series 6.1. Bennett Place, and Series 6.3. Family Genealogy. This correspondence was interspersed with related materials found in original folders. Where possible, the original order has been maintained.

1.1. 1851-1921.

About 200 items.

Correspondence and papers of the Robinson and Kyle families; papers of Georgia Hicks (Georgie), Kathrine R. Everett's aunt; Kathrine R. Everett's correspondence while attending various schools; and family correspondence from a European trip she and her sister took in 1911. Also included is correspondence of Henry McDirmid Robinson, mayor of Fayetteville, N.C., 1923-1925, and Kathrine Everett's father and law partner, and of Kathrine Everett's sister, Elizabeth Robinson (Bessie), concerning politics, social events, family news, legal cases, and genealogy. Of note is a letter from Associate Justice W. R. Allen congratulating Kathrine on finishing law school.

Folder 1

Kyle family, 1851-1899

Folder 2

1902-1910

Folder 3-6

1911

Folder 7

1912-1914

Folder 8

1915-1921

1.2. 1922-1926.

About 400 items.

Personal, political, and business correspondence of Kathrine R. Everett (Kathrine McDiarmid Robinson), with correspondence from R. O. Everett, Georgia Hicks, and Henry McDiarmid Robinson. Beginning in 1924, there is a considerable amount of correspondence between Kathrine and R. O. Everett that documents their courtship, engagement, and marriage. Interspersed with material in 1926 is the business and political correspondence of R. O. Everett.

Folder 9

1922-1923

Folder 10-11

1924

Folder 12-14

1925

Folder 15-23

1926

1.3. 1925-1927.

About 400 items.

Business and some personal correspondence of R. O. Everett. Most of the correspondence deals with the 1927 session of the North Carolina Legislature. There is some correspondence with Kathrine Robinson, 1925-1926.

Folder 24-25

1925

Folder 26-28

1926

Folder 29-36

1927: January-February

1.4. 1927-1943.

About 1900 items.

Business, legal, personal, and political correspondence of Kathrine R. Everett and R. O. Everett. Much of the business correspondence focuses on property management of houses in Fayetteville, N.C., and Durham, N.C., and includes Kathrine's business correspondence with her father, Henry McDiarmid Robinson, concerning legal issues and property. There is also correspondence from genealogical societies, the most prevalent being the Daughters of the American Revolution; legal organizations, including the American Bar Association; and political correspondence from the National Democratic Party. Some correspondence relates to the 1927 session of the North Carolina Legislature. Personal correspondence includes birth announcements and congratulatory cards for Robinson O. Everett in 1928, and condolences on the death of Henry McDiarmid Robinson in 1939. The Depression is mentioned throughout much of the business, political, and personal correspondence during the 1930s. There are a few letters detailing Kathrine's tenure as a trustee for Queen's College, Charlotte, N.C. Also included is correspondence with some mention of the events of World War II.

Folder 37-40

1927: March-October

Folder 41-44

1928

Folder 45-47

1929

Folder 48-50

1930

Folder 51

1931

Folder 52-55

1932

Folder 56-59

1933

Folder 60-62

1934

Folder 63-67

1935

Folder 68-71

1936

Folder 72-74

1937

Folder 75-77

1938

Folder 78-81

1939

Folder 82

Condolences on death of Henry McDiarmid Robinson, 1939: February

Folder 83

1930s

Folder 84-89

1940

Folder 90-94

1941

Folder 95-99

1942

Folder 100-101

1943: January-March

1.5. 1943-1957.

About 3300 items.

Correspondence of Kathrine R. Everett, R. O. Everett, and Robinson O. Everett. The business, political, legal, and personal correspondence of Kathrine R. Everett and R. O. Everett continues with the addition of personal correspondence of Robinson Everett, away at school at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H., and, later, at Harvard University, where he received his A.B. and went on to Harvard Law School. Also included is family correspondence from when Kathrine and Robinson went on trips to Mexico and Cuba. In 1951, Kathrine was elected member of the Durham City Council, and this election is reflected in the correspondence for that year. From 1951 to 1953, Robinson's personal correspondence with his family documents his time spent in Texas serving in the Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant, JAG. Then, in 1953, his letters are written from Washington, D.C., where he was appointed to the United States Court of Military Appeals. Much of Kathrine's political correspondence involves Durham City Council issues, while much of R. O. Everett's political correspondence is concerned with absentee voting in North Carolina. In 1954, letters document the Everett family's becoming the first father, mother, and son to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

Folder 102-106

1943: April-December and undated

Folder 107-114

1944

Folder 115-119

1945

Folder 120-122

1946

Folder 123-125

1947

Folder 126-132

1948

Folder 133-142

1949

Folder 143

1940s

Folder 144-151

1950

Folder 152-158

1951

Folder 159-172

1952

Folder 173-182

1953

Folder 183-194

1954

Folder 195-198

1955

Folder 199-202

1956

Folder 203-204

1957: January-April

1.6. 1957-1964.

About 1400 items.

Mostly legal correspondence of Kathrine R. Everett, R. O. Everett, and some of Robinson O. Everett, in the law firm partnership of Everett, Everett, and Everett. The business, political, legal, and personal correspondence of Kathrine R. Everett and R. O. Everett continues. Also included is family correspondence from when Kathrine and Robinson went on trips to Europe in 1957 and 1959.

Folder 205-208

1957: May-December

Folder 209-216

1958

Folder 217-221

1959

Folder 222-227

1960

Folder 228-235

1961

Folder 236-242

1962

Folder 243-247

1963

Folder 248-249

1964: January-September

1.7. 1964-1965.

About 400 items.

Correspondence primarily related to the Bennet Place Centennial and R. O. Everett's commitment to memorializing Bennett Place in Durham, N.C., the site of negotiations that led to the largest troop surrender of the Civil War. Much of the correspondence relates to Everett's efforts to have President Lyndon B. Johnson preside over the celebrations. Johnson was unable to attend, and the correspondence documents the decision to ask Vice President Hubert Humphrey to take his place. See also Series 6.1. Bennett Place.

Folder 250-252

1964: October-December

Folder 253-257

1965: January-May

1.8. 1965-1971.

About 250 items.

Legal, business, and political correspondence of Kathrine R. Everett, R. O. Everett, and Robinson Everett and the many law firm partnerships they were associated with, including Everett, Creech, and Hicks and Everett, Everett, and Creech. Included are letters about genealogy and other personal letters of Kathrine R. Everett.

Folder 258-259

1965: June-December

Folder 260-261

1966

Folder 262

1967

Folder 263

1968

Folder 264

1969

Folder 265

1970

Folder 266

1971: January-March

1.9. 1971-1993.

About 900 items.

Marked by the death of R. O. Everett in 1971, the correspondence changes significantly with a shift from R. O. Everett's legal, business, and political correspondence to Kathrine R. Everett's genealogical society materials and some legal, business, and political correspondence. Correspondence continues to document changes in law firm partnerships, with letters addressed to Everett, Everett, and Creech, then to Everett, Everett, Creech, and Craven, and finally to Everett and Hancock. Beginning in 1980, correspondence becomes more personal in nature, with a significant drop in business correspondence.

Folder 267-270

1971: April-December

Folder 271-276

1972

Folder 277-280

1973

Folder 281

1974

Folder 282

1975

Folder 283

1976

Folder 284

1977

Folder 285

1978

Folder 286

1979

Folder 287

1970s: undated

Folder 288

1980

Folder 289-290

1981

Folder 291

1982

Folder 292

1983

Folder 293

1984

Folder 294

1985

Folder 295

1986

Folder 296

1987

Folder 297

1988

Folder 298

1989

Folder 299

1990

Folder 300

1991-1993

1.10. Undated.

About 1400 items.

Mostly personal correspondence of Kathrine R. Everett and R. O. Everett, including greeting cards, Christmas cards, and invitations, with some letters from members of genealogical societies discussing family histories. There is very little political and business correspondence. folders have been created for significant amounts of letters from one person or for a family.

Folder 301

Folder 302

Folder 303

Folder 304

Folder 305

Folder 306

Everett, B. B.

Folder 307

Everett, Hattie V.

Folder 308

Everett, Kathrine R.

Folder 309

Everett, Margaret B.

Folder 310

Everett, Margaret S.

Folder 311

Everett, Robinson O.

Folder 312

Everett, R. O.

Folder 313

Everett family

Folder 314

Folder 315

Fort family

Folder 316

Folder 317

Folder 318

Hicks family

Folder 319

Hill family

Folder 320

Folder 321

Folder 322

Folder 323-324

Folder 325-326

Folder 327

Folder 328

Folder 329

Folder 330

Folder 331

Folder 332

Robinson family

Folder 333

Folder 334

Folder 335

U-V

Folder 336

Folder 337

Folder 338

No last name

Folder 339

Illegible or no name

Folder 340

Fragments

2. Writings, 1915-1980 and undated.

About 1000 items.

2.1. Kathrine R. Everett Writings, 1920-1980 and undated.

About 100 items.

Writings of Kathrine R. Everett, consisting mostly of speeches, with some articles. The writings document her extensive speaking career, primarily before genealogical societies, schools, social organizations, the Democratic Party, and the Durham City Council. Many of the travel articles were written with the intent to publish. Of note is her autobiographical essay and articles, written in open letter form, documenting her experience as a wife of a state legislator during the 1927 session of the North Carolina Legislature

Folder 341

Autobiography

Folder 342

Children's stories

Folder 343

Constitution

Folder 344

College/alumni

Folder 345

Democratic Party

Folder 346

Durham City Council and County Commissioners

Folder 347

Fiction

Folder 348

Legal

Folder 349

Memorials

Folder 350

Mexico

Folder 351

News releases and editorial letters

Folder 352

Religious

Folder 353

Russia

Folder 354

School

Folder 355-356

Travel

Folder 357

Submissions for publication

Folder 358

War-time speeches

2.2. R. O. Everett Writings, 1915-1967 and undated.

About 900 items.

Writings of R. O. Everett, consisting mostly of speeches, with some articles. The writings document his extensive speaking career, primarily before genealogical societies, social organizations, schools, radio audiences, the American Bar Association, the Democratic Party, and the North Carolina Legislature.

Folder 359

Colonial Dames, Daughters of the American Revolution, and United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1937-1940 and undated

Folder 360

Constitution, 1930-1939 and undated

Folder 361

Democracy, 1921-1940 and undated

Folder 362

Democratic Conventions, 1920, 1940 and undated

Folder 363

Bartlett Durham Memorial, 1937

Folder 364

Durham City

Folder 365

"Durham Day" essay contest, 1928: February-April

Folder 366-368

Education, 1917-1936 and undated

Folder 369

Fayetteville and Hillsborough Conventions, 1939

Folder 370

Greek speeches

Folder 371-373

Historical, 1915-1940 and undated

Folder 374

Historical sketches of American generals

Folder 375

Historical North Carolina

Folder 376

Jokes for speeches

Folder 377

Legal, 1925 and undated

Folder 378

Legal: "The Bar of Durham, N.C., 1881-1967"

Folder 379-380

Memorials, 1915-1975

Folder 381

Military

Folder 382

North Carolina Merchants Association, 1915, 1924 and undated

Folder 383

Off-prints of writings, 1925-1935

Folder 384

Political, 1915-1939 and undated

Folder 385

Radio addresses, 1930-1946

Folder 386

Southgate

Folder 387

Superstitions

Folder 388

Toastmaster, 1929-1942 and undated

Folder 389

War-time speeches

Folder 390

Miscellaneous topics

Folder 391

Notes of speeches, 1930-1936 and undated

Folder 392

Note cards of speeches

3. Legal Practice, 1894-1990 and undated.

About 4000 items.

Legal materials documenting the long legal careers of R. O. Everett and Kathrine R. Everett, with some material relating to Robinson O. Everett.

3.1. Memoranda, 1941-1966.

About 2000 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Daily memoranda, primarily from R. O. Everett's law practice in Durham, N.C., with some later memoranda from the firm of Everett, Everett, and Everett. The bulk of the papers date from 1947 to 1959; there are no memoranda for 1942 to 1945 and 1957 to 1958. Contents include brief lists of to-do items and appointments scheduled for the day.

Folder 393

1941

Folder 394

1946

Folder 395

1947: March-December

Folder 396-397

1948

Folder 398-399

1949

Folder 400

1950

Folder 401

1951

Folder 402-403

1952

Folder 404-405

1953

Folder 406-408

1954

Folder 409-411

1956

Folder 412-413

1959

Folder 414

1961-1966

3.2. Financial and Legal Papers, 1894-1990 and undated.

About 2000 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Financial and legal papers of Kathrine R. Everett and R. O. Everett. Early papers relate to the legal affairs of the Kyle family and Georgia Hicks (Georgie), aunt of Kathrine R. Everett. Legal papers include deeds, certificates of incorporation, indentures, titles, contracts, assessment notes, court briefs, power of attorney, wills, and testimonials. Financial papers include building permits, insurance material, stocks and bonds, bills, rent statements, mortgages, land surveys, tax information, sales of land, business minutes of corporations, and lease agreements.

Folder 415

1894-1913

Folder 416

1914-1920

Folder 417

1921-1924

Folder 418

1925-1927

Folder 419

1928-1929

Folder 420

1930-1931

Folder 421

1932-1933

Folder 422

1934

Folder 423-424

1935

Folder 425

1936

Folder 426-427

1937

Folder 428-429

1938

Folder 430-431

1939

Folder 432

1940

Folder 433

1941

Folder 434

1942

Folder 435-436

1943

Folder 437-438

1944

Folder 439

1945

Folder 440

1946-1947

Folder 441

1948-1949

Folder 442

1950

Folder 443-444

1951

Folder 445

1952

Folder 446-447

1953

Folder 448-449

1954

Folder 450

1955-1957

Folder 451

1958-1959

Folder 452

1960

Folder 453-455

1961

Folder 456-457

1962

Folder 458

1963

Folder 459

1964

Folder 460

1965

Folder 461

State of North Carolina vs. Patricia McLawhorn Phillips, transcript, 1965

Folder 462

1966

Folder 463

1967

Folder 464

Triangle Telecasters, Inc., docket no. 17671, exhibits, 1967

Folder 465

1968-1969

Folder 466

1970

Folder 467-468

1971

Folder 469-470

1972

Folder 471

1973

Folder 472

1974

Folder 473

1975-1976

Folder 474

1977-1979

Folder 475

1982-1987

Folder 476

1990

Folder 477

Blueprints

Folder 478

Client histories

Folder 479

Correspondence, undated

Folder 480

Deeds, undated

Folder 481

Exhibits

Folder 482

Insurance

Folder 483

Legal briefs, undated

Folder 484

Lists of names

Folder 485

Loan papers

Folder 486

Miscellaneous papers

Folder 487

Printed material, undated

Folder 488

Property

Folder 489

Receipts

Folder 490

Statements

Folder 491

Stocks

Folder 492

Surveys

Folder 493

Tax information

3.3. Legal Volumes, 1910-1989 and undated.

59 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Legal and financial volumes of Kathrine R. Everett, R. O. Everett, Robinson O. Everett, and Henry McDiarmid Robinson. Early volumes include an office docket and a fee or cash book of R. O. Everett; a time book and memo book of Kathrine Robinson; and a notebook, apparently belonging to Henry McDiarmid Robinson, detailing appointments in townships with of a number of districts, possibly dating to his tenure as mayor of Fayetteville, N.C., 1923 to 1925. Later volumes are date books, day books, a ledger, and address books of Kathrine R. Everett, R. O. Everett, and Robinson O. Everett, corresponding to their legal partnership in the firm of Everett, Everett, and Everett, with some later volumes of Kathrine R. Everett.

Folder 494

Fee or cash book, R. O. Everett, 1910-1922

Folder 495

Office docket, R. O. Everett, 1914-1916

Folder 496

District ledger, Henry McDiarmid Robinson?, 1923?-1925?

Folder 497

Time book and memo book, Kathrine Robinson, 1924 and undated

Folder 498

Date books, 1939

Folder 499-508

Day books, Kathrine R. Everett, R. O. Everett, and Robinson O. Everett, 1953-1968

Folder 509

Notebooks, 1960s

Folder 510

Date books, 1970-1978

Folder 511

Ledger, 1975

Folder 512-513

Date books, 1980-1989

Folder 514

Address books, undated

4. Organizations, 1920-1990 and undated.

About 1250 items.

Arrangement: by subject.

4.1. Civic, Religious, and Social Organizations, 1922-1990 and undated.

About 400 items.

Papers of Kathrine R. Everett, and possibly some of R. O. Everett, documenting their participation in civic, religious, and social organizations. Materials include programs, minutes, pamphlets, invitations, yearbooks, membership cards, newsletters, rosters, constitutions and bylaws, bulletins, reports, certificates, resolutions, correspondence, budgets, sermons, announcements, and news clippings.

Folder 515-516

Business and Professional Woman's Club, 1925-1969 and undated

Folder 517

Delta Kappa Gamma, 1975

Folder 518

Durham Garden Club, 1933-1935

Folder 519

Durham League of Women Voters, 1927-1953

Folder 520

Durham Merchants Association, 1943

Folder 521

Durham Police Pistol and Recreation Club

Folder 522

Durham Rotary Club, 1987

Folder 523

Durham Tourist Club, 1925-1988

Folder 524

Durham Woman's Club, 1926-1990 and undated

Folder 525

Federation of Women's Club, General, 1951-1989 and undated

Folder 526

Federation of Women's Club, North Carolina, 1952-1981

Folder 527-531

First Presbyterian Church correspondence, 1925-1990

Folder 532

First Presbyterian Church, Blacknall Bible Class

Folder 533

First Presbyterian Church sermons, 1963-1984

Folder 534

First Presbyterian Church speeches

Folder 535

Hope Valley Country Club, 1932-1933

Folder 536

Horace Williams Philosophical Society, 1922-1942

Folder 537

Jaycee, 1951-1958

Folder 538

Montreat Conferences, 1925, 1931

Folder 539

Other church programs, 1927-1978

Folder 540

Presbyterian Committee of Publication

Folder 541-544

Parent Teacher Association, 1933-1941 and undated

Folder 545

Red Cross, 1942-1944

Folder 546

Tourists Club, 1933-1938

Folder 547

Women In Action, 1973-1975

Folder 548

Young Women's Christian Association, 1930-1948

Folder 549-550

Miscellaneous civic and social organizations

Folder 551

Miscellaneous religious organizations

Folder 552

Miscellaneous women's associations

4.2. Historical, Patriotic, and Genealogical Organizations, 1904-1987 and undated.

About 400 items.

Papers of Kathrine R. Everett and R. O. Everett relating to their participation in historical, patriotic, and genealogical organizations and committees. The bulk of the materials relates to R. O. Everett's commissioning a replica of the Canova Statue of George Washington for the North Carolina State House. There are also materials about Kathrine R. Everett's participation in the Colonial Dames of America, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, including applications, programs, reports, tickets, articles, bulletins, correspondence, minutes, lineage, notebooks, and yearbooks. The remaining items are newsletters, reports, minutes, correspondence, yearbooks, budgets, and programs. For museum items relating to these materials, see Series 10.

Folder 553-557

Canova Statue of George Washington, 1909-1970 and undated

Folder 558

Children of the Confederacy, 1921-1964 and undated

Folder 559

Civil War Centennial Commission, 1953-1961

Folder 560-566

Colonial Dames of America, 1907-1987 and undated

Folder 567

Confederate Memorial Forest Committee, 1943

Folder 568-575

Daughters of the American Revolution, 1916-1984 and undated

Folder 576

Durham-Orange County Historical Society, 1937-1970 and undated

Folder 577

Magna Carta Dames, 1942-1950 and undated

Folder 578

National Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, 1971-1984 and undated

Folder 579

North Carolina Confederate Centennial Commission, 1962-1965

Folder 580

North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, 1951-1966 and undated

Folder 581

North Carolina Society of County and Local Historians, 1915-1954

Folder 582

North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities, Inc., 1954

Folder 583

Society of the Cincinnati, 1960-1961

Folder 584-594

United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1904-1983 and undated

4.3. Legal Organizations, 1920-1987 and undated.

About 100 items.

Papers of Kathrine R. Everett and R. O. Everett relating to their participation in legal organizations and conferences, including the American Bar Association, the American Law Institute, the North Carolina Bar Association, the International Bar Association, and the legal fraternity Delta Theta Phi. The bulk of the material is from American Bar Association conferences in London and Washington, D.C., including membership information, programs, seating charts, and directories from 1924, 1932, and 1957. Also included are news clippings, newsletters, reports, correspondence, and resolutions. For museum items relating to these materials, see Series 10.

Folder 595-598

American Bar Association, 1920-1969 and undated

Folder 599

American Law Institute, 1925-1971

Folder 600

Delta Theta Phi, 1986-1987

Folder 601

International Bar Association conference, 1960: 4-8 July

Folder 602

North Carolina Bar Association, 1925-1964 and undated

Folder 603

Miscellaneous law associations

4.4. Political and Government Organizations, 1922-1989 and undated.

About 350 items.

Papers of Kathrine R. Everett and R. O. Everett relating to their participation in political and government organizations, including the Democratic Party; the Durham City Council; the North Carolina Council of Civil Defense, Ground Observation Corps; the North Carolina Legislature; the Southern Council on International Relations; the Welfare Board; the War Finance Committee; and the War Savings Committee. The bulk of the material relates to the Democratic Party, Durham City Government, and North Carolina Legislature. These materials consist of brochures, handbooks, programs, and tickets to Democratic Party conventions; reports, programs, letters, news clippings, agendas, budgets, election ephemera, and district maps from the Durham City Council; and bills, resolutions, correspondence, budgets, district information, and reports from the North Carolina Legislature. Material relating to the Welfare Board, on which Kathrine R. Everett served, includes pamphlets, reports, budgets, cases, juvenile court statistics, and correspondence. Also included are brochures, agendas, addresses, and lists of participants for the North Carolina Council of Civil Defense. Researchers should also see Series 9. Pictures for official and civilian photographs from a trip to Colorado for the Air Defense Command, 1956.

V-4735/S-1. Political scrapbook highlighting the Everett family's participation in the Democratic Party, 1926-1932

V-4735/S-2. Scrapbook documenting Kathrine Everett's trip for the Council of Civil Defense to witness atomic testing, 1955

V-4735/S-3. Scrapbook of Kathrine Everett and her position on the War Savings Committee and her work with war bonds, 1943-1946

Folder 604-609

Democratic Party, 1922-1989 and undated

Folder 610-619

Durham City Government, 1937-1972 and undated

Folder 620

North Carolina Council of Civil Defense, Ground Observation Corps

Folder 621-627

North Carolina Legislature, 1925-1961 and undated

Folder 628

Southern Council on International Relations

Folder 629-632

Welfare Board, 1927-1953 and undated

Folder 633

War Finance Committee

Folder 634

War Savings Committee