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Collection Number: 04898

Collection Title: Susie Sharp Papers, 1900-1997

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Size 79.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 20,000 items)
Abstract The collection of white attorney, jurist, and chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, Susie Marshall Sharp (1907-1996), documents Sharp's professional career and personal life through correspondence, subject files, speeches, and other material, chiefly 1920s-1990s. Subject files contain clippings, memoranda, and correspondence about judicial and personal matters. There are also speeches, chiefly on judicial topics, that Sharp delivered beginning in the 1950s; notebooks in which she defined legal terms and cited precedents; and memoranda, opinions and other materials related to cases she decided. Correspondence, speeches, and other materials document Sharp's 1974 campaign as Democratic Party candidate for the chief justiceship, and there are related letters from friends and associates after her election and her selection as one of twelve 1975 Time magazine Women of the Year. Some of the materials relate to William Haywood Bobbitt, whose retirement as chief justice made way for Sharp's election, and to professors, particularly Albert Coates, and students at the University of North Carolina School of Law and the North Carolina College for Women (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro). Topics include judicial reform and procedures, particularly relating to discipline of judges; women in the judiciary; women lawyers; women's rights, including the Equal Rights Amendment; and prisoners' rights. Much of the personal correspondence is with Sharp family members and friends. The Additions contain materials similar to those in the original deposit and include correspondence between Susie Sharp and her siblings discussing trials and family affairs; family photographs; professional photographs; scrapbooks compiled by Sharp and her mother, Annie Britt Blackwell Sharp; newspaper clippings, some of which pertain to the Klenner-Lynch murders; personal correspondence with family and friends, some of which is in Gregg shorthand; calendars, diaries, notebooks, and other volumes that record professional and private affairs; and papers of James Merritt Sharp that concern fundraising for the Near East College Association.
Creator Sharp, Susie, 1907-1996.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English.
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This collection contains additional materials that are not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact Research and Instructional Service staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options for consulting these materials.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Susie Sharp Papers #4898, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Provenance
Received from Susie Sharp through Anna Ragland Hayes in November 1997 (Acc. 97147), January 2001 (Acc. 98825), and March 2009 (Acc. 101076); from James V. Sharp in July 1998 (Acc. 98168) and in January 2005 (Acc. 99984); from Lawrence A. Taylor in April 2008 (Acc. 100899); from Barbara D. Taylor in August 2008 (Acc. 101030), and in May 2015(Acc. 102218).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Arturo S. Bagley, August 1999

Encoded by: Arturo S. Bagley, August 1999

Finding aid updated in August 2002 by Bridget T. Lerette, in July 2005 by Ashley Doar, in July 2008 by Kathryn Roth, by Jessica Mlotkowski and Kiley Orchard in February 2010, and by staff in April 2019.

Additions are arranged in the same way as, but have not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials.

The August 2008 and March 2009 additions to this collection were processed with support from Elizabeth Moore Ruffin.

Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.

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Susie Marshall Sharp (1907-1996) of Reidsville, N.C., attorney and jurist, was elected chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court in 1974, becoming the first woman elected chief justice of a state supreme court in the United States. A graduate of the North Carolina College for Women and the University of North Carolina School of Law, Sharp began the practice of law in Reidsville in 1929. She served as Reidsville city attorney, 1939-1949; North Carolina superior court judge until 1962; and as North Carolina supreme court justice, 1962-1979.

Susie Marshall Sharp was born in Rocky Mount, N.C., on 7 July 1907 to James Merritt Sharp and Annie Britt Blackwell Sharp. She was the eldest of seven children who survived to adulthood, including Sally Blackwell, Annie Hill, Thomas Adolphus, Louise Wortham, Florence Abigail, and James Vance.

James Merritt Sharp was born 26 September 1877. In 1900, he established Sharp Institute, a co-educational day and boarding school. The school burned down in 1907. Sharp had been studying law, and the end of his teaching career led to one as a lawyer. Sharp passed the Supreme Court's bar examination in 1908. In 1914, he moved his practice to Reidsville, N.C., where he remained for the next 38 years. He served in the North Carolina State Senate in 1925 and 1927, representing the 17th district.

Annie Britt Blackwell (4 March 1884-9 April 1971), the daughter of John Pomfret Blackwell and Sally Wortham Blackwell, was a teacher at Sharp Institute. She married James Merritt Sharp in 1906.

Susie Marshall Sharp, the couple's first child, was named after her mother's younger sister Susie and her Civil War grandfather, James Marshall Sharp. Susie Sharp attended Reidsville public schools from 1914 to 1924. An excellent student and a champion debater, she was chosen class salutatorian. Following her graduation from high school in 1924 and her entrance to the North Carolina College for Women (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Sharp developed an interest in chemistry. In part because of her debating ability, however, she had been encouraged to become a lawyer, and, in 1926, following an all-night session of wrestling over her decision, she chose law over chemistry.

In 1926, Sharp entered the School of Law at the University of North Carolina, the only woman in her class. She soon encountered the entrenched attitudes of the time that opposed women being lawyers. In spite of the obstacles, Sharp became an editor of the North Carolina Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. She received her LL.B. degree with honors in 1929. Sharp passed the bar examination in 1928 while still in school and returned to Reidsville in 1929 to practice law with her father. In the early 1930s, Sharp served as secretary and legal researcher at the University of North Carolina School of Law. As a female lawyer Sharp was a rarity at the time; women were not allowed to serve on juries in North Carolina until 1946.

Sharp was appointed Reidsville's city attorney in 1939. In 1948, her growing influence in the governmental and political affairs of Rockingham County led her father's friend, Kerr Scott, to appoint her as his campaign manager for Rockingham County in the Democratic primary for governor. In the summer of 1949, Governor Scott appointed Susie Sharp to the North Carolina Superior Court bench, making her the first female judge in the history of the state. Judge Sharp's first term established her interest in prison conditions, a concern she maintained for the remainder of her career.

Governor Terry Sanford appointed Sharp to the North Carolina Supreme Court on 9 March 1962. Justice Sharp's appointment made her the first female member of the North Carolina Supreme Court and only the second associate justice from Rockingham County, Thomas Settle having preceded her nearly 100 years earlier in 1868. She was elected in November to fill the remainder of Associate Justice Emory Denny's term, and, in 1966, she was elected to a full eight-year term.

Forced by a newly enacted retirement law to retire in 1974, Chief Justice William Haywood Bobbitt and the rest of the court encouraged Sharp, as the senior associate justice, to seek the chief justiceship. In 1974, she became the first female in the United States to be elected chief justice of a state supreme court, garnering 74 percent of the vote.

During Justice Sharp's seventeen-year tenure on the court, she wrote 459 majority opinions. Her first reported case was Trust Company v. Willis , 257 N.C. 59 (1962), and her last reported case was Pipkin v. Thomas & Hill, Inc., 298 N.C. 278 (1979). In addition, she authored 124 concurring opinions and 45 dissenting opinions.

Sharp's major opinions include: Toone v. Adams, 262 N.C. 403 (1964), about an umpire's right to sue a baseball team and manager who had incited the crowd against him; D & W, Inc. v. Charlotte , 268 N.C. 577 (1966), ruling that brown-bagging in restaurants was not permitted under the law then in existence; Rabon v. Rowan Memorial Hospital, Inc. , 269 N.C. 1 (1967), abolishing hospitals' immunity from liability under the charitable immunity doctrine; Hall v. Board of Elections, 280 N.C. 600 (1972), establishing criteria for college students' eligibility to vote where they went to college; Smith v. State, 289 N.C. 303 (1976), that limited the ancient doctrine of "sovereign immunity"; and In re Peoples, 296 N.C. 109 (1978), the first decision removing a judge for willful misconduct in office.

Chief Justice Sharp successfully advocated for a constitutional amendment, passed in 1980, requiring that all judges be lawyers, after having faced fire extinguisher salesman James Newcomb as her Republican opponent for the chief justiceship.

Sharp received many honors, beginning in 1950 with an honorary LL.D. degree from the North Carolina College for Women. She received an honorary L.H.D. degree from Pfeiffer College in 1960 and honorary LL.D.s from Queens College in 1962, Elon College in 1963, Wake Forest College in 1965, Catawba College in 1970, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1970, and Duke University in 1974. In 1952, the February issue of the Ladies Home Journal recognized her as one of the thirteen outstanding women in public office throughout the country. Twenty-four years later, she was selected by Time magazine in its 6 January 1976 issue as one of twelve women of the year for 1975.

Sharp's accomplishments resulted in a series of awards from women's organizations including the 1959 Achievement Citation from the North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Distinguished Service Award for Women from the Chi Omega Sorority in 1959, the Alumni Service Award from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1975, and the Special Award for Outstanding Legal Achievement from the New York Women's Bar Association in 1976.

Susie Sharp died in 1996.

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The collection documents Susie Sharp's professional career and personal life through correspondence, subject files, speeches, and other material, chiefly 1920s-1990s. Subject files contain clippings, memoranda, and correspondence about judicial and personal matters. There are also speeches, chiefly on judicial topics, that Sharp delivered beginning in the 1950s; notebooks in which she defined legal terms and cited precedents; and memoranda, opinions and other materials related to cases she decided. Correspondence, speeches, and other materials document Sharp's 1974 campaign as Democratic Party candidate for the chief justiceship, and there are related letters from friends and associates after her election and her selection as one of twelve 1975 Time magazine Women of the Year. Some of the materials relate to William Haywood Bobbitt, whose retirement as chief justice made way for Sharp's election, and to professors, particularly Albert Coates, and students at the University of North Carolina School of Law and the North Carolina College for Women (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro). Topics include judicial reform and procedures, particularly relating to discipline of judges; women in the judiciary; women lawyers; women's rights, including the Equal Rights Amendment; and prisoners' rights. Much of the personal correspondence is with Sharp family members and friends, 1920s-1980s, although there are no letters from the 1950s and few from the 1960s. The Additions of 2001 and 2005 chiefly contain materials similar to that of the original deposit. The Additions of April and August 2008 relate chiefly to family and private life, including correspondence between Susie Sharp and her siblings discussing trials and family affairs; postcards from various Sharp family members; a photograph of Sharp's father, James Merrit Sharp; scrapbooks compiled by Sharp's mother, Annie Britt Blackwell Sharp; clippings; a music lesson book; and sewing materials. The Addition of March 2009 includes newspaper clippings and scrapbooks that document Sharp's career and personal correspondence with family and friends, some of which is in Gregg shorthand. There are also family and professional photographs and photograph albums; calendars, diaries, notebooks, and other volumes that record professional and private affairs; and other materials, such as personal scrapbooks that reflect Sharp's interest in various lifestyle topics, clippings relating to the Klenner-Lynch murders, and papers of James Merritt Sharp that concern fundraising for the Near East College Association.

Note that, in some cases, original file folder titles have been retained.

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Contents list

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1. Office Files, 1929-April 1986.
1.1. General Subject Files, July 1946, August 1963-July 1985.
1.2. 1974 Chief Justice Campaign Files, July 1973-November 1974.
1.3. General Correspondence, October 1972-April 1986.
1.4. Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and Time Magazine Files, November 1974-January 1976.
1.5. Speech Files, April 1959-September 1981.
1.6. Case Files, 1962-1979.
1.7. Legal Notebooks, 1929-1979.
2. Personal Correspondence, 1900-1989.
2.1. 1900-1929.
2.2. 1930-1949.
2.3. 1960-1989.
Additions
3. Office Files and Personal Correspondence, 1906-1997 and undated (Addition of January 2001).
3.1. Office Files, 1910, 1923-1996 and undated.
3.1.1. General Subject Files, 1910, 1923-1996, and undated.
3.1.2. 1974 Chief Justice Campaign Files, 1974.
3.1.3. General Correspondence, 1928, 1945-1992, and undated.
3.1.4. Speech Files, 1980-1985 and undated.
3.1.5. Case Files, 1926, 1953-1979, and undated.
3.2. Personal Correspondence, 1906, 1931-1997, and undated.
3.2.1. 1900-1929.
3.2.2. 1930-1959.
3.2.3. 1960-1989.
3.2.4. 1990-1997 and undated.
4. Office Files, Personal Correspondence, and Pictures, 1929-1993 and undated (Addition of January 2005).
4.1. Office Files, 1950-1992 and undated (bulk 1962-1978).
4.1.1. General Subject Files, 1950-1992.
4.1.2. General Correspondence, 1962-1980 and undated.
4.1.3. Speech Files, 1951-1979 and undated.
4.1.4. Case Files, 1968-1979 and undated.
4.1.5. Opinions, 1962-1979.
4.1.6. Clippings, 1949-1996 and undated (bulk 1974-1984).
4.2. Personal Correspondence, 1929-1993 and undated.
4.2.1. 1900-1929.
4.2.2. 1930-1959.
4.2.3. 1960-1989.
4.2.4. 1990-1997 and undated
4.3. Pictures, 1966 and undated.
5. Personal Correspondence, Pictures, and Other Materials, circa 1900-1970s (Addition of April 2008)
5.1. Personal Correspondence, 1905-1971 and undated.
5.2. Pictures, 1943.
5.3 Other Materials, circa 1900-1956.
6. Other Materials, 1940s-1960s. (Addition of August 2008)
7. Office Files, Personal Correspondence, Pictures, and Other Materials, circa 1920s-1990s (Addition of March 2009)
7.1. General Subject Files, 1929-1989 and undated.
7.2. Chief Justice Campaign Files, 1974.
7.3. Speeches, 1951-1964 and undated.
7.4. Case Files, 1929-1979 and undated.
7.5. Clippings and Professional Scrapbooks, 1930s-1990s.
7.6. Personal Correspondence, 1927-1991 and undated.
7.7. Pictures, 1880s-1990 and undated.
7.8. Other Materials, 1911-1990s.
7.9. Calendars, Diaries, and Other Volumes, 1929-1987 and undated.
8. Papers and Pictures (Addition of May 2015)
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About 3,000 items.

Processing note: See also Additions of January 2001, January 2005, and March 2009.

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About 2,000 items.

Processing note: See also Additions of January 2001, January 2005, and March 2009.

Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.

Letters, memoranda, magazine and newspaper articles, pamphlets, research materials, and other items chiefly documenting Susie Sharp's professional, but with some materials relating to her personal life.

While most of the items date from the late 1960s on, the materials on the Fultz quadruplets, for whom Sharp served as trustee, contain letters from earlier in the decade and a 1946 deed by which Sharp's father sold property to the Fultz family.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation folders document Sharp's involvement in a presidential commission to recommend a successor to FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley. Sharp had initially begged off the assignment when contacted by Vice President Walter F. Mondale but agreed when importuned by Attorney General Griffin Bell, an old acquaintance.

The judicial district files contain information about judges who had been accused of wrongdoing. There is similar material in files under the name of particular judges (e.g., such as Ken Griffin) and in the In re Peoples materials in Series 1.6.

The materials on Albert Coates include correspondence, newspaper clippings, and remarks Sharp made at a ceremony honoring him. Coates was one of Sharp's teachers at the University of North Carolina School of Law and the founder of the Institute of Government at UNC.

Prison letters are from prisoners complaining about prison conditions or about the circumstances of their convictions. Sharp was known to have a long-standing interest in maintaining humane prison conditions.

There is a substantial amount of material, including newspaper clippings and correspondence, on the Equal Rights Amendment. Despite her role as a trailblazer for women lawyers, women judges, and women in government generally, Sharp received criticism from some quarters for her opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment. Sharp believed that, while women must be afforded equal opportunities, their position in society entitled them to certain preferential protections, such as pensions, that a rigorous interpretation of the Equal Rights Amendment would destroy.

Note that Sharp's original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Folder 1

Administrative Office of the Courts

Folder 2

Advisory Opinion Regarding Constitutional Amendment Election

Folder 3

Allowance of Attorneys' Fees

Folder 4

Alumni Associations

Folder 5

American Bar Association

Folder 6

The American Bench--Judges of the Nation

Folder 7

Appellate Judges Seminars

Folder 8

Autobiographical Materials

Folder 9

Automobile

Folder 10

Bar Meetings, 1975

Folder 11

Bickett, William Y., Judge

Folder 12-15

Folder 12

Folder 13

Folder 14

Folder 15

Bobbitt, William H., Justice

Folder 16

Bonds: Mitchell v. Authority, 273 N.C. 137

Folder 17

Books

Folder 18

Branch, Joseph, Justice

Folder 19

Britt, David M., Justice

Folder 20

Brock, Walter, Justice

Folder 21-22

Folder 21

Folder 22

Capital Punishment

Folder 23

Carlton, J. Phil, Justice

Folder 24

Removed by donor

Folder 25

Ceremonials

Folder 26

Certificates of Election and Oaths of Office

Folder 27

Change of Address

Folder 28

Chapel Hill Matters

Folder 29

Chief District Judges Meeting

Folder 30-31

Folder 30

Folder 31

Clippings

Folder 32

Clippings for Book Club Programs

Folder 33-35

Folder 33

Folder 34

Folder 35

Coates, Albert

Folder 36

Coffee Hour

Folder 37-48

Folder 37

Folder 38

Folder 39

Folder 40

Folder 41

Folder 42

Folder 43

Folder 44

Folder 45

Folder 46

Folder 47

Folder 48

Conference of Chief Justices

Folder 49

Conference of Superior Court Judges and District Court Judges

Folder 50

Conference of Superior Court Judges: Committee on Salaries, Expenses and Retirement Benefits

Folder 51

Conference Rules

Folder 52

Copeland, J. William, Justice

Folder 53-54

Folder 53

Folder 54

Counsel Fees for Indigent Defendants

Folder 55

Court of Appeals

Folder 56

Court of Appeals Rules

Folder 57

Crackpot File

Folder 58

Criminal Justice Information Systems

Folder 59

Death Penalty

Folder 60

Defense of Capital Cases

Folder 61

Delta Kappa Gamma

Folder 62

Devin, William A., Justice: Portrait

Folder 63

Directed Verdict

Folder 64

District Judges/Chief District Court Judges

Folder 65

Dukakis, Michael: Presidential Campaign

Folder 66

Duties of the Chief Justice

Folder 67

East Carolina University

Folder 68

Edgewater

Folder 69

Election Returns

Folder 70

Electoral College

Folder 71-76

Folder 71

Folder 72

Folder 73

Folder 74

Folder 75

Folder 76

Equal Rights Amendment

Folder 77-78

Folder 77

Folder 78

Ervin, Sam, Senator

Folder 79

Estate by the Entireties

Folder 80

Ethics and Advocacy

Folder 81

Exclusionary Rule

Folder 82

Executives Club

Folder 83

Exum, James G., Justice

Folder 84-86

Folder 84

Folder 85

Folder 86

Federal Bureau of Investigation Meeting

Folder 87-88

Folder 87

Folder 88

Federal Habeas Corpus

Folder 89

Free Press v. Fair Trial

Folder 90

Freeman, Franklin

Folder 91

Friday, William C.

Folder 92

Fultz Quadruplets

Folder 93

General Statutes

Folder 94

Governor's Crime Commission

Folder 95

Griffin, Ken, Judge

Folder 96-97

Folder 96

Folder 97

Gwyn Memorial

Folder 98

Health Matters

Folder 99

Hope Plantation

Folder 100-101

Folder 100

Folder 101

Hunt, Jim, Governor

Folder 102

Huskins, J. Frank, Justice

Folder 103

Inauguration, 1977

Folder 104

Insurance

Folder 105

International Year of the Child

Folder 106-109

Folder 106

Folder 107

Folder 108

Folder 109

Invitations, 1975-1977

Folder 110-116

Folder 110

Folder 111

Folder 112

Folder 113

Folder 114

Folder 115

Folder 116

Invitations to Speaking Engagements, 1974-1984

Folder 117

Journal of Rockingham County History and Genealogy

Folder 118

Joyner, William T.: Publications Endowment

Folder 119

Judges' Administrative Week

Folder 120-124

Folder 120

Folder 121

Folder 122

Folder 123

Folder 124

Judges: Appointment: Governor Jim Hunt's Plan

Folder 125

Judges: Censured

Folder 126-127

Folder 126

Folder 127

Judges: Complaints and Praise

Folder 128

Judges: Continuing Judicial Education

Folder 129

Judges: Non-attorney

Folder 130-136

Folder 130

Folder 131

Folder 132

Folder 133

Folder 134

Folder 135

Folder 136

Judges: Salaries (see also Judicial Salaries)

Folder 137-139

Folder 137

Folder 138

Folder 139

Judges: Selection

Folder 140-141

Folder 140

Folder 141

Judicial Council

Folder 142-165

Folder 142

Folder 143

Folder 144

Folder 145

Folder 146

Folder 147

Folder 148

Folder 149

Folder 150

Folder 151

Folder 152

Folder 153

Folder 154

Folder 155

Folder 156

Folder 157

Folder 158

Folder 159

Folder 160

Folder 161

Folder 162

Folder 163

Folder 164

Folder 165

Judicial Districts

Folder 166-170

Folder 166

Folder 167

Folder 168

Folder 169

Folder 170

Judicial Ethics

Folder 171

Judicial Planning Committee

Folder 172

Judicial Retirement

Folder 173-174

Folder 173

Folder 174

Judicial Salaries (see also Judges: Salaries)

Folder 175-176

Folder 175

Folder 176

Judicial Standards Commission

Folder 177

Jury and Grand Jury

Folder 178-179

Folder 178

Folder 179

Justice Building

Folder 180

Juvenile Code Revision Committee

Folder 181

Kennedy, Edward, Senator

Folder 182-183

Folder 182

Folder 183

Lake, I. Beverly, Justice

Folder 184-185

Folder 184

Folder 185

Law Clerks

Folder 186-187

Folder 186

Folder 187

Legal Questions

Folder 188-193

Folder 188

Folder 189

Folder 190

Folder 191

Folder 192

Folder 193

Legislative File, 1969 and 1977

Folder 194

Letters of Recommendation for United States Supreme Court

Folder 195

Magistrates

Folder 196

Manning, Allen

Folder 197

Memoranda to Justices

Folder 198

Metric System

Folder 199

Miscellaneous Research

Folder 200

Montague, Bert

Folder 201

Moore, Dan K., Justice

Folder 202

Mordecai Square Historical Society

Folder 203

Morris, Naomi, Chief Judge

Folder 204-207

Folder 204

Folder 205

Folder 206

Folder 207

National Center for State Courts Meeting, Williamsburg, March 1978

Folder 208

National Conference on the Causes of Popular Dissatisfaction with the Administration of Justice

Folder 209

National Judicial College

Folder 210

North Carolina Association of District Court Judges Meeting, Asheville, N.C., 1978

Folder 211

North Carolina Awards Commission

Folder 212-213

Folder 212

Folder 213

North Carolina Bar Association

Folder 214

North Carolina Citizens Association

Folder 215

North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct

Folder 216

North Carolina Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution

Folder 217

North Carolina Court History

Folder 218

North Carolina Criminal Justice Information Security and Privacy Board

Folder 219

North Carolina Index

Folder 220

North Carolina Legislative Directories

Folder 221-222

Folder 221

Folder 222

North Carolina Prisons

Folder 223-224

Folder 223

Folder 224

North Carolina State Bar

Folder 225-230

Folder 225

Folder 226

Folder 227

Folder 228

Folder 229

Folder 230

North Carolina Supreme Court (see also Personnel)

Folder 231

Oaths

Folder 232

Obscenity

Folder 233-234

Folder 233

Folder 234

Oddities

Folder 235

Open Courts

Folder 236

Our Webb Kin of Dixie

Folder 237

Outer Banks

Folder 238

Passport

Folder 239-241

Folder 239

Folder 240

Folder 241

Pennrose Park Country Club

Folder 242-243

Folder 242

Folder 243

Personnel of North Carolina Supreme Court (see also North Carolina Supreme Court)

Folder 244-246

Folder 244

Folder 245

Folder 246

Pertinent Personalities

Folder 247

Pfeiffer College

Folder 248

Price, J. Hampton

Folder 249

Prison Conditions

Folder 250-259

Folder 250

Folder 251

Folder 252

Folder 253

Folder 254

Folder 255

Folder 256

Folder 257

Folder 258

Folder 259

Prison Letters

Folder 260

Probation

Folder 261-262

Folder 261

Folder 262

Proposed North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure

Folder 263

Public Information Officer

Folder 264

Sir Walter Raleigh Memorial

Folder 265-267

Folder 265

Folder 266

Folder 267

Rape

Folder 268

Recipes

Folder 269

Reid, David E., Judge

Folder 270

Religion

Folder 271

Requests for Autographs

Folder 272

Resume

Folder 273

Retirement

Folder 274

Right to Counsel

Folder 275-277

Folder 275

Folder 276

Folder 277

Rockingham County Historical Society

Folder 278

Roof Repair

Folder 279

Ruffin, Thomas, Chief Justice

Folder 280

Ruffin Statue

Folder 281

School Desegregation

Folder 282

Sea Island, Ga., Trip

Folder 283

Seat Belts

Folder 284

Senior Citizens

Folder 285-286

Folder 285

Folder 286

Sharp Family

Folder 287

Silver Paul Revere Bowl

Folder 288

Southeastern Judicial and Selective Enforcement Conference

Folder 289

Speaker Ban Law

Folder 290

Speedy Trial

Folder 291

Spicer-Breckenridge Memorial Lecture

Folder 292

State of the Judiciary

Folder 293

Subpoenas and Suits

Folder 294

Suggested Court and Conference Rules

Folder 295

Superior Court Judges

Folder 296-298

Folder 296

Folder 297

Folder 298

Swearing in Ceremonies

Folder 299

Takings of Land by Highway Commission

Folder 300

Telegrams

Folder 301-303

Folder 301

Folder 302

Folder 303

Television in Court

Folder 304

Tobacco

Folder 305

Uniform Sentencing

Folder 306

United States Supreme Court

Folder 307

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 50th Class Reunion

Folder 308

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Folder 309

University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Alumni Service Award

Folder 310

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Folder 311

Valentine Museum

Folder 312

Vanore, Andy

Folder 313

We the People of North Carolina Magazine Article

Folder 314

"Why 65? The Right to Choose"

Folder 315

Who's Who Materials

Folder 316-318

Folder 316

Folder 317

Folder 318

Wilmington 10

Folder 319

Wilson Pest Control Company

Folder 320

Woman's Club of Raleigh

Folder 321

Women

Folder 322

Women Judges and Women Attorneys

Folder 323

Writ of Habeas Corpus

Folder 324

Wrongful Death

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.2. 1974 Chief Justice Campaign Files, July 1973-November 1974.

About 350 items.

Processing note: See also Additions of January 2001 and March 2009.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Newspaper clippings, magazine articles, correspondence, invoices, and other materials related to Susie Sharp's campaign for election to the position of chief justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court. In 1974, Chief Justice William H. Bobbitt was forced to step down due to a law requiring judges to retire at age 72. Justice Sharp was next in line in seniority, but she had to be elected to the position. She expected that her Republican opponent would be Elreta Alexander, a state district judge. Alexander was defeated in the primary, however, by Jim Newcomb, a businessman without any legal training or experience. Sharp made the importance of legal experience the central theme of her campaign.

Note that Sharp's original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained. See also folder 477 for speeches given during the campaign.

Folder 325

Advertising

Folder 326

Alexander, Elreta, Judge

Folder 327

Alexander, Lelia M.

Folder 328

Announcement and Filing

Folder 329

Armstrong, Frank M., Judge

Folder 330

Asheville/Concord

Folder 331

Brochures Mailed

Folder 332-335

Folder 332

Folder 333

Folder 334

Folder 335

Campaign Contributions

Folder 336

Campaign Expenses

Folder 337

Campaign Report Transmittals and Tharrington Correspondence

Folder 338

Candidacy Filing Statement and Personal Data

Folder 339

Charlotte Speech

Folder 340

Cherokee County

Folder 341

Collier, Robert, Judge

Folder 342-343

Folder 342

Folder 343

Correspondence: A-C

Folder 344

Correspondence: D-F

Folder 345-346

Folder 345

Folder 346

Correspondence: G-I

Folder 347

Correspondence: J-L

Folder 348

Correspondence: M-O

Folder 349

Correspondence: P-R

Folder 350

Correspondence: S-U

Folder 351

Correspondence: V-Z

Folder 352

Correspondence with Contributors

Folder 353

Counties

Folder 354

County Commissioners

Folder 355

Cumberland County

Folder 356

Democratic Campaign Committee

Folder 357

Democratic Convention

Folder 358

Democratic Executive Committee

Folder 359

Democratic Party Platform

Folder 360

Democratic Women of North Carolina

Folder 361

Duties of the Chief Justice

Folder 362

Guilford County

Folder 363

Haywood County

Folder 364

Headquarters

Folder 365

Invitations for Speaking Engagements

Folder 366

Labor Party

Folder 367

Lists

Folder 368

Lyon, Virginia

Folder 369

Multiple Mailings

Folder 370-371

Folder 370

Folder 371

Newcomb, Jim

Folder 372

News Releases

Folder 373

Newspaper Directories

Folder 374

Newspaper, Television, and Radio Schedule

Folder 375

Official Election File

Folder 376

Pless, J. Will, Justice

Folder 377

Poll

Folder 378

Possible Campaign Workers and Campaign Materials

Folder 379

Precinct Committees

Folder 380

Radio, TV, and Newspaper Information

Folder 381

Stockton, Ralph

Folder 382

Supplies: Invoices

Folder 383

Thank You Letters

Folder 384

Tharrington, J. Harold

Folder 385

Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report Articles

Folder 386

Unanswered Letters

Folder 387

Unidentified Speech

Folder 388

Volunteers

Folder 389

Wake County Democratic Executive Committee

Folder 390

Winston-Salem

Folder 391

Women and Equal Rights

Folder 392

Women's Rallies

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.3. General Correspondence, October 1972-April 1986.

About 350 items.

Processing note: See also Additions of January 2001 and January 2005.

Arrangement: alphabetical by correspondent.

Much of this correspondence is of a professional nature, but there are many personal letters, particularly to and from Sharp family members.

Folder 393

A

Folder 394-395

Folder 394

Folder 395

B

Folder 396-398

Folder 396

Folder 397

Folder 398

C

Folder 399

D

Folder 400

E

Folder 401-402

Folder 401

Folder 402

F

Folder 403-404

Folder 403

Folder 404

G

Folder 405-407

Folder 405

Folder 406

Folder 407

H

Folder 408

I

Folder 409

J

Folder 410

K

Folder 411

L

Folder 412-414

Folder 412

Folder 413

Folder 414

M

Folder 415

N

Folder 416

O

Folder 417-418

Folder 417

Folder 418

P

Folder 419-421

Folder 419

Folder 420

Folder 421

R

Folder 422-424

Folder 422

Folder 423

Folder 424

S

Folder 425-426

Folder 425

Folder 426

T

Folder 427

V

Folder 428-429

Folder 428

Folder 429

W

Folder 430

Y-Z

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.4. Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and Time Magazine Files, November 1974-January 1976.

About 150 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Correspondence offering Sharp congratulations on her 1974 election to the chief justiceship of the North Carolina Supreme Court and her selection as one of Time magazine Women of the Year, 1975.

Folder 431

A

Folder 432

B

Folder 433

C

Folder 434

D

Folder 435

E

Folder 436

F

Folder 437

G

Folder 438

H

Folder 439

I

Folder 440

J

Folder 441

K

Folder 442

L

Folder 443

M

Folder 444

N

Folder 445

O

Folder 446

P

Folder 447

R

Folder 448

S

Folder 449

T

Folder 450

V

Folder 451

W

Folder 452

Y-Z

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.5. Speech Files, April 1959-September 1981.

About 30 items.

Processing note: See also Additions of January 2001, January 2005, and March 2009.

Arrangement: alphabetical by speech title or group/occasion.

Texts of various speeches Susie Sharp delivered during her career, most of which relate to the law and her experiences. Please note that a few speeches may be found elsewhere in the collection, particularly in the General Subject Files (Series 1.1).

Folder 453

"Breaking the Barriers Which Face Women in Public Affairs"

Folder 454

Buncombe County Democratic Women's Club, 25 July 1974

Folder 455

Caswell County Courthouse Dedication, July 1976

Folder 456

Chi Omega Service Award, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3 April 1959

Folder 457

"Common Errors in Appellate Practice--The Mechanism by which the Court Considers Appeals"

Folder 458

Elon College Commencement

Folder 459

4th Congressional District, Fall 1974

Folder 460

Greensboro Bar Association, 19 September 1974

Folder 461

Justice James Iredell Papers Ceremony, 29 September 1976

Folder 462

Joan Mondale Introduction

Folder 463

Judge Naomi Elizabeth Morris Night

Folder 464

National Conference of Law Reviews, 31 March 1978

Folder 465

New York Women's Bar Association, 17 May 1976

Folder 466

North Carolina Bar Association, 2 July 1975

Folder 467

North Carolina Sheriffs' Association Annual Conference, 30 July 1974

Folder 468

North Carolina State Bar Annual Meeting, 26 October 1962

Folder 469

North Carolina State Bar Annual Meeting, 17 October 1975

Folder 470

North Carolina State Bar Annual Meeting, 22 October 1976

Folder 471

Peace College

Folder 472

Phi Alpha Delta

Folder 473

Resident Judge and District Attorney Swearing-in Ceremony, 1 September 1981

Folder 474

Rockingham Community College Commencement, 19 May 1974

Folder 475

Superior Court Judges, 17 March 1978

Folder 476

Unidentified

Folder 477

Various Speeches During Chief Justice Campaign (see also Series 1.2)

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.6. Case Files, 1962-1979.

About 150 items.

Processing note: See also Additions of January 2001, January 2005, and March 2009.

Arrangement: alphabetical by case name.

Research memoranda and opinions delivered in various cases during Susie Sharp's tenure on the North Carolina Supreme Court. Cases of note include D & W, Inc. v. Charlotte , 268 N.C. 577 (1966), ruling that brown-bagging in restaurants was not permitted under the law then in existence, and In re Peoples , 296 N.C. 109 (1978), the first opinion of this court removing a judge from office for willful misconduct in office.

Folder 478

AT & T v. Griffin

Folder 479

"Brown Bag" Case ( D & W v. City of Charlotte )

Folder 480

Camby v. Southern Railway

Folder 481

Campbell v. First Baptist Church

Folder 482

Carolinas-Virginias Association of Building Owners and Managers v. Ingram

Folder 483

FDIC v. Loft Apartments

Folder 484

Garrison v. Miller

Folder 485

Hankerson v. North Carolina

Folder 486

Hasty v. Carpenter

Folder 487

Hennessee v. Cogburn

Folder 488

In the Matter of Mathias P. Hunoval

Folder 489

Leasing v. Brown

Folder 490

Mullaney v. Wilbur

Folder 491

North Carolina v. Alford

Folder 492-496

Folder 492

Folder 493

Folder 494

Folder 495

Folder 496

In Re Peoples

Folder 497

Pipkin v. Thomas & Hill

Folder 498

Scales Case

Folder 499

Spencer v. Sharp

Folder 500

State v. Branch

Folder 501

State v. Covington

Folder 502

State v. Crews & Parrish

Folder 503

State v. Du Pree

Folder 504

State v. Emory

Folder 505

State v. Fox

Folder 506

State v. Futrell

Folder 507

State v. Lawrence

Folder 508

State v. Seymour

Folder 509

State v. Small

Folder 510

State v. Vick

Folder 511

State v. Winfrey

Folder 512

Variety Theatres v. Cleveland County

Folder 513

Williams v. Biscuitville

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 1.7. Legal Notebooks, 1929-1979.

7 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by term defined.

Contents of seven three-ring binders with definitions of legal terms and doctrines. The papers from each binder have been arranged alphabetically, but separated to show the structure of the original seven binders. Some of the binders were clearly begun early in Susie Sharp's legal career, with others started after she was on the bench.

Folder 514-520

Folder 514

Folder 515

Folder 516

Folder 517

Folder 518

Folder 519

Folder 520

A-B

Folder 521-527

Folder 521

Folder 522

Folder 523

Folder 524

Folder 525

Folder 526

Folder 527

C-D

Folder 528-535

Folder 528

Folder 529

Folder 530

Folder 531

Folder 532

Folder 533

Folder 534

Folder 535

E-F

Folder 536-542

Folder 536

Folder 537

Folder 538

Folder 539

Folder 540

Folder 541

Folder 542

G-H

Folder 543-549

Folder 543

Folder 544

Folder 545

Folder 546

Folder 547

Folder 548

Folder 549

I-K

Folder 550-556

Folder 550

Folder 551

Folder 552

Folder 553

Folder 554

Folder 555

Folder 556

L-M

Folder 557-563

Folder 557

Folder 558

Folder 559

Folder 560

Folder 561

Folder 562

Folder 563

N-P

Folder 564-570

Folder 564

Folder 565

Folder 566

Folder 567

Folder 568

Folder 569

Folder 570

Q-R

Folder 571-577

Folder 571

Folder 572

Folder 573

Folder 574

Folder 575

Folder 576

Folder 577

S-T

Folder 578-584

Folder 578

Folder 579

Folder 580

Folder 581

Folder 582

Folder 583

Folder 584

U-Z

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 2. Personal Correspondence, 1900-1989.

About 1,100 items.

Processing note: See also Additions of January 2001, January 2005, April 2008, and March 2009.

Arrangement: alphabetical by correspondent.

Susie Sharp's personal correspondence with family and friends. The letters begin in the 1920s and continue through the 1980s. There is a noticeable lack of correspondence in the 1950s and only a smattering in the 1960s. Some personal letters that Sharp kept in her office files may be found in Series 1, particularly the Sharp Family folder in the Series 1.1, Series 1.3, and Series 1.4.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1. 1900-1929.

About 200 items.

Processing note: See also Additions of January 2001, January 2005, April 2008, and March 2009.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Personal letters written to and from Susie Sharp, mostly in the 1920s. Included are letters from her father and mother, James Merritt Sharp and Annie Britt Blackwell Sharp, as well as from her siblings Annie, Sallie, Tommy, Florence, and Louise. Other correspondents were Sharp's mother's sister Susie Webb Blackwell Garrett, her husband A. Earle Garrett, Sr., and their son A. Earle Garrett, Jr.

Sharp's friends from Reidsville included Margaret Fillman and Janie Sands. The High School Notes folder contains notes passed to Sharp from classmates in her secondary school. Nuion Boulliat was Sharp's pen pal from France, and Constance Gwaltney was a friend from the North Carolina College for Women.

Correspondents connected with the University of North Carolina include law professor Millard Breckenridge and his wife Venitah and students, including Maude Brown, Dorothy Fahs, Lee Kennett, Lina Keller, Howard Gibson Godwin, and Eleanor Torrens. Ruby Ross was a secretary in the law school.

The only letter written before the 1920s is a 1900 love letter to Sharp's mother.

Folder 585

Averitt, Edith

Folder 586

B

Folder 587

Bacon, Mabel

Folder 588

Baird, Lucy

Folder 589-590

Folder 589

Folder 590

Boulliat, Nuion

Folder 591

Breckenridge, Millard S.

Folder 592

Breckenridge, Venitah

Folder 593

Brown, Maude

Folder 594

Counts, Donie

Folder 595

C

Folder 596

D

Folder 597

E

Folder 598

F

Folder 599

Fahs, Dorothy

Folder 600

Fillman, Margaret

Folder 601

G

Folder 602

Garrett, A. Earle, Jr.

Folder 603

Garrett, A. Earle, Sr.

Folder 604

Garrett, Susie Webb Blackwell

Folder 605

Godwin, Howard

Folder 606

Gwaltney, Constance

Folder 607

H

Folder 608-609

Folder 608

Folder 609

Henry, Helen

Folder 610-611

Folder 610

Folder 611

High School Notes

Folder 612

J

Folder 613

K

Folder 614

Keller, Lina

Folder 615

Kennett, Lee

Folder 616

L

Folder 617

M

Folder 618

N

Folder 619

R

Folder 620-621

Folder 620

Folder 621

Ross, Ruby

Folder 622-624

Folder 622

Folder 623

Folder 624

Sands, Janie

Folder 625

Sharp, Annie Britt Blackwell

Folder 626

Sharp, Annie Hill

Folder 627

Sharp, James Merritt

Folder 628

Sharp, Louise

Folder 629

Sharp, Sallie

Folder 630

Sharp, Tommy

Folder 631

Snell, Mary

Folder 632

T

Folder 633

Torrens, Eleanor

Folder 634

V

Folder 635-636

Folder 635

Folder 636

W

Folder 637

Unidentified

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.2. 1930-1949.

About 400 items.

Processing note: See also Additions of January 2001, January 2005, April 2008, and March 2009.

Arrangement: alphabetical by correspondent.

In September 1930, Sharp accepted a position as law school secretary and research assistant from Dean Charles T. McCormick of the University of North Carolina School of Law. This position brought her back into the Chapel Hill orbit early in the 1930s. Law school faculty and staff correspondents in this period include Agnes R. Neville, Charles McCormick, Albert Coates, A. C. McIntosh, and M. T. Van Hecke. Law school students include Hugh Lobdell, William T. Covington, Jr., Allen Langston, and John B. Lewis. Jean Breckenridge Newnam is the daughter of UNC law professor Millard Breckenridge.

In addition to correspondence from the family members identified in Series 2.1, there are also letters from Sharp's younger brother James Vance Sharp, also known as Kits.

Folder 638

A

Folder 639-643

Folder 639

Folder 640

Folder 641

Folder 642

Folder 643

Averitt, Edith

Folder 644

B

Folder 645

Bacon, Mabel

Folder 646

Baird, Lucy

Folder 647

Beck, Dorothy Fahs

Folder 648

Boulliat, Nuion

Folder 649

Breckenridge, Millard S.

Folder 650

Breckenridge, Venitah

Folder 651

Brogden, Willis J., Justice

Folder 652

Brown, Maude

Folder 653

C

Folder 654

Counts, Donie

Folder 655

Covington, William T., Jr.

Folder 656

D

Folder 657

E

Folder 658

Elliott, Lucille

Folder 659

F

Folder 660

Fillman, Margaret

Folder 661

G

Folder 662

Garrett, A. Earle, Sr.

Folder 663

Godwin, Howard

Folder 664

Gwyn, Allen H.

Folder 665

Gwyn, Janie S.

Folder 666

H

Folder 667-668

Folder 667

Folder 668

Henry, Helen

Folder 669

Henry, Tom

Folder 670

J

Folder 671

K

Folder 672-673

Folder 672

Folder 673

Keller, Lina

Folder 674

L

Folder 675-677

Folder 675

Folder 676

Folder 677

Langston, Allen

Folder 678

Lewis, John B.

Folder 679

Lobdell, Hugh L.

Folder 680

M

Folder 681-682

Folder 681

Folder 682

McCormick, Charles T.

Folder 683

McIntosh, A. C.

Folder 684

Martin, Frances

Folder 685

N

Folder 686

Neville, Agnes R.

Folder 687

Newnam, Jean Breckenridge

Folder 688

Newnam, Margaret

Folder 689

P

Folder 690

Perkins, E. M.

Folder 691

R

Folder 692-693

Folder 692

Folder 693

Ross, Ruby

Folder 694

S

Folder 695

Sands, Janie

Folder 696-698

Folder 696

Folder 697

Folder 698

Sharp, Annie Britt Blackwell

Folder 699

Sharp, Annie Hill

Folder 700

Removed by donor

Folder 701-703

Folder 701

Folder 702

Folder 703

Sharp, Florence Abigail

Folder 704-705

Folder 704

Folder 705

Sharp, James Merritt

Folder 706

Sharp, James Vance

Folder 707

Sharp, Louise

Folder 708-709

Folder 708

Folder 709

Sharp, Sallie

Folder 710-711

Folder 710

Folder 711

Sharp, Thomas

Folder 712

Snell, Mary

Folder 713

T

Folder 714-715

Folder 714

Folder 715

Torrens, Eleanor

Folder 716

Tyner, Nina

Folder 717

Van Hecke, M. T.

Folder 718

W

Folder 719-723

Folder 719

Folder 720

Folder 721

Folder 722

Folder 723

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 2.3. 1960-1989.

About 500 items.

Processing note: See also Additions of January 2001, January 2005, April 2008, and March 2009.

Arrangement: alphabetical by correspondent.

Correspondence from family members includes letters from Susie Sharp's sister Annie Hill Sharp Klenner and her children Fredrick Klenner, Jr., and Gertrude Klenner Wilkerson; Sharp's sister Florence Sharp Newsom and her children Susie Sharp Newsom Lynch and Robert Newsom, Jr.; Sharp's brother James Vance Sharp and his wife Gwen Sharp; Sharp's sister Louise Sharp, who had moved back into the family residence in Reidsville; Sharp's brother Thomas Sharp, his wife Bobbie Sharp, and their daughter Tyrell Sharp; and Larry Taylor and Barbara Taylor, the son and daughter-in-law of Sharp's deceased sister Sallie.

Other correspondents include Judge Bobbitt's sister, Mary Potts, and Sharp's secretary, Virginia Lyons.

Louise Sharp's correspondence is particularly voluminous. She kept in touch with many family members and wrote long Christmas letters detailing the activities of many family members.

Folder 724

A

Folder 725

Alexander, Lelia

Folder 726

Averitt, Edith

Folder 727-728

Folder 727

Folder 728

B

Folder 729

Bethea, Virginia

Folder 730

Breckenridge, Jean

Folder 731-732

Folder 731

Folder 732

Breckenridge, Millard S.

Folder 733

C

Folder 734

Carpender, Catharine C.

Folder 735

Carter, Sarah

Folder 736

Casper, Margaret

Folder 737

Chaney, Margaret

Folder 738

Copeland, J. William, Justice

Folder 739

Covington, William T., Jr.

Folder 740

D

Folder 741

Davis, Bobbie

Folder 742

E

Folder 743

F

Folder 744

G

Folder 745

H

Folder 746

I-J

Folder 747

K

Folder 748

Keller, Lina

Folder 749

Klenner, Annie Hill Sharp

Folder 750

Klenner, Fredrick Robert, Jr.

Folder 751

L

Folder 752

Leonard, Janie

Folder 753-754

Folder 753

Folder 754

Lynch, Susie Sharp Newsom

Folder 755

Lyons, Virginia

Folder 756-757

Folder 756

Folder 757

M

Folder 758

N

Folder 759

Newnam, Margaret Reid

Folder 760-761

Folder 760

Folder 761

Newsom, Florence Abigail Sharp

Folder 762

Newsom, Robert; Newsom, Alice

Folder 763

O

Folder 764

P

Folder 765

Palmer, Mary Anne

Folder 766

Penn, Anne Garrett

Folder 767

Potts, Mary

Folder 768-769

Folder 768

Folder 769

R

Folder 770-772

Folder 770

Folder 771

Folder 772

Ripple, Evelyn

Folder 773-774

Folder 773

Folder 774

S

Folder 775

Sharp, Annie Britt Blackwell

Folder 776-778

Folder 776

Folder 777

Folder 778

Removed by donor

Folder 779-782

Folder 779

Folder 780

Folder 781

Folder 782

Sharp, James Vance; Sharp, Gwen

Folder 783-787

Folder 783

Folder 784

Folder 785

Folder 786

Folder 787

Sharp, Louise W.

Folder 788

Sharp, Thomas A.

Folder 789

Sharp, Tyrrell C.

Folder 790

Smith, Janie Sands

Folder 791

T

Folder 792-793

Folder 792

Folder 793

Taylor, Larry; Taylor, Barbara

Folder 794

V-W

Folder 795

W

Folder 796

Wilkerson, Gertrude Klenner

Folder 797

Y

Folder 798

Unidentified

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 3. Office Files and Personal Correspondence, 1906-1997 and undated (Addition of January 2001).

About 7,100 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 98825.

The Addition of January 2001 is arranged in the same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1. Office Files, 1910, 1923-1996 and undated.

About 3,400 items.

Chiefly correspondence, clippings, financial records, campaign materials, notes, legal documents, and other papers documenting Susie Sharp's professional interests and activities. Included are articles about Sharp's judical career and accomplishments; records of the Sharp family properties in Rockingham County, N.C.; speeches; and case files.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1.1. General Subject Files, 1910, 1923-1996, and undated.

About 3,000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.

Chiefly letters, clippings, financial records, reports, research materials, and other papers documenting Susie Sharp's professional interests and activities. Included are articles about Sharp's judical career and accomplishments as well as information about her colleagues. Also included are records of the Sharp family properties in Rockingham County, N.C.

Folder 799-800

Folder 799

Folder 800

Adoption of Mary Ann Walker by Mary Taylor, 1941-1942, 1962

Folder 801

American Law Institute, 1971

Folder 802

Annual Report of the Administrative Assistant, 1961

Folder 803

Appellate Judges Seminar, 1963

Folder 804

Automobile Accident, 15 May 1984

Folder 805-806

Folder 805

Folder 806

Awards, 1970-1985

Folder 807

Bell, J. Spencer, 1957

Folder 808

Bibliographies, undated

Folder 809-810

Folder 809

Folder 810

Biographical Information, 1975-1985 and undated

Folder 811-812

Folder 811

Folder 812

Bobbitt, William H., Justice, 1970-1974, 1986, 1993

Folder 813

Bolich, W. Bryan, 1955

Folder 814

Branch, Joseph, Justice, 1979

Folder 815

Breckenridge, Millard S., undated

Folder 816

Brogden, W. J., Justice, undated

Folder 817

Canadian Rockies Adventure, 17-26 September 1983

Folder 818

Cherry Hill, undated

Folder 819

Child Custody, 1958

Folder 820-821

Folder 820

Folder 821

Christmas Lists, 1969-1977 and undated

Folder 822

Clerk of the Supreme Court, 1990

Folder 823-840

Folder 823

Folder 824

Folder 825

Folder 826

Folder 827

Folder 828

Folder 829

Folder 830

Folder 831

Folder 832

Folder 833

Folder 834

Folder 835

Folder 836

Folder 837

Folder 838

Folder 839

Folder 840

Clippings, 1938-1996 and undated

Folder 841-842

Folder 841

Folder 842

Coates, Albert, 1960-1989

Folder 843-845

Folder 843

Folder 844

Folder 845

Conference of Chief Justices, 1963-1964, 1971-1973

Folder 846

Copeland, J. William, Justice, undated

Folder 847

Court Calendar, 1963, 1973, 1977

Folder 848

Democratic Party, 1974

Folder 849

Denny, Emery Byrd, Justice, undated

Folder 850

Due Process, undated

Folder 851

Equal Rights Amendment, undated

Folder 852

Election Returns, 1978

Folder 853

Exum, James G., Jr., Justice, 1986

Folder 854-856

Folder 854

Folder 855

Folder 856

Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1976-1977

Folder 857

Financial Audit Reports, 1960-1961, 1975-1977

Folder 858-861

Folder 858

Folder 859

Folder 860

Folder 861

Financial Records, 1952-1961, 1987-1990

Folder 862-864

Folder 862

Folder 863

Folder 864

Financial Records: 629 Lindsey Street, 1972-1989 and undated

Folder 865

Financial Records: Loan 2490, 1928-1936

Folder 866

Furches-Douglas Impeachment Trial, 1977 and undated

Folder 867

Greensboro College, 1952

Folder 868

Guest Book, 1974

Folder 869

Housing Authority of the City of Greensboro, 1974

Folder 870

Inaugurations, 1961, 1973, 1977

Folder 871

Industrial Bonds, 1974

Folder 872

Institute of Government, 1962

Folder 873

Judges: Selection, 1951, 1978

Folder 874

Judicial Council, 1964, 1978

Folder 875

Kennedy, John F.: Inaugural Address, 20 January 1961 (sound recording)

Audiodisc FC-4898/1

Kennedy, John F.: Inaugural Address, 20 January 1961

7" LP record

Folder 876

Law Alumni Association of UNC, Inc., 1949-1963 and undated

Folder 877

Law School: Class of 1926 Party, 1965

Folder 878

Medical Articles by Fred R. Klenner, M.D., 1952-1957, 1960, 1971

Folder 879

Memberships, 1985-1987 and undated

Folder 880

Miscellaneous, 1970s-1980s and undated

Folder 881

Monetary Contributions, 1981-1986

Folder 882

Monetary Contributions, 1987-1994 and undated

Folder 883

Montague, Bert, 1981-1982

Folder 884

Monthly Library Reports, 1971-1979

Folder 885

Moore, Dan K., Justice, 1966, 1988

Folder 886-889

Folder 886

Folder 887

Folder 888

Folder 889

North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Justices, 1956-1962 and undated

Folder 890

North Carolina Court Commission, undated

Folder 891

North Carolina Court System, 1961 and undated

Folder 892

North Carolina Judicial Council, 1960 and undated

Folder 893

North Carolina Senior Citizens Association, 1988 and undated

Folder 894-895

Folder 894

Folder 895

North Carolina State Bar, 1958-1982

Folder 896

North Carolina State Music Society, 1964 and undated

Folder 897

North Carolina Supreme Court, 1965 and undated

Folder 898

O.U.A.M, August 1910

Folder 899

Permanent Families Task Force, 1966

Folder 900

Pfeiffer College, 1960

Folder 901

Poetry, undated

Folder 902

Portrait, 1982-1983 and undated

Folder 903

Posters: War Bonds, undated

Folder 904

Powell, Laura L., 1945, 1953

Folder 905

Prayer in Schools, 1962-1963

Folder 906-909

Folder 906

Folder 907

Folder 908

Folder 909

Prison Letters, 1976 and undated

Folder 910-912

Folder 910

Folder 911

Folder 912

Programs and Bulletins, 1951-1969, 1972-1979, 1981-1989 and undated

Folder 913

Prohibition, 1959

Folder 914

Queens College, 1962

Folder 915

Reidsville Veterans Housing Commission, Inc., 1946 and undated

Folder 916

Recipes, undated

Folder 917

Rules of Appellate Procedure, 1975

Folder 918

Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1970

Folder 919

Scotland: Legal History, 1976

Folder 920

Sharp vs. Hartmann, 1988

Folder 921

Sharp Family, 1937-1987

Folder 922

Sharp Family: Farm, 1923-1973 and undated

Folder 924

Sharp Family: List of Condolences, April 1971

Folder 925

Social Security, 1959

Folder 926

Sunday Blue Laws, 1963-1965

Folder 927

Thompson, Robert L., 1968

Folder 928

UNC-TV, 1978

Folder 929-930

Folder 929

Folder 930

University of North Carolina: Case against U.S. Department of Education, 1979-1981

Folder 931-932

Folder 931

Folder 932

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1937, 1968, 1971, 1983-1989

Folder 933

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Distinguished Alumnus Award, 1977

Folder 934

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1979, 1986 and undated

Folder 935

Who's Who Materials, 1979-1983 and undated

Folder 936

Will, 1990

Folder 937

Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, 1933-1949 and undated

Folder 938

Wright, T. W., 1935

Folder 939-940

Folder 939

Folder 940

Writ of Habeas Corpus, 1960-1961, 1964

Folder 941

Wrongful Death, 1977

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1.2. 1974 Chief Justice Campaign Files, 1974.

2 items.

A campaign brochure and election results from Susie Sharp's campaign for the position of chief justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court.

Folder 942

Brochure

Folder 943

Election Results

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1.3. General Correspondence, 1928, 1945-1992, and undated.

About 350 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly correspondence about Susie Sharp's professional endeavors and financial matters.

Folder 944

1928

Folder 945

1945-1954

Folder 946

1960-1968

Folder 947

1971-1975

Folder 948

1976-1977

Folder 949

1978-1979

Folder 950

1980-1981

Folder 951

1982

Folder 952

1984-1986

Folder 953

1987-1989

Folder 954

1990, 1992

Folder 955

Undated

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1.4. Speech Files, 1980-1985 and undated.

About 50 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical.

Chiefly notes and text drafts of speeches Susie Sharp delivered during her career. Included is her acceptance of the North Carolina Citizens Association's 1980 Public Service Award.

Folder 956

Alpha Association of Phi Beta Kappa, undated

Folder 957

Gowell, Bertha Mable, undated

Folder 958

Graham, Frank Porter, undated

Folder 959

North Carolina Citizen's Association: Public Service Award, 26 March 1980

Folder 960

Snow, A. C., undated

Folder 961

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1985

Folder 962

Unidentified, 1981 and undated

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1.5. Case Files, 1926, 1953-1979, and undated.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.2. Personal Correspondence, 1906, 1931-1997, and undated.

About 3,700 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly Susie Sharp's personal correspondence with family and friends. The letters document Sharp's life, including her accomplishments, family matters, and everyday activities.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.2.1. 1900-1929.

1 item.

Invitation to the wedding of Susie Sharp's parents, Annie Britt Blackwell and Professor James Merritt Sharp, 3 July 1906.

Folder 992

1906

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.2.2. 1930-1959.

About 40 items.

Chiefly Susie Sharp's correspondence with family and friends about her life and the activities of family members. Included is a letter from J. M. Sharp's campaign, 1938, for the position of Judge of the Superior Court of the 21st Judicial District.

Folder 993

1931-1932

Folder 994

1938

Folder 995

1941-1949

Folder 996

1950-1959

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.2.3. 1960-1989.

About 3,000 items.

Chiefly letters written to and from Susie Sharp describing family affairs, Christmas messages, birthday wishes, local news, and other personal matters. Included are condolences received following the loss of family members and get-well cards following Sharp's automobile accident in 1986. Correspondence from family members includes letters from Susie Sharp's sister, Annie Hill Sharp Klenner and her children, Fredrick Klenner, Jr., and Gertrude Klenner Wilkerson; Sharp's sister, Florence Sharp Newsom, and her children, Susie Sharp Newsom Lynch and Robert Newsom, Jr.; Sharp's brother, James Vance Sharp, and his wife, Gwen Sharp; Sharp's sister, Louise Sharp, who had moved back into the family residence in Reidsville; Sharp's brother, Thomas Sharp, his wife, Bobbie Sharp, and their daughter, Tyrell Sharp; and Larry Taylor and Barbara Taylor, the son- and daughter-in-law of Sharp's deceased sister Sallie. Other correspondents include Evelyn Ripple (Mrs. Hoyle Ripple), Lelia Alexander, and Ruth Hutchinson.

Folder 997

1960-1964

Folder 998

1965-1967

Folder 999

1968-1969

Folder 1000

1970

Folder 1001-1007

Folder 1001

Folder 1002

Folder 1003

Folder 1004

Folder 1005

Folder 1006

Folder 1007

1971

Folder 1008

1972

Folder 1009

1973

Folder 1010-1014

Folder 1010

Folder 1011

Folder 1012

Folder 1013

Folder 1014

1974

Folder 1015-1016

Folder 1015

Folder 1016

1975

Folder 1017-1022

Folder 1017

Folder 1018

Folder 1019

Folder 1020

Folder 1021

Folder 1022

1976

Folder 1023-1028

Folder 1023

Folder 1024

Folder 1025

Folder 1026

Folder 1027

Folder 1028

1977

Folder 1029-1031

Folder 1029

Folder 1030

Folder 1031

1979

Folder 1032-1036

Folder 1032

Folder 1033

Folder 1034

Folder 1035

Folder 1036

1980

Folder 1037

1981

Folder 1038-1039

Folder 1038

Folder 1039

1982

Folder 1040-1041

Folder 1040

Folder 1041

1983

Folder 1042

1984

Folder 1043-1054

Folder 1043

Folder 1044

Folder 1045

Folder 1046

Folder 1047

Folder 1048

Folder 1049

Folder 1050

Folder 1051

Folder 1052

Folder 1053

Folder 1054

1985

Folder 1055-1072

Folder 1055

Folder 1056

Folder 1057

Folder 1058

Folder 1059

Folder 1060

Folder 1061

Folder 1062

Folder 1063

Folder 1064

Folder 1065

Folder 1066

Folder 1067

Folder 1068

Folder 1069

Folder 1070

Folder 1071

Folder 1072

1986

Folder 1073-1079

Folder 1073

Folder 1074

Folder 1075

Folder 1076

Folder 1077

Folder 1078

Folder 1079

1987

Folder 1080-1084

Folder 1080

Folder 1081

Folder 1082

Folder 1083

Folder 1084

1988

Folder 1085-1090

Folder 1085

Folder 1086

Folder 1087

Folder 1088

Folder 1089

Folder 1090

1989

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.2.4. 1990-1997 and undated.

About 600 items.

Chiefly correspondence of Louise Sharp, Susie Sharp's sister, and undated letters. Included are correspondence with family members, birthday cards, and Christmas letters.

Folder 1091-1095

Folder 1091

Folder 1092

Folder 1093

Folder 1094

Folder 1095

1990

Folder 1096-1097

Folder 1096

Folder 1097

1991

Folder 1098

1992-1994

Folder 1099

1996-1997

Folder 1100-1107

Folder 1100

Folder 1101

Folder 1102

Folder 1103

Folder 1104

Folder 1105

Folder 1106

Folder 1107

Undated

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 4. Office Files, Personal Correspondence, and Pictures, 1929-1993 and undated (Addition of January 2005).

About 5,000 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 99984

Processing note: The Addition of January 2005 is arranged in the same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1. Office Files, 1950-1992 and undated (bulk 1962-1978).

About 4,000 items.

Chiefly correspondence, clippings, financial records, notes, legal documents, and other papers documenting Susie Sharp's professional and some personal interests. Included are her court opinions between 1962 and 1978, case files, a few speeches, and some general subject files. This addition is roughly sorted and maintained in Sharp's original order whenever possible.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1.1. General Subject Files, 1950-1992.

About 1,000 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.

Court papers, college and high school diplomas, awards, licenses, financial records, pamphlets, brochures, committee papers, some family material, writings documenting Susie Sharp's professional, and some personal, interests. Also included are notebooks recording Sharp's health and activities during her final years and a certificate to practice law granted to James Merritt Sharp from the United States Supreme Court dated 8 October 1923. Original file names maintained when possible.

Folder 1108

1971 Awards

Folder 1109

Advisory Committee Opinion on Farming Out of Prisoners

Folder 1110

Allied Officers

Folder 1111

An Unplanned Judicial Career by Susie Sharp

Folder 1112

Awards Commission, 1972

Folder 1113

Awards Commission, 1973

Folder 1114

Award Pamphlets

Folder 1115

Awards, Diplomas and Certificates (filed in OPF-4898/1)

Folder 1116

Bar Council (Frazier)

Folder 1117

Calendars, 1957-1971

Folder 1118

Commencements

Folder 1119

Court Reform

Folder 1120

Credit Cards (Sharp, J.)

Folder 1121

Daybooks, Notebooks, Inventory of Personal Possessions, Calendar, Vehicle Booklet

Folder 1122

Dedication Ceremonies

Folder 1123

Delta Kappa Gamma

Folder 1124

Diets

Folder 1125

Driver's License Examinations

Folder 1126

Ervin, Sam, Jr., Senator

Folder 1127

Excellence Fund

Folder 1128

Fisher Console

Folder 1129

Gorrell, Bertha, Eulogy

Folder 1130

History of the Supreme Court of North Carolina

Folder 1131

Houses, Hotels, Motels, Apartments

Folder 1132

Judicial Council

Folder 1133

Judicial Robes

Folder 1134

Justice Susie M. Sharp (biographical)

Folder 1135

Juvenile Delinquency

Folder 1136

Kit's Law Suit

Folder 1137-1138

Folder 1137

Folder 1138

Loose Items

Folder 1139

Lynch, Susie Newsome/Louise Sharp

Folder 1140

Maps

Folder 1141

Mirror

Folder 1142

Miscellaneous Items

Folder 1143

Moore, Dan K.: Inauguration Materials

Folder 1144

Morris, Judge: Court of Appeals

Folder 1145

New York University Appelgate Judges Seminar

Folder 1146

North Carolina Supreme Court (Composite Folders)

Folder 1147

Notebooks/Logs of Susie's Health Status, 1991-1992

Folder 1148

Paid Bills

Folder 1149

Paid Hotel Bills

Folder 1150

Personal Papers

Folder 1151

Phi Beta Kappa

Folder 1152

Radio and Television Broadcasts

Folder 1153

Robbery

Folder 1154-1155

Folder 1154

Folder 1155

Sir Walter Cabinet

Folder 1156

Speaker Ban Law

Folder 1157

Supreme Court Brochures

Folder 1158

Tutankhamun Book

Folder 1159

Vitamin C

Folder 1160

Voting Rights Bill

Folder 1161

Wortham

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1.2. General Correspondence, 1962-1980 and undated.

About 3,000 items.

Arrangement: original order.

Chiefly correspondence about Susie Sharp's professional and financial matters. Original order and file names maintained whenever possible.

Folder 1162

R

Folder 1163

S

Folder 1164

T

Folder 1165

U

Folder 1166

V

Folder 1167

W

Folder 1168

X-Y-Z

Folder 1169

West Publishing Company

Folder 1170

1970 Correspondence

Folder 1171

1969 Correspondence

Folder 1172

1968 Correspondence

Folder 1173

A

Folder 1174

B

Folder 1175

C

Folder 1176

D

Folder 1177

E

Folder 1178

F

Folder 1179

G

Folder 1180

H

Folder 1181

I

Folder 1182

J

Folder 1183

K

Folder 1184

L

Folder 1185

M

Folder 1186

N

Folder 1187

New York Trip

Folder 1188

O

Folder 1189

P

Folder 1190

Q

Folder 1191

R

Folder 1192

S

Folder 1193

T

Folder 1194

Sharp, J. (letters of recommendation to United States Supreme Court) 1967

Folder 1195

V

Folder 1196

W

Folder 1197

A

Folder 1198

Alabama Seminar

Folder 1199

American Business Woman's Association

Folder 1200

American Law Reports

Folder 1201

B

Folder 1202

C

Folder 1203

D

Folder 1204

Democratic Party

Folder 1205

E

Folder 1206

The Executive Club

Folder 1207

F

Folder 1208

G

Folder 1209

Judge Allen Gwyn (Re: Judge Seminar at Chapel Hill)

Folder 1210

H

Folder 1211

I

Folder 1212

Invitations

Folder 1213

J

Folder 1214

Judicial Highlights (West Publishing Company)

Folder 1215

K

Folder 1216

L

Folder 1217

Law Alumni

Folder 1218

Mc

Folder 1219

M

Folder 1220

N

Folder 1221

North Carolina Council of Women's Organizations

Folder 1222

P

Folder 1223

Prison File (8-14-73)

Folder 1224

R

Folder 1225

S

Folder 1226

State vs. Harold Smith

Folder 1227

T

Folder 1228

Letters of Recommendation to the U. S. Supreme Court, 1971

Folder 1229

W

Folder 1230

X-Y-Z

Folder 1231

A

Folder 1232

B

Folder 1233

C

Folder 1234

D

Folder 1235

E

Folder 1236

F

Folder 1237

H

Folder 1238

I

Folder 1239

J

Folder 1240

K

Folder 1241

L

Folder 1242

M

Folder 1243

Mc

Folder 1244

N

Folder 1245

O

Folder 1246

P

Folder 1247

R

Folder 1248

S

Folder 1249

T

Folder 1250

W

Folder 1251-1252

Folder 1251

Folder 1252

Prison File

Folder 1253

Soroptimist Club

Folder 1254

U

Folder 1255

V

Folder 1256

X-Y-Z

Folder 1257

G

Folder 1258

H

Folder 1259

I

Folder 1260

J

Folder 1261

K

Folder 1262

L

Folder 1263

Mc

Folder 1264

M

Folder 1265

N

Folder 1266

O

Folder 1267

P

Folder 1268

North Carolina Bar Association

Folder 1269

Law Books

Folder 1270

Spence and Williams (School children's letters in regard to)

Folder 1271

A

Folder 1272

B

Folder 1273

C

Folder 1274

D

Folder 1275

E

Folder 1276

F

Folder 1277

G

Folder 1278-1279

Folder 1278

Folder 1279

Prison File

Folder 1280

North Carolina Bar Association: Sharp, J., Vice President

Folder 1281-1282

Folder 1281

Folder 1282

Prison File

Folder 1283

Brown Bag Fan Mail

Folder 1284

A

Folder 1285-1286

Folder 1285

Folder 1286

B

Folder 1287

C

Folder 1288

D

Folder 1289

Court Reporters

Folder 1290

E

Folder 1291

Elon Speech: Sharp, J.

Folder 1292

F

Folder 1293

G

Folder 1294

H

Folder 1295

I

Folder 1296

Income Tax Returns (1962): Correspondence

Folder 1297

J

Folder 1298

K

Folder 1299

L

Folder 1300

M

Folder 1301

Mc

Folder 1302

N

Folder 1303

O

Folder 1304

P

Folder 1305

Q

Folder 1306

R

Folder 1307

S

Folder 1308

T

Folder 1309

U

Folder 1310

V

Folder 1311

W

Folder 1312

Y

Folder 1313

Seminar for Appellate Judges, New York University School of Law, 22 July-2 August 1965

Folder 1314

1964 New York Seminar

Folder 1315-1316

Folder 1315

Folder 1316

Prison File

Folder 1317-1318

Folder 1317

Folder 1318

Loose Papers

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1.3. Speech Files, 1951-1979 and undated.

About 10 items.

Arrangement: roughly chronological.

Notes and drafts of speeches delivered by Susie Sharp during her career. Included is the oath of office for Governor Jim Hunt in 1979.

Folder 1319

Bar Association Speech, October 1951

Folder 1320

Rockingham Community College Speech

Folder 1321

Speeches by S. Sharp, Includes oath for Governor Jim Hunt, 1979

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1.4. Case Files, 1968-1979 and undated.

About 300 items.

Miscellaneous case files, chiefly memoranda, notes and other court related papers. These were piled together in a locked filing cabinet in no particular order.

Folder 1322-1326

Folder 1322

Folder 1323

Folder 1324

Folder 1325

Folder 1326

Case Files

Folder 1327

Hall vs. Hall: Non-support of Property Adjustment

Folder 1328-1332

Folder 1328

Folder 1329

Folder 1330

Folder 1331

Folder 1332

Loose Papers

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1.5. Opinions, 1962-1979.

About 30 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Bound reports of Sharp's opinions for each North Carolina Supreme Court session between 1962 and 1979.

Folder 1333

Spring and Fall, 1962-1963

Folder 1334

Spring and Fall, 1962

Folder 1335

Spring and Fall, 1963

Folder 1336

Spring and Fall, 1964

Folder 1337

Spring and Fall, 1965

Folder 1338

Spring and Fall, 1966

Folder 1339

Spring and Fall, 1967

Folder 1340

Spring and Fall, 1968

Folder 1341

Spring and Fall, 1969

Folder 1342

Spring and Fall, 1970

Folder 1343

Spring and Fall, 1971

Folder 1344

Spring and Fall, 1972

Folder 1345

Spring and Fall, 1973

Folder 1346

Spring and Fall, 1974

Folder 1347

Spring and Fall, 1975

Folder 1348

Spring, 1976

Folder 1349

Fall, 1976

Folder 1350

Spring and Fall, 1977

Folder 1351

Spring and Fall, 1978

Folder 1352

Spring and Fall, 1979

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1.6. Clippings, 1949-1996 and undated (bulk 1974-1984).

About 800 items.

Various newspaper and magazine clippings relating to Susie Sharp.

Folder 1353-1368

Folder 1353

Folder 1354

Folder 1355

Folder 1356

Folder 1357

Folder 1358

Folder 1359

Folder 1360

Folder 1361

Folder 1362

Folder 1363

Folder 1364

Folder 1365

Folder 1366

Folder 1367

Folder 1368

Clippings

Folder 1369

Magazine Articles

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.2. Personal Correspondence, 1929-1993 and undated.

About 1,000 items.

Chiefly Susie Sharp's personal correspondence with family and friends documenting her personal life, accomplishments, family matters, and everyday activities.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.2.1. 1900-1929.

1 item.

A congratulatory note from a Virginia of Salisbury dated 26 March 1929.

Folder 1370

March 1929

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.2.2. 1930-1959.

About 25 items.

Cards and letters from friends and family.

Folder 1371

1930-1955

Folder 1372

1956-1959

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.2.3. 1960-1989.

About 900 items.

Cards and letters from friends and family. Included are two volumes of bound letters regarding Sharp's appointment to the North Carolina Supreme Court in 1962.

Folder 1373

1961-1969

Folder 1374a

V-4898/1. March 1962

Folder 1374b

V-4898/2. March/April 1962

Folder 1375

March-April 1962 (Responses A-C)

Folder 1376

March-April 1962 (Responses D-H)

Folder 1377

March-April 1962 (Responses I-Mc)

Folder 1378

March-April 1962 (Responses N-Z)

Folder 1379

1972-1979

Folder 1380

1980-January 1981

Folder 1381

February 1981-September 1981

Folder 1382

October 1981-December 1981

Folder 1383

1982

Folder 1384

1983

Folder 1385

1984

Folder 1386

1985-1986

Folder 1387

1987-1988

Folder 1388

1989

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.2.4. 1990-1997 and undated

About 50 items.

Cards and letters from, and to, friends and family.

Folder 1389

1990-1993

Folder 1390-1391

Folder 1390

Folder 1391

Undated

Folder 1392

Draft to Francis Driscoll

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.3. Pictures, 1966 and undated.

3 items.
Oversize Image Folder OP-PF-4898/1-2

OP-PF-4898/1

OP-PF-4898/2

Oversized Pictures

A picture of the North Carolina Supreme Court Justices, autographed by each Justice including Susie Sharp, dated 1966; an original cartoon by Gene Payne depicting a decision made by Justice Susie Sharp, dated 1 December 1966; an undated photograph of a group of people with Susie Sharp, possibly of her family.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 5. Personal Correspondence, Pictures, and Other Materials, circa 1900-1970s (Addition of April 2008)

About 100 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 100899

The Addition of April 2008 is arranged in the same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials.

Correspondence between Susie Sharp and her siblings discussing trials and family affairs; postcards from various Sharp family members; a photograph of Sharp's father, James Merrit Sharp; a scrapbook compiled by Sharp's mother, Annie Britt Blackwell Sharp; clippings; and a music lesson book.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 5.1. Personal Correspondence, 1905-1971 and undated.

About 100 items.
Folder 1393

Correspondence, 1944-1945 and undated

Folder 1394

Postcards, 1905-1971

Folder 1395

Postcard Album, 1905-1971

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 5.2. Pictures, 1943.

1 item.
Image Folder P-4898/2

Sharp, Merritt James and Taylor, Jimmy, 1943

Black and white professional photograph of James Merrit Sharp with his grandson Jimmy Taylor, Richmond, Ind.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 5.3 Other Materials, circa 1900-1956.

4 items.
Folder 1396

"Music Notes: My Book One," circa 1925

Folder 1397

Other Papers, 1904-1956

Includes a photocopied pamphlet on the Sharp Institute, 1904-1905; a 1944 newspaper clipping on Susie Sharp; a 1956 newspaper clipping on the 100th birthday of Mrs. J. P. Wilson; and a 1944 Christmas shopping list.

Folder 1398

Scrapbook: Annie Britt Blackwell Sharp, circa 1900

Chiefly newspaper clippings on religious topics, prayers, essays, printed pictures, and poems.

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About 10 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 101030.

The Addition of August 2008 is arranged in the same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials.

Materials belonging to Annie Britt Blackwell Sharp, including sewing materials from the American System of Dressmaking of the American College in Kansas City, Mo.; a fabric sample catalog from Gluck Mills; and an apron scrapbook with pictures of aprons clipped chiefly from sewing pattern catalogs and an apron party favor, circa 1950-1952, designed to wrap around a six-ounce bottle of Coca Cola.

Folder 1399

Sewing materials

Includes American System of Dressmaking tuition receipts and a fabric sample catalog from Gluck Mills.

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-4898/1

Printed sewing lessons and patterns

Oversize Volume SV-4898/48

Apron scrapbook, 1940s-1960s

Pictures of aprons clipped chiefly from sewing pattern catalogs.

Folder 1400

Apron scrapbook, 1940s-1960s: Enclosures

Includes pictures of aprons clipped chiefly from sewing pattern catalogs and an apron party favor, circa 1950-1952, designed to wrap around a six ounce bottle of Coca Cola.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 7. Office Files, Personal Correspondence, Pictures, and Other Materials, circa 1920s-1990s (Addition of March 2009)

About 3,500 items.

Acquisition Information: Accession 101076

The Addition of March 2009 is arranged in the same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials.

The Addition of March 2009 includes general subject files; 1974 chief justice campaign files; speeches; case files; newspaper clippings and scrapbooks that document Susie Sharp's career; personal correspondence with family and friends, some of whom were also a part of Sharp's professional life; family and professional photographs and photograph albums; and calendars, diaries, notebooks, and other volumes that record professional and private affairs. Other materials include personal scrapbooks that reflect Sharp's interest in health and beauty, recipes, and other lifestyle topics; clippings relating to the Klenner-Lynch murders; Reidsville, N.C., high school and University of North Carolina yearbooks and books on Gregg shorthand, law, marriage, sex, politics, and other subjects; and papers of James Meritt Sharp that concern fundraising for the Near East College Association.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 7.1. General Subject Files, 1929-1989 and undated.

About 500 items.

Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject.

Correspondence, memoranda, magazine and newspaper articles, pamplets, law journals, land deeds, maps, and other items chiefly documenting Susie Sharp's professional life.

Folder 1401

"Criminal Law" binder, 1955 and undated

Binder is empty except for a 1955 article from the Raleigh News and Observer regarding prison rules and a magazine clipping of a photographic image of a man in a prison cell.

Folder 1402

Democratic book material, 1988, undated

Includes a draft of "An Unlikely Jurist," an essay by Susie Sharp recounting her experiences as a woman in politics and the legal profession.

Folder 1403

Dr. John S. Stone matter, 1957, 1962, and undated

Folder 1404

Equal Rights Amendment, 1970-1974, undated

Folder 1405

Federal appointments, 1968

Includes Susie Sharp's partially completed federal government form in which she recommended herself for appointment as a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Folder 1406

Fourth Court Circuit of Appeals, 1973, 1977, and undated

Folder 1407

History of North Carolina Supreme Court, undated

Folder 1408

"Institute of Government Faculty and Staff Members Who May Deal with Prosecutors," undated

Folder 1409

Judge Allen H. Gwyn, 1952-1962 and undated

Contains letters to Robert McNamera protesting a rule of enlistment in the armed services on account of civil restraints.

Folder 1410

Judicial Council, 1954-1960 and undated

Folder 1411

Land deeds and maps, 1917-1918, 1940s

Relating to various properties in and around Reidsville, Rockingham County, N.C. (oversize maps are filed in OPF-4898/5).

Folder 1412

Law Day, 1972-1984

Includes a speech by William H. Bobbit.

Folder 1413

North Carolina Forestry Foundation Inc. petition, 1978

Folder 1414

North Carolina Supreme Court Permanent Families Task Force Interim Report, 1986

Folder 1415

Presidential election, 1988

Folder 1416

State of the Judiciary message, 1989

Folder 1417-1418

Folder 1417

Folder 1418

Thomas B. Cantine Estate, 1944-1947 and undated

Includes war bond poster with caricature of Adolf Hitler; guide to determining degrees of relationships as recognized by canon and civil law on verso (filed in OPF-4898/1)

Folder 1419

Women's liberation, 1951-1973 and undated

Folder 1420-1421

Folder 1420

Folder 1421

Other legal papers, 1929-1979, undated

Miscellaneous crime statistics, newsletters, opinions, memos, and drafts of court documents.

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About 10 items.
Folder 1422

Chief Justice campaign files, 1974

Materials include a "State Candidates' Questionnaire" compiled by the League of Women Voters of North Carolina; clippings related to Susie Sharp's campaign for chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; and a list of attendees for a luncheon for Susie Sharp.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 7.3. Speeches, 1951-1964 and undated.

About 50 items.

Speeches chiefly relate to Susie Sharp's experiences as a woman in law. Some files include clippings and correspondence.

Folder 1423

Alcohol and the Church's Responsibility, 1961

Folder 1424

Bankers speech, undated

Given to a group of bankers discussing women's role in banking.

Folder 1425

Bar Association, October 1951

Folder 1426

Business and Professional Women (B.P.W.) speech at Institute of Government, Chapel Hill, N.C., February 1959

Folder 1427

Bringle, 1959

Folder 1428

Cherry Point, 1962

Folder 1429

Church speech material, 1958-1962 and undated

Folder 1430

Duke University, Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, 1960

Folder 1431

Durham Future Business Leaders of America, 24 March 1962

Folder 1432

Eastern North Carolina Press Association, undated

Freedom of speech opinion pieces and speeches, undated

"Plain Talk, 6 November 1954" address

Baptist Brotherhood, Lexington, N.C., 21 April 1955

Folder 1433

Flora MacDonald College, undated

Folder 1434

North Carolina Women's College Alumnae, 10 December 1955

Folder 1435

High school graduation speech, undated

Salisbury speech, undated

Delta Kappa Gamma speech, undated

Other speeches, undated

Folder 1436

Law School banquet, undated

North Carolina Court Watch (N.C.C.W.), undated

Bosses night, undated

Memorial services speech, undated

For William E. Apple and William R. McKinney.

Folder 1437

Law school speech, undated

National Association of Women Lawyers, 28 November 1952

Greensboro College commencement, June 1952

Folder 1438

Legal Auxiliary, 19 September 1961

Folder 1439

North Carolina State Highway Patrol, undated

Folder 1440

Old speeches, 1929-1953 and undated

Introductions and responses

Town meeting on books, undated

Folder 1441

Peace Institute commencement address, undated

Pine Hill commencement, undated

Other speeches, undated

Folder 1442

"Politics Beckons" in National Business Woman, August 1959

Address to the North Carolina State Bar, undated

United States Special Warfare School, undated

Other speeches, undated

Folder 1443

Race relations speech

High Point speech

Pinehurst speech

Folder 1444

Business and Professional Women (B. P. W.), undated

Delta Kappa Gamma, undated

University of North Carolina Law School speech honoring Albert Coates, undated

Folder 1445

Radio and television speech, 11 October 1959

Folder 1446

Raleigh Quota Club, 11 October 1958

Folder 1447

Raleigh Young Democrats, undated

Folder 1448

Reidsville Kiwanis, July 1953

Leaksville Kiwanis and Business and Professional Women, 26 October 1953

Folder 1449

"The Role of a Newspaper Reporter in the Courtroom," 1956

Folder 1450

Salem College commencement, May 1957

Folder 1451

Sertoma Club speech, undated

Atlanta speech, undated

Folder 1452

Sharp family reunion, September 1954

Folder 1453

South Atlantic Regional Conference: Greensboro, N.C., 24 March 1962

Folder 1454

Spring term, 1962

Folder 1455

Stratford speech, undated

Folder 1456

Sunday School, 29 February 1960

Folder 1457

Trooper of the Year, 24 March 1959

Folder 1458

University of North Carolina Law School talk, 3 April 1964

Folder 1459

Wake Forest, 1962

Elon University commencement, 1963

Folder 1460

Winston-Salem alumnae, undated

Folder 1461

Women's Business Association, undated

Folder 1462

Women in Politics, undated

Raleigh Women's Club, undated

Folder 1463

Young Democrats, Reidsville, N.C., undated

Folder 1464-1465

Folder 1464

Folder 1465

Miscellaneous speeches, 1951-1960s and undated

Includes drafts of speeches related to women in law, women voters, communism, and the Kiwanis Club, and lists of quotations.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 7.4. Case Files, 1929-1979 and undated.

About 500 items.

Chiefly memoranda, correspondence, research materials, and other legal papers relating to various legal cases, including State of North Carolina v. Joan Little, that Susie Sharp was involved with during her career. Also included are materials related to Susie Sharp's 1986 lawsuit filed against Elizabeth Hartmann, seeking damages to compensate for lifestyle changes that resulted from injuries suffered in an automobile accident.

Folder 1466

Alvin R. Dixon and Marvin C. Mills v. Thomas W. Rivers, ex. rel., et al. , 1979

Folder 1467

Board of Transportation v. David J. Martin , 1978

Folder 1468

Branch Banking and Trust Company v. Edwin Gill and Henry L. Stevens , 1977

Folder 1469

Clark v. Clark, 1977

Folder 1470

Fred J. Stanback Jr., v. Vanita B. Stanback , 1966

Folder 1471

James E. Swann v. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education , 1969-1970

Folder 1472

Herff Jones Company v. Allegood & Barnes , 1976

Folder 1473

James N. Duggins case, undated

Folder 1474

Martin v. Bonclarken Assembly , 1978

Folder 1475

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Andrew Currie Chantos , 1977

Folder 1476

Paul O. Perry v. Hibriten Furniture Co. and Liberty Mutual Insurance , 1978

Folder 1477

Rabon v. Hospital, 1967

Folder 1478

Richard Pitts v. Village Inn Pizza, Inc. , 1978

Folder 1479

Roy Shelton Lloyd, et al. v. R. Kenneth Babb, et al. , 1978

Folder 1480

Spring Term, 1978

Folder 1481

State of North Carolina v. Bobby Lee Smith , 1977

Folder 1482

State of North Carolina v. Bryon James Stevens , 1977

Folder 1483

State of North Carolina v. Chapman , 1978

Folder 1484

State of North Carolina v. David Bernard Foster, 1977

Folder 1485

State of North Carolina v. Gregory Dean Patterson , 1978

Folder 1486

State of North Carolina v. Joan Little , 1975

Includes telegrams from human rights organizations to Susie Sharp requesting a new trial for Joan Little.

Folder 1487

State of North Carolina v. Sebrina Davis Freeman , 1978

Folder 1488

State of North Carolina, ex. rel. William H. Andrews v. Chateau X, Inc. , 1978

Folder 1489-1492

Folder 1489

Folder 1490

Folder 1491

Folder 1492

Susie Sharp v. Elizabeth Hartmann , 1986-1988 and undated

Includes hospital records and invoices, legal correspondence, and other documents related to lawsuit.

Folder 1493

T. LaFontine Odom v. Little Rock and I-85 Corporation , 1979

Folder 1494

Thomas O'Grady, et al. v. First Union National Bank of North Carolina v. Bank of North Carolina v. Jack Stewart and Wayne Huddleston, 1978

Folder 1495

Trust Co. v. Gill, State Treasurer , undated

Folder 1496

Utilities Commission v. Mebane Home Telephone Company , 1978

Folder 1497

Ware v. Knight, 1929-1930 and undated

Includes map of the J.T. Ware farm and map of a tract of land surveyed for T.B. Knight.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 7.5. Clippings and Professional Scrapbooks, 1930s-1990s.

About 1,500 items.

Chiefly newspaper clippings and scrapbooks related to Susie Sharp's career and to the Klenner-Lynch murders described in Jerry Bledsoe's Bitter Blood; some lifestyle pieces that represent Sharp's personal interests may also be included. Many scrapbooks also include photographs.

Folder 1498

1930s

Folder 1499

1940s

Folder 1500-1502

Folder 1500

Folder 1501

Folder 1502

1950s

Folder 1503-1506

Folder 1503

Folder 1504

Folder 1505

Folder 1506

1960s

Folder 1507-1522

Folder 1507

Folder 1508

Folder 1509

Folder 1510

Folder 1511

Folder 1512

Folder 1513

Folder 1514

Folder 1515

Folder 1516

Folder 1517

Folder 1518

Folder 1519

Folder 1520

Folder 1521

Folder 1522

1970s

Folder 1523-1531

Folder 1523

Folder 1524

Folder 1525

Folder 1526

Folder 1527

Folder 1528

Folder 1529

Folder 1530

Folder 1531

1974

Folder 1532-1534

Folder 1532

Folder 1533

Folder 1534

1975

Folder 1535-1540

Folder 1535

Folder 1536

Folder 1537

Folder 1538

Folder 1539

Folder 1540

1980s

Folder 1541

1990s

Folder 1542-1543

Folder 1542

Folder 1543

Undated

Folder 1544-1549

Folder 1544

Folder 1545

Folder 1546

Folder 1547

Folder 1548

Folder 1549

Klenner-Lynch clippings, 1980s

Clippings related to the Klenner-Lynch killings described in Jerry Bledsoe's Bitter Blood.

Folder 1550-1552

Folder 1550

Folder 1551

Folder 1552

Legal publications, 1959-1986

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Her Honor Volume I, 1944-1949

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Her Honor Volume II, 1950-1951

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Her Honor Volume III, 1951-1952

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Her Honor Volume IV, 1952-1954

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Her Honor Volume V, 1954-1955

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Her Honor Volume VI, 1955-1956

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Her Honor Volume VII, 1956-1958

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Her Honor Volume VIII, 1958-1959

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Her Honor Volume IX, 1959-1960

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Her Honor Volume X, 1960-1962

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Scrapbook, 1962

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Scrapbook, November 1962-September 1964

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Scrapbook, 1964-1966

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Scrapbook, 1966-1967

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Scrapbook, March 1967-December 1968

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Scrapbook, January 1969-January 1970

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Scrapbook, 1970

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Scrapbook, 1970-1971

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Scrapbook, 1971

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Scrapbook, January-May 1974

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Scrapbook, June-July 1974

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Scrapbook, September-October 1974

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Scrapbook, September 1974

Letters written by various individuals for a tribute to Susie Sharp at the North Carolina Democratic Women's Convention.

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Scrapbook, October 1974

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Scrapbook, January 1975

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Scrapbook, April-July 1975

Folder 1554

Scrapbook, April-July 1975: Enclosures

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Scrapbook, December 1975-January 1976

Folder 1555

Scrapbook, December 1975-January 1976: Enclosures

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Scrapbook, 1979-1980

Folder 1556

Scrapbook, 1979-1980: Enclosures

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"Susie Marshall Sharp" scrapbook, 1983-1984

Letters of congratulation, invitations, and programs related to Susie Sharp receiving the 1984 James Iredell Award, presented by the James Iredell Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity International, Campbell University School of Law. Also includes a signed letter from Governor James B. Hunt Jr. designating 10 November 1983 as Susie Marshall Sharp Day.

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Scrapbook, 1946-1950

Chiefly newspaper clippings related to the contest between John H. Folger and Thurmond Chatham for United States House of Representatives. Also clippings on prohibition and liquor stores in Rockingham County, N.C.

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Scrapbook, 1954

Articles on North Carolina news and elections.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 7.6. Personal Correspondence, 1927-1991 and undated.

About 300 items.

Arrangement: Alphabetical by name and subject.

Chiefly Susie Sharp's personal correspondence with family, friends, and mentors and acquaintances in the legal field. Some letters were excised by Susie Sharp, but in many cases she copied the original letter in full in Gregg shorthand in bound volumes. Many letters to Sharp include clippings.

Folder 1557

Bobbitt, William H., 1949, 1953

Folder 1558

Breckenridge, Millard S., 1949-1979 and undated

Folder 1559-1562

Folder 1559

Folder 1560

Folder 1561

Folder 1562

Breckenridge, Millard S.: Copied letters in shorthand, December 1928-April 1957, and miscellaneous, August 1958

Folder 1563-1564

Folder 1563

Folder 1564

Driscoll family, 1974-1991 and undated

Folder 1565-1566

Folder 1565

Folder 1566

Happer, Gladys Morgan, 1927-1949, 1953, 1963, and undated

Letters from Gladys Morgan Happer concern women and higher education, women in medicine, medicine in India, World War II, and marriage and children.

Folder 1567-1580

Folder 1567

Folder 1568

Folder 1569

Folder 1570

Folder 1571

Folder 1572

Folder 1573

Folder 1574

Folder 1575

Folder 1576

Folder 1577

Folder 1578

Folder 1579

Folder 1580

Kesler, John C., 1949-1990 and undated

Letters from Susie Sharp to John Kesler between the years 1949 and 1973 were partially excised by Sharp; correspondence between 1980 and 1990 is primarily greeting cards from Kesler to Sharp.

Folder 1581-1583

Folder 1581

Folder 1582

Folder 1583

Kesler, John C.: Copied letters in shorthand, 1947-1966

Folder 1584-1585

Folder 1584

Folder 1585

Mebane, Jessie: 1964-1973 and undated

Letters from Susie Sharp's former college professor and friend relating Mebane's experience while hospitalized in a mental institution in the 1960s and her religious views and beliefs; also included are various writings by Mebane.

Folder 1586

Sharp, Annie Britt Blackwell, 1949, 1953

Folder 1587-1589

Folder 1587

Folder 1588

Folder 1589

Sharp family, 1937-1991 and undated

Includes correspondence with Susie Sharp, Louise Sharp, and other family members.

Folder 1590-1591

Folder 1590

Folder 1591

Retirement, 1979-1980

Contains letters written to Susie Sharp following her retirement with copies of her responses to each letter.

Folder 1592-1593

Folder 1592

Folder 1593

Sympathy letters, 1952-1953

Includes sympathy letters to Susie Sharp following the death of her father, James Merritt Sharp, and her sister, Sallie Blackwell Sharp Taylor.

Folder 1594-1595

Folder 1594

Folder 1595

Other correspondents, circa 1940s-1980s

Topics include social news, recipes, congratulatory sentiments from friends and colleagues, and legal cases and court matters. Also included are letters related to the Klenner-Lynch killings.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 7.7. Pictures, 1880s-1990 and undated.

About 400 items.

Arrangement: Alphabetical and chronological.

Chiefly photographs and photograph albums depicting Susie Sharp's family, personal, and professional life.

Photograph Album PA-4898/1

Blackwell and Sharp family, circa 1870s-1960s

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North Carolina Supreme Court Justices: Portraits, 1973

Two black-and-white photographs of North Carolina Supreme Court justices; one photograph includes court clerks.

Photograph Album PA-4898/2

Sharp, Susie, circa 1890s-1960s

Photograph Album PA-4898/3

Sharp, Susie, circa 1890s-1980s

Image Folder PF-4898/1-4

PF-4898/1

PF-4898/2

PF-4898/3

PF-4898/4

Sharp, Susie: Photograph album, circa 1910s-1950s

Image Folder PF-4898/5

Sharp, Susie: Photograph album (disassembled), circa 1910s-1980s

Image Folder PF-4898/6

Sharp, Susie: Photograph album, circa 1920s

Image Folder PF-4898/7

Sharp, Susie: Photograph album, 1924-1932 and undated

Image Folder PF-4898/8

Sharp, Susie: 1929-circa 1990s

Photograph Album PA-4898/4

Sharp, Susie: Christmas photograph album, circa 1940s-1960s

Photograph Album PA-4898/5

Sharp, Susie, circa 1960s-1970s

Image Folder PF-4898/9

Sharp, Susie: Photograph album (disassembled), 1973-1981 and undated

Photograph Album PA-4898/6

Sharp, Susie, circa 1970s-1980s

Image Folder PF-4898/10

Sharp, Susie: Photograph album (disassembled), circa 1970s-1980s

Image Folder PF-4898/11

Sharp Family: Photograph album, circa 1880s-1930s

Photograph Album PA-4898/7

Sharp family, circa 1890s-1950s

Image Folder PF-4898/12

Sharp family and personal photographs, 1909-1990 and undated

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 7.8. Other Materials, 1911-1990s.

About 400 items.

Includes personal scrapbooks and a sample of newspaper clippings that reflect Susie Sharp's interest in the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, health and beauty, recipes, and other lifestyle topics; Annie Blackwell Sharp's 1922-1924 diary; funeral materials relating to the Klenner-Lynch murders; Reidsville, N.C.; high school and University of North Carolina yearbooks; books on Gregg shorthand, law, marriage, sex, politics, and other subjects; and papers of James Meritt Sharp that concern fundraising for the Near East College Association.

Folder 1596

Christmas list: 1928-1987; Reidsville Booster Club Minutes: 1915-1916

Folder 1597

Christmas card list, 1977-1983 and undated

Folder 1598-1600

Folder 1598

Folder 1599

Folder 1600

Clippings: Duke and Duchess of Windsor, 1936 and circa 1960s-1970s

Includes Her Royal Romance and Life Story: Mrs. Wallis Simpson .

Folder 1601

Clippings: Lifestyle, circa 1960s-1970s

Folder 1602

Clippings: Health and beauty, circa 1960s-1970s

Folder 1603

Clippings: Recipes, circa 1960s-1970s

Folder 1604

Clippings: Religion, circa 1960s-1970s

Folder 1605

Diary: Annie Blackwell Sharp, 1922-1924

Folder 1606

Diet and exercise booklets, circa 1940s-1950s

Folder 1607

Funeral materials, 1985

Includes memory books with funerary details following the Klenner-Lynch murders of Florence Newsom, Bob Newsom, Hattie Newsom, John Lynch, and James Lynch, and the subsequent suicides of Susie Sharp Newsom Lynch and Fritz Klenner.

Folder 1608

Magazines, 1964, 1967, 1979, 1981

Issues of Newsweek and Time, including the July 1981 edition with a cover story on Susie Sharp.

Folder 1609

Recipe book, undated

Folder 1610-1611

Folder 1610

Folder 1611

Sharp, James Merritt: Near East College Association, 1927-1928

Correspondence, fundraising records, and other promotional materials related to James Merritt Sharp's role as chair of the Rockingham chapter of this organization. Includes a statement by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick discussing religious, cultural, and political misconceptions between westerners and people of the Middle-East and the Near East College Association's role in bridging cultural gaps through training future leaders.

Folder 1612

Sharp, Louise: Naval Hospital papers, 1952, 1966, and undated

Includes "Duty Aboard a Hospital Ship," a speech written by Louise Sharp discussing her experiences as a naval nurse aboard the U.S.S. Repose during the Korean War and materials relating to the nursing inservice education program for which she delivered this speech.

Folder 1613

Sharp, Susie: Interview with Carol Gable, 1979

Folder 1614

Sharp Institute brochures, 1903-1906

Folder 1615

Travel brochures, circa 1930s

Includes the Chapel of Duke University, Canada, Florida, and the Great Smoky Mountains.

Folder 1616

Webb, Bailey: Writings on Susie Sharp

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Scrapbook, circa 1921-1964

Performance programs, invitations, report cards, notes exchanged with friends, newspaper clippings, and other papers from Susie Sharp's school days. Also includes clippings related to Sharp's later career.

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Scrapbook, circa 1920s-1950s

Christmas cards sent to Susie Sharp.

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Scrapbook, 1927-1950s

Articles on health, celebrities, and news; cartoons; postcards; ticket stubs; and brochures.

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Scrapbooks, Duke and Duchess of Windsor, 1930s-1950s

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Scrapbook, 1917

Includes pictures from magazines, posters, greeting cards, and postcards chiefly relating to art, culture, and beauty.

Folder 1553

Scrapbook, 1950s

Adages; prayers; and quotations and essays regarding love, marriage, and womanhood.

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Scrapbooks, circa 1950s

Recipes, diets, exercises, and pictures of Hollywood actresses.

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Scrapbook, undated

Printed pictures of landscapes, people, and scenes.

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Scrapbook, undated

Vintage ads from The Saturday Evening Post, chiefly for the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston, Mass.

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Scrapbook, undated

Art clippings from The Saturday Evening Post.

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Scrapbook, undated

Writings on character, discipline, and anger; poems; and quotations pasted in a book that may have originally belonged to Roy Armstrong.

Folder 1617-1621

Folder 1617

Folder 1618

Folder 1619

Folder 1620

Folder 1621

Miscellaneous, 1911-1986

Includes programs, invitations, and brochures from various events; a book of handwritten poems by Florence Sharp to her mother, 1932; newsletters; poems; church bulletins; stamps with portraits of Hugo Black and Jack London on them; a 1911 deed to J.M. Sharp; a booklet entitled "Understanding your teen-ager"; a 1915 newspaper article about women judges; Memoirs of J. Sidna Allen, 1929; and assorted notes.

Box 142a

Books, circa 1910s-1990s

  • A Book of English Literature selected and edited by Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Ph.D., and Robert Grant Martin, Ph.D.
  • A Review of Algebra by Romeyn Hebrt Rivenburg, A.M.
  • Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Graded Readings in Gregg Shorthand by Alice Margaret Hunter
  • Gregg Speed Studies by John Robert Gregg
  • Ideal Marriage: Its Physiology and Technique by Th. H. Van de Velde, M.D.
  • Letters to a Young Lawyer by Arthur M. Harris
  • Renocahi, Reidsville High School, 1923-1927
  • Sex: Methods and Manners by Louis Berg, M.D., and Robert Street
  • Souvenir, 1992
  • The Adventures of Ephraim Tuit by Arthur Train
  • The New Reference Atlas of the World
  • The Short Story Case Book by Edward J. O'Brien
  • William Kerr Scott, Late Senator from North Carolina: Memorial Addresses Delivered in Congress
  • Yackety-Yack, 1928, 1929

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 7.9. Calendars, Diaries, and Other Volumes, 1929-1987 and undated.

About 150 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Chiefly calendars, diaries, daybooks, and notebooks for recording professional and private affairs. Most calendars were used for writing short diary entries to recount daily activities and thoughts; Susie Sharp often pasted newspaper clippings of professional and personal interest into her calendars. Following her retirement, Sharp recorded more extensive diary entries in blank books and dated diaries.

Folder 1622

Personal notebooks, 1927-1968

Includes three notebooks with lists of dates and corresponding shorthand notes; Susie Sharp labeled these notebooks 1-A, 1-B, and 2.

Folder 1623

Calendar, 1929

Folder 1624

Lawyer's diary, 1942

Appears to have been used chiefly to keep war bond records for various family members for the years 1942-1958.

Folder 1625

Calendar, 1943

Record of calendar activities, 1927-1943.

Folder 1626

Calendar, 1948

Folder 1627

Calendar, 1949

Folder 1628

Calendar, 1950

Folder 1629

Calendar, 1951

Folder 1630

Calendar, 1951

Appears to have been used chiefly as a daybook for recording daily transactions and notes.

Folder 1631

Calendar, 1952

Folder 1632

Calendar, 1953

Folder 1633

Calendar, 1954

Folder 1634

Calendar, 1955

Folder 1635

Calendar, 1956

Folder 1636

Calendar, 1957

Folder 1637

Calendar, 1958

Folder 1638

Calendar, 1959

Folder 1639

Day book, 1959-1962; Christmas list, 1984-1985

Folder 1640

Notebook, circa 1950s

Includes oratories, opinion pieces, and other legal writings.

Folder 1641

Calendar, 1960

Folder 1642

Calendar, 1961

Folder 1643

Lawyer's diary, 1961

Used primarily as a notebook and to record daily transactions.

Folder 1644

Calendar, 1962

Folder 1645

Lawyer's diary, 1962

Folder 1646

Calendar, 1963

Folder 1647

Lawyer's diaries, 1963

Used for varied calendar and notekeeping purposes.

Folder 1648

Calendar, 1964

Folder 1649

Lawyer's diaries, 1964

Folder 1650-1651

Folder 1650

Folder 1651

Calendars, 1965

Folder 1652

Calendar, 1966

Folder 1653-1654

Folder 1653

Folder 1654

Calendar, 1967

Folder 1655

Lawyer's diary, 1967

Folder 1656-1657

Folder 1656

Folder 1657

Calendar, 1968

Folder 1658

Lawyer's diary, 1968

Folder 1659

Calendar, 1969

Folder 1660

Diary: Exercise and beauty routine, circa 1960s

Folder 1661

Calendar, 1970

Folder 1662

Lawyer's diary, 1970

Folder 1663

Calendar, 1971

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Calendar, 1971-1972

Folder 1664

Calendar, 1972

Folder 1665

Lawyer's diary, 1972

Folder 1666

Calendar, 1973

Folder 1667

Calendar, 1974

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Calendar, 1974

Folder 1668

Calendar, 1975

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Calendar, 1975

Folder 1669

Lawyer's diary, 1975

Folder 1670

Calendar, 1976

Includes correspondence and photographs.

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Calendar, 1976

Folder 1671

Lawyer's diary, 1976

Folder 1672

Calendar, 1977

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Calendar, 1977

Folder 1673

Calendar, 1977-1978

Folder 1674-1675

Folder 1674

Folder 1675

Calendars, 1978

Folder 1676-1677

Folder 1676

Folder 1677

Calendars, 1979

Folder 1678

Calendar, 1980

Folder 1679

Diary, 1980

Folder 1680-1681

Folder 1680

Folder 1681

Diary, 1981-1983

Folder 1682

Health notebook, 1981-1985

Folder 1683

Calendar, 1982

Folder 1684

Daybook, 1982

Folder 1685-1686

Folder 1685

Folder 1686

Diary, 1982

Folder 1687

Calendar, 1982-1983

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Calendar, 1982

Calendar, 1983

Folder 1688-1689

Folder 1688

Folder 1689

Diary, 1983

Folder 1690

Calendar, 1984

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Calendar, 1984

Folder 1691-1692

Folder 1691

Folder 1692

Diary, 1984

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Calendar, 1985

Folder 1693-1694

Folder 1693

Folder 1694

Daybook, 1985-1987

Folder 1695-1696

Folder 1695

Folder 1696

Diary, 1985

Includes a letter from Susie Sharp to her friend Allan following the Klenner-Lynch killings, other correspondence, and clippings.

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Calendar, 1986

Folder 1697

Calendar, 1986-1987

Folder 1698

Daybook, 1986-1987

Folder 1699-1700

Folder 1699

Folder 1700

Diary, 1986

Folder 1701

Financial account book, 1987

Folder 1702

Calendar, 1988

Folder 1703-1704

Folder 1703

Folder 1704

Diary, 1988

Includes correspondence, clippings, and notes.

Folder 1705-1706

Folder 1705

Folder 1706

Address book, circa 1980s

Folder 1707

Notebooks, circa 1980s-1990s,

Notes, diary entries, driving directions, contact information, and records of blood pressure readings and other health-related information.

Folder 1708-1709

Folder 1708

Folder 1709

Address books, undated

Folder 1710

Daily notes, undated

Folder 1711-1712

Folder 1711

Folder 1712

Poetry and quotations journal, undated

Includes clippings, quotations, and diary-like entries written on topics such as life, love, and law.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 8. Papers and Pictures (Addition of May 2015)

.5 linear feet

Acquisitions Information: Accession 102218.

Clippings, pamphlets, printed materials, and professional photographs of Susie Sharp.

Box 142b

Papers

Pamphlets, publications, newspaper clippings, photocopy of "Susie Sharp: First Woman of Justice," and other papers.

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Portraits of Susie Sharp

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Awards, Diplomas, and Certificates

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OPF-4898/3

OPF-4898/4

Oversize Papers

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-4898/5

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