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Josephine Clement Papers, 1937-1998

Title: Josephine Clement Papers, 1937-1998

Josephine Dobbs Clement (1919-1998) was raised in Atlanta, Ga., and received her B.S.degree from Spelman College in 1937. She received her M.A. degree from Columbia University the following year. Inthe late 1940s, she moved with her husband, William A. Clement, to Durham, N.C., where she was active in civicaffairs and in Durham and North Carolina politics. Her activities included co-chairing the successful gubernatorialcampaigns of Democrat James Hunt's in Durham County in 1980 and 1984. The collection includes correspondencerelating to Josephine Clement's work with a variety of business and civic organizations in Durham, N.C., and DurhamCounty, N.C., including the Durham City Board of Education; the Durham County Board of Commissioners; the NorthCarolina Democratic Party, especially on James Hunt's 1980 and 1984 gubernatorial campaigns; and the White RockBaptist Church. There are also letters and other materials pertaining to Clement's personal life and to the livesand civic work of her husband, William A. Clement, and their children, including William A. Clement, Jr. Alsoincluded are materials relating to other Dobbs, Jackson, and Clement family members, among them Mattiwilda Dobbs,June Dobbs Butts, and Maynard H. Jackson.

ArchivalResource: About 8,000 items (17.5 linear feet)

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