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Kathrine R. Everett and R. O. Everett Papers, 1851-1993

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Kathrine R. Everett (1893-1992) and R.O. Everett (1879-1971), were husband and wife lawyers who shared a practice inDurham, N.C. Kathrine R. Everett, who served on the Durham City Council, 1951-1971,received her J.D. from the University of North Carolina Law School in 1920 and wasthe first woman to win a case before the N.C. Supreme Court. In 1926, she married R.O. Everett, attorney, state legislator, and civic and cultural leader, who was a lawstudent in the first class at Trinity College and became the first Durham cityattorney. He served five terms in the state House of Representatives, 1921-1933.Their son, Robinson O. Everett (1928- ), Duke University law professor and judge inthe U.S. Court of Military Appeals, joined them in the firm of Everett, Everett andEverett, 1956-1968. In 1954, the three were the first father, mother, and son to beadmitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. Papers include law office files; professional and familycorrespondence; and other materials relating to the Everetts' personal finances andactivities, including their extensive real estate holdings in North Carolina. Welldocumented are Kathrine R. Everett's involvement with the United Daughters of theConfederacy, the Colonial Dames of America, and the Daughters of the AmericanRevolution and her interest in family history, including the Everett, Hicks, Hill,Kyle, McDiarmid, Robinson, and related families. Also included is material relatingto R. O. Everett's efforts to memorialize Bennett Place in Durham, site ofnegotiations leading to the largest troop surrender of the Civil War; to DemocraticParty politics; to Kathrine Everett's service on the Durham City Council, 1951-1971,and the Durham County Welfare Board, on which she served for 17 years beginning in1934; to R. O. Everett's tenure in the North Carolina Legislature; to KatherineEverett's father, Henry McDiarmid Robinson, mayor of Fayetteville, N.C., 1923-1925;and to activities with the American Bar Association. Other items include postcardsand other materials documenting the Everetts' travels around the world; family andother photographs; films and videotapes about Bennett Place and other subjects; andmuseum items relating to politics, women's organizations, and variousevents.

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