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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Arrangement: chronological.

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

Arrangement: chronological.

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

Arrangement: chronological.

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

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

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

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

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

Mostly alumnae and board of trustees material of Kathrine R. Everett relating to various institutions.

School notebooks produced by Kathrine R. Everett while attending Fayetteville High School, North Carolina State Normal and Industrial College, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Papers of R. O. Everett chronicling his lifetime commitment to memorializing Bennett Place in Durham, N.C., the site of negotiations that led to the largest troop surrender of the Civil War. Material includes correspondence, programs, donation information, committee lists, newspaper clippings, pictures and maps of the site, seating and ticket lists, speeches and writings, and a television documentary script. Researchers should also see Series 1.7., which contains correspondence primarily relating to the Bennett Place Centennial of 1965; Series 8., which contains photographs of the Bennett Place grounds, restored buildings, monument, and slides of the documentary on Bennett Place with accompanying director's script; and Series 9., which contains film and video about Bennett Place.

Biographical information of Kathrine R. Everett, R. O. Everett, Robinson O. Everett, and Henry McDiarmid Robinson, including birth, death, and marriage certificates; awards; diplomas; certificates; newspaper clippings; and scrapbooks.

Notes, writings, and some letters related to family genealogy of Kathrine R. Everett. folders have been created for significant amounts of material relating to a family name. For museum items relating to these materials, see Series 10.

Papers of Kathrine R. Everett and R. O. Everett documenting their active social life, including social calendars, a diary of Kathrine R. Everett, guest lists for parties, invitations, postcards, theater and other event programs, recipes, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. For museum items relating to these materials, see Series 10.

Papers of Kathrine R. Everett, R. O. Everett, and Robinson O. Everett, documenting their travels in the United States and to Europe, Mexico, Cuba, Russia, and other countries, including passports, journals, scrapbooks, travel programs, itineraries, and other items.