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Collection Number: 05698-z

Collection Title: Clawson L. Williams Sr. Papers, 1949-1967

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Size 30 items
Abstract Newspaper clippings, letters, and photographs related to North Carolina's Eleventh Judicial District Superior Court Judge Clawson L. Williams's career, death, and memorial.
Creator Williams, Clawson L., Sr.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
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 Clawson L. Williams Sr. Papers #5698-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Jane Meyer in August 2016 (Acc. 102636).
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: Gergana Abernathy, August 2016

Encoded by: Gergana Abernathy, August 2016

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, October 2020

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Clawson L. Williams Sr. (1887-1964) was a Superior Court Judge serving in North Carolina's Eleventh Judicial District. Born in Johnston County, N.C., Williams obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1911, after which he received additional legal training and passed the State Bar in August of that same year. Williams served as a lawyer and Solicitor of North Carolina's Fourth District before becoming a Superior Court Judge in central North Carolina.

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This collection includes newspaper clippings, letters and photographs related to Clawson L. Williams's career, death and memorial.

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30 items.

Folder 1

Letters and funeral notes

Consists of a letter to Clawson L. Williams's son explaining an enclosed photo portrait (P-5698/2); a letter to the editor of Sanford News Leader requesting the paper to publish a photograph of Williams and President Roosevelt (P-5698/1); and a typed and edited copy of "Remarks at the Funeral of Judge Clawson L. Williams."

Folder 2

Newspaper clippings

Image P-5698/1

Photograph: President Franklin Roosevelt signing Clawson L. Williams' court docket minutes

Image P-5698/2

Photograph: Portrait of Clawson L. Williams

Image P-5698/3

Photograph: Clawson L. Williams in judge's robes

Image P-5698/4

Photograph: Clawson L. Williams at his desk

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