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Size | 4.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4,400 items) |
Abstract | Adolphus Staton (died 1964) was a native of Tarboro, N.C., and United States Navy officer, who graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1902 and retired as rear admiral in 1937. Papers of Adolphus Staton, primarily relating to Staton's naval career, including personal and official correspondence, some with prominent military, naval, and political figures, including Calvin Coolidge, H. G. Rickover, and Josephus Daniels; and reports, clippings, newsletters, and other official publications of the United States Navy. Topics of interest include Staton's command of various destroyers; Navy bureaucracy, relations with other branches of the United States Armed Forces, and internal politics; Staton's experiences in the Asiatic fleet, especially in China during the civil unrest of the 1920s; and his shore duty at the United States Navy's Bureau of Navigation, where he handled naval discipline and legal affairs. There is also personal correspondence with friends and family discussing family matters, financial matters, and social news; scattered bills and receipts; and three volumes of scrapbooks containing clippings, photographs, and other memorabilia pertaining to Staton's naval career, 1918-1936. |
Creator | Staton, Adolphus. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, May 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Adolphus Staton born Tarboro, N.C. | |
1902 | Graduated United States Naval Academy |
1908 | U.S.S. Yorktown |
1910-1914 | U.S.S. North Carolina and U.S.S. South Carolina |
1915-1917 | Judge Advocate General's office |
1917 | Married to Edith Blair of Washington, D.C. |
1917-1918 | U.S.S. Oklahoma and U.S.S. Dubuke |
1918 | Appointed executive officer of U.S.S. Mount Vernon |
1919 | Received Distinguished Service Cross |
1919 | Executive officer of U.S.S. Leviathan |
1921-1923 | U.S.S. Tennessee and U.S.S. Nevada |
1924 | Commanded South China Patrol, U.S.S. Asheville |
1927-1928 | Bureau of Navigation |
1929-1930 | Commanded Destroyer Squadron Eleven, U.S.S. Decatur and Destroyer Squadron Four, U.S.S. Melville |
1931-1932 | Army War College |
1933-1935 | Commanded U.S.S. Nevada |
1934-1935 | Army Command and Staff School |
July 1937 | Retired with rank of rear admiral |
1964 | Died |
The collection includes the papers of Adolphus Staton, primarily relating to Staton's naval career, including personal and official correspondence, some with prominent military, naval, and political figures; and reports, clippings, newsletters, and other official publications of the United States Navy. Topics of interest include Staton's command of various destroyers; Navy bureaucracy, relations with other branches of the United States Armed Forces, and internal politics; Staton's experiences in the Asiatic fleet, especially in China during the civil unrest of the 1920s; and his shore duty at the United States Navy's Bureau of Navigation, where he handled naval discipline and legal affairs. mong the correspondents are Calvin Coolidge, Thomas Tingey Craven, David W. Bagley, Thomas Washington, Josephus Daniels, H. G. Rickover, and Albert Gleaves. There is also personal correspondence with friends and family discussing family matters, financial matters, and social news; scattered bills and receipts; and three volumes of scrapbooks containing clippings, photographs, and other memorabilia pertaining to Staton's naval career, 1918-1936.
Back to TopFolder 1aa |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1a |
1907-1912 |
Folder 1b |
1916 |
Folder 2 |
1917 |
Folder 2-3
Folder 2Folder 3 |
1918 |
Folder 4-5
Folder 4Folder 5 |
1919 |
Folder 6-7
Folder 6Folder 7 |
1920 |
Folder 8-9
Folder 8Folder 9 |
1921 |
Folder 10 |
1922 |
Folder 11 |
1923 |
Folder 12-14A |
1924 |
Folder 14B-16B |
1925 |
Folder 17-22
Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22 |
1926 |
Folder 23-30
Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30 |
1927 |
Folder 31-37
Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37 |
1928 |
Folder 38-49
Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49 |
1929 |
Folder 50-53
Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53 |
1930 |
Folder 54-58
Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58 |
1931 |
Folder 59 |
1932 |
Folder 59-60
Folder 59Folder 60 |
1933 |
Folder 61-73
Folder 61Folder 62Folder 63Folder 64Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73 |
1934 |
Folder 74-78
Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78 |
1935 |
Folder 79-83C |
Undated |
Folder 84 |
U.S.S. Tennessee Poster |
Folder 85-89
Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89 |
Volume 1: Scrapbook, 1918-1919 |
Folder 90 |
Volume 2: Scrapbook, 1919-1920 |
Folder 91 |
Volume 3: Personal Detachment Folder U.S.S. Nevada, 1934-1936 |
Folder 92-93
Folder 92Folder 93 |
Printed material |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-686/1 |
Naval commission |
Extra Oversize Image Folder X-OP-PF-686/1 |
Photographs of U.S.S. Mount Vernon, officers and crew, 1918; and U.S.S. Tennessee, 1921 |