{"id":2589,"date":"2014-02-04T15:26:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T21:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/digitalservices\/?p=2589"},"modified":"2014-02-04T15:26:06","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T21:26:06","slug":"h-d-clayton-sr-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2014\/02\/04\/h-d-clayton-sr-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Papers of H. D. Clayton Sr., General, statesman, and UA President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few months, we&#8217;ve been digitizing the papers of Henry De Lamar Clayton, Sr. As our student worker Ellyn and I see the final box of materials in sight, it seems like a good time to give an overview of what you&#8217;ll find if you want to dig in to the collection. Click on any of the thumbnail images below to see them in detail.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Georgia in 1827, Clayton attended college in Virginia and eventually moved to Alabama, learning about law while working under future Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter. From 1857-1861, he served in the Alabama Legislature. Go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/18439\">finding aid<\/a> and open up the series <strong>Family and Personal Data<\/strong> or\u00a0<strong>Emory and Henry Colleges\u00a0<\/strong>to see personal correspondence, newsclippings, and other documents about this period.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2589 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2015\/10\/08\/the-bad-bad-girls-of-pulp-art\/mysteries-gardner\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Mysteries-Gardner-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cover of Erle Stanley Gardner&#039;s The Case of the Baited Hook, 1947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Mysteries-Gardner-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Mysteries-Gardner-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2015\/10\/08\/the-bad-bad-girls-of-pulp-art\/mysteries-chandler\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Mysteries-Chandler-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cover of Raymond Chandler&#039;s Pick-Up on Noon Street, 1952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Mysteries-Chandler-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Mysteries-Chandler-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2015\/10\/08\/the-bad-bad-girls-of-pulp-art\/mysteries-cain\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Mysteries-Cain-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cover of James Cain&#039;s Shameless, 1951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Mysteries-Cain-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Mysteries-Cain-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When war came, he distinguished himself, commanding the First Alabama Regiment, which was reorganized as the Ninth Alabama Volunteers. After being wounded in the battle of Murfreesboro, he was promoted from colonel to brigadier general. His brigade fought at Chickamauga and in the Atlanta campaign, among other encounters. Eventually, he was made major general, commanding a division that fought mostly in campaigns in Georgia and Tennessee.\u00a0Go to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/18439\">finding aid<\/a>\u00a0and open up the series <strong>Generalship\u00a0<\/strong>to see papers relating to his Civil War service, including personal correspondence and military papers like muster rolls and reports to his superiors.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2589 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2015\/10\/08\/the-bad-bad-girls-of-pulp-art\/thrillers-clayton\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Thrillers-Clayton-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cover of John Bell Clayton&#039;s Six Angels at My Back, 1953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Thrillers-Clayton-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Thrillers-Clayton-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2015\/10\/08\/the-bad-bad-girls-of-pulp-art\/badgirls-gwaltney\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/BadGirls-Gwaltney-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cover of Francis Irby Gwaltney&#039;s The Whole Town Knew, 1956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/BadGirls-Gwaltney-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/BadGirls-Gwaltney-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2015\/10\/08\/the-bad-bad-girls-of-pulp-art\/thrillers-cohen\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Thrillers-Cohen-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cover of Octavus Roy Cohen&#039;s Love Has No Alibi, 1948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Thrillers-Cohen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Thrillers-Cohen-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>After the war, Clayton was a planter, then he was elected Judge of the Circuit Court in 1866, a position he lost two years later because of Reconstruction laws. He was a lawyer again until those laws allowed for his reelection, and he held his Judgeship for 20 years. Though he failed in a bid for Alabama Governor, he was elected the President of The University of Alabama in 1886. Three years later, he died in Tuscaloosa. For information on this period, see the\u00a0series\u00a0<strong>Legal Practice and Judgeship<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Politics<\/strong>, and <strong>University of Alabama Presidency <\/strong>in the\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/18439\">finding aid<\/a>.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-2589 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2015\/10\/08\/the-bad-bad-girls-of-pulp-art\/badgirls-glendinning\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/BadGirls-Glendinning-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cover of Richard Glendinning&#039;s Too Fast We Live, 1954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/BadGirls-Glendinning-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/BadGirls-Glendinning-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2015\/10\/08\/the-bad-bad-girls-of-pulp-art\/thrillers-deal\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Thrillers-Deal-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cover of Deal Borden&#039;s Killer in the House, 1957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Thrillers-Deal-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/Thrillers-Deal-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2015\/10\/08\/the-bad-bad-girls-of-pulp-art\/badgirls-willingham\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/BadGirls-Willingham-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cover of Calder Willingham&#039;s The Girl in the Dogwood Cabin, 1961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/BadGirls-Willingham-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/BadGirls-Willingham-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In every collection of personal papers, there is material that doesn&#8217;t quite seem to belong but is interesting nonetheless. Among the\u00a0<strong>Miscellaneous <\/strong>and <strong>Artifacts<\/strong> series are an assortment of random items, some of which belonged to his wife or sons.\u00a0The most interesting item is something we can&#8217;t formally digitize, although I did take a picture of it. A bayonet from WWI, perhaps belonging to his son Bertram, who <a href=\"http:\/\/purl.lib.ua.edu\/90748\">died in the war<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-2589 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2015\/10\/08\/the-bad-bad-girls-of-pulp-art\/scandaloussouth-caldwell\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/ScandalousSouth-Caldwell-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cover for Erskine Caldwell&#039;s God&#039;s Little Acre, 1961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/ScandalousSouth-Caldwell-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/files\/2015\/10\/ScandalousSouth-Caldwell-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>You never know what else you \u00a0might find in the papers of this fascinating figure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few months, we&#8217;ve been digitizing the papers of Henry De Lamar Clayton, Sr. As our student worker Ellyn and I see the final box of materials in sight, it seems like a good time to give an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2014\/02\/04\/h-d-clayton-sr-papers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":426,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3750,5884,5888,6463,3684,5117],"tags":[5468,5882,5885,3744,3686,4925],"class_list":["post-2589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-war","category-everyday-life","category-genealogy","category-letters","category-new-online-collections","category-southern-history","tag-1860s","tag-1870s","tag-1880s","tag-historic-figures","tag-military-service-rewards","tag-ua-presidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Papers of H. 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