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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. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical
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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 |
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Scope and Content
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.
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Adolphus Staton Papers, 1907-1936 and undated.
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Items Separated
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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