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#686
ADOLPHUS STATON PAPERS
Summary

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Staton, Adolphus.
Papers, 1907-1936.
4,400 items (4.5 linear ft.).

Adolphus Staton was a native of Tarboro, N.C., and U.S. Navy officer, who
graduated from the U.S. 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 U.S. Navy.  Topics of interest include
Staton's command of various destroyers; Navy bureaucracy, relations with
other branches of the U.S. 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 U.S. 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.

Acquired, 1936.

ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
   Admirals--United States--Correspondence.
   Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933.
   Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948.
   Destroyers (Warships)--History--20th century.
   Naval discipline--United States--History--20th century.
   Rickover, Hyman George.
   Staton, Adolphus.
   Scrapbooks--United STates.
   United States--Armed Forces--History--20th century.
   United States. Navy--Biography.
   United States. Navy--Foreign service--China.
   United States. Navy--Management--History--20th century.
   United States. Navy--Officers--Correspondence.
   United States. Navy. Asiatic Fleet--History.
   United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Navigation--History.

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