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Title: Will Clayton papers
Date (inclusive): 1896-1990
Collection Number: 88015
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
18 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope
(7.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, interview transcripts, speeches and writings, memoranda, notes, printed matter, and photographs, relating
to post-World War II American foreign policy, especially formulation of the Marshall Plan, international trade policy, and
Atlantic unity; the cotton industry; and family affairs. Includes original family correspondence, especially between Will
Clayton and his fiancee Susan Vaughan, 1897-1902; copies of State Department documents and other papers; and papers of Ellen
Garwood, daughter and biographer of Will Clayton, relating to her father.
Creator:
Clayton, Will, 1880-1966
Creator:
Clayton, Susan Vaughan, 1881-1960
Creator:
Garwood, Ellen, 1903-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1988.
[Identification of item], Will Clayton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1880 Feb. 7 | Born, Tupelo, Mississippi |
| 1902 Aug. 14 | Married Susan Vaughan |
| 1904 | Co-founder, Anderson, Clayton & Co., Houston, Texas |
| 1918 | Member, Committee on Cotton Distribution, War Industries Board |
| 1940-1942 | Vice-President, Export-Import Bank |
| 1942-1944 | Assistant Secretary of Commerce |
| 1944 | Administrator, Surplus War Property Administration |
| 1944-1945 | Assistant Secretary of State |
| 1945-1947 | Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs |
| 1947 | Head, U.S. Delegation, United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment, Havana, Cuba |
| 1946-1949 | Alternate Governor, World Bank |
| 1949-1961 | Vice President, Atlantic Union Committee |
| 1950 | Author, We Must Trade Sovereignty for Freedom |
| 1951-1954 | Member, National Security Training Commission |
| 1955 | Author, The Road to Peace |
| 1958 | Author, What Price Oil? |
| 1958 | Author, We Are Losing the Cold War |
| 1960 | Chairman, National Committee on Campaign Contributions and Expenditures |
| 1960- | Board of Governors, Atlantic Institute |
| 1961 | Co-Chairman, U.S. Citizens Commission on NATO |
| 1966 Feb. 9 | Died, Houston, Texas |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Statesmen -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Europe
Commerce
United States -- Foreign relations -- Europe
Europe -- Foreign relations -- United States
Economic assistance, American -- Europe
Cotton trade -- United States
United States. Department of State