Register of the Will Clayton papers

Finding aid prepared by Rebecca J. Mead
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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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

Access

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.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1988.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Will Clayton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical note

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

 

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE 1799-1986

Scope and Contents

Notes, biographical sketches, itineraries, clippings, correspondence, legal documents, and genealogy, certificate, printed material, resolutions, correspondence, printed articles, serial issues, list, speeches newsletter, pamphlets, programs, and miscellany. Arranged alphabetically by form.
 

General

box 1, folder 1

General. Notes, biographical sketches, itineraries, clippings, and miscellany 1903-1986

box 1, folder 2

Family background. Correspondence, legal documents, and genealogy 1799-1984

box 1, folder 3

Susan Vaughan Clayton (Mrs. William Clayton). Certificate, biographical sketches, printed material, resolution, correspondence, and miscellany 1937-1978

box 1, folder 4-5

Articles. List, speech, clippings, serial issue, and other printed material (includes Will Clayton: Economic Statesman, by William L. Garwood, Jr.) 1937-1978

box 1, folder 6

Awards and honors. Correspondence, speeches (by George C. McGhee), newsletter, pamphlet, and resolutions 1949-1977

box 1, folder 7

Testimonials and memorials. Pamphlet, printed material, programs, resolutions, correspondence, and a serial issue 1928-1983

 

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 1925-1986

Scope and Contents

Typescript and printed copies, serial issues, notes, interviews conducted by Ellen Clayton Garwood, press releases, memoranda, correspondence, and clippings. Arranged chronologically.
 

General

box 2, folder 1-2

General. Notes, interviews conducted by Ellen Clayton Garwood, partial list of speeches, clippings, and miscellany 1947-1986

box 2, folder 3

Atlantic Union. Clippings 1949-1950

box 2, folder 4

Common markets. Typescript and printed copies describing statements by Clayton 1960-1963

box 2, folder 5

Cotton. Photocopies of printed articles from the ACCO Press 1930-1937

box 2, folder 6

Interview, Typescript and letter 1925 Jan. 8.

box 2, folder 7

Testimony, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Printed copy 1936 April.

box 2, folder 8

"America's Stake in World Trade," Printed copy 1943 Oct. 25.

box 2, folder 9

"How Will We Dispose of Surplus War Stocks?" Philadelphia Inquirer, Printed copy 1944 April 23.

box 2, folder 10

Letter to the Editor, Life (unpublished?), Relates to surplus government property. Mimeograph copy with related letter 1944 Sept. 16.

box 2, folder 11

Speech, Relates to surplus government property. Typescript 1944 April 30.

box 2, folder 12

Speech, Relates to post-World War II economic development. Typescript 1944 Oct. 19.

box 2, folder 13

"Comment on Dean Hoover's Study of International Trade and Domestic Employment," Typescript 1944 Nov. 18.

box 2, folder 14

Statement, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Relates to confirmation as Assistant Secretary of State. Typescript 1944 Dec. 12.

box 2, folder 15

Statement at Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace, Press release 1945 Feb. 27.

box 2, folder 16

Speech, Relates to post-World War II foreign economic policy. Press release 1945 March 17.

box 2, folder 17

Speech, Relates to post-World War II foreign economic policy. Press release 1945 March 24.

box 2, folder 18

Testimony, House Ways and Means Committee, Relates to reciprocal trade agreements. Printed transcript 1945 April 20.

box 2, folder 19

"The Foreign Economic Policy of the State Department," Press release 1945 May 21.

box 2, folder 20

"Is UNRRA Doing Its Job?" Printed transcript of a radio broadcast 1945 Oct. 20.

box 2, folder 21

"Proposals for Expansion of World Trade and Employment," Typescript excerpt with cover letter to James Byrnes 1945 Nov.

box 2, folder 22

Testimony, Senate Appropriations Committee, Holograph copy of transcript 1945 Nov. 16.

box 2, folder 23

"Answers to Arguments against the British Loan," Typescript c. 1946.

box 2, folder 24

Speech, Relates to a proposed loan to Britain. Typescript 1946 Jan. 21.

box 2, folder 25

"U.S. Information Service in Yugoslavia," Department of State Bulletin, Printed copy 1946 Oct. 6.

box 2, folder 26

"The Foreign Economic Policy of the United States," Department of State Bulletin, Printed copy 1946 Nov. 24.

box 2, folder 27

"Trade Agreement Negotiations," Department of State Bulletin, Printed copy 1947 Jan. 26.

box 2, folder 28

Memorandum, Relates to post-World War II foreign economic policy. Holograph (photocopy) 1947 March 5.

box 2, folder 29

Interview, Relates to proposed international trade organization. Press release 1947 Nov. 22.

box 2, folder 30

Interview, Relates to proposed international trade organization. Press release 1947 Nov. 26.

box 2, folder 31

Speech at United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment, Typescripts and memorandum 1947 Nov. 27.

box 2, folder 32

Statement, Houston Post, Relates to Atlantic Union. Printed copies 1949 April.

box 2, folder 33

"The Atlantic Pact is a Natural and Necessary Step on the Road to Federal Union," Printed copy 1949 June.

box 2, folder 34

Letter to the Editor, Freedom and Union, Printed copy 1949 Oct.

box 2, folder 35

"The Economic Position of Western Europe Demands Complete Integration either with North America or Communist Russia," Typescript c. 1950.

box 2, folder 36

Speech, Relates to a proposed Japan International Christian University. Mimeograph 1950 April 25.

box 2, folder 37

Speech, Relates to the Atlantic Union. Typescript and clipping 1950 June 2.

box 2, folder 38

Memorandum, Relates to Atlantic Union and the Korean War. Typescript with cover letter 1950 Aug. 25.

box 3, folder 1

Speech, Texas State Legislature, Typescript 1951 March 6.

box 3, folder 2

"Destiny of America is Linked Insolubly with West Europe," Wichita Sunday Beacon, Printed copy 1951 March 18.

box 3, folder 3

"The Road to Peace," Printed copy 1951 April 1.

box 3, folder 4

Universal Military Training: Foundation of Enduring National Strength, Pamphlet 1951 Oct.

box 3, folder 5

Testimony, U.S. Congress, Relates to National Security Training Corps Act. Mimeograph copy 1952 Jan. 15.

box 3, folder 6

Reply to Walter Lippmann, Relates to U.S. foreign policy. Mimeograph 1952 Feb. 26.

box 3, folder 7

Letter to the Editor, Houston Post, Printed copy 1958 Dec. 4.

box 3, folder 8

Letter to the Editor, New York Times, Printed copy 1959 Aug. 2.

box 3, folder 9

"Foreign Policy," Typescript, correspondence, and a typescript copy of a clipping 1960.

box 3, folder 10

"Tariffs and Trade," Western Business Review, Printed copy 1960 Aug.

box 3, folder 11

"Uniquely Equipped," Printed copy relating to the Atlantic Council c. 1961.

box 3, folder 12

Memorandum, Relates to international trade. Typescript 1961 Jan. 5.

box 3, folder 13

"A New Look at Foreign Economic Policy," Joint statement with Christian Herter to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress. Printed copy with letter 1961 Oct. 23.

box 3, folder 14

"Atlantic Convention of NATO Nations," Mimeograph copy 1962 Jan. 10.

box 3, folder 15

"U.S. Relations with the Common Market," Mimeograph copy 1962 Feb. 20.

box 3, folder 16

"U.S. Trade and the Common Market," Headline Series, Printed copy 1962 July-Aug.

box 3, folder 17

"The European Common Market," Texas Gulf Coast Historical Association, Printed copy 1962 Nov.

box 3, folder 18

"GATT, the Marshall Plan, and OECD," Political Science Quarterly, Printed copy 1963 Dec.

box 3, folder 19

Statement, Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, Mimeograph copy 1964 Jan. 16.

box 3, folder 20

Excerpts from congressional testimony relating to Atlantic Union, Freedom and Union, Printed copies 1966 April-June.

box 3, folder 21

The Testament of Will Clayton, Pamphlet 1968.

 

CORRESPONDENCE 1896-1978

Scope and Contents

Family and professional correspondence of William L. Clayton, sympathy letters, and correspondence of Mrs. Ellen Clayton Garwood, primarily relating to her biography of her father. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Access

Boxes 4-14 (family correspondence) are RESTRICTED.
 

General

 

General

box 3, folder 22

Letters by William Clayton and others. Includes material relating to the Garwood biography 1896-1965

box 3, folder 23

Letters to Susan Vaughan Clayton 1901-1902

box 3, folder 24

Letters to Ellen Clayton Garwood. Miscellaneous,

SEE ALSO: GARWOOD BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL FILE/ Correspondence
1944-1969.

box 3, folder 24

Letters relating to William Clayton (primarily sympathy) 1966

 

Clayton family

box 4, folder 1

General 1898-1972

box 4, folder 2

Clayton, Benjamin (brother) 1931-1971

box 4, folder 3-4

Clayton, Martha Fletcher Burdine (mother) 1896-1905

 

Clayton, Susan Vaughan (wife). Outgoing

box 4, folder 5-6

1899 Sept.-Dec.

box 5, folder 1-4

1900 Jan.-Aug.

box 6, folder 1-4

1900 Sept.-1901 Feb.

box 7, folder 1-4

1901 Feb.-Sept.

box 8, folder 1-4

1901 Oct.-1902 Aug.

 

Clayton, Susan Vaughan. Incoming

box 9, folder 1

Undated

box 9, folder 2-5

1897-1900 June

box 10, folder 1-5

1900 July-1901 April

box 11, folder 1-4

1901 May-Dec.

box 12, folder 1-3

1902 Jan.-May

box 13, folder 1-6

1902 June-1922

box 14, folder 1-4

1923-1940

box 14, folder 5

Garwood, Ellen Clayton (daughter) 1918-1966

box 14, folder 6

McAshan, Susan Clayton, Burdine Clayton Johnson, and Julia Clayton Baker (daughters) 1919-1956

box 15, folder 1

Alsop, Joseph and Stewart 1958-1959

box 15, folder 2

Baruch, Bernard 1955

box 15, folder 3

Bohlen, Charles 1958-1968

box 15, folder 4

Bradley, Omar N. 1966-1967

box 15, folder 5

Burleson, Omar 1962

box 15, folder 6

Bush, George 1968

box 15, folder 7

Church, Frank 1967-1968

box 15, folder 8

Collado, Emilio G. 1958

box 15, folder 9

Connally, John 1966

box 15, folder 10

Drummond, Roscoe 1962

box 15, folder 11

Duke, Angier Biddle 1962

box 15, folder 12

Dulles, Allen 1966

box 15, folder 13

Eastland, James O. 1978

box 15, folder 14

Fowler, Henry 1965

box 15, folder 15

Fulbright, J. William 1956-1966

box 15, folder 16

Harriman, Averell 1966

box 15, folder 17

Herter, Christian 1959-1966

box 15, folder 18

Hey, W.A. van den 1947

box 15, folder 19

Humphrey, Hubert H. 1965

box 15, folder 20

Irvine, Reed 1978

box 15, folder 21

Javits, Jacob 1965

box 15, folder 22

Johnson, Lyndon 1950-1965

box 15, folder 23

Kefauver, Estes 1959-1961

box 15, folder 24

Kennan, George 1958

box 15, folder 25

Kennedy, John F. 1962

box 15, folder 26

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr. 1965-1966

box 15, folder 27

MacArthur, Douglas 1958

box 15, folder 28

McGhee, George 1970

box 15, folder 29

McCloy, John J. 1966

box 15, folder 30

Mahon, George 1962

box 15, folder 31

Marshall, Katherine (Mrs. George C.) 1958

box 15, folder 32

Mason, Edward 1969

box 15, folder 33

Monnet, Jean 1959-1962

box 15, folder 34

Murphy, Robert 1964-1965

box 15, folder 35

Nitze, Paul H. 1958

box 15, folder 36

Norstad, Lauris 1966

box 15, folder 37

Poague, W.R. 1962

box 15, folder 38

Rayburn, Sam 1955-1961

box 15, folder 39

Roper, Elmo. Includes typescript and printed articles and letters from Hubert Humphrey and James Reston 1962-1968

box 15, folder 40

Rostow, Walt W. 1969

box 15, folder 41

Rusk, Dean 1960-1966

box 15, folder 42

Thomas, Albert 1964-1965

box 15, folder 43

Tower, John 1965-1969

box 15, folder 44

Truman, Harry S. 1955-1970

box 15, folder 45

Vandenberg, Arthur 1948

box 15, folder 46

Villard, Oswald Garrison, Includes typescript and printed article 1947-1948.

box 15, folder 47

White, William S. 1959-1961

box 15, folder 48

Yarborough, Ralph W. 1959-1966

 

ELLEN CLAYTON GARWOOD BIOGRAPHICAL FILE 1953-1989

Scope and Contents

Printed articles, clippings, correspondence, promotional material, and miscellany. Primarily relates to Ellen Clayton Garwood's biography of her father. Arranged alphabetically by form.
box 16, folder 1

General. Promotional material, clippings, printed article, and miscellany 1959-1972

 

Correspondence

box 16, folder 2

General 1954-1989

box 16, folder 3

Garwood biography, Will Clayton: A Short Biography 1953-1987

box 16, folder 4

Rice University. Relates to the collection of William Clayton papers and their publication as The Public Papers of William L. Clayton 1966-1974

box 16, folder 5

Notes. Background material for Mrs. Garwood's book, ;

SEE ALSO: SPEECHES AND WRITINGS/Interviews
c. 1957-1967

 

SUBJECT FILE 1898-1990

Scope and Contents

Clippings, pamphlets, printed articles, leaflets, programs, speeches, newsletters, notes, serial issues, reports, correspondence, lists, memoranda, bulletins, oral history interviews, position papers, book reviews, and miscellany. Arranged alphabetically by subject.
box 16, folder 6

General. Clippings 1961

 

Atlantic Union

box 16, folder 7

Correspondence. Clarence Streit, Walden Moore, and others 1949-1977

box 17, folder 1-2

General. Clippings, printed articles (by Max Eastman and others), pamphlets, leaflet, programs, speech, newsletters, notes, serial issues, and miscellany 1949-1969

box 17, folder 3

Committee on the Present Danger. Clippings, speeches, and membership list 1950-1951

box 17, folder 4-5

Cotton. Statement, history of Anderson, Clayton & Co., printed articles, clippings, serial issues, reports, correspondence, notes, and miscellany 1898-1979

 

European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan)

box 17, folder 6

General. Memoranda and notes by Will Clayton, speeches, serial issue, letters, printed material, and bulletins, with Dean Acheson, Will Clayton, Emilio Collado, Lewis Douglas, Livingston Merchant, Norman Ness, Paul Nitze, Arthur Stevens, James Stillwell, Leroy Stinebower, and Ivan White, 1962 1947-1990

box 18, folder 1

Columbia University, Oral History Project. Interviews

box 18, folder 2

Russia. Notes by Will Clayton c. 1922-1923

 

Trade

box 18, folder 3

General. Letter to the editor by Ellen Clayton Garwood, pamphlets, report, letter, speeches, printed articles, press release, memorandum, and clippings 1947-1986

box 18, folder 4

United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment, Havana, Cuba, Clippings, position papers, a copy of the charter agreement establishing the International Trade Organization, and a printed article ("The Promise of the World Trade Charter," by Clair Wilcox) 1947-1948. 1947-1949

box 18, folder 5

Wilson, Harold. Letter, program and text of three lectures given for the William Clayton lecture series at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University 1971

box 18, folder 6

World War II. Printed article relating to war surplus, and book reviews 1944-1960

 

PHOTOGRAPHS circa 1899-1960

envelope A

15 prints, primarily of William Clayton and Susan Vaughan Clayton