About the Collections, information on access to the collections, History Room hours, and how to order copies of photographs.
Acknowledgments, including a brief biography of Swannanoa Horne Priddy, whose family's philanthropy enabled the library to digitize its historical collections.
J. Dwight Barbour Collection, including early 20th century photographs and letterheads from Clayton businesses of the late 19th century.
Charles Barden Photograph Collection, glimpses of day-to-day life and special events in and around Clayton captured by local photographer Charles Barden between 1952 and 1975.
Cooper High School Collection, hundreds of candid photographs documenting the life of Clayton's school for blacks, dating from the 1930s to the end of racial segregation in 1969.
Dr. Battle A. and Lucille Ellington Hocutt Collection, photographs of Clayton people from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Horne Family Collection, featuring photographs, artifacts and papers from the families of wealthy businessman/politician Col. Ashley Horne and his brother Hardy Horne, 1870-1960.
Clayton Centennial Photographs, color images from the town's 100th anniversary celebration in 1969.
Virginia Lee Satterfield Collection, an extensive collection of news clippings beginning in the 1880s, searchable by name or keyword. A sampling of family photographs from the 1930s and 40s is also included.
John T. Talton Collection, a small collection of photographs depicting Clayton streetscapes and buildings of the early 20th century.
Illustrated Handbook of Clayton, 1909, publications by local businessman John T. Talton, highlighting the leading businesses, farms, and families of Clayton and surrounding countryside.
Illustrated Handbook of Clayton, 1936, publications by local businessman John T. Talton, highlighting the leading businesses, farms, and families of Clayton and surrounding countryside.
Illustrated Handbook of Clayton, 1961, publications by local businessman John T. Talton, highlighting the leading businesses, farms, and families of Clayton and surrounding countryside.
School Yearbooks, a sampling of yearbooks from Clayton High School and Cooper High School.
Cook Books, compiled and published by the women of First Baptist Church (1922) and the Clayton Woman's Club (1948).
Overview of Clayton History, an illustrated time-line of important events in Clayton's development.
Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Finding Aids, providing guides and inventories for items and collections in the library's history room.
External Links
- Battle, Jesse Mercer. Tributes to my father and mother and some stories of my life. 1911. An autobiographical work containing references to Battle's courtship and marriage to Clayton native Laura Elizabeth "Bettie" Lee and the mansion he built for his wife in Clayton in 1910.
- Battle, Laura Elizabeth Lee. Forget-Me-Nots of the Civil War. 1909. A first-hand account of a young girl's experiences in Clayton during the Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
- Ashley Horne Portrait. A monument to Women of the Confederacy, Capitol Square, Raleigh, NC.
- Dr. Herman Harrell Horne. A Clayton native who became a noted educator, philosopher and author in the early 20th century, teaching at Dartmouth College and New York University.
- Lt. Eric Lamar Ellington. A Clayton native and pioneer aviator for whom Ellington Air Force Base in Houston, TX is named.
- Town of Clayton featured in 69 Progressive and Prosperous Towns of Eastern North Carolina. c. 1925.
- Johnston County Heritage Center. Searchable databases which include census records, newspapers, obituaries and other valuable sources.
- Clayton Cotton Mill Workers. Photographed by National Child Labor Committee photographer Lewis W. Hine in 1912, from the Library of Congress photo archives.
- William E. Dodd. U.S. Ambassador to Nazi Germany.
- Martha Dodd, daughter of William E. Dodd. (1) (2) She was exiled to Eastern Europe during the Cold War years after being implicated in Soviet espionage activities.
- Clayton Police Department.
- Clayton First Baptist Church.
- Duke Duncan. (1) (2) A Clayton native and professional baseball player in the early 20th century.