Roy Clarke Papers, PC.5288
Abstract
Edward Royden "Roy" Clarke, Jr. of Engelhard, North Carolina is the retired chairman
and president of East Carolina Bank. He spent approximately twenty years researching
the citizens of Hyde County who served in World War II, ultimately documenting about
95% of them. Clarke also began accumulating personal war biographies on many of the
veterans, with hopes of someday writing a book entitled They Came From Hyde. His research
was based on personal interviews with the veterans or their family members, military
discharge papers, and extensive internet research on all aspects of the history of
the war. This collection comprises his research material on Hyde County's involvement
in World War II, largely consisting of photocopies of personal correspondence, photographs,
family papers, newspaper articles, military documents, and extensive descriptions
of specific battles and military armaments.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Roy Clarke Papers
- Call Number
- PC.5288
- Creator
-
Clarke, Edward Royden, Jr.
- Date
- 1939-2018 and undated
- Extent
- 8.800 cubic feet
- Language
-
English
- Repository
-
Outer Banks History Center
Restrictions on Access & Use
Use Restrictions
Copyright is retained by the authors of these materials, or their descendants, as
stipulated by the United States copyright law (Title 17 US Code). Individual researchers
are responsible for using these materials in conformance with copyright law as well
as any donor restrictions accompanying these materials.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], PC.5288, Roy Clarke Papers, Outer Banks History Center,
Manteo, NC, U.S.A.
Collection Overview
The Roy Clarke Papers, 1939-2018 and undated, includes detailed service information
related to more than 600 WWII veterans from Hyde County, North Carolina, collected
by Edward Royden Clarke, Jr. in the process of researching a proposed book to be called
They Came from Hyde. The collection includes individual veteran files created by him
as well as his collection of World War II research related to battles, airplanes and
ships.
Arrangement Note
The collection is arranged into three series: Hyde County World War II Veterans, Non-Hyde
County Veterans and Other Topics, and World War II Research Materials. Folders are
arranged alphabetically within each series.
Biographical/Historical
Edward Royden "Roy" Clarke, Jr. of Engelhard, North Carolina is the retired chairman
and president of East Carolina Bank. He spent approximately twenty years researching
the citizens of Hyde County who served in World War II, ultimately documenting about
95% of them. Clarke also began accumulating personal war biographies on many of the
veterans, with hopes of someday writing a book entitled They Came From Hyde. His research was based on personal interviews with the veterans or their family
members, military discharge papers, and extensive internet research on all aspects
of the history of the war.
Contents of the Collection
1. Hyde County World War II Veterans, 1939-2018 and undated
Adams, Willie Lee, 2001-2007
Box 1
Alcox, Leonard Alton, undated
Box 1
Armstrong, Jahue, undated
Box 1
Armstrong, Johnnie Albin, 1945-2012
Box 1
Ballance, Aubrey Floyd, 2008
Box 1
Ballance, Charles E., 2003
Box 1
Ballance, Clem Labin, 2010-2012
Box 1
Ballance, Gene Tunney, 2002
Box 1
Ballance, James Kirk, 2002-2010
Box 1
Ballance, Leon Gerald, 2002-2004
Box 1
Ballance, Ronald Baum, 2010
Box 1
Ballance, Talmadge B., 2008-2011
Box 1
Ballance, Vernon E., 2003-2005
Box 1
Ballance, Wesley Wise, 2001-2002
Box 1
Barber, Samuel H., undated
Box 1
Barber, William F., 2008-2011
Box 1
Baum, Edward Tomlin, 1944-2002
Box 1
Beckwith, Harold, undated
Box 1
Benson, James Franklin, 2002-2003
Box 1
Berry, Bryan Webster, 2002-2005
Box 1
Berry, Garland Grant, 2011
Box 1
Berry, Shelton, 2004-2011
Box 1
Berry, William "Bill" Aaron, 2001-2005
Box 1
Bishop, Walter Edward, undated
Box 1
Blake, Alva "Meyers", 2003
Box 1
Blake, David Edward, 2008
Box 1
Blake, Herman Miller, undated
Box 1
Blake, John W., Jr., undated
Box 1
Blake, Maxwell Lawson, 2003
Box 1
Blount, Sterling Edward, 2009
Box 2
Brickhouse, George Henry, undated
Box 2
Bridgeman, Allen D., 2011-2014
Box 2
Bridgeman, Merritt E., 2011
Box 2
Brinn, Grady Eugene, 2012-2013
Box 2
Brinn, James Aubrey, 2008
Box 2
Brown, John Kenneth, undated
Box 2
Bryant, Coleman J., undated
Box 2
Bryant, James Thomas, 2002-2008
Box 2
Bryant, Julius David, 2005-2011
Box 2
Bryant, Robert Lee, undated
Box 2
Burrus, David A., undated
Box 2
Burrus, Robert B., Jr., 2003-2011
Box 2
Burrus, Robert Smith, 2003-2011
Box 2
Burrus, Romulus V., undated
Box 2
Burrus, Walter L., undated
Box 2
Bush, George Edward, 2002-2011
Box 2
Cahoon, Carroll Ephrom, undated
Box 2
Cahoon, Crawford L., 2008-2011
Box 2
Cahoon, George Washington, 2009
Box 2
Cahoon, Gilbert Lawrence, 2002-2011
Box 2
Cahoon, Hallet W., 2003-2011
Box 2
Cahoon, Henry Wilson, undated
Box 2
Cahoon, James Lawson, 2004-2015
Box 2
Cahoon, John Franklin, 2011
Box 2
Cahoon, Mack James, 2008-2011
Box 2
Carawan, Benga Greene, undated
Box 2
Carawan, Charlie A., 2009
Box 2
Carawan, Columbus H., Jr., undated
Box 2
Carawan, David M., undated
Box 2
Carawan, Earl G., undated
Box 2
Carawan, Flavius Poe, undated
Box 2
Carawan, James C., 2003-2008
Box 2
Carawan, Ottis, Jr., 2004-2008
Box 2
Carawan, Ralph G., undated
Box 2
Carawan, Talmage C., undated
Box 2
Carawan, Walter Webster, undated
Box 2
Chance, Marshall L., 2008-2010
Box 2
Chauncey, Hallet M., undated
Box 2
Clark, Edward Royden, Sr., 1952-1953
Box 2
Clayton, Clifford, undated
Box 2
Clayton, Hinton Leslie, 2002
Box 3
Clayton, Howard Edmond, 2002
Box 3
Cockrell, Forrest E., undated
Box 3
Collins, Edward, Jr., 2004
Box 3
Collins, Hallet Carr, undated
Box 3
Collins, Linwood, undated
Box 3
Collins, Seth Henry, 2009
Box 3
Cox, Joseph Wilbur, 2001-2004
Box 3
Cox, Roy Starr, Jr., 2003
Box 3
Credle, Albert Bryce, 2003-2013
Box 3
Credle, Benjamin Silas, 2016
Box 3
Credle, Mervis Carlton, 2016
Box 3
Credle, Walter Allen, 2003-2005
Box 3
Cuthrell, Carlos Hoover, 2002-2003
Box 3
Cuthrell, George Linwood, 2005
Box 3
Cuthrell, Edna Dillard, undated
Box 3
Cuthrell, Guy Russell, undated
Box 3
Cuthrell, James Aubrey, 2002
Box 3
Cutrell, Delbert T., undated
Box 3
Cutrell, Joseph "Joe" W., undated
Box 3
Cutrell, Millard W., 2008
Box 3
Cutrell, Russell Earl, 2008
Box 3
Cutrell, Willie E., undated
Box 3
Daniels, Robert E., undated
Box 3
Daniels, Thomas Carroll, undated
Box 3
Davis, Claude David, 2012
Box 3
Davis, George Thomas, 2002
Box 3
Douglas, Harry Harrison, 2004-2008
Box 3
Dudley, Samuel A., undated
Box 3
Dunbar, Clarence N., undated
Box 3
Dunbar, David Henry, 2008
Box 3
Dunbar, Edgar Lawrence, 2005
Box 3
Dunbar, John R., Jr., undated
Box 3
English, James Milhan, undated
Box 3
Equils, Andrew J., undated
Box 3
Equils, Gilbert B., undated
Box 3
Equils, James E., undated
Box 3
Evans, Thurman Martin, 2002-2008
Box 3
Flowers, Cecil Lloyd, undated
Box 3
Flowers, Harvey J., undated
Box 3
Flowers, Ronald Dee, undated
Box 3
Flowers, Travis Windley, 2003
Box 3
Garrish, John Elbert, undated
Box 4
Gaskill, Enoch Clayton, Sr., undated
Box 4
Gaskill, James "Jim" Baum, 2005
Box 4
Gaskill, Tony Thurston, undated
Box 4
Gaskins, William Joseph, III, undated
Box 4
Gibbs, Alonzo Jefferson, 2015
Box 4
Gibbs, Arthur Woodrow, undated
Box 4
Gibbs, Burnell L., undated
Box 4
Gibbs, Carlos, T. Jr., undated
Box 4
Gibbs, Chelsey Lee, undated
Box 4
Gibbs, David Lee, undated
Box 4
Gibbs, David Lee, undated
Box 4
Gibbs, Dennis L., undated
Box 4
Gibbs, Edward L., undated
Box 4
Gibbs, Edward N., undated
Box 4
Gibbs, Ellis B., 2003-2008
Box 4
Gibbs, Flave B. "Gibby", 2014-2015
Box 4
Gibbs, Flave Farrell, undated
Box 4
Gibbs, Floyd Guy, undated
Box 4
Gibbs, Francis Benjamin, undated
Box 4
Gibbs, George Thomas, 2006
Box 4
Gibbs, George Thomas, 2013-2015
Box 4
Gibbs, H. Linwood, Sr., 2003
Box 4
Gibbs, Hallett Ward, 2002-2010
Box 4
Gibbs, Henry Brian, undated
Box 4
Gibbs, Herbert S. "Tommie", 2002-2015
Box 4
Gibbs, Ira Blount, 2004-2008
Box 4
Gibbs, Israel Spruill, 2009-2014
Box 4
Gibbs, James Elwood, 2002-2006
Box 4
Gibbs, James Thomas, 2015
Box 4
Gibbs, John Bannister, undated
Box 4
Gibbs, John Osborne, 2009
Box 4
Gibbs, Joseph A., 2003-2009
Box 4
Gibbs, Joseph "Joe" Benjamin, Jr., 2003-2015
Box 4
Gibbs, Lem Leon, 2004-2005
Box 4
Gibbs, Leslie B., undated
Box 4
Gibbs, Mather Thomas, 2003-2005
Box 5
Gibbs, Max Edward, Sr., undated
Box 5
Gibbs, Otis Carem, 2002-2004
Box 5
Gibbs, Paris William, 2002-2003
Box 5
Gibbs, Shirrell W., undated
Box 5
Gibbs, Sullivan Grant, 2008
Box 5
Gibbs, Thomas S., undated
Box 5
Gibbs, William Bernice, undated
Box 5
Gibbs, Woodrow W., undated
Box 5
Green, William F., undated
Box 5
Hardison, Beverly Oren, 2009
Box 5
Hardison, Graham Berch, 2009
Box 5
Hardison, John M., 2004-2009
Box 5
Harris, Arthur B., undated
Box 5
Harris, Benjamin "Bennie" F., 2002
Box 5
Harris, Earl Dunning, 2008
Box 5
Harris, Frank O., undated
Box 5
Harris, Henry Craven, undated
Box 5
Harris, Jesse R., Jr., 2005
Box 5
Harris, Jesse W., undated
Box 5
Harris, Julian, 2002-2003
Box 5
Harris, Merrian A., undated
Box 5
Harris, Milburn M., undated
Box 5
Harris, Shadrac Harold, undated
Box 5
Harris, Walter M., Jr., undated
Box 5
Harris, Warren Lee, Jr., undated
Box 5
Harris, Warren Spencer, Jr., undated
Box 5
Harris, William B., undated
Box 5
Harris, William Edgar, 2002
Box 5
Harris, William Geofrey, undated
Box 5
Harris, Woodrow T., undated
Box 5
Hodges, Bruce Lee, undated
Box 5
Hodges, Carroll M., undated
Box 5
Hodges, James Warren, undated
Box 5
Hodges, Marvin E., 2009-2012
Box 5
Howard, Curtis Edward, 2008
Box 5
Howard, Henry L., undated
Box 5
Howard, James T., undated
Box 5
Hudnell, Lloyd Earl, 2002
Box 5
Jarvis, Carl Maxton, undated
Box 5
Jarvis, Foster Lynwood, 2002
Box 5
Jarvis, Joseph H., Jr., 2015
Box 5
Jarvis, Mary Rebecca (Hudgins), undated
Box 5
Jennette, Arthur H., undated
Box 5
Jennette, Garland Windley, 2002
Box 5
Jennette, Jones Mann, undated
Box 5
Jennette, Stephen S., Jr., undated
Box 5
Jennette, William W., undated
Box 5
Jones, William "Billy" Jay, 2003-2006
Box 5
Kelly, Eugene Lafeyette, undated
Box 6
Kittrell, Ernest Butler, 2002-2013
Box 6
Knickerbocker, Charles Thomas, undated
Box 6
Lavender, Benjamin Avery, 2003
Box 6
Lee, Bonner Reginal, undated
Box 6
Liverman, Henry Joseph, MD, 2003-2006
Box 6
Long, Mendall H., 2003-2005
Box 6
Lucas, Benjamin, Jr., undated
Box 6
Lucas, Dewitt L., undated
Box 6
Lupton, Cecil Rhodes, 2001-2002
Box 6
Lupton, Charlie Rouse, Jr., 2002-2005
Box 6
Lupton, Leewood Allen, 2001-2002
Box 6
Mackey, Connie L., undated
Box 6
Mackey, William H., undated
Box 6
Mann, Carlos, Jr., undated
Box 6
Mann, Merrins R., undated
Box 6
Mann, Thurston Jefferson, 2007
Box 6
Manning, Edward Horace, 2016
Box 6
Manning, Floyd P., undated
Box 6
Marshall, Charles Henry, 2004-2008
Box 6
Marshall, Norwood, undated
Box 6
Mason, Alfred Milton, undated
Box 6
Mason, Edmond O., undated
Box 6
Mason, Fred Ayers, undated
Box 6
Mason, Jack Nicholson, undated
Box 6
Mason, Kenneth Russell, 2008
Box 6
McGowan, David Foy, undated
Box 6
McKinney, Edward Horace, 2014
Box 6
McKinney, Elbert Oliver, undated
Box 6
McKinney, Grafton Odette, 2011-2015
Box 6
McKinney, Jack Whitley, 2004-2006
Box 6
McKinney, Liston Sherril, 2014
Box 6
McKinney, Robert Egbert, undated
Box 6
McKinney, Vincent Aster, undated
Box 6
McKinney, William Forrest, 2016
Box 6
Merrick, John Riley, undated
Box 7
Midgette, Alvah H., undated
Box 7
Midgette, Charlie Edward, undated
Box 7
Midgette, Elwood Hassel, undated
Box 7
Midgette, George Edwards, 2016
Box 7
Midgette, Ralph B., undated
Box 7
Midyette, David Pell, undated
Box 7
Midyette, Eugene Mallard, undated
Box 7
Midyette, Foy A., undated
Box 7
Midyette, John Vernon, 2004
Box 7
Midyette, Julian M., undated
Box 7
Midyette, William Gleason, undated
Box 7
Miller, Edward Clement, Jr., 2004
Box 7
Mooney, Clifton Hudson, Jr., 2003-2013
Box 7
Mooney, Stafford C., undated
Box 7
Morris, Bernard Eliot, undated
Box 7
Morris, Carlis Lee, 2002-2004
Box 7
Morris, Warden Truman, undated
Box 7
Morris, Warren "Bill" Camilus, 2002
Box 7
Murray, Sam, Jr., undated
Box 7
Neal, Samuel "Pete" Royden, 2002
Box 7
Nobles, William Everett, Jr., undated
Box 7
O'Neal, Benjamin Lee, undated
Box 7
O'Neal, Elbert, 2008-2009
Box 7
O'Neal, George Willock, 2003
Box 7
O'Neal, Harry, Jr., undated
Box 7
O'Neal, Leslie Jack, 2016
Box 7
O'Neal, Lloyd M., undated
Box 7
O'Neal, Robert Glenn, undated
Box 7
O'Neal, Sam Barber, 2002-2006
Box 7
O'Neal, Thomas Gregory, 2008
Box 7
Payne, Alton Warren, 2004
Box 7
Payne, Archie Melling, 2002
Box 7
Payne, Durwood W., 2003-2004
Box 7
Payne, George Speilman, undated
Box 7
Payne, Spencer E., undated
Box 7
Peebles, David H., undated
Box 7
Peterson, James T., undated
Box 7
Pugh, Carl Jennings, 1943
Box 7
Pugh, Earl Dawson, Sr., 2004-2015
Box 7
Pugh, John Thomas, Jr., undated
Box 7
Raburn, Daniel Webster, undated
Box 8
Radcliffe, Edward, undated
Box 8
Ramon, Edward Charles, 2001-2005
Box 8
Rhem, William Arthur, 2002-2007
Box 8
Roper, Sydney Lee, 2002-2004
Box 8
Russell, Barner P., undated
Box 8
Sadler, Emmett Darrell, undated
Box 8
Sadler, William S., undated
Box 8
Sanderson, Romulus, undated
Box 8
Sawyer, Ellis W., undated
Box 8
Sawyer, Ervie Braxton, undated
Box 8
Sawyer, Gilbert E., undated
Box 8
Sawyer, Joseph Leon, 2004
Box 8
Sawyer, Lloyd Woodrow, 2003-2018
Box 8
Sawyer, Luther G., undated
Box 8
Sawyer, Vernon Lupton "Tom Sawyer", 2002-2006
Box 8
Selby, David Hubert, 2002
Box 8
Shaffer, John Allen, 2005-2009
Box 8
Shelton, William Thomas, 2003
Box 8
Shipman, Sally Elizabeth, undated
Box 8
Silverthorne, Cecil Rollins, undated
Box 8
Silverthorne, John D., 2009
Box 8
Simmons, Malcolm S., 1998
Box 8
Simmons, Osbyn Glee, 2003
Box 8
Simmons, Patrick Spencer, undated
Box 8
Simmons, Preston Hines, 2008
Box 8
Simpson, James H., undated
Box 8
Simpson, William E., undated
Box 8
Smith, Bernie Leighton, undated
Box 8
Smith, William T., undated
Box 8
Smithwick, Archie Rupert, 2002
Box 8
Smithwick, James M., 2002
Box 8
Smithwick, William Thomas, 2002
Box 8
Sox, Clarence E., 2004-2006
Box 8
Spencer, Bill Thomas, 2010-2011
Box 8
Spencer, Byron Lee, undated
Box 8
Spencer, Carroll Lee, undated
Box 8
Spencer, Charlie J., undated
Box 8
Spencer, Charlie S., undated
Box 8
Spencer, Edwin Keith, undated
Box 8
Spencer, Elmer Carl, 2006
Box 8
Spencer, Elwood Lamar, 2012
Box 9
Spencer, Flave Fletcher, undated
Box 9
Spencer, Holland E., undated
Box 9
Spencer, James Carlos, undated
Box 9
Spencer, James Henry, undated
Box 9
Spencer, James L., undated
Box 9
Spencer, Jason Elmer, undated
Box 9
Spencer, John Lee, 2011-2016
Box 9
Spencer, Leonders, undated
Box 9
Spencer, Ray Mitchell, undated
Box 9
Spencer, Richard Payne, 2004
Box 9
Spencer, Roosevelt, Jr., undated
Box 9
Spencer, Rufus E., undated
Box 9
Spencer, Thomas E., undated
Box 9
Spencer, Warren Gray, 2006-2010
Box 9
Spencer, Woodrow, undated
Box 9
Stanley, Edward Gibbs, undated
Box 9
Swindell, Hal Gray, undated
Box 9
Swindell, Henry L., undated
Box 9
Swindell, Dr. James Elliot, undated
Box 9
Swindell, Kenneth, Monroe " Shorty", 2003-2004
Box 9
Swindell, Lee Thomas, undated
Box 9
Swindell, Lee Windley, undated
Box 9
Swindell, Metrah Blair, undated
Box 9
Swindell, Palmer Lee, 2003-2008
Box 9
Swindell, Russell A., undated
Box 9
Swindell, Thurman Randolph, undated
Box 9
Swindell, William Durant, 1944-2004
Box 9
Thompson, George Norman, 2005-2009
Box 9
Tunnell, Fred S., undated
Box 9
Tunnell, Gilbert Bernard, Sr., undated
Box 9
Tunnell, Wilson F., undated
Box 9
Waits, Joseph Alexander, 2001
Box 9
Warner, Otis Millard, undated
Box 9
Waters, James C., undated
Box 9
Watson, Edward H., undated
Box 9
Watson, George Israel, 2009
Box 9
Watson, James Rufus, undated
Box 9
Watson, John "Johnnie" Israel, 2001-2013
Box 9
Weston, Henry Lee, undated
Box 9
Weston, Lawrence Blair, undated
Box 9
Weston, Neila E., undated
Box 9
Weston, Thomas G., undated
Box 9
Whitaker, William Nathaniel, undated
Box 9
Whitfield, William Arnold, undated
Box 9
Wilcox, Delanson, undated
Box 9
Williams, Bernie Carrow, undated
Box 9
Williams, Carroll Hubert, undated
Box 9
Williams, Cecil O., undated
Box 9
Williams, Chester Stafford, undated
Box 9
Williams, Edison, 2003-2004
Box 9
Williams, Henry Guion, undated
Box 9
Williams, Joseph Odell, undated
Box 9
Williams, Melvin Wright, undated
Box 9
Williams, Olian Riggs, undated
Box 9
Williams, Robert D., undated
Box 9
Williams, Thomas Elwood Scott, undated
Box 9
Williams, William Joseph, Jr., undated
Box 9
Willis, Jack Carrow, Sr., 1941
Box 9
Willis, Johnnie, Jr., undated
Box 9
2. Non-Hyde County Veterans and Other Topics, 1942-2011 and undated
Carpenter, Lemon, undated
Box 10
Johnston, Russell, 2005-2011
Box 10
Lucas, Jacklyn "Jack", 2002-2006
Box 10
Sheridan, Dennis, undated
Box 10
Wahab, Howard & Sarah, 1942
Box 10
Williams, Richard Guion, undated
Box 10
Wright, James, MD, undated
Box 10
Veterans Discharge Report, 2003
Box 10
Hyde Veterans at Pearl Harbor, 2002
Box 10
Roy Clarke - Miscellaneous, 1971-2007
Box 10
3. World War II Research Materials, 2001-2015 and undated
Army Divisions, 2003-2013
Box 11
Aviation (Army/Air Force), undated
Box 13
Battles (Pacific/Asiatic), 2002-2013
Box 14
Battles (European Theater), 2001-2006
Box 15
Holocaust Reports, 2003-2005
Box 17
Japanese History, 2002-2014
Box 18
Military Ranks, 2002-2004
Box 20
Military Occupation Specialty (MOS), 2008
Box 21
US Naval Ship Categories, 2002-2006
Box 22
WWII Naval Ships, 2001-2011
Box 23
WWII Troop Ship Crossings, 2003
Box 24
They Came From Hyde Draft Manuscript, 2002-2005
Box Box 12
Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--History
World War, 1939-1945--North Carolina--Hyde County
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--North Carolina--Hyde County
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--North Carolina--Hyde County
Hyde County (N.C.)--Biography
Hyde County (N.C.)--Genealogy
Hyde County (N.C.)--History
Acquisitions Information
Donated by Edward Royden Clarke, Jr., May 2018.
Processing Information
Processed by Linda McQueen, OBHC volunteer, September 2019.