Forest William Clonts Papers

MS544

Prof. Forrest W. Clonts was a long-time member of the History faculty of Wake Forest College.

His papers consist of class registers, correspondence with colleagues, including recommendations of students for advanced study; subject files; a Wake Forest Certificate of appreciation (1967), and some family photographs.

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Summary Information
Biographical and Historical Note
Collection Overview
Collection Inventory
Administrative Information

Summary Information

Repository: Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Title: Forest William Clonts papers
Date: 1897-1992 (inclusive)
Extent: 3.9 Linear Feet / 3 record cartons
ID: MS544

Biographical and Historical Note

Professor Forrest W. Clonts (1897-1978) was a long-time member of the History faculty of Wake Forest College. He was born in Florida to Samuel and Harriet Howell Clonts.

Each year, the History Department awards the Forrest W. Clonts Award for Excellence in History to an outstanding history student each year. The judges consider academic achievement, intellectual engagement, and service to the department when choosing the recipient. The Forrest W. Clonts Research Prize in European History is also offered to outstanding students.

Collection Overview

Professor Forrest W. Clonts was a long-time member of the History faculty of Wake Forest College. His papers consist of class registers, correspondence with colleagues, including recommendations of students for advanced study; subject files; a Wake Forest Certificate of appreciation (1967), and some family photographs.

Administrative Information

Publication Information: Finding aid prepared by Processed by: John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex
Revision Description: Revised by Finley Turner, 2022 January
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for use.
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Preferred Citation: Forrest William Clonts Papers (MS 544), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.

Collection Inventory

Personal and Biographical
- Address book (undated) box 1
- B.A. diploma, Wake Forest College box 1
- Biographical report for use of the Graduate Council box 1
- Death announcement and eulogy (1978 June) box 1
- Financial documents and receipts (1964-1973) box 1
- Income tax
  - (1962) box 1
  - (1964) box 1
  - (1966) box 1
  - (1967) box 1
  - (1968) box 1
  - (1969) box 1
  - (1970-1971) box 1
- Journals of expenditures (1951; 1969) box 1
- Miscellaneous: Divorce action - Mary's suit (undated) box 1
- Photographs: Home of SLA CLonts and Family Lakeland, FL (undated) box 1
- Photographs: Miscellaneous (undated) box 1
- Portrait: SLA Clonts box 1
- Record of marriage and births of children of SLA Clonts and Harriet M. Powell (undated) box 1
- Topographical elevation map of Bethabara Road: "Mom's Property" (undated) box 1
- Trust of SLA Clonts (undated) box 1These folders contains legal documents, materials and correspondence regarding the trust of Clonts' father.
- U.S. Naval Reserve Force discharge (undated) box 1
- Will of F.W. Clonts
Correspondence
- Greeting cards (undated) box 1This folder contains greeting cards, mostly Christmas greetings, from family, friends and students.
- Letters and notes (undated) box 1This folder contains letters and notes from family, friends and students, 1960-1973.
Subject Files
- Athletic Control (1973) box 1This folder contains materials and correspondence regarding the issue of governance of intercollegiate athletics at WFU, 1973. Correspondents include David Hadley, Gene Hooks, and Robert Brehme.
- Atlantic Coast Conference tie pin (undated) box 1
- The Battle of Alamance box 1This folder contains a commemorative button for The Battle of Alamance, Bicentennial Booster, May 9-16, 1771-1971.
- C.C. Pearson Memorial Fund (1964-1965) box 1
- Codicil Club (undated) box 1This folder contains correspondence regarding the founding of the Codicil Club. Correspondents include James Ralph Scales, Robert Lee Humber, Irving E. Carlyle, and Basil M. Watkins.
- The Denmark Loan Fund (undated) box 1
- The Earl Riddle Case box 1This folder contains notes left in Clonts' office with a personal note from Clonts.
- Forrest Clonts History Fund box 1This folder contains materials and correspondence regarding the establishment of the Forrest Clonts History Fund, 1966-69.
- Forrest M. Clonts lecture (1992) box 1This folder contains materials regarding the inaugural Forrest M. Clonts Lecture, April 22, 1992 with William H. Mc Neill. Included is a copy of "History and Historians at Wake Forest: A Sesquicentennial History" by J. Edwin Hendricks, 1984.
- Foreign travel materials (1952-1969) box 1This folder contains materials and correspondence regarding Clonts' travel to Europe, 1952-1969.
- Geneologies: Henry VIII to James I, Arabella Stuart and Wm Seymour, and The Nevilles box 1
- Historical Markers Committee box 1This folder contains materials and correspondence regarding the Historical Markers Committee. Correspondents include John G. Williard, H.G. Jones, Rye B. Page, Henry S. Stroupe, R.L. Trout, and Elizabeth W. Wilborn.
- History Department
  - Budget sheets (1952-1954) box 1
  - Library expenditure record (1962-1968) box 1
- The Levellers box 2This folder contains the typewritten manuscript titled "The Levellers", with handwritten corrections and additions, and typewritten notes titled Pease, "The Leveller Movement".
- Letters of recommendation
  - A-B box 2
  - C-D box 2
  - E-F box 2
  - G-H box 2
  - I-L box 2
  - M-O box 2
  - P-Q box 2
  - R-S box 2
  - T-V box 2
  - W-X box 2
- Letter writing materials box 2
- Lord Brooke's Discourse box 2This folder contains the typewritten manuscript "Lord Brooke's Discourse", no date or author cited.
- McCarthy buttons box 2This folder contains seven McCarthy buttons, white with two shades of blue, in a letter envelope, WFU Department of English.
- Miscellaneous notes box 2This folder contains miscellaneous handwritten notes and lists.
- North Carolina Literary and Historical Association (1966 November) box 2This folder contains a membership card for Clonts in the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, November 1966, signed by Christopher Crittenden.
- Notes: Thos Helwys, Early Dissenters Agreement of People, Baptists box 2This folder contains a typewritten manuscript titled "The Agreement of the People, as Presented to the Council of the Army, October 28, 1647, and a handwritten note titled "Period of Civil War in Eng.
- Overton, Richard biographical account in D.N.B. box 2This folder contains a typewritten paper titled Richard Overton (fl.1646) and a typewritten paper titled "The Early English Dissenters, Champlin Burrage. Cambridge: 1912.
- Passports (1924-1967) box 2This folder contains passports and travel documents dated 1924,1936,1962, and 1967.
- Pictures
  - Edward the Confessor box 2
  - Italy box 2
  - Reproductions from "A History of Civilization," 2nd Edition (1960) box 2
  - Unidentified pottery box 2
  - Postcards box 2
  - Prints box 2This folder contains two prints, one of St. Albans Abbey, and one unidentified cathedral nave, a copyright photograph of John R. Edis, Sadler St., Durham.
- Publication materials box 2This folder contains miscellaneous materials, including publisher brochures and library materials.
- Retirement
  - Financial documents box 2
  - (1967 June) box 2This folder contains correspondence regarding the retirement of Clonts and the establishment of the Forrest W. Clonts History Fund, "A Tribute to Professor Clonts" by Bynum Shaw, published in The Wake Forest Magazine, May 1967, and "F.W.C. at W.F.C. a tribute given by Percival Perry at Graylyn at a dinner given by the History Department faculty, May 21, 1967.
  - Certificate of appreciation (1967 June 5) box 2
- Salary and compensation information (1962-1969) box 2
- Sir Walter Raleigh Memorial - Whitehall box 2This folder contains an invitation from the Chairman and Board of Governors of the English Speaking Union to The Unveiling of the Memorial to Sir Walter Raleigh by the American Ambassador, October 28, 1959.
- Southern Conference box 2This folder contains materials and correspondence relating to the Southern Conference of the NCAA, 1952-53. Correspondents include Wallace Wade and Mary Ruth Fleming.
- Spirit of Competition in Greek Life box 2This folder contains a typewritten manuscript entitled "Spirit of Contest in Greek Life". This was filed in a folder entitled "Spirit of competition in Greek Life - Read on invitation into Eta Sigma Phi Classical Fraternity May 15, 1947.
- Teaching materials box 2This folder contains miscellaneous materials, including a manuscript titled "Instructions for the Preparation of Theses, 1961 and a reprint of "The World Situation" by Paul J. Tillich.
- University documents box 2This folder contains materials and correspondence regarding Wake Forest College and Wake Forest University, 1958-1989, including a reprint of "The Battle of Ideas" by Gerald W. Johnson, with an introduction by James Ralph Scales. Correspondents include P. Huber Hanes, Jr., Harold W. Tribble, Irving E. Carlyle, Christopher Crittenden, Russell Brantley, M. Henry Garrity, Henry S. Stroupe, Jim Hobbs, Representative David M. Britt, Leslie H. Campbell, Egbert L. Davis, Jr., James Ralph Scales, Bennett H. Wall, and Ethel T. Crittenden.
- Wake Forest, Louisberg, Franklinton, NC telephone directory (1954) box 2
- Wake Forest College self-study (1965) box 2
- Wake Forest University student faculty directory (1969 Fall-1970 Spring) box 2
Printed Materials and Clippings
- Miscellaneous box 2This folder contains the following newspaper articles: Turing, Penelope Livery halls-where 1,000 years of tradition hold sway. undated Johnson, Gerald W. There Are Those Who Love Her. Raleigh, NC: The News and Observer, September 28, 1858. Bracker, Milton Chartres Cathedral Celebrates 700 Years With Beethoven Mass. The New York Times, October 29, 1960. Johnson, Gerald W. Why North Carolina Is What It's Become. The News and Observer, May 16, 1965. Clement Attlee, 84, Prime Minister Who Brought Welfare State to Britain, Is Dead. The New York Times, October 9, 1967. Editorial: Clement Richard Attlee. The New York Times, October 9, 1967.
- Don Hyatt's poems (1950 October 13) box 2Poems reprinted in The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest, NC, October 13, 1950. "Until They Return" and "Guidance".
- Editorial: The Big March (1963 August 28) box 2Winston-Salem Journal, August 28, 1963.
Journals and Diaries
- (1918-1922) box 3This handwritten journal chronicles Clounts' experiences in Key West during "the world war", then home to Lakeland, to Wake Forest College to complete his degree, and travels and adventures following gradutation.
- (1930-1932) box 3Handwritten personal diary.
- Russia (1936) box 3Handwritten journal of Clonts' trip to Russia.
- England (1962) box 3
- England (1966 Summer) box 3
- Tour in Great Britain (1967) box 3
- England (1969) box 3
Class Books
- (1945 Fall) box 3
- (1946 Spring) box 3
- (1946 Fall) box 3
- (1947 Spring) box 3
- (1947 Summer) box 3
- (1947 Fall) box 3
- (1948 Spring) box 3
- (1948 Spring, 1949 Fall) box 3
- (1949 Fall) box 3
- (1950 Spring-Summer) box 3
- (1950 Fall) box 3
- (1951 Spring, Summer) box 3
- (1951 Fall) box 3
- (1952 Spring) box 3
- (1952 Fall) box 3
- (1953 Spring) box 3
- (1953 Fall) box 3
- (1954 Spring; 1955 Summer) box 3
- (1954 Fall) box 3
- (1955 Spring) box 3
- (1955 Fall) box 3
- (1956 Fall; 1957 Spring and Summer) box 3
- (1957 Fall; 1958 Spring) box 3
- (1958 Fall; 1959 Spring and Summer) box 3
- (1959 Fall; 1960 Spring) box 3
- (1960 Fall) box 3
- (1961 Spring) box 3
- (1961 Fall) box 3
- (1962 Spring) box 3
- (1962 Fall) box 3
- (1963 Spring) box 3
- (1963 Fall) box 3
- (1964 Spring) box 3
- (1964 Fall) box 3
- (1965 Spring) box 3
- (1965 Fall) box 3
- (1967 Spring) box 3
- (Fall, undated) box 3
- (Spring, undated) box 3
- Correspondence

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