Clinton McClure Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a surveying transit owned by Clinton McClure, made by Gurley Engineering Instruments. McClure used this instrument extensively to locate landlines on the forest properties he managed and purchased. It also includes two timber maps created by McClure of southern Sumter and northern Choctaw counties in Alabama. One of these maps shows the location of McClure's timberland property, with individual trees marked.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1930s to 1950s
Creator
- McClure, Clinton (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Clinton McClure was born in 1909, near Garland, Alabama, in Butler County. He attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute beginning in 1928 and earned a business degree. After graduating, McClure worked as a forester and lumber mill manager for W.T. Smith Lumber Company, first in Butler County, then in Linden, Alabama. He also served as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves, eventually reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel and seeing active service in Europe in World War II. After the war, he returned to Alabama to work as a forestry consultant under contract with Alison Lumber Company. He also managed the timber on his own extensive land holdings in Sumter County, Alabama. McClure died in 2002, at the age of 93.
Full Extent
1 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This finding aid is organized by accessions. Each accession represents an addition to the collection. Each accession also represents the transfer of physical and legal custody of archival materials from the donor(s) to Auburn University Special Collections and Archives.
Processing Information
Accession 11-052 processed by David McRae, 2011. Finding aid entered into ArchivesSpace by Shelby Strozier, 2024. Finding aid edited in ArchivesSpace by Phyllis Simmons, 2026.
Topical
- Title
- Guide to Clinton McClure Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- Record Group 1114
- Author
- David McRae
- Date
- August 15, 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
