Royce Shingleton Papers

ca. 1954-2022
Manuscript Collection #1401
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Shingleton, Royce
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2.5 Cubic Feet, 4 document cases and 2 half document cases, consisting of correspondence, research notes, genealogical notes, publications, speeches, articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, and class notes.
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Royce Shingleton Papers (#1401), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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This collection includes the papers of retired History Professor from Darton College (now part of Albany State University in Georgia) and author Dr. Royce G. Shingleton. These papers document his literary career in the fields of Naval History and mid-nineteenth century American South. His books include High Seas Confederate (about John Newland Maffitt), John Taylor Wood: Sea Ghost of the Confederacy, and Richard Peters: Champion of the New South; he also contributed to William N. Still's book The Confederate Navy. A native of Stantonsburg, North Carolina, Shingleton has done genealogical work relative to the Shingleton family that is also found in this collection.

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April 7, 2022, (unprocessed), 2.0 cubic feet; This collection includes the papers of retired History Professor from Darton College (now part of Albany State University in Georgia) and author Dr. Royce G. Shingleton. These papers document his literary career in the fields of Naval History and mid-nineteenth century American South. His books include High Seas Confederate (about John Newland Maffitt), John Taylor Wood: Sea Ghost of the Confederacy, and Richard Peters: Champion of the New South; he also contributed to William N. Still's book The Confederate Navy. A native of Stantonsburg, North Carolina, Shingleton has done genealogical work relative to the Shingleton family that is also found in this collection. Gift of Dr. Royce Shingleton.

June 24, 2024, (unprocessed), 0.2 cubic feet; Addition includes material related to Royce Shingleton's life and genealogical papers related to the Richard Shirley Family and to the Shirley Cemetery in Greene County, North Carolina. Material related to Dr. Shingleton includes personal correspondence (1980-2022), clippings and copies of clippings (1971-2003), biographical information, and photographs and documents related to his early life, professional career, and family. Also included is an authoritative list of his publications with related documents. Gift of Dr. Royce Shingleton.

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Gift of Dr. Royce Shingleton

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Container List completed May 2022 by Matthew Lowe.

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Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

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Key terms
Personal Names
Shingleton, Royce
Family Names
Shingleton family
Corporate Names
Darton College--Faculty
Topical
Historians--North Carolina
Naval history, Modern--19th century
Places
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Naval War College Review, Summer 1992, containing an article by Russell W. Ramsey about Shingleton.
Box 1 Folder b Newspaper article on Royce G. Shingleton; 1993 Wilson Times article related to Shingleton's work on John Newland Maffitt; correspondence (1995-1997) between Royce Shingleton and William N. Still, Jr. (editor of a book on the Confederate States Navy) and with David McLean of Conway Maritime Press related to 2 chapters Shingleton is contributing to the Confederate States Navy book; and "The Darton Report" (Darton Campus, formerly Albany Junior College) March/April 1998, and 'The Darton Pin', March 5, 1998, with articles related to Royce Shingleton's work on the Confederate States Navy.
Box 1 Folder c Royce Shingleton correspondence to the University of South Carolina Press related to his biography on Confederate Navy Captain John Newland Maffitt. 1989-1996
Box 1 Folder d Letters (and photographs) related to John Newland Maffitt research. 1989-1995
Box 1 Folder e "Impressions" from University of South Carolina Press, Spring/Summer 1995 announces award Shingleton won for his Maffitt book; "Darton Report" June/July 1994 with article on the Maffitt book; 2005 program for Shingleton's talk about the John Newland Maffitt at a SCV meeting in Florida; ads for Royce Shingleton's book on John Newland Maffitt; articles and notes related to the Confederate States Navy and John Maffitt books; Newspaper articles (1990s) related to Royce Shingleton. 1989-2005
Box 1 Folder f Correspondence related to manuscript written by Royce Shingleton on John Taylor Wood, Confederate Navy Officer (University of Georgia Press), 1977-1982.
Box 1 Folder g Documents and correspondence related to Shingleton's research into Confederate Navy Officer John Taylor Wood.
Box 1 Folder h Photograph, documents, letters, and magazine articles related to Civil War Confederate blockade runner Captain Mike Philip Usina and the blockade runner Atlanta including Civil War Times Illustrated Dec. 1989 issue with Shingleton's article re Usina.
Box 2 Folder a Book review by Shingleton in The Georgia Historical Quarterly, Spring 1995.
Box 2 Folder b Book reviews by Shingleton in Blue and Gray Magazine (1996), and Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South (1989). A review of Shingleton's book re John Taylor Wood in the South Carolina Historical Magazine July 1980 issue.
Box 2 Folder c The American Neptune: Maritime History & Arts, Volume 56, Number 4, Fall 1996, with Royce Shingleton article and review; Civil War Times Illustrated from May 1976 with Royce Shingleton article titled "Cruise of the CSS Tallahassee"; Fall 1979 The University of Georgia Press with article about John Taylor Wood; Civil War: The Magazine of the Civil War Society (Nov.-Dec. 1990) with Royce Shingleton article titled "Confederate Commando."
Box 2 Folder d Military History: Confederate Raider Magazine, April 1990, and Great Battles Magazine, May 1995, with Royce Shingleton article titled "Raider's Blow Stinging"; The United Daughters of the Confederacy Magazine from October 1978 with Royce Shingleton article "Swashbuckler in Gray: The Confederate Service of John Taylor Wood"; The Atlanta Historical Bulletin from Fall 1976 with Royce Shingleton article "The Atlanta: A Civil War Blockade Runner"
Box 2 Folder e Royce Shingleton article "Atlanta Becomes the Capital: The Role of Richard Peters" from The Atlanta Historical Journal Winter 1984-85; The Atlanta Historical Journal Fall 1985 with Royce Shingleton award mention; and photocopies of articles in Greene County Heritage, North Carolina, and Edgecombe County Heritage North Carolina concerning Royce Shingleton and the Shingleton family.
Box 2 Folder f Royce Shingleton's correspondence and documents related to his biography of Richard Peters titled "Richard Peters: Champion of the New South."
Box 2 Folder g Photographs related to Richard Peters (but not used in Shingleton's biography of Richard Peters); Documents related to the Edward C. Peters House (Ivy Hall, The Mansion Restaurant); materials related to St. Simons Island Southeastern Writers Association Annual Workshop, 1981; and newspaper articles related to Royce Shingleton's historical works.
Box 3 Folder a Notes on Shingleton's 1979 speech re John Taylor Wood given at the Thronateeska Heritage Foundation meeting; Shingleton's speech re "John Taylor Wood: Sea Ghost of the Confederacy"; newspaper articles related to Royce Shingleton's 1980 Jefferson Davis speech; his "The Final Days of the Confederacy" speech delivered before the Georgia Historical Society April 17, 1982; speech with notes on "How Honest Abe Paid a Debt Without Really Trying"; notes on Shingleton's 1979 speech on "Women's Influence on American Presidents"; and speech titled "The Atlanta Campaign" with edits. Also photographs of Shingleton.
Box 3 Folder b Documents and photograph for Royce Shingleton's speech at the Sowega Council on Aging, 1979; and documents and/or speeches related to Shingleton's commencement address to Albany Junior College, June 6, 1980; The New South speech; origins of Confederate Memorial Day; speech given at the Thronateeska Heritage Foundation meeting, 1980; 1980 speech on Atlanta steam mills; Address delivered on Confederate Memorial Day, 1984; "American Citizenship" speech; "Preparing for College" speech; "The Vicksburg Campaign" speech; "Atlanta Becomes the Capital: The Role of Richard Peters" speech; "Civil War Misconceptions" speech; and "The U.S. Attitude Toward Succession" speech.
Box 3 Folder c "John Newland Maffitt" speech; Royce Shingleton academic annual report (1990?); and mainly clippings and other material related to Albany Junior College Faculty Wives Club speech, 1978; "Richard Peters and the Rise of Atlanta" speech; "John Taylor Wood, Sea Ghost of the Confederacy" speech; Sons of Confederate Veterans speech; Atlanta Civil War Roundtable speech, 1980; Georgia Historical Society speech, 1981; United Daughters of the Confederacy speech, 1993; Albany Christian Church speech, 1994; The National Civil War Naval Museum speech; and State Historical Society speech. Also includes Annual Meeting Program of the Georgia Historical Society and a Albany Junior College flyer.
Box 3 Folder d Ancestry of Deborah Cook Shingleton, mother of Wiley Thomas Shingleton, paternal grandmother of Royce Gordon Shingleton. Documents related to the Shingleton family ancestry and to the Richard Shirley family and the Shirley Cemetery in Greene County, North Carolina.
Box 3 Folder e Royce Shingleton's essay from the Fall 1972 Mississippi Quarterly; The Georgia Historical Quarterly, summer 1972, with Royce Shingleton article.
Box 3 Folder f Essays by Shingleton in The Journal of Negro History (July 1973), The South Carolina Historical Magazine (October 1974), and The Alabama Historical Quarterly, Fall and Winter 1971.
Box 4 Folder a Shingleton essays from Southern Humanities Review, winter 1974, and the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, October 20, 1970. The American Chronicle: A Magazine of History Feb. 1972 issue containing a Shingleton essay.
Box 4 Folder b Blue and Gray Magazine, June 1993, with Royce Shingleton article; and Historical Review and Antique Digest, winter 1974, with Royce Shingleton essay.
Box 4 Folder c "Mode" newsletter from Albany Junior College with Royce Shingleton article; newspaper articles related to Shingleton's article "An Outing in South Georgia"; Albany Junior College Twenty Years and Beyond 1966-1986 newsletter with Royce Shingleton article related to university history; "The Journal of Southwest Georgia History" 1983,1984, 1985 issues with book reviews by Royce Shingleton.
Box 4 Folder d Book reviews by Shingleton in The Atlanta Historical Journal Spring 1982, winter 1982-1983; Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South Summer 1991, spring/summer 1987; and Blue and Gray Magazine July 1986. American Historical Review October 1985 with a review of Shingleton's book re Richard Peters.
Box 4 Folder e 'Post-Tenure Review of Dr. Royce Shingleton (while at Darton college) prepared for Dr. Garry Whitehead including Self Evaluations, Supervisor Evaluations, Professional Dev. Plans, Curriculum Vitae, and Syllabi.
Box 4 Folder f Class Materials on Transparencies prepared by Shingleton for HIST 2111-US Through 1877 Part 1, 2.
Box 4 Folder g Class Materials on Transparencies prepared by Shingleton for HIST 2111-US Through 1877 Part 3, and Maps.
Box 4 Folder h Copies (printed 2021) of Royce Shingleton's Amazon book author page and other sources containing biographical information as well as information about his books; clippings and correspondence related to the election of Ruth Shingleton (Royce Shingleton's wife) as president of the Albany Junior College Faculty Wives Club in 1985, and her joining the faculty as Assistant Professor and Program Director of Health Information Technology in 1994; and correspondence and documents (1980-1994) related to Royce Shingleton's relationship with Thronateeska Heritage Foundation and its Journal of Southeast Georgia History.
Box 4 Folder i Certificates, correspondence, clippings and documents (1971-2003) related to Shingleton's career; and documents (1958 commencement program, 1958 membership in Theta Chi Fraternity certificate) related to Shingleton's years as a student at East Carolina College (now East Carolina University).
Box 5 Folder a Correspondence, memos, clippings, and other documents related to Royce Shingleton's teaching career at the Darton College (formerly Albany Junior College).1977-2000.
Box 5 Folder b Book reviews written by Royce Shingleton published in American Historical Review, Georgia Historical Quarterly and Florida Historical Quarterly. Clippings, book review, and other documents related to Shingleton's book John Taylor Wood, Sea Ghost of the Confederacy.
Box 5 Folder c Documents, materials, correspondence, and newspaper articles related to Shingleton's work with The American Association of University Professors-Darton College AAUP Chapter 2000-2001 where he was the founding president.
Box 5 Folder d Correspondence between Royce Shingleton and the following organizations: American Historical Association, 1967; American Philosophical Society 1969-1970; The Georgia Historical Quarterly 1969-1971; Alabama Department of Archives and History 1970-1994; The Mississippi Quarterly 1971-1973; Journal of Negro History 1972-1973; Southern Humanities Review 1973; Commonwealth of Virginia 1973; Historical Review and Antique Digest 1974-1978; Men of Achievement 1974; Atlanta Historical Society 1982-1984; Albany Junior College 1976-1983; Blue and Gray Magazine ; and American National Biography 1992.
Box 5 Folder e Royce Shingleton personal letters, 1970-1984.
Box 5 Folder f Royce Shingleton personal letters, 1985-1999.
Box 5 Folder g Royce Shingleton personal letters, 2000-2022 .
Box 5 Folder h Photocopies of newspaper articles written re the history of Albany, Georgia, by Royce Shingleton for The Albany Sunday Herald October 26, 1986 issue celebrating Albany's 150th birthday. Photocopies of May 4, 1980 and Aug. 9, 1992 Albany Sunday Herald articles and of Wilson Daily Times (1971-2003) articles are about or mention Royce Shingleton.
Box 6 Folder a Authoritative list of Royce Shingleton's publications accompanied by related reviews, correspondence and articles.
Box 6 Folder b Documents and photographs related to the early years of Royce Shingleton's life.
Box 6 Folder c Speeches given by and activities participated in by Royce Shingleton.
Box 6 Folder d Awards received by Royce Shingleton.
Box 6 Folder e Photographs of Royce Shingleton and family.