James Sexton Layton Papers, 1930-1992

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James Sexton Layton Papers, 1930-1992

James Sexton Layton Papers, 1930-1992

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James Sexton Layton, a writer, was born in Smithfield, N.C., about 1910. In 1961, Layton published (New York: Vantage Press). The collection contains a draft of a novel titled journals, diaries, notebooks, and letters of James Sexton Layton. The journals and diaries document Layton's social and intellectual life, including visiting, reading, writing, and similar activities, in Chapel Hill, N.C., and during his military service in World War II and when he lived in Europe following the war. Journals, 1947-1967, were dictated and then typed. Diaries, 1930-1990, are handwritten, except for the war diaries, which are typed. Letters include volumes in which Layton transcribed letters sent and received by him. The addition of 2004 includes journals, diaries, and letters that fill chronological gaps in the original deposit. Also included are college essays, poetry, some fiction and non-fiction writings that reflect on wartime service, autobiographical fiction, and a few miscellaneous items documenting Layton's work for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in Latvia. Also included are hundreds of horoscopes and palmistry studies, a few unidentified photographs, and a Purple Heart for Military Merit medal. The Enchanted Garden: A Poet's Quest Love and War,

About 850 items (12.5 linear feet)

eng,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection