Judge L. Clayton Nance Family Collection, Circa 1924-1976
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1 Hollinger Box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Judge L. Clayton Nance Family Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
The Judge L. Clayton Nance Family Collection contains personal and historical photographs; personal correspondence; Fort Lauderdale publicity brochures; and a 1927 booklet of Fort Lauderdale street name changes.
- Biographical / historical:
Judge L. Clayton Nance was born on April 18, 1924. Nance served from 1953 to 1966 as the first Public Defender in the South Eastern United States and then from 1966 to 1979 as a Circuit Court Judge in Broward County, Florida. He was the founder of the Broward County Historical Commission in 1972. He died on June 20, 1979 at the age of 55.
There are two annual awards in his name. The Florida Public Defender Association's L. Clayton Nance Award was established in his honor in 1977 for people who have "made significant improvement to the furtherance of justice in the state of Florida." Broward County also awards a L. Clayton Nance award to people who have made significant contributions to the preservation of local history and local history education.
Nance married Dorothy Tinkler in 1950, and their children were Margo Nance and Timothy L. Nance.
- Processing information:
This collection received container level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Judges -- Florida -- Broward County
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
Judge L. Clayton Nance Family Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
- Location of this collection:
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Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library100 S. Andrews AvenueFort LauderdaleFL33301USA
