Search

Start Over Collection John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987 Date range 1926

John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987 2.50 Linear Feet

Bentley, John Boyd, 1896-1989

Personal and professional papers, 1896-1987, of Bishop John Boyd Bentley, Bishop of Alaska and Director of Overseas Missions for the Protestant Episcopal Church and personal papers, 1895-1983, of his wife Elvira Carr Bentley.

  1. College of William and Mary

Medium Oversize, 1914/1985 Box Manuscripts Oversize Box 17, Folder 1

Mostly diplomas and certificates of Bishop Bentley and Mrs. Bentley, including Mrs. Bentley's high school diploma, United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) and Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) membership certificates, and Bishop Bentley's certificates as Deacon, Priest, and Bishop, honorary degrees, and items received in Japan (written in Japanese) in 1949. Also photograph of Bracken House in Williamsburg, where the Bentleys resided, 1929-1939.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987
  3. Series 4: Oversize, 1914/1985

Personal items of Elvira C. Bentley, 1895/1983 Box 2, Folder 10

13 items. Items include a birth certificate, passports, inoculation certificates, social security card (items from wallet), obituary, death certificate, and description of her death by her husband, and items relating to retirement and death of her father.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987
  3. Series 1: Papers and Correspondence, 1896/1987
  4. Elvira Carr Bentley Papers, 1895/1983

Personal items of Elvira C. Bentley, 1914/1953 Box 2, Folder 11

13 items. Items include all materials related to her education, high school graduation memorabilia, membership certificate of Colonial Dames, copy of address given in Atlantic City (1934) and her diary of 1949 Far East trip. See also Medium Oversize File.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987
  3. Series 1: Papers and Correspondence, 1896/1987
  4. Elvira Carr Bentley Papers, 1895/1983

Personal letters of Elvira Carr Bentley received from Bishop P. T. Rowe, 1921/1941 Box 2, Folder 13

21 items. Most letters were received during his trips to East Coast and during Bishop Bentley's absence; discusses church financial troubles during the Depression, her work with women's church organizations in Alaska, and Rowe's expectation that Bentley will succeed him; includes letter from Mrs. Vernon M. Geddy on behalf of the "Bishop Bentley Branch of the Women's Auxiliary of the Bruton Parish Church" (10 February 1934) inquiring how they can assist work in Alaska and Rowe's letter (5 December 1935) describing his visit to Williamsburg and Hampton.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987
  3. Series 1: Papers and Correspondence, 1896/1987
  4. Elvira Carr Bentley Papers, 1895/1983

Content Warning

ARVAS is an aggregator of archival resources. ARVAS does not have control of the descriptive language used in our members’ finding aids.

Finding aids may contain historical terms and phrases, reflecting the shared attitudes and values of the community from which they were collected, but are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and dehumanizing references to race, ethnicity, and nationality; enslaved or free status; physical or mental ability; religion; sex; and sexual orientation and gender identity.

Many institutions and organizations are in the process of reviewing and revising their descriptive language, with the intent to describe materials in more humanizing, inclusive, and harm-reductive ways. As members revise their descriptive language, their changes will eventually be reflected in their ARVAS finding aids.