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Colonial Williamsburg

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Primary Collecting Areas:
A. Lawrence Kocher Collection, Donald Streeter Collection, Francis, Nicholson Papers, John Norton and Sons Papers, Major-Marable Family Papers, Richard Corbin Papers, Robert Anderson Papers, Singleton P. Moorehead Collection, William Blathwayt Papers, 18th century Williamsburg imprints, 18th century Virginia manuscripts, 18th century Music, Early trade manuals, British legislation regarding the American colonies, Visual works depicting Williamsburg
Description:
The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library is dedicated to advancing knowledge of colonial British America, the American Revolution, the early United States, and the history of the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. Unique to the library is the body of research on the buildings, people, trades, and material culture of 18th-century Williamsburg.
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528
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Lawrence V. Smith Slide Collection, 1974-1983

1535 slides

The Lawrence V. Smith Slide Collection encompasses color photographs Mr. Smith took during a series of visits to Colonial Williamsburg in the 1970s. Although not on official assignment to illustrate a story, his keen photographic eye still responded to the beauty and pageantry of Colonial Williamsburg, offering him the opportunity to experiment with new subject matter. His images capture a wide range of museum activities, exhibition buildings, personnel, and evocative moods within the Historic Area. The trade shops are particularly well-documented with images of the shop exterior and interiors, as well as extensive coverage of trade demonstrations. Those trades represented include the basket maker, brick maker, candle maker, cooper, leather maker, metalsmiths, milliner, printer and papermaker, textiles, and the wheelwright. Many close-up shots document methods used in the 1970s that are not necessarily still demonstrated in exactly the same way by tradesmen today.

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About the Photographer 1974-2014 Information about the photographer, including a resume, obituary, newspaper articles, and a list of other institutions holding portions of his image collections. The series also encompasses color print of Lawrence Smith in his home office and Lawrence Smith with his wife, Linda Lockwood Smith. Box 1

Brush-Everard House July 1978 Fifteen color slides of the interior of the Brush-Everard House at Colonial Williamsburg, including the kitchen, garden house, parlor, dining room, and bedrooms. Box 1

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Elizabeth G. Elliott Papers, 1755-1871.

Collection includes papers Elizabeth G. Eland memoranda books of Warwick County sheriff Thomas Moss, woodcutter Thomas Hogg, and Williamsburg attorney Sydney Smith.

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Colonial Williamsburg acquisition photographs ca. 1930-1935

Approximately 140 photoprints documenting acquisitions for Colonial Williamsburg. Two photo albums documenting the restoration.
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Bowyer-Hubard Papers 1767-1816

Correspondence and family papers of Michael Bowyer, (Captain of the 12th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line,) of Augusta County, Virginia.
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Garrett Family Papers, 1822-ca. 1925.

Includes letters; an account of Levin Y. Winder and his guardian; copies of various Williamsburg Hustings Court records; "A Memory of Williamsburg"; an inventory of household furnishings; deeds and bonds; genealogical information; and photographs of Rear Adm. Cary T. Grayson, and of an unidentified young woman.

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Mr. and Mrs. H. Donald Nelson autograph collection of the First Ladies of the United States, circa 1789-2013

2 boxes (108 items in two scrapbooks)
A collection of correspondence and autographs created by the First Ladies of the United States.
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Box: 1 1 item

Contains a single clipped Martha Washington Signature.

Box: 2, Circa 1731-2013 2 scrapbooks (107 items)

Contains the majority of the collection in two scrapbooks. Correspondence, advertisements, pamplets, cards, autographs, and signed photographs either created by or pertaining to the first ladies of the United States during their lifetimes from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama. Does not contain any material pertaining to Abigail Adams, Elizabeth Monroe, Letita Tyler, Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, Eliza Johnson, or Ellen Wilson. Nor does it contain any material for Emily Donelson who acted as first lady during the Administration of Andrew Jackson.

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Singleton P. Moorehead Papers, 1923-1972

7 cubic ft.
This collection was gathered during the career of Colonial Williamsburg architect, Singleton P. Moorehead (1900-1964), starting from his days as a student at Harvard. It contains architectural drawings, notebooks, notes, sketches, and other illustrations in ten boxes.
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Box: 1 70 Folders (426 items) Box 1

A collection of reference sketches and elevations signed by Singlton P. Moorehead of various historic buildings around Virginia created in his research of Colonial Virginian architecture. Some of the elevations include whole buildings or a layout of buildings, while others are of fine details. A large number of the items are Photostat black print copies from his sketchbook of architectural details. There is also a number of Cyanotype blueprints of the reference elevations, as well as regular copies of those elevations. Not all of the reference drawings are created by Moorehead, occasionally he notes that he copyed the image from a photograph or book, and some elevations are copied with consent from detailed drawings by W. M. Macomper. Contains field drawings, elavations of architectural details, and photo-reproductions of many elevations and sketches. As well as 9 loose photostats of decrotive interior details.

Box: 10 two wooden index card boxes (1175 items) Box 10

The cards are a mix of handwritten and typed reference notes set up in alphabetically order as quick reference for a variety of subjects relating to the restoration of historic Williamsburg. They include citations, quotations, drawings, photographs, and some direct information about the titled subject.

Box: 2 67 Folders (234 items) Box 2

Arranged into two parts, 55 folders in first part and 12 in second. Sketches, notes, and photostats dealing with architectural details around Williamsburg and outside of it respectively. A mix of reference and research material arranged by location. Most of the Photostat black prints are taken from S. Mooreheads Sketchbook of Architectural Details located in Box 3.

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Scervant Jones Papers, 1834-1854.

Letters, will, and sermons of the Rev. Scervant Jones. The letters (1847-1851) are mostly from Jones, in Williamsburg, to Thomas B. Montague in Gloucester, Va. A copy of Jones's will, December 1852, is contained within an 1854 letter from Robert Saunders [of Williamsburg] to Montague. The twenty-seven sermons were written by Jones between 1834 and 1845 and most were preached in Williamsburg. Names appearing in the collection are Dr. Griffin, Bourbon Jones, William Jones, Dr. Charles Minnigerode, Sarah Ann Montague, Thomas B. Montague, Elisha Pollard, George Pollard, Sheldon and Maupin, and the College of William and Mary.

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Fragments Collection Assorted

Fragments found in Colonial Williamsburg's houses.
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Julia Finette Davis Research Files ca. 1960s

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