Special Collections Research Center
Morecock Collection
Mss. 65 M81
/repositories/2/resources/8772
0.50 Linear Feet
1881-1937
60 items
English
General
Other Information:
A PDF document of this inventory is available online.
Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/65_M81_Morecock.pdf
Acquisition Information:
Gift
Processing Information:
Processed by Cynthia B. Brown in 1983.
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation:
Morecock Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1881-1937 and n.d., relating to the history of Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown, Va. collected by members of the Morecock family of Williamsburg, Va. Includes photographs, pamphlets, Christmas cards, postcards, and wood-cut prints depicting the Powder Magazine, Bruton Parish Church, the Courthouse of 1770, the Yorktown Monument, the church tower at Jamestown as well as souvenirs of the Yorktown Centennial, 1881 and the Jamestown Exposition, 1907.
Engravings (Prints)
Fliers (printed matter)
Pamphlets
Photographs
Jamestown (Va.)--History--19th century
Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century
Powder Magazine (Williamsburg, Va.)
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs
Yorktown (Va.)--History--19th century
Yorktown (Va.)--History--20th century
Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Centennial celebrations, etc
Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)
Yorktown Monument (Yorktown, Va.)
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Box 1id143558/repositories/2/archival_objects/3756461Jamestown materialid143559/repositories/2/archival_objects/375647circa 1907, and undated116-fold color postcard depicting the American Battleship Squadron stationed at "Hampton Roads, Jamestown, Va."id143566/repositories/2/archival_objects/375654circa 190711Scope and Contents1 item. C. Incomplete.
Souvenir color postcard, 6" x 9", depicting various scenes connected with the Jamestown Exposition "commemorating the First Permanant English Settlement in America," and on verso, an advertisement for the National Bank of Commerce, Norfolk, Va.id143567/repositories/2/archival_objects/375655circa 190711Scope and Contents2 pp. CS.
Pen and ink sketches of the Sarah Constant [sic], the Goodspeed [sic], and the Discovery, with the subtitle "Jamestown, 1607," and drawn by K. Cannon.id143568/repositories/2/archival_objects/375656undated11Scope and Contents2 items.
Sepia mounted photograph, 6.25" x 7.75" of the ruins of the (P1) tower of the Church at Jamestown, Va.id143569/repositories/2/archival_objects/375657undated11Scope and Contents1 item. Ph.
"Description of The Marriage of Pocahontas at Jamestown, Va.," being a pamphlet describing the original painting.id143570/repositories/2/archival_objects/37565811Scope and Contents9 pp. PM.
Williamsburg materialid143560/repositories/2/archival_objects/3756481900-1927, undated12Booklet entitled "Facts about Williamsburg and Vicinity,"id143571/repositories/2/archival_objects/375659190012Scope and ContentsPublished by the Business Men's Association of the City of Williamsburg, containing lists and pictures of the organization's officers, various scenes around Williamsburg, and advertisements in the back, including one for the College of William and Mary, giving dates of upcoming session and tuition, room, and board prices. 53 pp. PM.
Black and white mounted photograph, 8" x 10", of the Banking Co. building on the Duke of Gloucester St., Williamsburg, Va.id143572/repositories/2/archival_objects/375660post 1900-ante 192612Scope and Contents1 item. Ph.
Black and white postcard/photograph, 3.5" x 11", showing a wide-angle lens view of the Duke of Gloucester St., Williamsburg, Va.id143573/repositories/2/archival_objects/375661post 1900- ante 192612Scope and Contents1 item. PM.
Sepia mounted photograph, 4.5" x 7", of the Powder Magazine, showing one wall removed, revealing its interior.id143574/repositories/2/archival_objects/375662ante 192612Scope and Contents1 item. Ph.
Sepia mounted photograph, 14" x 17", of a home [in Williamsburg, Va.?] with unidentified women and children in foreground.id143575/repositories/2/archival_objects/375663ante 192612Scope and Contents1 item. Ph. See Medium Oversize File.
Various wood-cut prints, black and white of different homes in Colonial Williamsburg, by [J.J.] Lankes.id143576/repositories/2/archival_objects/375664circa 192712Scope and Contents5 items. PM.
Black and white photograph, 8"x 10", of the Powell-Waller House, Williamsburg, Va.id143577/repositories/2/archival_objects/375665undated12Scope and Contents1 item. Ph.
Bruton Parish Church materialid143561/repositories/2/archival_objects/3756491907-ante 1926, undated13"Programme of Special Services to be held in Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia."id143578/repositories/2/archival_objects/3756661907 October 513Scope and Contents14 pp. PM.
Black and white photographs, 8" x 10", showing interior and exterior views of the "restored" Bruton Parish Churchid143579/repositories/2/archival_objects/375667190713Scope and ContentsC.E. Cheyne, Hampton, Va., photographer. 2 items. Phs.
3 sepia mounted photographs, all approximately 6"x8", showing an exterior, rear view of the churchyard of Bruton Parish Church.id143581/repositories/2/archival_objects/375668ante 190713Scope and Contents3 items. Phs.
Pamphlet entitled "Memorials to be placed in Bruton Parish church, Williamsburg, Virginia."id143582/repositories/2/archival_objects/375669post 190713Scope and Contents31 pp. PM.
2 sepia mounted photographs, 4.5"x7.5" and 8"x9", showing different exterior views of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Va.id143583/repositories/2/archival_objects/375670post 1907- ante 192613Scope and Contents2 items. Phs.
Color print, 8"x12", from a painting of a scene around Bruton Parish Church during the Colonial Periodid143584/repositories/2/archival_objects/375671undated13Scope and ContentsIn the bottom right corner the seal of [Lord] Dunmore is visible. 1 item. PM.
Watercolor, wood-cut print Christmas card showing exterior of Bruton Parish church, and black and white wood-cut print of exterior of Bruton Parish Church, by [J.J.] Lankes.id143585/repositories/2/archival_objects/375672undated13Scope and Contents2 items. PM.
Court House of 1770 materialid143562/repositories/2/archival_objects/375650circa 190014Sepia mounted photograph, 5"x7", of the Court House of 1770, on the Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Va.id143586/repositories/2/archival_objects/375673circa 190014Scope and Contentsshows men on front steps. 1 item. Ph.
Sepia mounted photograph, 6'x8", of the Court House of 1770 on the Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Vaid143587/repositories/2/archival_objects/375674circa 190014Scope and ContentsPhotograph shows men on front steps. 1 item. Ph.
Sepia mounted photograph, 4"x5", of the Court House of 1770.id143589/repositories/2/archival_objects/375675circa 190014Scope and Contents1 item. Ph.
Yorktown materialid143563/repositories/2/archival_objects/375651circa 1881-1937, undated15Print by William Teiser [?] in honor of the centennial of the Victory at Yorktown, 1781id143590/repositories/2/archival_objects/375676circa March 188115Scope and ContentsThe print depicts several different places and buildings, including the Nelson and Moore Houses in Yorktown, the Powder Horn in Williamsburg, pictures of George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, and Cornwallis surrendering to Washington. 1 item. PM.
Pamphlet giving the purpose and plan of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebrationid143592/repositories/2/archival_objects/3756771931 January 1015Scope and Contents1 item. PM.
Postcard showing the U.S.S. Yorktown, addressed to Pattie Morecock, Williamsburg, Va.id143593/repositories/2/archival_objects/3756781937 July 1415Scope and Contents1 item. C.
Color print, 7"x 8.75", of Yorktown Harbor, Va.id143594/repositories/2/archival_objects/375679undated15Scope and Contents1 item. PM.
Sepia mounted photograph, 4.75"x6.75", of the Victory Monument in Yorktown, Va.id143595/repositories/2/archival_objects/37568015Scope and Contents1 item. Ph.
Miscellaneous photographs, identifiedid143564/repositories/2/archival_objects/37565216Black and white print of a photograph of John Philip Sousa, 4"x9"id143596/repositories/2/archival_objects/375681190416Scope and Contents1 item. PM.
Postcard/photograph, black and white, of a bon-fire at Camp Winona, Maine, addressed to Patty Morecockid143597/repositories/2/archival_objects/3756821936 July 1416Scope and Contents1 item. PM.
Cabinet card photographs of painting/drawings of the County Court Houses of Huntingdon and Warren Counties, Pa., and Niagara County Court House, Lockport, N.Y.id143598/repositories/2/archival_objects/375683undated16Scope and ContentsOn verso, dimensions and other architectural features are printed; all are similar in that they were designed by M.E. Beebe & Son, Architects, Buffalo, N.Y. 3 items. Phs.
Cabinet card photographs of Portraits of members of the Tazewell family, including Henry Tazewell, Lyttleton [sic] Waller Tazewell, and Dorothy Eliz[abeth] (Waller) Tazewell, taken by J.H. Faber Studios, Norfolk, Va.id143599/repositories/2/archival_objects/375684undated16Scope and Contents3 items. Phs.
Black and white mounted photographs, 3.5"x4.5", of different views of the White House, Washington, D.C., including a scene of a lawn party on the White House grounds.id143822/repositories/2/archival_objects/375685undated16Scope and Contents2 items. Phs.
Black and white mounted photograph, 3.5"x4.5", of a view of Harper's Ferry, [W.Va.].id143826/repositories/2/archival_objects/375686undated16Scope and Contents1 item. Ph
Black and white mounted photograph, 6.5"x8.5", of one of the buildings of the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Va., taken by Cook [Studios], Richmond, Va.id143831/repositories/2/archival_objects/375687undated16Scope and Contents1 item. Ph.
Miscellaneous printed material, photographs, and otherid143565/repositories/2/archival_objects/37565317Pamphlet of the "Proceedings of the First Council [of] the Order of the Daughters of the King," Manhattan Athletic Club House, N.Y.id143837/repositories/2/archival_objects/3756881891 November 517Scope and Contents23 pp. PM.
Christmas card addressed to the Morecocks, from W.A.R. Goodwin, containing a poem by Evelyn Goodwin Farr entitled "His Birthday."id143842/repositories/2/archival_objects/375689circa 1936 December 2517Scope and Contents1 item. PM.
Booklet entitled "An Ocean Souvenir," comprised of original pen and ink sketches of various scenes relating to an ocean.id143845/repositories/2/archival_objects/375690undated17Scope and Contents1 item.
Colored prints, "Les Lever" and "Les Confidences" and photographs of three unidentified houses, an unidentified monument, and the interior of an unidentified church, the latter by H. Hesselberg, Williamsburg, Va.id143849/repositories/2/archival_objects/375691undated17Scope and Contents8 items.