![[logo]](https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg)
Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterSpecial Collections Staff.
The Bruton Parish Church Archives are deposited in Swem Library. Except for some confidential material, they are open to the public. Only the microfilm of the eighteenth-century parish register may be used. It is suggested the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian at Swem Library be contacted before coming to use the collection. 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.
Held by Bruton Parish Church until 1991. Certain parish registers remain at the church. Please contact the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian before coming to use the collection.
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Deposit.
The collection was previously processed by various members of the Special Collections Research Center staff prior to 2008. In 2008-2009 Nichole Lidstrom arranged and described the records of Bruton Parish Church bringing together the various accessions into a single record group. Acc. 2013.246 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in October 2013.
Additional deposits are made on an ongoing basis.
Bruton Parish Church is located in the restored area of Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. It was established in the 17th century in the Virginia Colony, and is an active Episcopal parish. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Records of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Va.
This collection includes the following series:Series 1: Administrative Records, Series 2: Diocese, Ministers and Other Personnel, Series 3: Church Programs and Services, Series 4: Buildings and Grounds, Series 5: Church History, Series 6: Artifacts, Blueprints, Photographs and Newspaper Clippings, Series 7: Manuscript Volumes including registers, vestry minutes, Series 8: Additions received from 2010 onward. The printed books belonging to the Bruton Parish Church Collection are cataloged in the Swem Library online catalog,
Bruton Parish Church Parish Aid Society Minute Book (Mss. MsV Ch7), Bruton Parish Church Account Book (Mss. MsV Ac18). Mansucripts Audiovisual Collection (Mss. 1.04)
The following was separated from Acc. 2013.246 and are now part of the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection: A Williamsburg Recital , played on the organ of Bruton Parish Church, James Darling, organist. CD. Acc. 2013.246.001 Exploring Bruton Steeple , PBS Woodwright, January 1993. VHS. Acc. 2013.246.002 Exploring Bruton Steeple , PBS Woodwright, January 1993. DVD. Acc. 2013.246.003 A Concert of Eighteenth-Century Music performed by J.S. Darling on the Wren Chapel Organ at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, Phonograph. Acc. 2013.246.004
At some point, all of these manuscript volumes were tagged with a numbering system beginning with 100 and ending with 182. Some volumes also have a MsV numerical designation. Both numbers when assigned, a short description of contents and dates are noted on a tab in each book.
MsV 1 and 2 have been digitized by Bruton Parish Church and is available at this link: http://heritagecenter.brutonparish.org/
Checklists of members of the Sunday School from 1832 to 1839.
Minutes of the Committee of Repairs of the Vestry of Bruton Parish Church, June 29, 1886; July 20, 1886; August 31, 1886; August 2, 1889; August 15, 1889; July 2, 1895; ___ 2, 1895. Records of the repairs done on the Church, from woodwork to heating, before the Restoration.
Record of general deposits and expenses from April 1, 1901 to June 1, 1903. Restoration Fund from April 9, 1904 to October 1, 1904. Widows and Orphans Fund from October 20, 1903 to January 6, 1904. Emergency Fund from October 25, 1904 to September 30, 1906. Offering for Missions, January 24, 1904 and March 19, 1904.
Restoration Fund receipts and disbursements from June 16, 1903 to November 30, 1907. Pew Fund from March 19, 1906 to April 11, 1907. Organ Fund from February 1 1906 to November 24, 1906.
Pledges for Restoration Fund, January 1, 1903 to April 18, 1907. Also, Music Fund, Picture Money, Organ Fund, and Contribution Box.
Minutes of the Board of the Bruton Parish Church Endowment Fund, Inc., May 13, 1905 (Page 1) to July 11, 1935 (Page 136). Accounts of Marshall Foundation, October 18, 1923 (Page 250) to August 1, 1936.
H.S. Bird, Treasurer. Contributions to Bruton Parish Church Endowment Fund, Inc., October 10, 1905 to November 9, 1909. Also, Cash Account (1908), Temporary Investment (1908), and Permanent Investment (1923).
Record of Services at Bruton Parish Church, Parish House, Wren Chapel, and E.S. Hospital from October 1, 1909 to October 27, 1950. Includes place, time, number of attendees, preacher, and remarks.
W.A.R Goodwin, Treasurer. Deposits into Wythe House Fund from April 28, 1926 to November 27, 1927.
Signatures and addresses of visitors to the George Wythe House from July 6, 1927 to July 16, 1932.
Receipts of the Wythe House Account from April 28, 1926 to July 5, 1938. Expenditures of the Wythe House Account from June 1, 1926 to July 15, 1938.
Cash Recieved for Restoration of Bruton Parish Church, May 24, 1934 (Page 3) to July 12, 1938 (Page 61). Pledges to Restoration of Bruton Parish Church, February 7, 1935 (Page 101) to May 5, 1936 (Page 103).
Peninsula Bank check book for Bruton Restoration and Endowment Fund, from May 24, 1934 to July 8, 1938. (Note: Follows the contributions from Item 112, Bruton Restoration Fund.)
Receipts and Disbursements of Bruton Campaign, from February 23, 1934 to July 11, 1938. Also, Deeds Received and Transmitted, Paradise House and Palace Theatre, 1927 (Page 250).
Record of pledges or contributions to Bruton Parish Church, from January 1, 1935 to 1936.
Cash Receipts and Disbursements from January 1, 1936 to January 5, 1943.
Receipts and Disbursments for Great Sermons, Concert Fund, Bonds Owned, Restoration Fund, Savings Account, Rectory Funds, Securities, Parish House, Organ Fund, and Marshall Foundation.
Receipts and Disbursements for Bruton Parish Church, from January 1, 1943 to December 31, 1946.
Receipts and Disbursements for Bruton Parish Church, from January 1, 1947 to December 30, 1949.
Sales of books, maps, and other items with some expenses from January 1948 to December 1948.
Receipts and Disbursements for Bruton Parish Church, from January 1950 to July 1952.
Sales of books, maps, and other items with some expenses from January 1951 to December 1951.
"Inclusive Dates: 18 April 1952 to ___." Meeting minutes, lists of members, and expenses of the group of Bruton Parish Church layreaders.
Receipts and Disbursements for Bruton Parish Church, from January 1950 to July 1952.
Sales of books, maps, and other items with some expenses from January 1956 to December 1956.
Sales of books, maps, and other items with some expenses from January 1957 to December 1957.
Sales of books, maps, and other items with some expenses from January 1961 to December 1961.
Deposits and expenses from 1968 to 1969, with category tabs including pledges, recitals, plate, cards and books, cost of envelopes, miscellaneous, birthday, theological education, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and tower.
Inventory of book accessions from 1968 to 1971, with book title, date received, author, publisher, and price.
Deposits and expenses from 1970 to 1971, with category tabs including pledges, recitals, plate, cards and books, cost of envelopes, miscellaneous, birthday, theological education, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and tower.
Signatures and adresses of visitors to Bruton Parish Church, April 29, 1904 to October 19, 1907.
2 volumes: 143a: 1907 - 1920: No information 143b: Signatures and addresses of visitors to Bruton Parish Church from May 16, 1927 to September 1, 1928.
Signatures and addresses of visitors to Bruton Parish Church, February 13, 1966 to January 3, 1967 and miscellaneous between 1970 and 1977.
Signatures and adresses of visitors to George Wythe House (former parish house), June 1, 1932 to August 14, 1938. Front Cover: "The history of this historic House will be enriched by the associations recalled by the names written in this book. W.A.R Goodwin, Rector of Bruton Parish Church. The George Wythe House, Memorial Day, 1932."
None
1. 1966 transcription of Bruton and Middleton Parish Register (omitting most data regarding enslaved people), which includes baptisms, confirmations, marriages, communicants, and burials in the Virginia colonial parish from 1662 to 1792. 2. 2004 transcription by John Vogt which corrected 1966 errors and omissions.
Digitized version available through the Bruton Parish Historic Records site at: https://www.brutonparish.org/heritage.
Link to this volume is: http://heritagecenter.brutonparish.org/book/bruton-middleton-parish-register-1662-1797.
Records of marriages performed by Bruton Parish Church between October 30, 1982 and May 31, 1986.
The minutes of the Vestry meetings of Bruton Parish Church from March 11, 1913 to December 8, 1937.
Records of marriages performed by Bruton Parish Church between March 6, 1936 and December 14, 1936.
Records of marriages performed by Bruton Parish Church between June 9, 1969 and March 9, 1980.
Records of Family, Baptisms, Confirmations, Communicants, Marriages, Burials and Offerings in Bruton Parish Church from 1868 to 1908. Record of Families from May 1868 to June 1893. Record of Baptisms from June 28, 1868 to April 6, 1901. Record of Confirmations from November 10, 1868 to June 3, 1894. Record of Communicants (Deaths and Transfers) from May 18, 1868 to April 2, 1893. Record of Marriages from June 30, 1868 to June 3, 1908. Record of Burials from May 13, 1868 to January 15, 1903. Record of Offerings from May 31, 1868 to June 1, 1882.
This volume has been digitized by Bruton Parish Church and can be accessed at this link: http://heritagecenter.brutonparish.org/
Records of marriages performed by Bruton Parish Church between February 1, 1947 and April 24, 1965.
The minutes of the Vestry meetings of Bruton Parish Church from June 29, 1889 to January 14, 1913.
Minutes of Bruton Parish Church Vestry Meetings, January 14, 1938 to December 22, 1944.
Minutes of Bruton Parish Church Vestry Meetings, January 7, 1945 to July 2, 1986.
Minutes of Bruton Parish Church Vestry Meetings, September 15, 1956 to January 22, 1962.
Minutes of Bruton Parish Church Vestry Meetings, January 4, 1962 to December 15, 1964.
Minutes of Bruton Parish Church Vestry Meetings, January 29, 1965 to December 14, 1970.
Minutes of Bruton Parish Church Vestry Meetings, January 18, 1971 to January 15, 1990.
Minutes of Bruton Parish Church Vestry Meetings, February 12, 1990 to December 23, 1996.
Book of Memorial, 1907; contributions to church in memory of parishioners and distinguished early Americans. Bruton Churchyard map.
Record of Baptisms performed at Bruton Parish Church, May 29, 1988 to July 16, 1998. Record of Burials, January 3, 1991 to November 4, 1998.
*Held by Bruton Parish Church
*Held by Bruton Parish Church
*Held by Bruton Parish Church
*Held by Bruton Parish Church
Record of Marriages, June 7, 1986 to December 5, 1998.
(Use microfilm only) Original Bruton and Middleton Parish Register, which includes baptisms, confirmations, marriages, communicants, and burials in the Virginia parish from 1662 to 1792.
This volume has been digitized by Bruton Parish Church and is available at this link: http://heritagecenter.brutonparish.org/
Ledger with lists for 1935, 1936-1937 and 1937-1938 of students affiliated with The College of William and Mary. Includes name, address and college class.
Signatures and addresses of visitors to Bruton Parish Church in the years 1940 and 1941.
Signatures and addresses of visitors to Bruton Parish Church between the years 1942 and 1945.
Signatures and addresses of visitors to Bruton Parish Church in the years 1946 and 1947.
Signatures and addresses of visitors to Bruton Parish Church in the years 1948 and 1949.
Signatures and addresses of visitors to Bruton Parish Church in the years 1950 and 1951.
Applications and correspondence about prospective marriages of parishioners and/or performed by Bruton Parish Church. Also includes special dispensations for marriage and the policy for marriages by the church.
Scope and Contents Letters of the Reverend Robert S.S. Whitman to prospective brides and grooms regarding their marriages.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis with prospective family members, ministers and the diocesan bishop re weddings.
Wedding program of Barbara Anne Beaumont and H. Eugene Anderson. October 3, 1964
Special dispensations
Statement on policy re marriages. Summary of 1969 marriages. General correspondence re marriages. Marriage Canons, 1973.
A-Z by grooms name
Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding 1970 marriages (Reverend C.P. Lewis and Mrs. M.L. Elchinger with wedding principals and parents).
A-Z by grooms name
Marriages: applications and correspondence. (A-Z by groom's name).
Marriages A-Z (alphabetical by groom's name). Applications and correspondence.
Marriages A-Z. (Alphabetical by groom's name). Applications and correspondence.
Correspondence and forms (Chronological).
Marriages A-Z (alphabetical by groom's name). Applications and correspondence.
Marriages in alphabetical order (A-Z)
Marriages A-Z (filed by maiden name of bride)
Filed by maiden name of bride
Preliminary correspondence re weddings which were planned but cancelled or arrangements not completed. A-Z by maiden name of bride.
Filed by maiden name of bride
Filed by maiden name of bride
Marriages in alphabetical order (A-Z)
Filed by maiden name of bride
Marriages in alphabetical order (A-K)
Marriages in alphabetical order (L-Z)
Marriages in alphabetical order (A-G)
Marriages in alphabetical order (H-M)
Marriages in alphabetical order (O-Z)
Marriages, A-K. (filed alphabetically under name of groom)
Marriage applications. Filed A-Z by groom's name.
Applications for Holy Matrimony. Correspondence, primarily with Parish Secretary Margaret Wright, re wedding plans.
Applications for holy matrimony. Correspondence, primarily with Parish Secretary Margaret Wright, re wedding plans.
Applications for Holy Matrimony. Correspondence, primarily with Parish secretary Margaret Wright, re wedding plans
"The Celebration and Blessing of a Marriage."
Correspondence and forms for baptisms, confirmations, funerals, and marriages of parishioners or performed by Bruton Parish Church. Also, papers relating to membership services (health insurance, retirement, etc.), duties, and policies.
Correspondence re baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and transfers
Confirmation records
Applications for baptism, 1953-1954. Applications for marriage, 1954. Clergymen's record of funeral, 1952.
Baptism information blanks filed alphabetically
Applications filed alphabetically
Correspondence of C.P. Lewis re arrangements of baptisms
Notebook, baptisms completed.
Lists, applications, correspondence
Confirmation records, Individual information blanks, filed alphabetically.
Correspondence with families of baptismal candidates, 1966-1974. Applications for baptism filed alphabetically by year.
Individual information blanks filed alphabetically
Scope and Contents Applications A-Z. Summaries of participation. Correspondence of Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis and Parish secretary re confirmations.
Confirmation records: A-Z
Funeral instructions and burial papers for parishioner Colonel Warren Green.
Scope and Contents Contracts with Church Life Insurance, the Traverlers and others. Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis with Diocesan office, esp. Mrs. Carolina Davis, re health insurance.
Miscellaneous notices re men's lucheons, registration for church schoo, ushering procedure, etc. 2 programs from St. Martin's mission, undated. Statement of Policy for Diocese of Southern Virginia, 1967.
Youth Fellowship Constitution. Computerizing Parish lists. Funeral attendance card.
Usher instructions, schedule and services.
Retirement, pensions, insurance, sexual misconduct (I).
Retirement, pensions, insurance, and sexual misconduct (II).
Blank forms: Living willas and diposition of remains
Correspondence and forms of church membership transfers into Bruton Parish Church or church membership transfers out of Bruton and into other churches.
10 Transfers from other churches, 1 Transfers to another church.
Letters re: transfer of church membership.
Notebook, Letters of Tranfer.
Notebook, acceptance and letters of transfer.
Letters re transfers
Correspondence concerning transfers out of parish and forms for accceptance of transfers. 1962; 1964-65.
Scope and Contents Letters to and from Reverend C.P. Lewis re membership transfers requested to Bruton Parish Church. (A)
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis and others concerning membership transfers from Bruton Parish Church. (B)
Transfers in: 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967.
Correspondence concerning transfers out of parish and forms for acceptance of transfers, 1966-67.
Membership: Letters of transfers from Bruton Parish to other churches. A-K
Letters of transfer from Bruton Parish to other churches. L-Z
Transfers to Bruton Parish from other churches. Filed alphabeticallty by year.
Transfers to Bruton Parish Church. Filed alphabetically by year.
Membership: Transfers in A-Z.
Acceptances of letters of transfer from Bruton to other churches.
Transfers in, A-Z.
Acceptances of letters of transfer from Bruton to other churches.
Acceptances of letters of transfer from Bruton to other churches.
Transfers out: alphabetized
Transfers In: alphabetized
Transfers out: Alphabetized
Transfers out: Alphabetized
Transfers out: Alphabetized
Four sets of Bruton Parish Church Parishioners cards, which include the name, current residence, birthdate, transfer memos, and other information for church members. Two sets of membership cards (1920s to 1940s) for the Order of Jamestown, which include the name and current residence of members. One set of flashcards, possibly recording eighteenth parishioners or pew memorials.
Rector Ruffian Jones, personal papers re: Order of Jamestown membership.
Historical members and vestryman
Bruton Parish Church membership lists and directories, including some lists of church groups like layreaders and Women's Auxiliary.
Miscellaenous lists, 1934-1936 (visitors and parisioners).
Miscellaneous Lists: Parishioners, Branches of Women's Auxiliary, Lay readers, Ushers, Committee nominations.
Church Directory
Lay readers records.
Surveys sent out to all parishioners.
Men of the Church, Women of the Church, Ushers, Changes of Address.
Notebook, Parish List and Donations.
Bruton Parish Church Parish List.
Notebook, Parish List and Donations.
Bruton Parish Church Parish List.
Bruton Parish Church Parish List.
Notebook, Parish List and Donations.
Phone directory of parishioners with pictures
Twenty-one notebooks of sermon notes by Joseph B. Bernadin.
Scope and Contents Notebook 1, starting with"Sermon, I am come that they might have life..."
Notebook 2, starting with "Via Crucis Est Vitae Via: A Sermon for Those who Pass By."
Notebook 3, starting with "The Value of a Good Name: A Sermon for the New Year."
Notebook 4, starting with "The Cleansing of a Man's Own Sanctuary: A Sermon for the Monday before Easter."
Notebook 5, starting with "The Direction of Life: A Sermon for Those Who Are Drifting."
Notebook 6, starting with "Asset or Liability: A Sermon for Those Who Would Estimate Their Own Value."
Notebook 7, starting with "Christian Social Science: A Sermon for Those Who Would Lead the Christian Life."
Notebook 8, starting with "Enthusiasm: A Sermon for Whitsunday."
Notebook 9, starting with "Sent Forth for Christ: A Sermon for the Course of Missions."
Notebook 10, starting with "Keeping in Memory: A Sermon for the Dedication of a War Chapel."
Notebook 11, starting with "The Contemporary Showing Forth: A Sermon for Epiphanytide."
Notebook 12, starting with "The Name of Jesus."
Notebook 13, starting with "The Star of Bethlehem: A Sermon for the Epiphany."
Notebook 14, starting with "The Christian Doctrine of Man: A Sermon for the Believers in Freedom."
Notebook 15, starting with "Sunset and Sunrise: A Sermon for the New Year."
Notebook 16, starting with "A Survey of the Past and Future: A Sermon for the New Year."
Notebook 17, starting with "The Name of Jesus: A Sermon for the Circumcision."
Notebook 18, starting with "Herod and the Magi: A Sermon for the Epiphany."
Notebook 19, starting with "All Change: A Sermon for the New Year."
Notebook 20, starting with "After Christmas: A Sermon for Christmastide."
Notebook 21, starting with "The Expediency of Going Away: A Sermon for those Who Wish No Separation."
Blank
Sermon notebook starting with Sermon No. 102, "Reserving the Time."
Sermon notebook starting with Sermon No. 171, "Walking with God."
Budgets, financial statements, and fundraising for Bruton Parish Church. Correspondence, bills, and receipts for repairs and supplies for church. Also, Letters of Solicitation for Interior Restoration.
Letters re rector's salary and repairs, 1886. Pledges 1888, 1889. Treasurer's Reports 1887, 1889, 1891. Specifics re repairs, undated. Contributors to Tyler Memorial, undated. Vestry request for repairs, undated. Vestry request for ladies help, undated. Miscellaneous correspondence re supplies and repairs, 1886 to 1888.
Bills for supplies and repairs, 1904-07. Esp: in connection with preparations for 1907 celebration. Salary receipts.
Scope and Contents Endowment Fund: Charter and By-Laws, 1907. Two lettersf rom John H. Coke to Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin re: artciles of incorporation. Letter from John Steward Bryan to Reverend W.A.R Goodwin re: change in charter, 1924.
Pew endowments.
Scope and Contents Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin endowment notes.
Financial statements. Endowment Fund.
Bills and invoices concerning suppliers and repairs. Separate envelopes re: renovations paid for by Archbishop McCrea. Also: bank statements.
Miscellaneous bills.
Correspondence of Dr. D.W. Davis with City Council, B.T. Steele and J.T. Blacknell re: estimates on sewer work and installation of toilet facilities in Bruton crypt, January - February, 1928.
Estimates and lists (incomplete) of contributors and non-contributors.
Montly budget reports, 1960-1965. Budget summary for the years 1927-1946.
Cancelled checks.
Correspondenc chiefly concerning bonds and other endowment funds, 1924-1939. Financial statements and summaries, 1929-33; 1937-39; 1940-46; 1950-51. Miscellaneous bills.
Scope and Contents Women's Auxilary, 1931-1935. Bank statements, cancelled checks.
Budget
Wythe House Receipts and Bills.
Financiel statements. Letter to congregants re: needs of church.
Financial statements.
Treasurers: T.F. Rogers, Missions; F.R. Savage, Endowment; H.D. Cole, Parish. Correspondence of W.A.R. Goodwin with these, 1934-1936.
Miscellaneous correspondence re: church finances and budget estimates for 1937 and 1946-47.
List of those solicited for Project.
Letters of Solicitation. A.
Letters of Solicitation. Forms.
Campaign Expense Account. Letters to individual parishioners from Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin re their contributions. Letters to Dr. Donald Davis and Mr. I.L. Jones, Jr., explaining purpose of campaign fund, July 11, 1938. Report of Bruton Campaign Expense account, July 1938, E. Hayes, Treasurer.
Letters of Solicitation E-F
Letters of Solicitation D.
Letters of Solicitation C.
Letters of Solicitation B.
Letters of Solicitation G.
Letters of Solicitation H.
Letters of Solicitation. I-J-K.
Bruton Parish Church. Interior Restoration. Letters of Solicitation. L.
Letters of Solicitation. M.
Letters of Solicitation. N.
Letters of Solicitation. O-P.
Letters of Solicitation. R.
Letters of Solicitation, O-P.
Letters of Solicitation, R.
Letters of Solicitation. S.
Scope and Contents Letters of Solicitation. T-U-V. Letters from Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin requesting help with interior restoration of church.
Jr. Warden Records: Copies of 1937/1938 Building Deeds.
Correspondence, invoices, bills.
Miscellaneous: Letter to C.M. Hall from Dr. W.A.R Goodwin re: fundraising, 1936. Correspondence of Dr. D.W. Davis, Rutherford Goodwin and others re: historical inquries.
Financial records: Pledge cards for Every Member Canvass, Bank statements.
Financial and Statistical: Includes reports of Parish organizations and pledges. Correspondence of W.A.R Goodwin with church treasurer H.D. Cole and I.L. Jones and others, 1936. A few bills.
Every Member Canvass lists for 1937-39 plus summaries and list of parishioners. Printed materials on canvass and sample solcitation materials.
Scope and Contents Letters of Solicitation. X-Y-Z. Letters from Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin requesting help with interior restoration of church.
Church restoration budget, 1938. Correspondence about furnishings and architecture, 1937-1939. Letter of Kenneth Chorley detailing statues of restoration, 1941. Contract for construction of Rectory, 1940.
Furnishings and maintenance. Includes Craighill correspondence on setting up Morgan library, 1951-52, and with CW re: interpretation of church. Miscellaneous requisition slips, 1954.
Air-conditioning: Winter heating and air ventilation system. Correspondence fr4om E.B. Boyaton referring to history of air system, bailer, graves under the church and tunnel under the aisle, of which there was no record.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of the ReverendW.A.R. Goodwin and Channing M. Hall regarding the bequest of Mrs. Arthur Killy Evans to Bruton Parish Church Endowment Fund.
Budget Materials.
Memorials, Gifts to Church. Correspondence of J.H. Craighill, 1940. "Morgan Memorial Library, Mrs. William Spencer, apparently not continued (notation, 1959)."
Scope and Contents 3 letters from A.E. Kendrew to Dr. D.W. Davis, 1944-48. Letter from A.E. Kendrew to Reverend Frank Craighill as he completes his vestry term, Jan. 14, 1949.
Every Member Canvass.
Correspondence.
Scope and Contents Budgets, actual and proposed. Letter to Reverend C.P. Lewis from senior warden Thomas McCaskey outlining 1962 budget.
Summaries of funds, appraisals, correspondence re: diocesan programs, staff salaries, etc.
Agreement with Colonial Williamsburg, October 1954. Report to Property Committee on mechanical maintenance of church, November 1954. Miscellaneous correspondence re: fire detection system, janitor's hours, lighting questions, etc.
Maintenance contracts between Burton Parish anc Colonial Williamsburg regarding the church and church yard.
Parish House equipment and employees.
Scope and Contents Financiel data, including sdome budgets, notices of trustees' meetings and correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis with the diocesan bishop (Reverend George Gunn). Includes also a letter from John D. Rockefeller Jr. re: his gift of $500,000 for the ministry and music of the chruch (January 18, 1957).
Parish House maintenance estimates and bills.
Every Member Canvass and stewardship materials.
Scope and Contents Professional fundraising, chiefly corresponden of Reverend C.P. Lewis with Agne Associates.
Rectory maintenance and equipment.
Maintenance of church and Parish House: contains correspondence re: air conditioning, pest control, painting, etc.
Birthday thank offering.
Every Member Canvass. Correspondenc and reports (also samples materials from other churches, mid 50s). Handbooks for canvassers, 1960.
Guide Service, Sign, and Memorial Pamphlet.
Offering Envelopes
Scope and Contents Alms basins and bags chiefly corresponden of parishioners Willard J. Day with Reverend C.P. Lewis regarding basins given by Mrs. Florence Whaley Orrell.
Brick walls, pews, door latches, hearing aid systems, paint, signs, window panes, etc. Also, report on exterior lanscaping.
Building, seating, pews, graves.
Travis House Lease
Communion Wine Supply.
Budget estimates, montly statements and bills, esp. concerning Parish House expansion.
Blueprint Compensation
Supplies: Miscellaneous order forms and correspondence conerning them.
Parish House Expansion Fund
Miscellaneous finanier statements.
Budget projections (incomplete). Corresponden re: delinquent pledges, diocesan charities, and assistance to St. Paul's College.
Tower Box Donations.
Parish House Kitchen Equipment.
Colonial Williamsburg Maintenance: Correspondence, Agreements, Inspections.
Bruton Parish Church Self-Study Notebook, Introduction and Files (1962, 1964-1965).
Every Member Canvass.
Parking Lot
Budgets: Statements of Endowment. Funds, Receipts, and Disbursements. 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967. Proposed Budget, 1965.
Monthly budget reports, 1964, 1965, 1966 (incomplete).
1966 Maintenance agreement with Colonail Williamsburg. Fire inpsection summaries, 1966. 1968 Summary of maintenance requirements.
Facility Manager's Correspondence: Annual Parish Meeting Plan.
Bruton Parish Church Self-Study Notebook Files (1966).
Scope and Contents Acknowledgement by the Reverend Cotesworth Lewis of contributions primarily from non-parishioners.
Supplies: Miscellaneous order forms and correspondenc oncerning them.
Scope and Contents Acknowledgement by the Reverend Cotesworth Lewis of contributions.
Monthly budget reports, 1966-1973 (incomplete). Proposed budget, 1974.
Bruton Parish Church Self-Study Notebook Files (1967).
Every Member Canvass.
General building inspection.
Parish list, 1968. Notebook concerning payment of pledges, 1969.
Jr. Warden Records: Miscellaneous Maintenance.
Bruton Parish Church Self-Study Committee Report (1969).
Bruton Parish Church Self-Study Notebooks Files (1970, 1972, 1986, 1988).
Parish List, 1969. Notebooks concerning payment of pledges, 1969.
Every Member Canvass.
Petty Cash reports (1969-1971, 1973).
Marshall Endowment: Summaries, Dec. 31, 1969, 1971, 1974. Communications of secretary to trustess, 1974. Articles of merger, Marshall Foundation into Bruton Parish Church Endowment Fund, 1974.
Parish List, 1970. Notebooks concerning payment of pledges, 1970.
Heating.
Endowment Funds: Committee correspondence and memos. Financial statements, Jan. 1, Dec. 1, 1970; Dec. 31, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977. Committee correspondence and memoranda, 1970-1982. Minutes, Dec 13, 1971.
Endowment Fund: Yearend financial statements for Endowment Fund (1971, 1973, 1977) and for Marshall Fund (1971, 1973).
Lighting equipment.
Miscellaneous budget worksheets.
Jr. Warden Records: Parishioner Help and Questionnaire.
Jr. Warden Records: Chaplain's Residence Maintenance (Notebook).
Jr. Warden Records: Parish House and Rectory Maintenance (Notebook).
Jr. Warden Records: Church Maintenance Notes and Reports (Notebook).
Pledge list, 2 copies, 1974. Should be closed until year 2049, i.e. 75 years. List of Sunday School Enrollment, undated.
BPC Endowment Fund Inc., Report to the Congregational Meeting.
Jr. Warden Records: Security Reports (Notebook).
Monthly budget statements, 1975-77 (incomplete). Projected operating budgets, 1977-78.
Historic Property Owner's Handbook, 1977. Church booklet, 1998.
Jr. Warden Records: Miscellaneous Maintenance of Church and Parish House.
Contributions: Letters of acknowledgment by staff members to individual and group donors.
Endowment Fund: Miscellaneous summaries and financial statements.
Jr. Warden Records: Miscellaneous Maintenance.
Isabel Squier Endowment
Endowment Fund: Miscellaneous financial reports and statements.
Jr. Warden Records: Church Maintenance Notes, Reports, Correspondence.
Buget and Finance Report (1982).
Miscellaneous monthly financial reports.
Bike donation.
Jr. Warden Records: Parish House Maintenance.
Jr. Warden Records: Church Maintenance Reports and Notes (Notebook).
Miscellaneous Maintenance: Pairsh House, Rolfe Road, Stanley Drive, Presbyterian Manse Properties.
Parish House kitchen renovation.
Parish Canvass List (1985-1986).
Jr. Warden Records: Church Maintenance.
Canvass 1986: Parishioners, Schedule, Budget.
Canvass 1986: Lists of Canvassers and Locations.
Every Member Canvass Notebook, 1986.
Cost of painting.
Cost of Renovation
Church Accounting
Sound Equipment.
Reports of long range planning committee culminating in 1992 Capital Campaign (maps, graphs, mimeographed materials surverying Parish needs).
Video Equipment.
Long-Range Planning Committee Report.
General Parisioner Communication re: Parish House Construction and Information re: Capital Campaign.
Five Year Plan, Long-range planning committee report.
Second Century Fund, "Feed My Sheep," 1993. BPC Endowment Fund, Inc., 1991.
Capital Campaign Steering Committee Meeting.
Building for the Future, 1992 Capital Campaign (Notebook): Presented to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Johnson.
Building for the Future, 1992 Capital Campaign (Notebook): Presented to Mrs. Janie Talley.
Building for the Future, 1992 Capital Campaign (Notebook): Presented to Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Dewey.
Building for the Future, 1992 Capital Campaign (Notebook): Presented to Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Walker.
Canvass List for 1992 Capital Campaign.
Ministry in Action: 1992 Capital Campaign Material.
Neighborhood Groups Program, 1992 Capital Campaign.
Typewriter, Folding Maching, Postage Meter.
Vendor contracts.
Miscellaneous.
Facility Manager's Correspondence: Miscellaneous.
Facility Manager's Correspondence: Miscellaneous.
Minutes of Vestry meetings and Vestry Committee meetings. Also, Parochial Reports. Minutes and Reports of Annual Parish Meetings, complete from 1957 through 1988.
Vestry Resolutions, Minutes, Elections, 1880-1902. Summary of Church Activities, 1875-1888 Lists of Vestrymen elected 1881, 1894, 1895 and undated. List of communicants, undated.
Vestry Resolutions
Scope and Contents Minutes and correspondence, including "final" letter from J.B. Bentley as asst. minister and with Williamsburg Holding Corporation.
Reports of parish organizations, 1933-1935
Minutes and correspondence
Scope and Contents Vestry minutes, Oct 7 and Dec 9, 1934; Feb 10 and 20,1935. Budget of parish for 1935 Budget summaries for January and February, 1935. Letter of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin to vestry concerning finances January, 1935.
Minutes of Congregational meeting, 1936. Agreement with Diocese, 1936. Vestry of minutes, 1937-1940, list, 1936. Correspondence, including Goodwin letter of resignation and Vestry's reply 1938.
Committees and vestry minutes. Also materials relating to diocesan council of 1938
Miscellaneous committee lists
Misc. correspondence esp. re maintenance with CW. Also minutes, vestry and committee lists. Reports of committees on Parish Program, Church school committee & committee on preservations and interpretation of the church (all 1945).
Correspondence & memorandum re staff, maintenance of church & parish house, 1948-1955. Primarily F. H. Craighill and Robert S. Whitman. Vestry lists: 1945, 1946-47; 50-52; 56. Clergy recommendations and misc. parishioners notes, 1948-1950. AP Middleton letters re Hickory Church. Printed memoranda on Sunday School work.
Minutes, 1955. List of Vestry, 1951-1955. Correspondence misc (1954-1955). Maintenance agreement - CWF.
Correspondence re: appointment of trustee, 1953. Sexton's responsibilities, 1955. Tarpley Bell, 1955-1956. Prospective minister candidates, 1956. Guidelines fro finding new rector, 1956. memo re parish secretary, undated memos to vestry, 1956.
Scope and Contents Copy of Vestry Minutes "already in book" 1954-1956. Copy of resolution on departure of Craighill, 1956. Misc. Vestry lists (1950, 1955). Suggestions for Parish House improvements.
Letters of Bishop George Gunn re resignation of Francis Craighill (1956) and appointment of Charles Sheerin as assistant minister (1958). Letters re guides, donations, etc. Text of arrangements between Colonial Williamsburg and Bruton Parish Church (1956).
Vestry lists.
Correspondence and memos concerning vestry terms and rotation. Vestry ballot, 1967. Service for installation of vestry, undated. Request for license to deliver cup, undated.
Committee and Vestry rosters, 1957-1972. Vestry minutes, Dec 1957. Parish roster, 1962. Episcopal census, 1965.
Vestry minutes (incomplete)
Minutes and financial summaries. Correspondence of Cotesworth Lewis and others. Plans for expansion of Parish House.
Scope and Contents Correspondence between Thomas G. McGaskey, senior Warden and Walter Miller, re proposed publication "The Churches of Colonial Virginia" "Parish Paragraphs" September, 1964; January and February, 1965; Letter of Parke Rouse concerning publication schedule, 1964.
Vestry minutes. Feb-Dec. Congregational meeting minutes, Dec. 18, 1960. Miscellaneous correspondence.
Vestry and congregational minutes. Diocesan authorization for parish house expansion.
Ushers: Schedules, letters to ushers from chairmen of ushers committee.
Vestry minutes, 1961.
Misc. correspondence and background information.
Vestry Minutes: Partial sets.
Vestry minutes, 1962.
Correspondence of Thomas G. McGaskey, senior warden and others.
Vestry minutes. Dec 16, 1963 - April 18, 1966.
Presentation Committee: correspondence and other writings concerning the interpretation of the church.
Vestry meeting minutes.
Vestry meeting and minutes extract.
Misc. correspondence of Thomas G. McGaskey, senior warden on various topics, e.g. air conditioning, personnel etc. Notes for introduction of James Driver on his retirement.
Vestry minues: Partial sets.
Vestry minutes, 1970 (complete). List of vestry, 1970.
Minutes Jan - Jun, Sept-Dec, 1971. List of vestry, 1971.
Scope and Contents Lists: 1973, 1974, 1975. Copies of minutes, resolutions and letters of Reverend C.P. Lewis and others concerning vestry business. Minutes of meeting of parish life committee, 17 October 1974.
Council Meetings
Vestry meeting agenda and minutes.
Binder of Vestry Minutes.
Programs and minutes.
Programs and minutes. Rector's notes.
Annual Meetings. 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967. Agendas and reports, esp. senior warden's reports of Tom McCaskey.
Agenda, statistics, rector's notes.
Agendas, statistics, rector's notes.
Minutes of meeting, January 11, 1981. Parish reports for year. Rector's remarks.Ballot for vestry election.
January 11, 1981. January 10, 1982.
Senior warden presentation.
Minutes of meeting Jan 9, 1983. Parish reports for year (including sr. warden and rector's comments). Minutes of meeting Jan 15, 1984, Parish reports for year.
Annual Parish Meetings (1984-1985). Various Correspondence (1971-1987).
Boxes 114, 41, 95, __ and Misc. Folders
Scope and Contents Correspondence of the Reverend W.A.R Goodwin, rector of Bruton Parish Church (1926-1938), regarding parish business, speaking engagements, or historical inquiries. Includes his acceptance letter of clergy position (1902) and rectorship (1926), correspondence with British royal and Ecclesiastical representatives re: King's Bible (1902-1907), and issues with students of the College of William and Mary.
Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning resignations of Reverend Henry Wall et al (Overby, Burch, Wharton, Page) and attempts to fill vacancies. Acceptances: letter of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin, 1902.
Scope and Contents 3 letters from W.T. Roberts re. his appointment as rector, 1894. Petition signed by all Episcopal students at W&M to request Roberts' removal as rector, 1901. Draft of vestry resolution condemning Roberts' criticism of W&M, 1902. Draft of similar resolution, undated. Draft of letter re rector's salary, undated. Miscellaneous memo & letters, 1902-04.
Miscellaneous. List of readings. Records of Dr. Goodwin's activities while in Petersburg. Copies of baptismal records.
Letters to W.A.R Goodwin from representatives of the King, Archbishop of Canterbury, and British embassy re presentation of Bible.
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence of the Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin.
Goodwin correspondence. Endowment Pamphlet.
General correspondence, largely with other ministera and churches.
Scope and Contents Correspondence with Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin and Reverend Ruffin Jones.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin.
Correspondence concerning W & M Students.
Miscellaneous correspondence: Parish business - speaking engagements, newspaper notifications, historical inquiries, etc.
Parish business: speaking engagements, historical inquiries, baptismal records, Hickory Neck Church, etc.
Miscellaneous correspondence. Parish business - speaking invitations, thank-yous for donations, esp. Archibald McCrea inquiries, etc.
Goodwin correspondence re: Lamb and Cameron requests.
Summary of early correspondence with Colonial Dames with regard to memorial room. Correspondence with members of Colonial Dames re their donation to the Whythe House purchase.
Miscellaneous correspondence, including his acceptance as rector, 1926, Laird's acceptance as assistant, 1930, contributions of Colonial Dames to Wythe House, lease of Montague - Bracken House to assistant minister.
Goodwin correspondence and salary.
Miscellaneous correspondence. Parish business: speaking engagements, arrangements with organist, acknowledgement of contributions, etc.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Bishop John B. Bentley with Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin and Elizabeth Hayes.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of the Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin regarding parish business and speaking engagments. Includes letters of Bishop John B. Bentley, Reverend Francis H. Craighill, and resignation as rector (1938).
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin re memorial to J. Stewart Barney, architect of 1905 Church restoration. (Dr. Goodwin recalls Barney as mentor).
Miscellaneous correspondence.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence (1930-33). Francis H. Craighill (1947-1954). Also includes materials on Jamestown Island Church. Miscellaneous poem re: Bruton.
Country Parsons Club. Diocese of Western New York and Rochester. Correspondence of W.A.R. Goodwin.
Correspondence of W.A.R. Goodwin with Bishop John B. Bentley, 1933-36. Copies of the Newsletter of the Missionary District of Alaska, 1933-35. Newspaper article re Bentley's work, 1934.
Opening of Milham (Coke-Garrett House) for benefit of Church, March 31 - May 19 1934.
Correspondence with A.P.V.A. officers, especially Miss Ellen Bagby and Mrs. Granville Valentine, concerning Jamestown Island.
Miscellaneous correspondence of W.A.R. Goodwin regarding parish business, speaking engagements, etc.
General correspondence of W.A.R. Goodwin concerning parish business.
General correspondence of W.A.R. Goodwin regarding parish business, speaking engagements, etc.
Parish Business: includes a letter to a student interested in the ministry which defines his views on being a clergyman.
Parish business: speaking engagements, etc.
Parish business: speaking engagements, etc.
Parish business: speaking engagements.
Parish business: speaking engagements, etc.
Miscellaneous correspondence concerning Parish business.
Miscellaneous correspondence concerning parish business.
Miscellaneous correspondence concerning parish business, speaking engagments, etc.
Miscellaneous correspondence concerning Parish business, speaking engagements, etc.
Miscellaneous correspondence of W.A.R Goodwin, 1935-1936, concerning guest minsiters, parishioners' concerns and other church business.
Miscellaneous correspondence of W.A.R. Goodwin concerning parish business and programs.
Miscellaneous correspondence. Correspondence with those names W-Z.
Miscellaneous correspondence with W.A.R. Goodwin.
Scope and Contents Correspondence on parish business: relations with other organizations, etc. (Hickory Neck Church, diocese of Alaska.) Includes letter from Reverend Franklin D. Roosevelt, 6.28.1936.
Miscellaneous Correspondence: A.P.V.A., Churchman's Pilgrimage, Hickory Neck Church, etc. Also, diocesan report to Council, 1.28.1936.
Correspondence relating to parish business, i.e. guest speakers, membership transfers, parish dinners, etc.
Miscellaneous correspondence: Parish business: Historical inquiries, marriage arrangements, speaking invitations, etc.
Miscellaneous correspondence re parish business: speakers, historical inquiries, choir administration, etc.
Parish business: Speaking invitations, marriage arrangements, acknowledgements of contributions, etc. Form letters.
Scope and Contents Communications of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin with Vestry: Letter of Oct. 5, 1936 regarding church history and restoration. Letter of Jan. 17, 1938, regarding his retirement. Drafts of Vestry minutes of Jan. 17 and Feb. 26, 1938.
Correspondence with Bishop John B. Bentley of Alaska. (W.A.R.G. and Elizabeth Hayes). Articles and press releases about the Bishop, a former Bruton curate.
Scope and Contents Resignation (1938) and death of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin (1939). Vestry's memorial resolution, 1939. Letters from Channing Hall concerning disposition of Colonial Dames tablet at Wythe House (1938). Correspondence with Gorham, Co. re: W.A.R. Goodwin bust (1941-42).
Scope and Contents Elizabeth Hayes (Goodwin Secretary) letter to D.W. Davis re her status, Jan. 15, 1938. Resignation of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin as rector, Jan.17, 1938; Vestry acceptance, Jan.22, 1938. Clippings re acceptance of call to pulpit by Reverend F.H. Craighill, Sept. 2, 1938 ff. Goodwin farewell to congregation, Oct. 30, 1938. Goodwin letter to Rector and Vestry re Evans' gift, Dec. 29, 1938. D.W. Davis letter to Elizabeth Hayes, June 26, 1938. D.W. Davis letter to National Council (Episcopal Church) recommending Elizabeth Hayes, Feb.29, 1940.
Scope and Contents The general correspondence of the Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis, rector of Bruton Parish Church (1956-1985), including both parish business and letters to parishioners. Includes correspondence considering him as prospective minister at the church (1954).
Various mailed material.
Correspondence re. prospective assistant ministers (Cotesworth P. Lewis and others). Also, correspondence with Dick Fowler, who worked for Bruton in 1957-58 as a seminarian at the Episcopal Theological Seminary.
Cotesworth Lewis personal: primarily concerns his appointment as Rector of Bruton Parish. Letters of P.L. to and from Francis Craighill, Kenneth Chorley, Arthur Rhea and various vestry members.
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous Correspondence of the Reverend C.P. Lewis.
Personal Correspondence.
List of qualities desired in a rector. 1956 (Vestry). Text of sermon preached in Canada, 1963, re. Kennedy assassination.
Correspondence of Reverend C. P. Lewis regarding personal problems of parishioners and problems of interpretation of the Church.
Scope and Contents Leter to "Friends of Bruton") from Reverend C. Lewis, 1957-58. Letter to "organization leaders", 1957, from Reverend C.P. Lewis. Letter to "Fellow Brutonians" from Senior Warden, Thomas McCaskey, 1966.
General correspondence of Reverend Cotesworth Lewis, largely personal or acknowledging contributions.
Correspondence of James Baily to C.P. Lewis.
Correspondence of Cotesworth P. Lewis and other staff members.
Miscellaneous correspondence primarily of Thos. G. McCaskey, senior warden, and C.P. Lewis, recotr. Also plan of organization, Christian Education Committee.
Correspondence regarding care of: Anne Robinson Duvall (1960), Martha Lee Poston (1962-63), Rosalie Merrill Noland (1965) and Anne Harrison Lewis (1984).
Scope and Contents General correspondence of Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis and Elizabeth Babcock, parish secretary.
Correspondence - CPL and other staff members.
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence and list of committee chairmen. Suggestions for a filing system. "Parish Observations" by I.L. Jones.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend Cotesworth Lewis with Canadian church officials, especially concerning his speech of the memorial service for President John F. Kennedy. Clippings.
Miscellaneous correspondence from Cotesworth Lewis, rector, and Mrs. M. L. Elchinger, Parish Secretary. Primarily thank you letters for contributions. Itinerary for his Holy Land tour, 1965.
Includes invitation for dedication of Tucker-Coleman Room, 1966.
Correspondence of the Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis, largely personal (letters of thanks, congratulations, sympathy, etc.). Itineraries for visit to England, 1969. Human Rights Committee membership, 1978.
Correspondence concerning Lee Hastings Bristol.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of the Reverend C.P. Lewis, largely personal (letters of thanks, congratulations, etc.)
Scope and Contents Correspondence of the Reverend C.P. Lewis, primarily personal (letters of thanks, congratulations, etc.)
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence, primarily by the Reverend C.P. Lewis, Jr. Includes information on Lewis family history.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of the Reverend C.P. Lewis, largely personal (letters of thanks, congratulations, etc.).
Scope and Contents The general correspondence of the Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis, rector of Bruton Parish Church (1956-1985), including parish business, speaking engagements, visitors to church, inquiries, and telecast fan mail. Includes, correspondence concerning his 25th anniversary as rector (1981) and the celebration of his life (1999)
Miscellaneous papers of Reverend Lewis. Correspondence re Tower Bell, acknowledgement of gifts, diocesan directives.
Correspondence with parishioners, especially the Misses Garland.
Scope and Contents Letters of Reverend C.P. Lewis acknowledging contributions. Also, acknowledgement of German translation of historical information on parish.
Christmas Eve Telecast, 1972.
Includes materials from Church Deployment Office of the Episcopal Church.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis with various groups and individuals.
Scope and Contents "Fan Mail" written to Reverend C.P. Lewis concerning 1972 Christmas Eve TV Broadcast. Also letters of appreciation from Mr. Lewis to various individuals who helped with the televised service.
Letters of Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis recommending parishioners as camp counselors, adoptive parents, house-sitters, etc.
Correspondence, mainly with parishioners.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Church Staff members, primarily Reverend C.P. Lewis, with groups wishing to schedule visits to Bruton or asking Mr. Lewis to speak.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis with various groups and individuals.
Inquiries from non-parishioners and replies from parish staff.
General correspondence between Blair, Lewis, parish secretary and parishioners.
Recommendations written by Revs. Cotesworth Lewis, George Tompkins and Thom. W. Blair for college admissions, etc.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of church staff members, primarily Reverend C.P. Lewis, with groups wishing to schedule visits to Bruton and for asking Mr. Lewis to speak.
January to June 1976.
July to December 1976.
Scope and Contents General Correspondence. Inquiries answered by Parish Staff (Reverend C.P. Lewis, Reverend David Terrault, Margaret Wright.)
Correspondence by Reverend C.P. Lewis and other members of parish staff.
Correspondence by Reverend C.P. Lewis and other members of parish staff.
Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis and other staff members with and about parishioners.
Correspondence by Reverend C.P. Lewis and other members of Parish staff.
Celebration of his 25th anniversary as rector, October 11, 1981. Celebration of his life, October 14, 1999.
Roger Schellenburg, Scholarship Recepient.
Scope and Contents The correspondence of the Reverend Francis H. Craighill, rector of Bruton Parish Church (1938-1956), including his acceptance letter (1938) and wartime correspondence (1938-1945). Also, includes some correspondence of other rectors like Reverend W.T. Roberts (1894-1902) and Reverend Herman Hollerith IV (1999-2008) and minsiter Reverend Arthur R. Willis. Also, includes the general correspondence of church staff members and Reverend Richard May. (1992-2000)
Correspondence. Bishop A.M. Randolph re. organ and vestry powers. Cynthia B.T. Coleman complains on behalf of Ladies Committee to repair church; committee then resigns. W.M. Old reports diocesan view of pulpit dispute. Vestry Minutes, April & December, 1896. Undated resolution against W.T.R. in handling of pulpit matter.
Materials pertaining to the Reverend I.H. Craighill's previous parishes.
Invitation to Reverend Jennings Wise Hobson to become rector. Also, invitation to Reverend Francis H. Craighill to become rector, and his acceptance.
Invitation to Reverend Harry Lee Doll to become rector.
Letters and reports on church background and fundraising. Letter to congregation concerning the Craighill's' 10th anniversary, October 13, 1948.
Misc. Correspondence and Printed Materials
Miscellaneous. Biographical sketch, 1938. Letter to N.C. Ration Bd., 1945.Photography of rectory with silversmith Wm. de Matteo. Certificate of appreciation to Craighills on their retirement.
Correspondence of Reverend F.H. Craighill concerning people wanting or needing his attention.
Misc. Correspondence.
Wartime correspondence of Reverend F.H. Craighill with Army & Navy Commission of the Episcopal Church and with chaplains of the Navy Chaplain School at William and Mary, as well as those on active duty.
Primarily correspondence of Reverend Francis H. Craighill dealing with the "Manual for Servicemen."
Scope and Contents Willis, the Reverend Arthur R. Correspondence.
(CRON File 1992)General correspondence by Paul Parsons and Richard May.
(CRON File 12-28-95 to 2-29-96) General correspondence by Frank Herring and Richard May.
(CRON File 3-1-96 to 8-31-96) Misc. correspondence.
(CRON File 9-1-96 to 2-28-97)
(CRON File 3-1-97 to 8-31-97)
(CRON File 9-1-97 to 5-31-98)
(CRON File 6-1-98 to 12-31-98)
(CRON File 1-1-99 to 2000)
The correspondence and employment applications of various of various positions in the church, including assistant minsiter, curate, layreader, seminarian, secretary, and shop manager.
Correspondence with Bishops W.A. Brown and George P. Gunn and with S.P. Flournoy re diocesan business.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of the postulants with Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis, diocesan bishops and seminary personnel.
Correspondence of Church staff (Craighill, Tucker, Lewis) re lay readers' licenses for parishioners and college students.
Correspondence re his insurance and pension. Copies of policies.
Scope and Contents Recommendation by Reverend Jere Bunting, Jr. His acceptance and other correspondence with Bishop Gunn and Reverend C.P. Lewis re his coming to Bruton.
Scope and Contents Personnel: DCE. Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis, rector, re replacement of Janet Hal as DCE and assistant organist.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend Cotesworth Lewis with and concerning Milton Wright and Ronald Miller (1964) and Jonathan Fontain Maury (1972).
Personnel - Director of Christian Education. Correspondence with C.P. Lewis, rector, with and about job applicant Mary Hotchkiss as replacement for Janet Hall.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis, rector, re search for curate to replace Reverend Charles Sheerin. Appointment of L. Jerome Taylor as curate.
Salary of John H. Hatcher
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend John H. Hatcher, curate, re: parish activites.
Correspondence re search for Director of Christian education to replace Elizabeth Wynkoop.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis re hiring of Miss Ebensberger; 1964; her letter of resignation, 1965.
Resume, Charles Wesley Lowry.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of prospective Bruton ministers and those recommending them with Reverend C.P. Lewis, rector.
Biographical sketch and photos. Summary of salary arrangements. Schedule and copy of campus mailings. Correspondence re departure, 1969-1970.
Scope and Contents Funeral tribute of Reverend C. P. Lewis. Correspondence i.e. Mr. Driver's employment as chief guide.
Resume and correspondence concerning his appointment and ordination.
Correspondence about prospects for curate (college work) and assistant of the rector (parish work).
Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning the hiring of the Reverend Malcolm Turnbull as college curate; his curriculum vitae.
Hiring and resignation.
Applications for various positions, inc. Organist, Junior Warden, Senior Warden, Chaplain, etc.
Rector Richard L. May, resume, policies/salaries, review.
Correspondence, bulletins, and misc. material re: rectors and other personnel.
Boxes 109, 110, 111, 210, and Misc. Folders
The papers of the Dicosese of Southern Virginia meetings, including the minutes of executive board meetings, various commission meetings, special Epsicopal meetings, and correspondence with Bruton Parish Church officials.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with Bishops Beverly D. tucker and Arthur Thomson and diocesan secretary Norman Taylor. Includes letter of appointment of W.A.R. Goodwin as rector, 6.30.1926, and his reports as historiographer, 1923-1925.
Parochial reports. Correspondence re diocesan quotas and projects (Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin et al). Negative of Bruton Parish Church.
Correspondence with Bishop Arthur C. Thompson, 1933-35.
Miscellaneous lists (visitors and parishioners).
Correspondence with Norman E. Taylor, diocesan secretary, 1933-35.
Correspondence with College of Preachers, esp. Canon T.O. Wedel.
Communications from national offices of the Episcopal Church, especially concerning college work.
Scope and Contents Tidewater Convocation: Minutes of meeting, April 14, 1947. Correspondence of Reverend Roderick Jackson, dean; Bishop William A. Brown; Reverend John Winslow; and Reverend Jean Vache re meetings 1947-49. Minutes of meeting, May 3 1949.
Materials related to the meeting of the House of Bishops: rules of order. 1952, List of attendees, 195. Fact Sheet on House of Bishops, 1953.
Diocesan Laymen's meeting, August 28-29, 1954. Includes program and news release.
Scope and Contents Commission on Race Relations.Sermon preached by Reverend F.H. Craighill the week of Supreme Court Decision - Brown vs. Board of Education. Questionnaire prepared by commission.
Materials relating to conferences, both lay and clergy, local and otherwise.
Committee on Survey and Strategy.Plans for acquisition of properties, for church construction, for fundraising, etc.
Parish reactions to Presiding Bishop's statements in 1963 (Lichtenberger) and 1969-1970 (Hines). Letter of diocesan bishops, clergy and deputies regarding actions taken at South Bend General Convention, 1969. Guide to racial relations in Virginia, 1956.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis with diocesan Bishops George Gunn and David Rose.
Parish Life Mission: Printed materials outlining policy and procedure for the program.
Diocesan Councils, 1957-64
Correspondence concerning meetinf of the Washington Synod, October 27, 1959.
Scope and Contents 1957-67 (except 1963 and 1965). College of Preachers. Correspondence of Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis with wardens Theodore Wedel and Frederick Arterton re. annual contributions.
Hickory Neck Church - Toano, VA.
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous Correspondence. Mostly mimeographed letters from the Diocesan Office. Letter to Bishop Gunn from Reverend Cotesworth Lewis outlining Bruton's financial concerns, 1967.
Handbook and letter format.
Conventions of the Episcopal Church.
Executive Board: Agendas, Reports and Minutes.
Various C.P. Lewis Diocese Material.
Department of Missions. Budgets and Minutes. Correspondence.
Correspondence and reports concerning the Episcopal Forward and Advance Fund. Memo re: stewardship training for Every Member Canvass.
Scope and Contents Diocesan matters: letters from Norman Taylor to Reverend C.P. Lewis, 1960. Mimeographed notices. Map of diocese. Hand drawn and undated.
The papers of the Dicosese of Southern Virginia meetings, including the minutes of executive board meetings, various commission meetings (like College Work, Church Music, Diocesan Policy, Department of Mission, etc.), and financial reports.
Presiding Bishop.
Diocesan Commission on Church music. Correspondence of Cotesworth P. Lewis concerning conferences of diocesan musicians.
Scope and Contents Executive Council of the Episcopal Church. Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis with personnel of the national office. Resolution of the Vestry of Bruton Parish Church in opposition to views of the presiding bishop and Executive Council, May 19-21, 1970.
Executive Board, 1960-61. Agendas, financial reports, minutes.
Diocesan materials and correspondence of Bishop George P. Gunn and Revs. Cotesworth Lewis, C.L. Taylor and William Anthony.
Diocesan Policy Commission.
Diocesan Nominations Committee. C.P. Lewis Trinity Material.
Scope and Contents College Work Commission: correspondence of Reverend L.J. Taylor, Cotesworth Lewis, and others.
College Wordk Commission: correspondence and reports of Parke Rouse, chairman.
Diocesan Councils. Preliminary correspondence and memos for councils of 1962, 1963, and 1964. Council Handbook, 1963.
College Work Commission. Folder of papers kept by Parke Rouse, Jr. as commission chairman. Includes membership roster.
Minutes of Executive Board Meetings of November 22, 1963, January 17 and May 15, 1964. Diocesan resolution of November 13, 1964, in support of General Convention resolution of October 1964. Memo re Christian Education.
Department of Mission.Summaries of Activity: November 1963 and February 1965. Minutes of Meetings, April 1964 to November 1965. Report on Talbot Hall as diocesan headquarters, undated.
Department of Mission. Correspondence of Cotesworth P. Lewis as Chairman of the College Work Division.
Scope and Contents Department of Mission, College Division. Correspondence of Chairmen Parke Rouse, Jr. and Reverend Webster L. Simons, Jr. with John Paul Carter, Province Secretary for college work, and diocesan officials.
Scope and Contents Committee for the Establishment of a Home for the Aging. Correspondence of Bishops Gunn and Rose, Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis and J. Randolph Davis, Committee Chairman.
List of clergy, financial reports, stewardship bulletin and schedule of meetings. Recommendations for Diocesan Standing Committee.
Scope and Contents Proposed home for the aging. correspondence of Miss Irene Groner with Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis and Bishop George Gunn.
College Work Division, Department of Missions, Diocese of Southern Virginia. Correspondence of Rev C.P. Lewis, Chairman, with members of the Division and with provincial secretaries for college work.
Annual Parochial reports 1964, 1970-84.
Executive Board Meetings.
Materials relating to diocesan councils from 1965 to 1970.
1965 and 1966 (Jan. only) Minutes of Executive Board meetings.
Scope and Contents "Survey and Strategy". Letter of William Egelhoff, Dean, of Jamestown Convocation, March 26 1965, outlining plans: Memos concerning diocesan survey: methods and procedures. Booklet: "Facts and Figures on Current Operating Funds" of Diocese - thru Feb. 22, 1966.
Scope and Contents Commission on Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence in the Body of Christ (MRI). Correspondence of Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis with National Council. Mimeographed diocesan letter and memoranda on policy and procedures.
Publicity and Publication Board (Diocese). Correspondence of Thomas G. McCaskey, Senior Warden.
Scope and Contents Committee on the Establishment of a church home for the aging. Correspondence of Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis. Bishop George Gunn, Chairmen of the Committee, J. Randolph Davis and John D. Green, plus others from the Diocese and Central Offices of the Episcopal Church.
The papers of the Dicosese of Southern Virginia meetings, including the minutes of executive board meetings, various commission meetings (like Diocesan Policy, Department of Mission, VA Travel Council, etc.), and correspondence with Bruton Parish Church officials. Also includes correspondence regarding the Diocese's Diamond Jubilee (75th Anniversary).
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis with Reverend H. Page.
74th Annual Council. Handbook and Report of the Memorial and Resolutions Committee. Program of opening service.
Policy Commission: List of members 1966, Agendas and Minutes for 1966 meetings.
DOSVA: Diamond Jubilee Celebration. Correspondence primarily to and from Thomas G. McCaskey, Chairman of the Diamond Jubilee Committee, with particular emphasis on plans for the April 16 1967 observance on Jamestown Island. Follow-up letters to participants.
DOSVA: Diamond Jubilee. Preliminary outline of plans. (Cotesworth Lewis to Diocesan Policy Commission, Sept. 22, 1966) and subsequent correspondence re implementation of plans. Minutes of Steering Committee meeting, Nov. 15, 1966. Draft of McCaskey presentation of Jubilee plans to 75th Diocesan Council, Jan. 1967 and comments.
DOSVA: Diamond Jubilee Parish participation: letter from Thos. McCaskey, Chairman to Parish ministers, Feb. 13 1967, and follow-ups. Responses to committee's questionnaire about possible Jubilee activities. Two letters from Thos. McCaskey to Bishop George Gunn concerning paucity of responses.
Scope and Contents Diamond (75th) Anniversary. Preliminary plans: letters and memoranda of the Diocese Policy Committee and the Diamond Jubilee Committee (Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis, Chairman), followed as Chairman by Thomas G. McCaskey.
Miscellaneous papers.
Miscellaneous writings, all probably by Thomas McCaskey and probably given as speeches in connection with the Diamond Jubilee of the Diocese of Southern Virginia.
Diamond Jubilee. Speakers bureau lists. Correspondence re slides and pictures. Clippings from newspapers re Jubilee and correspondence concerning them.
David S. Rose, Bishop and Bishop Coadjutor. Installation as Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Virginia and correspondence re this event, 1970-71. Plans for Bishop's retirement, 1977.
Scope and Contents College Work Division, Department of Missions, Diocese of Southern Virginia. Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis, Chairman, with members of the division and with provincial secretaries for college work.
Department of Mission. Membership List, 1967. Minutes, Spring, Summer, and Fall, 1967. Financial statements, May, June, and September, 1967.
Diamond Jubilee. Program for opening service, St. Paul's Church, Jan 29, 1967. Program from Communion service at Jamestown Island, April 16 1967.Photographs from Jamestown service. Photographs from Cape Henry service. Text of Bishop Hine's speech, April 16 1967, and correspondence about it. Copy of Jubilee Hymn by Jock Darling.
Executive Committee. Letter from Diocesan office concerning Thomas McCaskey's appointment to Board for three-year term, 1967. Minutes, 1967.
VA Travel Council (1).
VA Travel Council (2).
Department of Mission. Minutes, 1967-68. Annual Reports, 1967-68.
Budget (Fundraising and Promotion). Invitation from Bishop Gunn to Thomas McCaskey to join committee, February 16, 1967. Minutes of ad hoc committee, June 6, 1967. Bishop's letter re fundraising, July 7 1967. Promotion committee correspondence between Thomas McCaskey and Clayton Crigger, July 1967. Diocesan balance sheets for March 1968. List of committee members, 1967.
Executive Committee: Notes of meeting, March 21, 1967; Minutes, 1968; List of Members, 1968-69. Publications Committee: Letter from editorial subcommittee chairman to Thomas McCaskey, December 19 1966; Committee Report to the 76th Council, 1968. MRI: Letter from Bishop Gunn to Thomas McCaskey inviting him to join commission, Feb. 27 1967.
Diocesian Commission on Study Leaves.
VA Travel Council (3).
Scope and Contents Notebook, "Diocese of Southern Virginia, Department of Mission, The Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis, D.D."
Diocesan Executive Board. Minutes: Nov. 21, 1969 through Nov. 17 1977 (not completed).
Roster of Bishops, administrative officers and ministers for the years 1970-72, 1974-75, 1978-1980.
Diocesan Councils: 1971 (79th Council), 1972 (80th Council). Memos on registration procedures and Council business, 1971 Council. Memos on registration and Council business, 1972 Council.
Clergy Conference.
Diocesan Councils: 81st Council. Special Council, Petersburg, Fall 1972. Annual Council, Williamsburg, 1973. Letters re preliminary arrangements. Program for evening service.
Handbook. Program. Preliminary correspondence re arrangements.
Scope and Contents Diocesan Councils, 83rd Annual, 1975. Report on election of Bruton delegates, 1974. Correspondence of Reverend Cotesworth Lewis with Mrs. Chappie Thrift, Mrs. Anna Sniffen and others re arrangements. Program for evening service. Summary report, Jan 22 1975.
The papers of the Dicosese of Southern Virginia meetings, including the minutes of executive board meetings, various commission meetings, special council meetings, and diocese and ordination policies.
Scope and Contents Diocesan Councils: 1976 and 1977. Special Council, Petersburg, Fall 1975. Program and minutes of agenda committee. Letters of Reverend Cotesworth Lewis to Planners re 84th Council, 1976. Special Council, Bon Air, 1976: notice Program, evening service, 85th Council. Miscellaneous correspondence concerning 85th Council, 1977. Copy of Bishop's Address, Feb 13, 1927.
Bishop Charles Vache.
Clergy-Vestry Evaluation Guide, Diocesan Compensation Committee.
Special Diocesan Council (1977) with program and budget (1978).
Diocesan Assessment.
Annual Council
Scope and Contents 87th Annual Council. Letter of Bishop Charles Vache to Reverend Cotesworth Lewis concerning program, Jan 9, 1979. Program and budget Special Council, Petersburg, October 1979.
88th Annual Council Program of Service, Feb 10, 1980. Material on proposed changes in Canons.
Policies for Ordination.
Annual Council.
Annual Councils.
Bishops Visitations.
Diocesan Annual Council.
Diocesan Stewardship Commission.
Diocesan Profile.
Cursillo Movement.
"Ordination Exploration Program," Commission on Ministry.
Diocese Organization Committee Report.
NNECA National Conference.
Boxes 178, 179, 180, 181
The Programs for Order of Service at Bruton Parish Church from 1937 to 1961.
Programs for order of services (weekly bulletins). September 26 to December 26 1937.
Scope and Contents Programs (weekly bulletins) for Order of Services, May to December 1938 - incomplete. End of Goodwin rectorship; Reverend F.H. Craighill assumes post in Nov 1938.
Programs (weekly bulletins) for order of service (Jan 1, 1939 - Dec 31, 1939).
The Programs for Order of Service at Bruton Parish Church from 1987 to 1999.
The Programs for Order of Service at Bruton Parish Church from 2000 to 2004
Contians extra Programs for Order of Service, various printed materials, program and letter drafts, printing of church publications, and the Parish Paragraphs newsletters.
"Parish Paragraphs," Thomas G. McCaskey and Parke S. Rover Jr.'s editors, 6/2/60 - 6/14/61.
Parish notices, 1926-30. Historical pamphlets. Map of diocese, 1923.
Miscellaneous pamphlets on church history and project, etc. Includes booklet on prayers offered to Virginia Assembly, 1936 (W.A.R Goodwin prayer, Jan. 30) and Williamsburg telephone directory, 1937 (with Bruton on cover).
Miscellaneous ntoices, programs, and press releases.
Materials for distribution in church programs and in connection with church activities.
Mimeographed materials about Advent, Christmas, and Lent.
Parish correspondence concerning the production of covers for the weekly bulletin.
Mimeographed materials
Mimeographed newsletters, Thomas McCaskey, editor.
Newsletters of Thomas McCaskey. Also Parke Rouse and George Wright
Program
Materials concerning the music program at Bruton Parish Church, including concert programs for organists Rhea and Hansen, information on the organ, choir and music recitals, employment applications, and music activities.
Undated, "Wartime." Programs for 1/2 hour meditations by organist Walter Hansen.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Dr. D.W. Davis, Sr., Warden, The Reverend W.A.R, Goodwin and Elizabeth Hayes with Mrs. Lura Thorp Purcell, organist, and substitute organists. Clipping re Iona Burrows Jones, successor to Mrs. Thorp, 1939. Letter re program - Craighill from V.M. Geddy.
Resolution of vestry concerning payment of organist, Mrs. J.N. Purcell, 11.4.1928. Correspondence with Jean Chorley and other soloists, 1950-53. Reports on expenses for various programs. Financial Statements. Lists of committee members, 1950-53. F.H. Craighill letter reporting on gift of organ by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 1.23.1953.
Scope and Contents Letters of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin and representatives of Perry, Shaw and Hepburn and Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. re remaking the 1907 Bruton organ, 1934-38. Letter of Iona Burrows Jones to Organ Committee re organ rebuilding, 1942.
Bequest of Mrs. Truxton Beale for remaking organ.
Bulletin 1939 of Bruton Parish Church of Marcel Dupre organ recital in honor of Peter Pelham.
"American Organist, " article of BPC organ.
Correspondence and statements.
Correspondence and program re: Hansen, 2001. Geddy Rededication, 1995. Recitals for Pelham, 1939.
Programs for 1/2 hours meditations byorganist Walter Hansen.
Programs, 1947, 1948 and undated.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin, A.E. Kendrew, Donald W. Davis, Reverend F.H. Craighill and others re installation of new organ by Aeolian-Skinner. Report of music committee,1946, Estimates of costs.
Scope and Contents Letter of Dr. D.W. Davis to Dr. F. Watson re organ, 12.23.1940, his replies, 12.28.1941 and 1.1.1942. Letter and contract of M.P. Moller, Inc., to Dr. Harold Phalen re Parish House organ, 11.27.1950. Payment letter from Reverend F.H. Craighill, 11.29.1950.
Correspondence about organ problems, primarily between Theo C. Lewis and Dr. Harold Phalen and M.P. Moller. Maintenance contracts with Lewis and Hitchcock, 1946 and 1947.
Music budget, 1945. Organ specifications. Correspondence with John D. Rockefeller III re his support of organ rebuilding.
Scope and Contents Correspondence re organ with J.D. Rockefeller, III, 1943. Messiah program, 1945. Geddy Memorial Organ, Dedication 2.13.1955. "Duties of organist - Choirmaster", undated.
Scope and Contents Correspondence with Walter Hansen (Reverend F.H. Craighill, R.L. Morton and Harold R. Phalen).
Collection of music and service programs by Arthur Rhea, church organist.
Correspondence of Arpad E. Fazakas with Harold R. Phalen, Chairman of Music Committee, and organist Arthur Rhea.
Aeolian-Skinner contract for Geddy Organ Upkeep. Letter from A. Rhea re: organ specs and plans.
Misc. Service Programs, Lenten Music Program, and Invitation to Geddy Organ Rededication.
Copies of letters from John D. Rockefeller Jr. to Music Committee presenting securities to support program, 7.5.1955 and 1.18.1957. Minutes, proposed budgets and correspondence, primarily of Arthur Rhea, organist, and John C. Goodbody and Lester Cappon, Chairman of Music Committee.
Correspondence of Arthur Rhea Recommendations concerning Arthur Rhea from Yak University.
Incomplete. Programs (copies courtesy of Beverly Kelly). Chronicle summary, April 8, 2002.
Pamphlet on altar work suggested for services by National Council, Department of Christian Education.
Correspondence, chiefly Cotesworth Lewis concerning Edwin E. Flath, assistant organist.
Organists recommended for employment.
Scope and Contents Summaries: Concerts presented, budgets, correspondence of John C. Goodbody and Reverend Cotesworth Lewis, especially re search for new organist, 1961.
Music Questionnairies for disocesan organists and choirmastersm, Nov. 1959.
Musical Programs, including 'Bach's Passion, according to St. John' 1960, 'Rockefeller Memorial Concert' 1962, 1967, 1969-73, 1975, et al. Ticket for Christmas Eve services undated.
Minutes of meetings. Budgets. Reports and correspondence concerning organs, use of space, questions re choirmaster, etc.
Programs and correspondence of J.S. Darling with visiting groups
Materials concerning the music program at Bruton Parish Church, including sheet music, meetings of the Music Committee, music recitals, employment position applications, and repair on the church organs.
Programs. Correspondence about choir robes. Memo on equipment.
Scope and Contents Consultation on Church Union (COCU) Booklet "An Order of Worship" (1968) Letter to Reverend C.P. Lewis from Reverend Richard W. Dirksen, 4.7.1970. Letter to Robert Newland from Reverend C.P. Lewis, 4.12.1970.
Budget, report and minutes. Resume of Robin Roark, soloist and assistant choirmaster. Miscellaneous correspondence.
Scope and Contents "Bruton Parish Church Organs" by Mary R.M. Goodwin.
Music Committee Correspondence. Darling report, Music Committee report.
Contract of Robert D. Campbell to service BPC pipe organ.
Group I.
Group II.
"Organ Pictures, Big Organ Out Little Organ In, 1994-5." J. Darling.
Materials regarding the Women's Auxiliary Group at Bruton Parish Church, including the minutes of the Executive Board meetings, membership lists, Committee meetings, budget, special projects, Altar work, and various correspondence.
Scope and Contents Women's Auxiliary: Bishop Bentley Branch. List of members 1931, 1939. Minutes 1933-41.
Scope and Contents Women's Auxilary: Miscellaneous. Reports of Ways and Means Committee of "2nd Circle, Bruton Parish Auxilary," Oct. 16, 1930, et seg. "John B. Bentley Alaskan Rectory Fund" of "Circle B. Women's Auxilary," April 6, 1931. Notice to College women for "the recently organized Bishop Bentley Branch," Jan 28. 1932. Two letters of E. Hayes, Branch secretary, to diocesan officers re: procedures, Feb. 2, 1932.
Bishop Bentley Branch correspondence, 1931-1932.Includes several letters from Bishop Bentley re projects for Alaskan work (camera, projector, flag for launch, leaflets and hymnals). Also Rectory Fund.
Bishop Bentley Branch, 1933-36. Constitution, 1933, list of members. Treasurer's Book, 1933. Officers and Committees, 1934. Committee reports, 1935. Miscellaneous correspondence of W.A.R. Goodwin and Elizabeth Hayes.
Scope and Contents Women's auxiliary, Bishop Bentley Branch. Copy of Branch constitution, 1933. Program notes, 1934-36 Correspondence including letter from Bishop Bentley in Alaska, 1936. Lists of members.
Scope and Contents Women's Auxiliary, Bishop Bentley Branch 1937-1938. Correspondence, 1937-1938. Letters from Elizabeth Hayes, Secretary, also one from W.A.R. Goodwin including work in Alaska, contributions of BB Branch. Also printed prayers and reports.
Handbook for altar work, 1940-41. List for all branches, 1953-54. List of decease member, 1953-54. List of Bishop Bentley branch members, 1954-55. List of officers, undated. Parish House Committee, undated.
'Handbook for Altar Work': printed and draft copies.
Heirloom Exhibit: Lists of contributors and the articles they lent.
Episcopal Churchwomen Notebook: Bruton Parish Church Women's Auxiliary Supply Record, 1941-1945.
Scope and Contents Women's Auxiliary: Bishop Bentley Branch. Rosters of branch 1949, 1950, 1954. Inventory of Parish House Kitchen, 1944. Minutes 1941-56. Attachments include letters of thanks from Dr. Granville Jones and Bishop Bentley, 1947. Important events in minutes: 1. Reverend Mr. Craighill suggests work at Eastern State Hospital, 1946. 2. Bishop Bentley visits, 1946.
Scope and Contents Materials concerning altar guild. Handbook for altar work, 1941. Directions for altar work, 1945. Letter of appreciation to Mrs. W.E. Etheridge from Reverend F.H. Craighill, 1946. Account of party for Janet Hall, 1957. Altar Guild Report, 1957, 1959. Inventory, 1960. Financial Statement and Roster, 1961. Financial Statement, Report and Roster 1963.
Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles.
Minutes, 1942-1962, of Mary Garrett Branch of Women of Bruton Parish Church.
Budgets, 1943-46, 1949-1950. Minutes of Executive Board, May 3, 1950. Annual reports, 1948-1949. Surveys of members, undated. Roster of Goodwin Branch members, undated.
Women's Auxiliary. Bishop Bentley Branch. War Relief Projects Philippine War Relief, 1945. Church committee on Overseas Relief and Reconstruction, 1946.
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous: Women's Auxiliary budgets and directives, 1945-61. 'The Jamestown Churchman', Vol. XVI, No. 4, April 1953 containing obituary of Reverend Ruffin Jones (rector 1909-1926). Undated and unsighed yearly report of Margaret Farland Hall Branch of Auxiliary.
Women of Bruton Parish Church, Treasurer's Ledger, 1947-1960.
Proposed Budget, 1953-1955. Goodwin Branch - mimeographed letter from chairman and copy of program for year (undated). Mimeographed materials re national church projects.
Scope and Contents Women's Auxiliary: Minutes of general meetings and meetings of Executive Board. Included are letters to the Board thanking Auxiliary for various services, esp. at Eastern State. Also, budget estimates. Also, Resolution (11.22.58) adopting name "Women of Bruton Parish" to replace "Women's Auxiliary."
Scope and Contents Correspondence primarily that of Reverend C.P. Lewis with various business firms concerning altar supplies. Also, letter from Reverend Pierce Middleton describing proper historical altar hangings, 1962.
Correspondence and reports concerning the annual United Thank Offering.
Women of Bruton Parish: map of house tour, 1958. Directory, 1960. Budget, 1961. Treasurer's Report, 1962, 1965. Proposed Budget, 1962, 1965. Letters from President, Mrs. George Eager, 1962, and Mrs. George Mitchell, 1964-65.
Minutes of Executive Board of Churchwomen of Bruton Parish.
Scope and Contents Women of the Church: Questionnaires on women's work in the parish and commentary by Reverend C.P. Lewis.
Minutes of Executive Board of Churchwomen of Bruton Parish.
Materials regarding the Women's Auxiliary Group at Bruton Parish Church, including the minutes of the Executive Board meetings and planning for the bi-annual church bazaar.
Scope and Contents Mimeographed materials and correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis and Bishop Gunn with Mrs. Harold Sniffen, President of Diocesan churchwomen, regarding programs of women of the church. List of deceased women of the parish, 1962 Roster of all members, 1960-61.
Women of the Church: Rosters.
Minutes of Executive Board of Bruton Parish women, 1964-70, including some budget estimates.
Episcopal Churchwomen Meetings (1966-1974) and Services (1980-1981).
Biennial Church Bazaar Preparation.
Bruton Churchwomen Budgets, 1967-84.
Cookbook Preparation
Episcopal Churchwomen Board Meetings and Budgets.
Information handbook for Episcopal Churchwomen by Diocese of Southern Virginia.
Episcopal Churchwomen Diocese Meeting Pamphlets.
Miscellaneous material
Episcopal Churchwomen Events, Newsletters, and Budgets.
Episcopal Churchwomen Board Minutes (1975-Oct 1980).
Episcopal Churchwomen Budgets.
Episcopal Churchwomen Meetings and Budgets.
Church Cookbook: Correspondence and Ordering.
Biennial Church Bazaar (1980, 1982) Preparations: Committees.
Yorktown Article in Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine.
Episcopal Churchwomen Board Meetins (Jan 1981-Oct 1981).
Episcopal Churchwomen Meetins, Budgets, Services (1981-1983).
Episcopal Churchwomen Notebook: Miscellaneous Reports, Correspondence, Services.
Episcopal Churchwomen Board Minutes (Jan 1982-83).
Episcopal Churchwomen Notebook: Recommendations, Board Members, and Publicity.
Episcopal Churchwomen Board Minutes (9/83-5/85).
Biennial Church Bazaar (1984) Preparations: Committees, Publicity.
Biennial Church Bazaar (1986) Preparations: Committees, Publicity.
Biennial Church Bazaar (1986) Preparations: Patterns and Instructions for Merchandise.
Episcopal Churchwomen New Memberships, Outreach.
Episcopal Churchwomen Board Meeting Minutes.
New Membership: Newcomer's Committee Meeting Minutes (1987-1989), Member List (1990), Miscellaneous Material.
Minutes of Executive Board (1991-93), Bylaws (1987), Miscellaneous Material.
Biennial Church Bazaar (1988) Preparations: Committees, Publicity.
Episcopal Churchwomen in Diocese of Southern Virginia, 96th Annual Council.
Materials regarding the Women's Auxiliary Group at Bruton Parish Church, including the planning of the bi-annual church bazaar, the meeting of the 97th Diocese Council, and various record volumes of the organization.
Correspondence and Programs attended at Diocese of Southern Virginia, 97th Annual Council.
Episcopal Churchwomen Meeting Notes.
Newcomer's Packet of Episcopal Churchwomen Programs (1989-92).
Biennial Church Bazaar (1990) Preparations: General Chairman's Notes, Committees.
Biennial Church Bazaar (1992) Preparations: Publicity, General Chairman's Notes.
Biennial Church Bazaar (1992) Preparations: Committee Reports (I).
Biennial Church Bazaar (1992) Prep: Committe Reports (II).
Biennial Church Bazaar (1992) Prep: Committee Reports (III).
Jetta Thorpe, Stenographer - No. 1 notebook of shorthand (Pitman's) notes, February 4 1907 to March 7, 1907.
Minutes by Ethel Howard Goodwin, Secretary (Nov 1948-Jun 1950). Includes a report of the Special Committee on Food Parcels to England (February 4 1949).
Minutes by Katharine S. Krebs, Secretary (Jan 1935-Jun 1944).
Record of Disbursements and Expenses by Mrs. F. R. Savage and Mrs. Richard L. Morton, Treasurers.
Meeting agendas by Frances Bell and Eleanor Wabnitz, Secretaries.
Account Book for Bruton Cookbook Sales (Jan 1983-Dec 1992).
Committe meetings, social issues addressed, and organizations donated to by the Outreach Program at Bruton Parish Church.
Scope and Contents Virginia Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Correspondence of the Reverend F.H. Craighill with members of the commission, 1940-44. Minutes of meetings of Executive Committee, 1943 and 1944. Annual report, 1945.
Scope and Contents Minutes and other mimeographed materials sent to Reverend Francis Craighill relative to the operation of the Williamsburg U.S.O.
Theological Education: Sewanee, TN, University of the South.
Boy's Home (I).
Washington Cathedral: College of Preachers.
Letter of Bishop Gunn enclosing Penick speech, 1957. Correspondence with Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Equality.
Ecumenism: Relations with other churches esp. Virginia Council of Churches and Williamsburg Cooperative Ministries. Correspondence and mimeographed materials.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Theological Education
Theological Education: Episcopal Divinity School.
Eastern State Hospital: Correspondence with hospital superintendent re: services and volunteer work, as well as several letters re: individual patients.
St. Martin's Mission (formed Sept 1963, started Easter 1964).
Jackson-Field Episcopal Home
Washington Cathedral: College of Preachers.
Mission Site Land Purchase
Relations with men in the Armed Services. Miscellaneous mimeographed materials. List of servicemen and parishioners with sons in service.
Drug Abuse
Scope and Contents Drug Problems: Report to John Emmert concerning W&M campus drugs from Jay Chansers, director of the College's psychological services.
Hearing Impaired
Drug Action Center, Day Care Center, Home for Aged.
Abortion
Adoption and Infertility
Washington Cathedral: College of Preachers.
Scope and Contents Refugee Assistance: Correspondence of Reverend Sam Portaro with Nicolas M. Galindo re: un-successful attempt to brignt the former to U.S. from Cuba.
Erwin Brigham, Clinical Pastoral Education Applicant
Pastoral Care
Episcopal AIDS Response
Meals on Wheels
Pastoral Care
Hospice
F.I.S.H.
Housing Partnerships
Prison Fellowship
Planned Giving
Senior Ski Trip
Committe meetings and organizations donated to by the Outreach Program at Bruton Parish Church.
Housing Partnerships
Boy's Home (II)
Senior Canoe Trip
Community Action Agency
Prison Fellowship
United Way Information and Referral Service
Peninsula Agency on Aging
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Riverside Life Care at Home
First Night
Pastoral Care
Daughters of the King
Outreach Committee Monthly Reports
Outreach Committee Annual Reports
Outreach Check Requests
CASA
Theological Education: Scholarships
Boy's Home (III)
Theological Education: Virginia Theological Seminary
Period Summary (1987-1998)
Committe meetings and organizations donated to by the Outreach Program at Bruton Parish Church.
Grant correspondence.
Committee meetings, reports and miscellaneous.
Check requests and grant correspondence
Committe meetings and members.
Committee monthly reports.
Grant application.
Grant correspondence (Jan-Jun 1999).
Grant correspondence (July - Dec 1999)
Grant correspondence (B-E).
Grant correspondence (F-M).
Grant correspondence (N-Y).
Committee correspondence.
Period summaries
Theological Education - Sewanee, TN, University of the South
Materials regarding religious education at Bruton Parish Chuch, including Sunday School and support for seminary students.
Students to be looked up, 1933-36, at William and Mary.
Parish program concerning Episcopal students at W & M. Correspondence of W.A.R. Goodwin, also lists of students and activities.
Scope and Contents Education: Letter of W.A.R. Goodwin to Dr. D.W. Davis re religion and college life, 3.12.37. Roster of entering W&M students, 1950. Enrollment materials, Bruton Nursery School, undated.
Youth Activities, Sunday School and College: List of Parish Children, 1937. Materials sent to entering freshmen at William and Mary. Notes to parents re confirmation instruction, etc.
Scope and Contents Speakers, Youth Fellowship, W&M Students, Sewanee Education.
Enrollment Forms, Bruton Parish Nursery, 1939-40.
Parish nursery school: Mimeographed announcement re establishment of school. Lists of parents. Correspondence with Parents re bills. Application of prospective teacher, 1942.
Canterbury Club: Notices to students re corporate communions and other club activities. Programs of club functions; summaries of club activities.
Scope and Contents Re college participation in Bruton. Letters from ministers commending students to Reverend F.H. Craighill. Mimeographed copies of parish communications with students.
Canterbury Club. Introductory letters to incoming students; programs.
Scope and Contents Canterbury Club correspondence. Letters from parents of students to Reverend F.H. Craighill.
Canterbury Club: Correspondence of Revs. F.H. Craighill and Robert S.S. Whitman regarding W & M students.
Notebook: Canterbury Club Council and Meeting Minutes.
Canterbury Church. Outline of college work programs, 1941-42. Constitution: drafts and revisions, 1958.
College Work (Canterbury Club). Correspondence: letters to new students and other campus communications.
Canterbury Club: Communications from the natural office of the Episocopal Church.
Canterbury Club correspondence concerning programs (Robert S.S. Whitman and C.A. Zapriskie).
Scope and Contents Canterbury Club: Conference of Episcopal students at Chatham Hall. Correspondence of Reverend Robt. S.S. Whitman with diocesan ministers and prospective speakers.
Canterbury Club. Lists of Students. Lists of W & M. faculty.
Canterbury Club correspondence - primarily letters of commendation re students, from their home parishes.
College work: Canterbury Club at William and Mary and other Virginia institutions. List and correspondence.
Lists of all students at College of William and Mary, with their religious affiliations noted, 1953-1954.Lists of Episcopal men and women freshmen at William and Mary, 1954-55. List for tickets for Queen (of England's visit, 1957.List of prep school and college students (parish), undated.
College Work: general material.
Canterbury Club: Canterbury Tales Newsletters.
Scope and Contents "Faculty Notes" by National Council of the Protestant Church (Spring 1957).
Lists of teachers, 1961-62; 1963-66. Lists of church school families, 1966-67. List of courses, 1967-68. List of equipment, undated. Christian education budgets, 1962-64. Christian education committee minutes 1963, 1965.
Materials used by groups and lists of participants in Lenten studies.
Bucktrout-Braithwaite Foundation, Cerificated of Incorporation.
Personnel: Elizabeth M. Wynkoop, Director of Christian Education.
Christian Education Committee. Correspondence with Committee members, 1962-64. Minutes of Meetings, 1962-64. Map of Parish House with information on placement and equipment of classes, undated.
Rosters of teachers and children. Mimeographed materials re program and procedures.
Paul Hudson's 6th grade class. Rolls. Correspondence re travel plans (Washington Cathedral Visit). Photographs of trips and projects.
Christian Education Committee. Rosters of committee members. Teachers and children (partial). Proposed budgets 1965, 1966-67, 1969-72. Committee minutes, 1964-69.
Christian Education: Roster of church school classes, undated. Roster of parents, undated. Roster of Church school teachers 1971-72. Mimeographed letters from J. Paul Hudson, 1970, and Beverly Kelly, 1969,1970, 1971.
Rosters of teachers and pupils.
Campus Ministries (CAMU). Reports of activities written by Bruton's campus ministers (chaplains) John Emmer and Mal Turnbull. Miscellaneous correspondence.
Scope and Contents "Education for Ministry Theology of the Laity and Educational Process" by Sam Anthony Portaro, Jr.
Handouts for Small Groups.
Materials on visitors to Bruton Parish Church, including the Great Preacher's Series, school and organization group visits and services, and other events hosted for the community.
Brotherhood of St. Andrew: Correspondence of W.A.R Goodwin regarding annual pilgrimmage.
Correspondence of Francis Craighill re: tour company complaints.
Youth Convention, 1948. Small Homes Tour, 1959. Memos re: youth work from DCE Mary Hotchkiss.
Correspondence with speakers. Study guides.
Scope and Contents Williamsburg Community Counicl: Programs for music festival and community night, 1953. Minutes of Executive committee June 15, 1953 - Dec. 9, 1954. Letter to President Virginia Heiss from Reverend John Grey re: merger with Penniman Civic Association.
Correspondence re: Reinhold Niebuhr visit.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend F.H. Craighill and John C. Goodbody with Rheinhold Niebuhr (paid consultant) and prospective speakers.
Correspondence with visiting groups.
Correspondence with speakers: Henry Steele Commager, Paul Tillich, James Pike, John A. Hutchinson, Edouard Heiman, Richard Neibuhr, Perry Miller, Stephen Bayne, Albert Molleger, Will Herberg.
Correspondence concerning publication of addresses, primarily of John C. Goodbody with pariticpants in the series and with Cahnnel Press.
Scope and Contents Guest Speakers: Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis with prospective speakers (Canon Bryan Green, Bishop John Bentley), etc.
Brotherhood of St. Andrew: Correspondenc with members of the Bortherhood of St. Andrews regarding their annual pilgrimage to Jamestown. Leaflets announcing pilgrimage, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963.
News releases to Virginia Gazette, Daily Press, Times-Dispathc, esp. concerning speakers and concerts.
Parish: Miscellaneous Activities. Community Theater, 1957-59. Virginia Autumn Pilgrimage, 1968. Girl Scouts, 1970.
Scope and Contents Guest Preachers: Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis with presiding Bishop John E. Hines, etc.
Scope and Contents Men's luncheons: Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis, Parke Rouse and George Wright with potential speakers. Letter of Lester J. Cappon concerning location of lunches (2/7/63) and women's part in them.
Correspondence with visiting groups.
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
International House of Norfolk
Speakers in alphabetical order: Anschutz, Arterton, Bruner, Carter, Fletcher, Forde, Franklin, Goodbody, Grislis, Guy (Lord Bishop of Gloucester, U.K.), Kennedy , Kerr (Dublin, Ireland), MacLean, Maddux, Ost, Poist, Stopford (Lord Bishop of London, U.K), Stanley, Sydnor,Tachau, Tremlett (Bishop of Dover, U.K.), Trotter. Wilkinson (retired Bishop of Diocese of Toronto, Canada). Zimmer.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis and other staff members with groups wishing to visit the church.
Meetings of American Association of Plastic Surgeons, Spring 1971 and 1981. Thanksgiving program, 1971. Program for service, May 10, 1981.
Scope and Contents Visiting Speakers: Correspondence of Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis with minsiters in the U.S. and abroad re: speaking at Bruton services.
Correspondence of Bruton Parish Church with the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA).
Conference of Freedom and Leisure (sponsored by Christian Ministry in the National Parks).
Scope and Contents Correspondence of group with Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis, organist Jack Darling and parish secretary Mrs. M.L. Elchinger with visitors re: arrangements.
Scope and Contents Visiting Speakers: Correspondence of Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis with minsiters in the U.S. and abroad re: speaking at Bruton services.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend Thom W. Blair and parish secretary Margaret Wright with church visitors re: arrangements.
Scope and Contents Correspondence, mostly of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin, regarding the 1907 restoration of the Bruton Parish Church Buiding and the planning for the 300th Anniversary of the Jamestown.
Scope and Contents Preliminary arrangements: Correspondence of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin with suppliers and with those attending Memorial Services, especially the Bishop of London.
Letter of Bishop A.M. Randolph accetping appointment to the Committee on Restoration advising the Church (1903). Letter of Bishop Randolph re: preliminary plans (1908). Correspondence with office of Bishop of London re: presentation of King's Bible (1907). Text of Bishop Tucker's address about restoration (Undated). Newspaper Clippings.
Correspondence of W.A.R Goodwin, primarily concerning contributions to church restoration.
Contracts and Specifications for Restoration of Bruton Parish Church (1904-1907), W.A.R. Goodwin Rector
Scope and Contents Notebook including Vesrty Minutes (extract, 1905) and Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with architect J. Stewart Barney.
Notebook including W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence and bills for labor and materials.
Correspondence: 1906-1908, W.A.R. Goodwin with Gorham Co., American Seating Co., and other businesses concerning church restoration.
Scope and Contents Papers from Lee Aylor of Bedford, VA: Programs of Special Servcies upon the Presentation of the Lectern presented by the President of the United States, and the Holy Bible presented by His Majesty, Edward VII (10-5-1907). Consecration of BPC, Restored 1907 (5-12-1907). Brochure, "Relatvie to the REstoration of Bruton, the Court Church of Colonial Virginia" (5-14-1905). Includes sermon preached by Reverend B.D. Tucker. List of the Advisory Committee on Restoration. Pamphlet, "Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Departure of the Colony from England" (12-20-1906).
Article re: Restoration in "The Diocesan Journal." (1907). Unknown draft.
Collection of 1907 Anniversary Programs.
Scope and Contents "Diary: Notes on the Restoration of Bruton Episcopal Church" by H.D. Cole, 1905-1918 (Copy for Office, Jun 9, 1932).
Standardized Appeal for Memorial Fund.
Pamphlet re: memorials to be placed in Church including a memorial bible to be given by President Theodore Roosevelt and Memorial Pews. Background materials and drafts of inscriptions (some damaged - need copying)
Correspondence and architectural plans regarding the 1930s restoration. Also includes documents relating to the rededication of the church building after the restoration.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin with Colonial Dames of America (Chapter III, Washington, D.C., and Chapter II, Philadelphia, PA). Inquiry to Dr. E.G. Swem re: disposition of house and plaque (1939).
Correspondence of W.A.R. Goodwin, architects of Williamsburg Restoration and Perry Shaw and Hepburn re plans for church restoration.
Correspondence re heating and lighting of restored Church, as well as about possible valve and clock installations.
Scope and Contents Pews. Letters of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin and William Perry regarding original pews. Advertisements to sell pews being replaced during church restoration.
Scope and Contents Memorandum to vestry re church restoration, 10/5/36 (Reverend W.A.R.G.). Appointment of Restoration Committee, 9/24/37. Report of Building Committee, 7/5/38. Executed contracts between vestry and Williamsburg Restoration, Inc. 8/2/38. Letter of Kenneth Chorley to Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin outlining W.R.'s commitment to project, 12/27/38.
Scope and Contents Estimates and drafts of vestry resolutions re restoration. Also reports concerning Restoration Fund; letter from ReverendW.A.R. Goodwin turning fund over to I.L. Jones (11 July 1938). Letter to congregation from Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin re financing of heating system.
Correspondence of Principals: chiefly Dr. D.W. Davis, Chair of Restoration Committee, William G. Perry of Perry, Shaw & Hepburn and A.E. Kendrew of Williamsburg Restoration. Also, Elizabeth Hayes letter to I.L. Jones re Restoration Fund, 7.11.38.
Blueprints and specifications. Correspondence: letters of Perry, Shaw & Hepburn, Williamsburg Restoration and Dr. D.W. Davis "Specifications for the Restoration of Certain Parts of the Interior of Bruton Parish Church, May 10 1938.
Scope and Contents Correspondence between Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin and architects of Williamsburg Restoration and Perry Shaw and Hepburn re plans for church restoration, including letter of June 30, 1938, to Kenneth Chorley from Dr. Goodwin accepting plans and relaying word of Perry, Shaw & Hepburn's acceptance and final estimate.
Correspondence between representatives of the Church, Williamsburg Restoration Inc. and Perry, Shaw and Hepburn, Architects.
Copy of Furnishings Details, "Specifications for the Restoration of Certain Parts of the Interior of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Va (May 10, 1938). Misc correspondence about interior furnishings (1939).
Memo re. exterior sign, 6/26/38. Text of sign for church exterior (part of program of services, 10/24/39). Correspondence of D.W. Davis, S.P. Morehead and A.E. Kendrew re memorials and markers, October 1939. Texts of suggested markers and lists of bronze plaques, undated. Minutes of Restoration Committee, 5/20/41.
Correspondence between Church and Restoration representatives re. interior architectural details. Also, exterior, eop. gates and signs.
Correspondence re exterior construction work. Cost estimates and agreements.
Correspondence re: church rededication.
Notes of Vestry Building Committee, 1939. Report of Restoration Committee, 1941. Minutes of Restoration Committee, 1941. Memos and Letters, 1939-41, between Bruton Parish and Colonial Williamsburg and concerning sale of pews.
Correspondence between A.E. Kendrew and other Restoration, Inc. personnel with Dr. Donald Davis, head of Restoration Committee re architectural and furnishing details.
Scope and Contents Committee Minutes, 1939-40. Copies of programs and guest list. Correspondence of Reverend F.H. Craighill, minister, re program (attendees and participants).
Correspondence of Dr. D.W. Davis and A.E. Kendrew re details of restoration.
Restoration of Church. Correspondence of principals re lighting and signs.
Notebook, "Reports of Restoration Departments, 1938."
"Architectural Report, Bruton Parish Church, (A Restoration), Block 21. Building 1."
Scope and Contents History and architecture of the Wythe House. Correspondence, plans, and financing by Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin regarding the house restoration.
Biographical materials on G. Wythe including Taliaferro and Wythe wills and genealogy. Correspondence (some from W.A.R. Goodwin, 1. - F.H. Craighill) 1925-1948, and Colonial Dames Plaque, 1956 Copies of speeches, newspaper clippings. Julia Armistead silhouette of G.W.
Correspondence with: Judge Oscar L. Shewmake. Judge Robert F. Thompson W. Edwin Hemphill. Two prints of paintings by H.A. Ogden presented to the George Whythe House, 1931.
Paint chips and fabric samples.
Scope and Contents Notebook, "Plans and preparations for the restoration of George Wythe House for use as parish house of Bruton Parish Church, 1926" by Reverend W.A.R Goodwin.
W.A.R Goodwin correspondence re: inside and outside upkeep (cleaning, planting esp. box busehes, putting in flagstones, etc.)
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with Colonial Dames of America, Chapter III (Washington, D.C.).
W.A.R. Goodwin requests for contributions toward restoration project and follow-up letters.
W.A.R Goodwin correspondence re: commissioning of portraits for Wythe House.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with W.J. Mahoney re marble and with Binge & Sons re wallpaper. Also, letter to W.A.R Goodwin from his daughter Evelyn Farr re: paint and wallpaper (1926).
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence re Mary Winder Garrett Auditorium. Her Bible Class roll book, c. 1904-11.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with Miller Manufacturing Co. concerning interior woodwork for house decoration.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with regard to lighting, especially with Max Blitzer of Lightolier Corp.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence re purchase of house from Miss Mary Sherwell.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence re inside and outside upkeep (cleaning, planting, esp. box bushes, putting in flagstone, etc.).
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence re photographs and etchings. Also articles and newspaper clippings about the house and other Williamsburg sites.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with Huldah Staples Daniels of New York, the Richmond firm of H.J Grace re interior decoration, and J.F. Gutierrez re woodwork.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with Charles O. Cornelius of the Metropolitan Museum re restoring the house.
Scope and Contents W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with American Church Building Fund Commission, especially with Reverend Charles Pardee concerning loan application for restoration project.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with R.T.H. Halsey of W.&.H. Sloan re. decorating house.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence re acquisition of furniture.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence re heating system, especially with American Radiator, Co.
Scope and Contents Notes from First National Bank. Correspondence of Reverend W.A.R Goodwin with Kenneth Chorley, V.M. Geddy, and Charles Heydt (representing Mr. Rockefeller). Letter of authorizatiuon to Bruton from the American Church Building Fund Comission re exhchange of property.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence re supplies and service.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence re doorway, locks and mantels.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin with Wm.G. Perry, Kenneth Chorley and Bishop A.C. Thomson of the Diocese of Southern Virginia.
Financial Statements 1926-1927. Resolutions of Trustees 1930, Budget 1930. Channing M. Hall correspondence re will of Miss Willie W. Vest, 1933. Informal meeting of vestry, 1933 (memorandum). Abstract of title and summary of financing of Wythe House acquisition and restoration, 1934. Statement of Restoration Fund, 1937.
Historical summary, 1931; Inventory 1933; List of donors and donations to House; House architectural history by W.A.R. Goodwin, Picture of House and Workmen; Formal opening 1937 summary; Correspondence 1930-37; List of furnishings transferred to Parish House 1939. Inventory, 1933. List of donors and donations to House. House architectural history by W.A.R. Goodwin. Picture of house and workmen. Formal opening, 1937, summary. Correspondence re house, 1930-37 List of furnishings transferred to Parish House, 1939.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hardy re their sponsorship of the Marshall Room, 1926-28. Inquiry from Mr. Hardy re disposition of room, 1940.
Scope and Contents Correspondence and plans by Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin regarding the Wythe House restoration. Correspondence and legal documents regarding the transfer of the property from Bruton Parish Church to Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.
W.A.R Goodwin correspondence with John H. Rodgers re: his Wythe House gift.
W.A.R.G. correspondence with regard to Whythe House opening on May 16, 1927. Lists of invitees and two copies of invitation, also list of acknowledgements of gifts to house.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with members of Brotherhood of St. Andrew from Richmond and Norfolk re gifts of suitcase and victrola.
W.A.R. Goodwin request for contributions toward restoration project and follow-up letters.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with Colonial Dames of America, Chapter III (Washington, D.C.)
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin with Clifford Walker of Herbert T. Walker & Son re metal commemorative plaques.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with R.B. Dunwoody re presentation of copy of Gainsborough's portrait of Lord Cornwallis.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with Colonial Dames of America, Chapter III (Washington, D.C.).
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence re acquisition of furniture.
Correspondence with Colonial Dames re transfer of property and furnishings to Colonial Williamsburg.
Early Wythe House negotiations with Williamsburg Restoration, Inc. Includes letter to Kenneth Chorley reporting formation of Vestry committee (W.A.R. Goodwin, 4/15/35). Proposal of Williamsburg Restoration, Inc. to Church 11/6/35.
Correspondence between Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin and Channing M. Hall with Colonel Arthur Woods, Vernon M. Geddy, Kenneth Chorley and Vanderbilt Webb re terms of transfer of Wythe House property to Williamsburg Restoration, especially K. Chorley letters of March 2 and November 4, 1935, summarizing conditions.
W.A.R. Goodwin and Channing M. Hall correspondence with representatives of Williamsburg Restoration (Colonial Williamsburg) re the corporation's acquisition of the Wythe House.
W.A.R Goodwin correspondence with Chapter III (Washington D.C.) of Colonial Dames of America.
Scope and Contents Preliminary negotiations between the Church and Colonial Williamsburg ("the Restoration") concerning purchase by the latter of the George Wythe House.
Correspondence of W.A.R. Goodwin with Kenneth Chorley, Judge Frank Armistead, William G. Perry re proposed Parish House, particularly re lot lines of church property.
W.A.R. Goodwin correspondence with Chapter III (Washington D.C.) of Colonial Dames of America. Also with Philadelphia and New York chapters.
Rockefeller letter outlining exchange of Wythe House for new rectory and parish house. Correspondence of Dr. Goodwin and C.M. Hall representing the church and Kenneth Chorley and V.M. Geddy representing Williamsburg Holding Corp.
Wythe House: Legal papers concerning the exchange of the house for a new parish house and restored rectory.
Vestry negotiations with Colonial Williamsburg re. Whythe House: Letter of C.M. Hall to Dr. D.W. Davis and J.A. Luttrell, June 12 1935. Letters of C.M. Hall to Kenneth Chorley, December 1935. Letter of Kenneth Chorley to C.M. Hall, January 8 1936. Copy of proposed contract, 1936
Preliminary plans for projected Parish House and Rectory. Correspondence with Kenneth Chorely of Williamsburg Restoration.
W.A.R Goodwin correspondence with Colonial Dames of America (Chapter III, D.C., Richmond, and Philadelphia).
Scope and Contents Copy of contract between church trustees and Colonial Williamsburg, June 23, 1937, and attached blue print for new parish house. Letters re furnishings from Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin and A.E. Kendrew, 1938. Copy of petition to Circuit Court by church trustees, undated.
Correspondence with Colonial Dames re: their Wythe House Memorial contribution.
Scope and Contents Preliminary negotiations between the Church and Colonial Williamsburg ("The Restoration"), concerning purchase by the latter of the George Whythe House. Primarily correspondence between Vanderbilt Webb and Channing M. Hall.
Channing M. Hall correspondence (primarily with Vanderbilt Webb, representing C.W.) re. exchange of Whythe House - Parish House. Also, purchase of rectory and assistant minister's home.
Deed selling Wythe House to Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.
Deeds and maintenance agreements relative to Wythe House. Parish House exchange and acquisition of Rectory property.
Boxes 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188
Scope and Contents Copy of vestry minutes of November 26, 1933, and November 14, 1937. Letters of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin to Kenneth Chorley and others re construction of new parish house.
Outline specifications for Parish House, December 20, 1934.
Scope and Contents Blueprints and estimates. Correspondence between Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin, and Kenneth Chorley and V.M. Geddy of Williamsburg Restoration.
Blueprints for proposed parish house, 1936. Agreement for transfer, 1937.
Correspondence between Dr. D.W. Davis and Channing M. Hall and officials of the Williamsburg Restoration concerning the new Parish House. Miscellaneous building specifications
Removal of Page Memorial window (stained glass 'wheel window') from Church to Parish House. Correspondence with Gettier Studios. Letter of C.M. Hall to Donald Davis re. contractual agreements in moving window.
(I) Lot between farmstead and church. (II) Rectory Lot (includes original Deed, 1940, and Deed of Correction, 1961). (III) Wythe Parish House and Lot.
Background materials re Parish House expansion (summaries of programs and facilities).
Room Plans and Renovation Specifications.
Preliminary workups and plans for Parish House expansion.
Correspondence with Milton Grigg, architect, re Parish Hall expansion.
Preliminary report on expansion by Milton Grigg, Architect.
Parish House expansion. Correspondence re construction, primarily with Milton Grigg, architect.
Materials relating to expansion campaign and solicitation of members.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Milton Grigg, Architect, and Reverend Cotesworth Lewis re proposed changes. Set of general specifications.
Correspondence re: purchase of Davis property for Parish House Expansion.
Parish House expansion. Architects drawings.
Paint chips
Parish House expansion, primarily correspondence construction with Milton Grigg, architect.
Parish House expansion. Correspondence re. construction, primarily with Milton Grigg, architect.
Parish House expansion. Correspondence re. construction, primarily with Milton Grigg, architect.
Plans, construction, etc.
Bruton Parish Chapel Fund, Correspondence (1975-81). Report of Special Committee on the Chapel.
Origin and design of chapel.
Design and interior of chapel.
Contractor and Contract for the second expansion of the Bruton Parish House.
Contractor selection.
Contractor selection. Contractor company booklets.
Contractor Selection. Jordon Company proposal.
Rawlings Wilson and Associates booklet resume.
Rawlings Wilson and Associates booklet resume.
General project information and contract data.
Jordan contract data.
Jordan Contract Data (I). Correspondence and meetings.
Jordan Contract Data (II). Correspondence and meetings.
Jordan Contract Data (III). Correspondence and meetings.
Jordan Contract Data (IV). Correspondence and meetings.
Contractor Agreement.
Addendums to Project Manual.
Copy of Project Manual. Correspondence re: Clerk of the Works position.
Copy of Project Manual (Set # 12).
Copy of Project Manual (Set #16).
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Plans for the second expansion of the Bruton Parish House.
1960 architectual specifications for Parish House sent for use by second expansion.
Building Review report.
Hatcher Sayre and Schnabel Geotechnical Surveys. Correspondence and studies.
Williamsburg City Parking and Zoning.
Resumes and correspondence re: Clerk of the Works, Owner's Representation Position.
Alternate space during construction. Space allocatyion for new Parish House.
Parish House interior design.
Official documents and correspodence re: Longhill Propety.
Temporary storage facilities.
Construction insurance. Performance bond.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Building inspection.
Value engineering.
Abestos removal.
Miscellaneous undated material and notes. Miscellaneous newspaper/magazine articles.
Building Committee, Architects Correspondence and Plans for the second expansion of the Bruton Parish House.
Building Committee, Architects Correspondence and Plans for the second expansion of the Bruton Parish House.
Building Committee, Architects Correspondence and Plans for the second expansion of the Bruton Parish House.
Cost and Payment for second expansion of the Bruton Parish House.
Cost and Payment 1.
Cost and Payment 2.
Cost and Payment 3
Cost and Payment 4
Cost and Payment 5
Cost and Payment 6
Cost and Payment 7
Cost and Payment 8
Cost and Payment 9
Cost and Payment 10
Cost and Payment 11
Cost and Payment 12
Cost and Payment 13
Cost and Payment 14
Cost and Payment 15
Cost and Payment 16
Cost and Payment 17
Cost and Payment 18
Miscellaneous Invoices.
Cost and Payments Miscellaneous.
Cost and Payment Information from Jordan Notebook 1 (General Tab to #5 Tab).
Cost and Payment Information from Jordan Notebook 1 (#6 Tab - #9 Tab).
Cost and Payment Information from Jordan Notebook 2 (#10 Tab - #13 Tab).
Cost and Payment Information from Jordan Notebook 2 (#14 Tab - #17 Tab).
Archaeological reports and correspondence of first churchyard excavation in 1938. Archaeological proposals, legal proceedings with churchyard vandals, and correspondence with parishioners, press, and the Ministry of the Children regarding the possible second churchyard excavation in the 1990s. Also includes correspondence regarding gravestone inquiries, policies on modern burials, and maintenance of the churchyard.
Burial Rules from 1684 Vestry.
Tombstone Map and Guide.
Scope and Contents Correspondence with members of Garden Club of VA, re landscaping churchyard. Pictures of churchyard showing excavations and Old Parish House. copy of mid-19th Century Wythe House garden plan by Mrs. Kate Millington Blankenship, who lived there as a child. Letters of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin raising questions about restoration of tombstones and wall.
Scope and Contents Summary of memorial gifts, 1935-1938. Letter of Marie Beale (Mrs. Truxton) to Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin re possible burial in Churchyard May 13, 1935. Correspondence of A.E. Kendrew, Rev S.H. Craighill and Dr. D.W. Davis re tombstone for Dr. Peter Wager Oct-Nov 1946. Correspondence of Dr. D.W. Davis and A.E. Kendrew re page tombstone, March-April 1941.
Correspondence of Re. W.A.R. Goodwin with Helen Bullock and Clifford L. Walker re tombstones. Correspondence with Karl B. Lamb re bronze tablets.
Correspondence of W.A.R Goodwin re tombstones and cemetery work primarily with J. N. Ashton of I.J. Smith and Co., Richmond.
Correspondence between Re. W.A.R. Goodwin and representatives of the National Park Service in connection with the 2100 man hours donated by CCC personnel to cleaning up and upgrading the churchyard.
Inquiries re: Gravestones.
Policies and Correspondence re: Modern Burials.
Landscaping and Brick Maintenance.
Correspondence re: colonial tablets and reprinting of Goodwin Book.
Gravestone inquiry.
Tree Revisions
Scope and Contents Reverend Dr. J.B. Bernadin. Book on "Burial Services."
Jr. Warden Records. Churchyard Landscaping. (Notebook)
Exterior lighting. Correspondence with D.H. Parker concerning improved lighting and brick paving.
Gravestone Conservation.
Gravestone Conservation.
Hudson, "Notes on the Bruton Parish Churchyard."
Allen Report of 1683 Brick Foundations.
Provisional report finding by vestry, 9/7/1938. Blueprint of Foundation uncovered in Churchyard, 9/3/1938. Clippings and press reports concerning excavations in churchyard.
Speeches, Sketches, and Correspondence about Bacon's Vault.
Archaeological Reports (and copies of earlier reports).
Professional and Press Correspondence.
Petition for reopening of archaeological excavations.
Petitions for reoepning of archaeological excavations.
Parishioner and Misc. Correspondence.
Legal Proceedings with Churchyard Vandals.
Official Proposals and Statements from Church.
Correspondence with Ministry of the Children.
Correspondence between Rector, Vesty with Ministry of the Children.
Archaeological report re: foundations of first brick church.
Notebooks with transcriptions and photos of the gravestones in the Bruton Parish Churchyard.
Scope and Contents (Notebook) "A Map of Bruton Parish Church Yard Williamsburg, Virginia Showing the Location of Tombs and Graves and A Copy of Inscriptions Found on the Stones in the Church Yard and Church and An Index of Names." Compiled by Reverend. Jon. B. Bentley 1929
(Notebook) Copy of 1929 Work with Large Photographs.
(Notebook) Copy for Church Records.
"Known burials in Bruton churchyard, inside church tower, and in the church proper." (1678-1850).
Newspaper clippings regarding the controversy surrounding the possible archaeology project in the 1990s and the group alleging the existence of Francis Bacon's vault. Also includes writings and books by the New Age religion group that stirred the Bacon controversy vandalized the churchyard.
Record Tapes - 2 Telephone Answering Machine tapes, 1 Tape labelled "Gordon Brown," 1 Tape labelled "Paulist News Magazine," and 1 Unlabelled tape.
News Clippings
News Clippings
File of News Accounts showing Fletcher Richman's activities and statements.
Collection of Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles.
Collection of News Accounts re: Bacon/Archaeology controversy.
(Copies 1) Collection of News Accounts re: Bacon/Archaeology controversy.
(Copies 2) Collection of News Accounts re: Bacon/Archaeology controversy.
"Secret and Urgent," Bacon as Shakespeare text.
"Search for Bacon's Vault," Collection of articles and New Age writings.
Collection of articles and correspondence about Bauer's New Age writing.
Cole Family Donation
Records and correspondence regarding the objects held by Bruton Parish Church, including books and manuscript volumes, church and parish house furnishings, supplies for services, and special items like the Jamestown silver and Beadle's Mace.
Scope and Contents Letters of Cynthia B.T. Coleman re Colonial Parish register, 1899, 1900. Letter of R.H. Land agreeing to preserve 1662 register and other Colonial volumes at W&M, 1946. Letter of John Jennings acknowledging receipt of 1662 register et al, 1947.
J.P. Morgan Book to Jamestown, Correspondence.
Various lists of BPC records in different storage facilities over the years.
Verger/Sexton gowns correspondence.
Correspondence re: book preservation. Description of items and sections of BPC.
Fire Insurance Appraisal (Nov. 15, 1956).
Ordering of Personnel Vestements.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis with J. Frank Jones & Co. re curtains (1957), Samuel Collins of Collins Cushions re hassocks and cushions, Ace Upholstering Co. (1963) re cushions.
Blueprint of donation box.
Correspondence re: ecclesiastical tapestry for stoles, surplices, frontals, etc.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis with J. Wippell and Co. Ltd. re chalice, processional cross, torches and mace.
Correspondence re: festicval white/gold set for altar.
Jamestown Celebration Objects.
Art objects in church and parish house.
Frontal for Jamestown Tower Church. Order for cassock and collars. Inventory of articles on loan to Jamestown settlement.
Correspondence re: attempted acquistion of original Jamestown baptismal bowl.
Scope and Contents Correspondence of Mrs. Turner Richardson, Mrs. Ella Mae Parker, Mrs. Clarence Keville, Jr., and Reverend Cotesworth Lewis re. new choir and acolyte robes from J. Wippell & Co.
Correspondence and history re: 18th Century Mace.
List of records in Travis House, research dept. filing cabinet.
Requests from other churches re: Bruton appointments (altar, paints).
Correspondence, official documents, and fascimiles of 18th Century Prayer Book.
Scope and Contents National Gallery of Art, "Eye of Jefferson" Exhibit (1976).
King Edward and Keely family bibles.
Correspondence re: sarum blue Advent frontal, stoles, markers, etc.
Book Donations and Appraisal.
Property Insurance Policy.
Correspondence and guides re: pew memorials.
Insurance inventory made by Hudson in 1985.
"An Inventory and Appraisal of Antique and Other Important Items."
BPC Items in Storage in CW and WM SCRC.
Loan of Altar Chair to CW Exhibit.
Computer and Furnishing Donations.
Restoration of Altar Cross.
Lists of books in Bruton Parish House.
Historic altarpieces in Colonial VA churches from Upton text.
Description of Memorial Bible and Lecturn given to church on 1907 Jamestown Anniversary.
Hudson history of tower bell.
Miscellaneous Historical Records, Historical Writings, Historical Notes, and Architectural Notes on Bruton Parish Church.
Birth Records, 1739-1785. Death Records, 1662-1751
List of Communicants, 1827-1841. (Rectors: Adam Empire, Wm. Hodges). Misc. correspondence, 1872-1876 (including resignation of T.M. Ambler, acceptance and resignation of G. Wilmer as rector, acceptance of J. Meredith). Pew rents, 1874-1875; Committee of Steeple, 1873. Vestry List, 1876, Vestry resolution, 1877. Sunday Collection Fund, 1873, 1875, 1876.
"Williamsburg May 13th 1866. Ephesians V. 14. Wherefore he saith Awake, thou, that sleepr and arise the dead and Christ shall give thee light."
Letters re appointments and memorials to the vestry, and especially to Dr. Van Garrett. Letters from Letitia Tyler Semple and Cynthia B.T. Coleman and from the A.P.V.A re stained glass window.
Requests of Catherine Society to Vestry re: their contribution.
Scope and Contents "Resolutions Relative to Marriage"
Goodwin (?) Question and Answer re: Colonial Church.
Personal Copy of Inscription off British Tomb.
Box Cover, "Bruton Parish Church. Restoration 1904-07. Letters Relative to Subscriptions. Depositions taken as to the Form and Appearance of Church Prior to 1839."
Royal Representative Correspondence with Goodwin re: Bible Gift.
Papers from MsV 6 BP Records, Vestry Minutes 1889-1913 (Item 158).
Papers from BPC Services Record Boo, 1909-1950 (Item 101). Found between pages 10/9/50 and 10/20/50.
Scope and Contents Deed to Hickory Neck Academy, 1912. Correspondence of Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin re Hickory Neck, especi9ally the Bicentennial Celebration, 1934. Copies of program and addresses given then.
Papers from BPC Accounts Book, 1908 (Item 100).
Papers from MsV, Bruton Church Endowment (Item 12, Box 189).
Paper from Guest Registers.
Paper from Guest Registers.
Paper found in Guest Registers. "Guest Register, Bruton Parish Church, Imp People.'
Chaplain Monthly Reports.
Map of church. Short humorous verse. List of filmstrips and other miscellany.
Rockefeller Endowment Letter (Copy).
National Historic Register Correspondence and Form.
Wren Cross Statement.
Pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and photos related the Goodwin Family, donated by Elizabeth L. Cline.
Goodwin Family photo album, donated by Elizabeth L. Cline.
Notebook, Hudson Chronology of Colonial BPC (1711-1775).
"8 Degrees of Charity."
Correspondence, Drawing, and Clipping re: Seal.
Projection for 17th Century Service on Jamestown Island Church.
Correspondence and Notes re: Bruton Rectors.
Historical notes and records on Bruton Parish and the Diocese of Southern Virginia. Reprint of article on Bruton by L.G. Tyler, 1895. Reprint of article on Williamsburg by W.A.R Goodwin, 1934.
Collection of excerpts from records re: Bruton Parish.
Various Notes and Articles re: Church.
"Church Ornaments and Furnishings in Colonial Virginia," Historical Notes by Mary Goodwin.
Mary Goodwin and Lewis Correspondence.
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous letter sfrom Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis and Mary M. Goodwin of CW re: Bruton and Williamsburg's history.Pamphlets and newspaper articles re: Bruton and other churches of the period.
Excerpt from "VA's Colonial Churches, An Architectural Guide."
Miscellaneous historical notes. Excerpts from 1903 depositions from older parishioners re: church in mid-19th century. Copies of architectural and historical notes based primarily on Goodwin research, with additions by Williamsburg Restoration staff member Helen Bullock. List of records stored at Capitol, 1935.
Scope and Contents Bruton Table and Chairs. Emergency Exit Sign. Letter by Reverend Ruffin Jones re cow (1913).
Historical Inquiries and Historical Pamplets relating to Bruton Parish Church. Tour outlines and policies for the Guide Service of the church.
Correspondence with guides and visitors. Texts for suggested interpretations.
Correspondence re: records, restoration memorabilia.
Goodwin Correspondence re: historical records.
Correspondence re: Mason article on BPC History.
Scope and Contents History: Memos and letters of Reverend A. Pierce Middleton article on Bruton history (Virginia Gazette, 11/19/65).
Correspondence re: historical research.
Inquiries about church name, cemetery, parishioners, etc.
Correspondence re: publishing booklets.
Inquiries re: Jamestown Church.
Correspondence re: historic churches article.
Inquiry re: Bruton name.
Correspondence re: prayer book fascimiles.
Inquiries answered by Revs. C.P. Lewis and David Tetrault, also Margaret Wright.
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous programs: "I-Day Assembly" (Community-wide); Eastern State Hospital; Hickory Neck Church; Jamestown Cross; Rockefeller Community Service.
Leaflets for guests concerning the history of Bruton Parish and the Church at Jamestown. Also, booklet on Church Silver in the diocese of Southern Virginia.
Historical leaflets and estimates from Colonial Williamsburg and William Byrd Press.
Church Anniversaries and Holidays of Bruton Parish Church and surrouding area.
1. Presentation of Hunt Shrine Program, 1922 2. Music for service at Jamestown Program, 1907 3. Tercentennial, Jamestown, A.P.V.A, 1907 4. Pilgrimage to Jamestown Program, 1907 5. Endowment Fund Charter and By-Laws, 1907 6. Memorials to be placed in Bruton Parish Also later programs
Scope and Contents Rededication, April 7, 1940.Special letters of invitation to President Roosevelt, the Rockefellers, Jessie Ball duPont, Mrs. Truxton Beale, etc.Copy of program of rededication "Sentence of Rededication" from Bishop William A. Brown (Bishop of Southern Virginia).
Correspondence with State Jamestown Commission concerning program.
Plans and Schedules for 1974 Anniversary of Williamsburg's Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer (June 1, 1774).
Correspondence with Jamestown Foundation re: loan of Jamestown chalice and pater. Also, re: Robert Hunt Shrine Rededication (1960) and other special events.
Program for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II, 1957. Letters re: parish visitors, 1957-1966.
Christmas observances: Programs for FEstival of Lessons and Carols, 1958-59, 1961, 1963-65, 1968. Also miscellaneous bidding prayers, lessons, and readings for various years.
Scope and Contents Memorandum of procedures to be followed on death of Mr. Rockefeller, 1959.Preliminary correspondence of Reverend C.P. Lewis setting up arrangements for memorial services. Program for service held on June 9, 1960
Ordination Pamphlets: 1961, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1973, May 1980, June 1980, 1984. Instructions for Service and Procession of Ordination.
Epiphany Pageant Programs and background materials.
Scope and Contents Program and scripts of 3 miracle plays performed on Dec. 15, 1963, including "the Play of the Shepherds," "The Sacrifice of Isaac" and "The Fall of Man."
Jamestown Celebration Services and Pamplets.
Christmas Eve Readings.
250th Anniversary of 1715 BPC Building, Plans and Correspondence.
Misc. Correspondence re: Jamestown Celebration.
Correspondence re: Easter observances, Programs and lists of services.
November 12, 1967 Sermon by Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis regarding Vietnam, with President Lyndon Johnson in attendance. Cartoon, Statement.
Article and correspondence re: Lewis sermon at Church Anniversary.
Correspondence re: Sea Wall.
Scope and Contents Sample program of services, 1971. Correspondence of the Reverend C.P. Lewis re CBS television special, 1972. Also, text of sermon. Press clippings about telecast, 1972 (Midnight Service, Christmas Eve).
Scope and Contents Program from his ordination. Letter from Reverend C.P. Lewis to Reverend John Moulton, April 3, 1980.
Scope and Contents 300th Anniversary of "Bruton Parish Church" Parish Unification, Background Information and Plans.
Correspondence and programs, including prayers and sermond. Also, copy of Lewis letter to CBS re: details of Christmas broadcast, 1972 (11/16/72).
Correspondence re: Bucke Plaque.
25th Anniversary of Election of Cotesworth P. Lewis as BPC Rector.
Sermons of Thomas Blair.
Visitors, Conferences, and Special Events.
Forms for dedication of offering boxes, missionary offerings, canvassers for Every Member Canvass, installation of officers of Episcopal Young Churchmen and vestrymen.
Scope and Contents Correspondence re: proposal of Reverend Thom Blair, interim rector of Bruton Parish Church (1985-1987), to write updated history of Bruton Parish. Background materials of historical documents and academic articles collected by Dr. J. Paul Hudson.
Meterials relating to the Parish House of 1938 and its additions, including St. Mary's Chapel (1979).
Scope and Contents Biographical infromation on the Reverend John Bracken, rector of Bruton 1773-1818 and president of William and Mary, 1812-14.
materials outling highlights of church history (chronology list of rectors, history of Matthew Whaley schoo, etc.).
Scope and Contents Chronology 1674-1761 with notes on rectors during this period, esp. Reverend James Blair.
Scope and Contents (1993-1994) Proposal of Reverend Thomas Blair to write updated history of Bruton Parish Church. Also, correspondence re: book: letters from Parke Rouse, Joseph Rountree, Linda Rowe, and Elizabeth Ackert.
(1702-1883) Xeroxed copies of excerpts from various eighteenth century et seg sources referring to items of interst about the church and its communicant, including an excerpt from the history by Hugh Jones.
Scope and Contents "Williamsburg 1780 to 1865": Notes of Dr. Paul Hudson, sent to Reverend Thomas Blair, June 1994. "Highlights of history of Bruton parish," compiled by Dr. Paul Hudson, November 1993. Additional memos on Matthew Whaley school and the churchyard.
(1862) 4 Civil War Accounts of the Battle of Williamsburg and aftermath by 2 Union doctors, also Mrs. Cynthia Beverly Tucker Coleman and Miss Harriette Cary.
Scope and Contents Letters and memos of J. Paul Hudson to Reverend Thomas Blair concerning the church, espcially the interior (of special interest is xerox of J. Stuart Barney's instructions re: 1903-1907 restoration, dated Oct. 26,, 1904).
(1607-1697) Materials concerning the churches at Jamestown and Middle Plantation.
Scope and Contents Memos of the Reverend Thomas Blair from J. Paul Hudson, including a copy of Mr. Hudson's article "Saving Virginia's Past."
Various pamplets relating to Bruton Parish Church and Colonial Episcopal ritual.
Scope and Contents "Bishop Channing Moore and the Restoration of the Episcopal Church in Virginia" (2 versions) by Susan Godson;"The First Four Ministers of Bruton Parish Church", a compilation by Dr. J. Paul Hudson; Also biographical notes re other early preachers at Middle Plantation and Williamsburg.
4 copies of Colonial Williamsburg journal (Autumn 1991, Autumn 1992, Winter 1992-93, Summer 1995) with articles.
Accounts of disestablishment and evangelism, 1776-1801. Accounts of visitors to town during this period.
Materials re services and church services during the colonial period.
Materials concerning the 1683 Church.
Materials relating to 1683 Bruton Parish Church. Pictures (conjectural) and description. Account of Church Life, 1683-1710 (Bishop Meade), Excerpts from first Bruton Parish Vestry Book (1674-1710), Materials on excavation of church.
Scope and Contents Articles on Bruton history: Mimeographed "Historic Old Bruton Church" by W.A.R. Goodwin, 1900 (Hudson item 13); "Comments on Bruton Parish Church" by Reverend A. P. Middleton (excerpts from Anglican Virginia, 1954); "Bruton Church" by Lyon Tyler, William and Mary Historical Magazine, January 1895 (Hudson item 22, with cover memo listing other good sources on Bruton's history); "Bruton Parish Church and its Antecedents" by George Carvington Mason, 1939. ["1-9" Hudson Pages]
Scope and Contents Background historical materials, esp. re church at Jamestown, furnished by Dr. J. Paul Hudson to the Reverend Thom Blair. (Pages numbered by Dr. Hudson.) ["10-19" Hudson Pages]
Scope and Contents Mimeographed reports and notes sent to Reverend Thom Blair by Dr. Paul Hudson concerning Bruton Parish history, esp. Tarpley Bell and 1905-7 Restoration. Also, copy of Acts of General Assembly, February 1752. ["20-29" Hudson pages*] *Some pages are missing and can be found in folder marked "History, Tyler, Goodwin, etc." Dr. Blair apparently rearranged the order of the pages or perhaps Dr. Hudson did this himself.
Scope and Contents "30-39" (Hudson) Miscellaneous xeroxed material. Description of churchyard 1939, changes in church 1840, repairs needed 1953, restoration 1886; Letter re Reverend John Bracken 1798. Description of funds for restoration, 1938, East End restoration 1939; Account of Billy Gilliam's funeral (Goodwin, 1939); Metes and bounds of church, undated.
Scope and Contents (1683-1743) Chronology of the Church, 1726-43, by Dr. Hudson. Report on the 1683 church. [ "42-49 Hudson" (actually 42, 45, 47, 48) missing pages were rearranged by Dr. Paul Hudson into other categories and folders.]
Scope and Contents Articles, memos and pamphlets "Governor Francis Nicolson by Bruce T. McCully (W & M Quarterly, April 1982); "Brief Guide to Bruton Parish Church", undated; "Virginia's Colonial Churches: An architectural guide", by James Scott Rawlings, 1963. "The James Tarpley Bell" undated; "Chiskiack". Quotations from various books. Memos on organ, steeple and wall around churchyard (Goodwin and Tyler). ["60-69" Hudson pages]
Scope and Contents Memo on Tarpley Bill by Dr. Paul Hudson, 1987 (partial duplicate of Hudson item 21); Article on Governor Francis Nicholson by Bruce McCully, April 1982. Mimeographed memos on Daniel Parke and the Bruton baptismal font. Article on "Liturgical Change: The Whys and Wherefores" by A.P. Middleton. Book of Common Prayer. Excerpt 1762 (reprint). ["70-79" Hudson (missing 78).]
Scope and Contents Memo on colonial sermons (J. Paul Hudson). Excerpt from ?historical magazine re James Blair's sermons, undated. Photocopy of George Whitefield sermon "What Think Ye of Christ" (delivered 1739). Short article on Bruton Parish Church, in The Colonial Williamsburg Interpreter, March 1987. ["80-89 Hudson"]
Scope and Contents Typed memos concerning Dr. Bracken, rector, Bishop Meade's visit (1811), desecration of the church by locals and students (1798). Also about Reverend Richard Bucke, 2nd Minister at Jamestown and his daughter, Mara. ["90-99 Hudson"]
Scope and Contents Tercentenerary Address by Edward M. Riley. Memo re 1840 architectural changes. Newspaper clipping re Battle of Williamsburg. Booklet on recollections of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1985). Miscellaneous notes re early Jamestown -Williamsburg history. Summary of church records and publications about Bruton Parish.["100-109" Hudson]
Scope and Contents 5 chronologies: Virginia beginnings 1544-1644; Middle Plantation 1632-1674; Bruton Parish 1683-1715; Bruton Parish 1715-1725; Detailed chronology for year 1716. Typed memos re Bruton Church (1683) and local Indian tribes.["110-119 Hudson"]
Scope and Contents Copies of articles containing information on early Williamsburg and/or Bruton Parish Church. These include: "Colonial Churches of York County" by G.C. Mason (W& M Quarterly); "Chronology of Middle Plantation Parish and Middletown Parish" by J. Paul Riley, undated. "A History of College Landing" by Martha McCartney (Quarterly Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Virginia, 1978, "Cross and Gown" "Bruton Parish Church, Yesterday and Today" (1972). ["118-129" Hudson]
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous printed and mimeographed materials concerning Bruton history. Especially noteworthy is the Reverend McCabe's article dated 1856 from "American Ecclesiastical History".["133-139" Hudson]
Scope and Contents Mimeographed materials on Bruton's history and architecture from Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin, Dell Upton, and A. Laurence Kocher - primarily from Kochis 1953 report and Goodwin's "Personal Memories". ["140-149" Hudson]
Scope and Contents Notes on Reverend John Bracken, Minister of Bruton, 1773-1818 and Reverend James Blair, Minister, 1694-1710. Miscellaneous memos on Bruton history and that of Wycomico and Yeocomico Churches, both in Northern Neck. ["150-156" Hudson pages.]
Scope and Contents Correspondence re: proposal of Reverend Thom Blair, interim rector of Bruton Parish Church (1985-1987), to write updated history of Bruton Parish. Background materials of historical documents and academic articles collected by Dr. J. Paul Hudson.
Rector Copy: Miscellaneous History.
Rector Copy: Multiple Chronologies of Church.
Scope and Contents Rector Copy: "Bruton Church" by L.G. Tyler.
Scope and Contents Rector Copy: "Report on the Interpretation of Religion and Religious Life" by John W. Turner.
Rector Copy: "Church Services and Sermons in Anglican Church in the 18th Century."
Scope and Contents Rector Copy: "James Blair" by Thom Blair.
Rector Copy: "The First Year at Jamestown."
Scope and Contents Rector Copy: "1683 Bruton Parish Church" by J. Paul Hudson.
Scope and Contents Rector Copy: "Williamsburg during the Occupancy of Federal Troops" by Cynthia Beverly Tucker Coleman."
Scope and Contents Rector Copy: "Reverend John Bracken" by Hudson and Martin.
Scope and Contents Rector Copy: "Anglican Virginia" by Middleton and "Bruton Church" by Tyler.
Production of Color Book re: BPC, correspondence and text.
Rector Copy: "Minor Crimes and Punishments in Colonial Virginia."
Scope and Contents Rector Copy: "Reverend John Bracken."
Scope and Contents Rector Copy: "Churches at Jamestown" and "Reverend James Blair."
Rector Copy: "Highlights in the History of Bruton Parish Church."
Scope and Contents Rector Copy: " A Short History of Bruton Parish Church" by Thom Blair.
Scope and Contents Rector Copy: "Bruton Parish and its Antecedants" by George Carrington Mason.
Scope and Contents Rector Copy: "The Colonial Churches of Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina" by Davis and Rawlings.
Scope and Contents Rector Copy: "Notes on the design of St. Mary's Chapel" by Morledge.
Scope and Contents Rector Copy: "Saving America's Past" by J. Paul Hudson.
Various Pamphlets and Materials.
Scope and Contents "Bruton Parish Church" by Riley.
Scope and Contents "Faith and Practice" by Wilson
Notes and Articles on First Bruton Parish Church Building.
Scope and Contents "The First Brick Church" by Blair.
Scope and Contents "The Establishment Years" by Blair.
Miscellaneous Historical Images
Miscellaneous Historical Notes.
Miscellaneous Non-historical Notes.
Miscellaneous Articles, Historical Notes, Correspondence, and Inquiries.
Hudson Research Papers (Binders 1 and 2).
Dr. Lewis' books stored in attic, Sept. 1987.
Photos, Newspaper Clippings, Blueprints
Plaques, Piece of Tile, Buttons.
Presented to the Wythe House by Mr. Jack _undley. Relics of the Battle of Yorktown: Old coin, uniform button and epaulet, found on the Battlefield at Yorktown.
Scope and Contents Plaque: "His Excellency The Governor"
Scope and Contents Plaque: "To the Glory of God and in patriotic devotion, this flag is presented to Bruton Parish Church in memory of Dr. Kate Waller Barrett, by "Williamsburg" Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. This twenty-fourth day, first month, year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven"
Silver Mace Staff: original staff (quite old) which was replaced with the long 16th c. staff Jim Cogar bought in England and gave to Bruton (as a possible Processional Cross staff - never used as such).
Scope and Contents Tile Fragment found in the Library, Diocese of Virginia and delivered to Bruton Parish Church by Vernon Perdue Davis, historian, on April 22 1989.. On a slip of paper, attached to the tile, was the legend "Important for Bruton Parish".
Plaque: "This room was dedicated on October 18, 1931, by the Society of Colonial Dames of America to the memory of General George Washington, who occupied the George Wythe House as Headquarters, September 14th to 28th, 1781."
Plaques, Metal Plates, Buttons and Jewelry, Miscellaneous.
"Metal 'Cuts' of the Church, used in Printing."
Scope and Contents "Chief Justice John Marshall Room, Restored by Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Hardy of New York, 1927." "To the Glory of God and in Memory of Mr. Wordsworth Thompson, Painter of the Picture of Bruton Parish Church in the Metropolitan Musuem." "This mirror originally hung on the walls of a colonial home in Yorktown, Virginia, Presented to the George Wythe House, by Reverend William A.R. Goodwin, D.D., 1927,"
Scope and Contents Warminster Red Damask, from J. Theodore Cuthbertson, Inc., of Philadelphia (addressed to Reverend Sam A. Portaro, Jr.
Door Closer installed on Front Door, Parish House, by Mr. Dodson (CW) 11.4.1970. Key to adjust tension on Front Door
"From Blander Cormine, Ch., Petersburg, VA."
"Two shot which came from Dining Room Door of Wythe House."
Found in Hudson Research Papers Binder (Oct 2003).
"Bookplate of Rutherford Goodwin designed and engraved by Eric M. Simon. Given by Christopher Simon." Offering Envelope of Sep. 28, 1975 given by Mrs. Kenneth C. Elmore."
Plaque: "George Wythe, LL.D., Painted and Presented to the George Wythe House, by Miss Catherine Carter Critcher, of Washington, D.C. 1927."
"Velvet, From Altar Cloth of Church, 1657, Preserved in a quilt for many years by the Lambeth family. Presented to Bruton Parish Church, May 1929, by Mrs. Samuel Sumerfield Lambeth and Mr. James W. Lambeth, of Richmond, Virginia." Plaque: "Presented to the George Wythe House 1927, by Mrs. Arthur Kelly Evans of Hot Springs, Virginia."
Scope and Contents "Bruton Parish Church, Student Offering" (with 20 cents inside).
Miscellaneous photography, illustrations, and postcards of Bruton Parish Church, including photos of church before the Restoration.
Plans for Wythe House Restoration
Miscelleneous: 1939 Postcard collection (Bruton Parish and other churches; Williamsburg scenes). Photo of King Edward VII. Card of admission, "Messiah," 1945.
Photos in film roll of community service and social events by Bruton Parish Church members.
Albums and Framed Photos relating to Bruton Parish Church.
Goodwin Family Photo Album, donated by Elizabeth L. Cline.
Slides of Bruton Parish Church, other historic places in region, and religious subjects.
Blueprints, paintings, and prints of Bruton Parish Church building.
Large photos and illustrations of Bruton Parish church building, including the National Trust of Historic Places certificate.
Scope and Contents Desgin for Altar Frontal and Appointments. Print of Painting of Church in Winter, by Dean Ellis. Photo of Old Church Exterior. 5 Black&White Photos of Restored Church.
Wythe House. Bruton interior at time of 1905 Restoration and as restored in 1939, etc.
(Originally located in Box 149)
(Originally located in Box 103)
(Originally located in Box 119)
Scope and Contents (Originally located in Box 194) "Copy sent to the printer (Dietz Press, Richmond). Compiled by members of the search committee (to select a rector after the Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis retired)."
Blueprints of construction and maintenance projects on Bruton Parish Church, Wythe House, or new Parish House.
See descriptions in "Blueprints," Box 72.
See descriptions in "Blueprints," Box 72.
Blueprints of construction and maintenance projects on Bruton Parish Church, Wythe House, or new Parish House.
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings and publications featuring Bruton Parish Church.
Scope and Contents "Church Dressed for All Seasons" (1982). "Church Flower Festival Highlights" (1982). "The Old Bruton Church, Williamsburg, VA." (1905). Various Correspondence and Pamphlets.
"Expansion proposed to Congregation" (1960) and "Bruton Annals Widely Varied" (1927). Wythe House Restoration (1927). St. Mary's Chapel (1980).
Magazines with pictures and/or articles about Bruton: Pacific Mutual News, Jan. 1933. The Churchman, Sept. 15, 1938. The Southern Churchman, April 27, 1940; May 10, 1941; June 2, 1951. Forth, April 1940. World Call, July-August 1940. Jamestown Churchman, June 1946; Nov. 1954. Garden Gossip, January 1947.
"Silver in our churches" (1935). "He has Won the Respect of All" (1975).
Scope and Contents September 15, 1938, page 23, article and photo aon Reverend Francis H. Craighill. Jamestown Churchman: Letter of George F. Wright re: advertising in journal, 1965. Correspondence of Thomas McCaskey, senior warden, with David M. Kippen brock, editor of J.C., 1965-1968.
Scope and Contents "Gardeners find inspiration in Williamsburg" (1939). Postcard. Colonial Williamsburg Ticket of Admission.
"Williamsburg's Bruton Parish" (1985). "Elijah Soloists rehearse for tonight." "Williamsburg's Restoration Story" (1961). "Old Bruton Church, Williamsburg" (1940).
Publications containing information re the church; correspondence re articles.
April 2010: Bruton Parish beginning a Verger Ministry. "Vergers responsible for the upkeep and order in churches and for aiding the clergy in preparing for services. Also called beadles, vergers wore black cassocks and carried a verge or staff topped with a mace."
Scope and Contents "Divine Inspiration in Art." "11 Defendants seek to escape Bruton liability." "Reverend Cotesworth Lewis to retire." "A New Bible Exhibit at Swem Library" by Sue Riggs, Swem Library printed in the August 2010 The Chronicle.
Includes King James version & Good News Bible.
For all years, and years A, B and C.
Allibone's 'Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors', Vol. I, (ABB-LYT).
W.A.R. Goodwin's bible 'for pulpit use in Bruton Parish Church'- used during whole of his first rectorship and part of second term of service.
Old and New Testaments, King James Version(1611 translation from 'original tongues'), American Standard Version (1901 revision of the King James Version)
Edited by Cotesworth Pinckney, Publisher H.Phelps.
'The Book of Daily Prayers for Every Day in the Year. According to The Custom of the German and Polish Jews.' Edited by Isaac Leeser, 1848.
None
History of Bruton Parish 1752 'Book of Common Prayer', printed in London by Thomas Baskett, the King's Printer, in 1751. Description of handwritten annotations of great historical significance.
Visiting Card of Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress. Account and Notice
Photos for exhibit and photos of conservator.
Contributions to Church in memory of parishioners and distinguished early Americans. Filed in oversize box.
The Historic Property Owner's Handbook, 1977, by The Preservation Press
Church Silver of Colonial Virginia
Our Prayers and Praise, 1957, by The Seabury Press
"The Episcopal Church", by George Hodges, D.D.
1738 book on "Thoughts on Religion and Resolutions" with inscriptions (out to John Haskell for 'preservation'?)
Book: "A Brief and True Report for the Traveller concerning Williamsburg in Virginia", Copyright Colonial Williamsburg, Inc.,1935 Psalms and Hymns. Bibles and Prayer Books.
"The Historic Church Silver in the Diocese of Southern Virginia", 1953, Historic Tidewater Arts and Crafts Series III, Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences.
Published by the Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation.
Gold embossed on red leather cover: "Presented to Bruton Parish Church 1929 by Hattie Vail Tyler Blanton In Memory of her Son, Robert Girvin Blanton, Jr., the instructior at The College of William and Mary 1922-1923..." Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, New York.
Bible presented by King Edward VII.
Scope and Contents December 6, 1997 Daily Press news clipping on Reverend C. Charles Vache, photograph of Bruton Parish youth choir, circa 1955 and typed copy of will of Robert Hyde Saunders (died 1834/35) who is buried in the Bruton Parish Churchyard.
Research material by Susan H. Godson, Bruton Parish Historian, on Adam Empie and correspondence with Major Kenneth Lawson. Includes a draft of a book chapter by Kenneth E. Lawson, "Religion and the U.S. Army Chaplaincy in the Florida Seminole Wars."
"The Peter Pelham Manuscript of 1744, An Early American Keyboard Tutor", edited by H. Joseph Butler, published by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.
Office papers including time cards, a serman, pledge cards, petty cash receipts and reports, invoices, list of new parishioners and alter guild schedules.
Scope and Contents "Historian's Notes" articles published in "The Chronicle" the newsletter of Bruton Parish Church. Susan H. Godson is the Historian. Includes an August 2009 issue with photographs by Karen McCluney. Lay Reader's License for Lloyd Williams, Williamsburg, Va. dated December 16, 1948. Typed photocopy of 2003 Christmas Eve sermon by The Reverend Herman Hollerith IV. May 27, 2003 email from "hcooley" about Reverend Hollerith's sermon on Iraq. January 1961 issue of "The Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity." Photostat copy of "American Ecclesiastical History" with chapter on Bruton Parish Church by Reverend John C. McCabe.
Two 1928 blueprints of locations of graves and gravestones in the Bruton Parish Churchyard and one 1938 blueprint of the old foundations of the Bruton Parish Churchyard per Mei Sel's plan. Shelved with other blueprints in oversize. Box 72.
Letter of Tudor Graphic Systems regarding Burton vault
Aitken Bible subject file.
Preliminary Report of the Bruton Parish Self-Study Committee.
This accession includes a program for Church services, dated 6 October, 1940; color copy of undated Bruton Parish postcard; and a commemorative booklet of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rochester, N.Y., dated 1977, which includes biographical information on Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin, who was rector at St. Paul's from 1909-1923.
Contains photographs of Bruton Parish Church's biblical herb garden, a program relating to the installation of Bishop Herman Hollerith IV as Episcopal Bishop of Southern Virginia, and programs from weekly Bruton Parish Church services.
This accession was part of an addition to the Robb-Bernard Papers, Accession 2012.112. It was removed and added to the Bruton Parish Papers. This addition includes newsletters, bulletins, form letters, acolyte and usher schedules, budget material and other general ephemera from Bruton Parish Church. 16 folders.
This accession contains various programs produced by Bruton Parish Church. Included in the accession are church programs from 1968-2011; The Celebration of a New Ministry program from December 18, 2011; and copies of A Lenten Devotional from 1993-2001. Also included is a postcard of the George Wythe House with an envelope signed by W.A.R. Goodwin from 1932.
Scope and Contents The accession contains directories, drawings, photographs, and audiovisual material related to Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia. Included in the accession are prints, negatives, and slides of the inside of the church, its grounds, as well as Reverend Cotesworth Lewis and Craighill; church directories from circa 1990-2007; and signs from the inauguration service of Tim Kaine as Governor of Virginia in 2005.
Full program on back of disk
Correspondence and notes by Charlotte Pendleton about her ancestors Edmund Pendleton, Nathaniel Pendleton,and Nathaniel Green Pendleton. Correspondence with Bruton Parish Church about moving Judge Edmund Pendleton's remains to Bruton Parish and a portrait of Judge Edmund Pendleton for the Church Exhibit at Jamestown (1906-1907)with brochures.1895-1898 correspondence and legal documents.
Correspondence with family and businesses regarding Pendleton Family. Includes a 1895 deed between W.L. Young and Charlotte Pendleton for "Old Graveyard" in Bowling Green, Caroline County. Copy of June 15, 1788 land indenture between Nathaniel Pendleton and Thomas Threlkeld in Culpeper County.
Correspondence with Bruton Parish about moving Edmund Pendleton's remains to the Bruton Parish Churchyard and a portrait of Edmund Pendleton. Includes brochures. Letter from Virginius C. Hall of the Virginia Historical Society to Patricia Pendleton Smith McCandless about Charlotte Pendleton's Papers, 1982.
Charlotte Pendleton's notes, particularly her notes on visit to Pendleton house and other events. Includes a newspaper article.