Bocock, Elisabeth Scott, papers A Guide to the Elisabeth Scott Bocock papers, 1982-1985 M 260 A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Collection number M 260

A Guide to the Elisabeth Scott Bocock papers, 1982-1985 M 260

A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Collection number M 260


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Repository
VCU James Branch Cabell Library
Identification
M 260
Title
Elisabeth Scott Bocock papers 1928-1985
URL:
http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vcu-cab/vircu00042.xml
Quantity
7 Linear Feet
Creator
Bocock, Elisabeth Scott, 1901-1985
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for use without restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Box/folder, Elisabeth Scott Bocock Papers, M 260, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated to Special Collections and Archives by the children of Elisabeth Bocock.


Biographical/Historical Information

Elisabeth Scott Bocock (1901-1985) was born in Richmond to Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Scott in 1901. A few years later the Scotts built a home at 909 West Franklin Street, a house Mrs. Bocock was to share with the Junior League's Senior Center and later with Virginia Commonwealth University, which used the front of the house first as dormitory space and then for administrative offices.Mrs. Bocock attended Jennie Ellett's School in Richmond and graduated from St. Timothy's School in Catonsville, Maryland. In 1928 she married John Holmes Bocock, a Richmond lawyer. Shortly after his death in 1958, Mrs. Bocock began coursework at the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women. Over the next ten years she attended several other schools, including Mary Baldwin College and the University of Virginia, before receiving a liberal arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. During her lifetime she was recognized by VCU, the Junior League, and the Federated Arts Council for her commitment to the city, its people, and its culture. Mrs. Bocock herself lent her energies and talents to a variety of causes. She was a founder of the Richmond Symphony, the William Byrd Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, the Historic Richmond Foundation, the Early Virginia Vehicular Museum, the Hand Workshop, and Richmond-on-the-James. Most prominent were her efforts to preserve Richmond's architecture and historic character. Through her volunteering, her financial contributions, and the individual restorations which she herself undertook, she was largely responsible for setting in motion the city's agenda for historic preservation. In keeping with her interest in Richmond's past, she collected some 60 horse-drawn carriages which comprised a lendable Vehicular Museum until she gave them to Maymont Foundation in 1977. At her death in 1985 she was busy promoting the downtown revival of a distinctively Richmond vehicle, the electric trolley.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains personal correspondence, diaries, articles, and scrapbooks; architectural plans; and correspondence, minutes, and other information pertaining to organizations that promote historic preservation, the arts, conservation, and the city of Richmond. Nearly all of the material dates from 1958 onward, with the bulk of the collection dating from the 1970's. Several issues of Revitalization News and Historic Richmond Foundation News have been integrated into the Special Collections' Serials and University publications. The entire series of photographs has been removed and may be found in Box 20 of University Photographs RG60.

Arrangement

Materials arranged alphabetically and chronologically therein. Series I--Issues and Organizations (n.d. 1936-1985)Series II-- Personal Material (1928-1985)Series III--Oversized Material [architectural drawings] (n.d., 1902-1980)Series IV: Serials (1979-1984)Series V--Photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Bocock, Elisabeth Scott, 1901-1985
  • Historic preservation -- Virginia -- Richmond.
  • Virginia Commonwealth University -- Alumni and alumnae
  • Women civic leaders -- Archives -- Virginia -- Richmond

Container List

Issues and Organizations,
n.d., 1936-1985
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1.1
    Associated Clubs of Va. for Roadside Dev.,
    1954-1956
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1.2
    Associated Clubs of Va. for Roadside Dev.
    1957-1963
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1.3
    Associated Clubs of Va. for Roadside Development: Miscellaneous Articles,
    n.d., 1939-1956
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1.4
    Committee for the Alternative,
    n.d.
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1.5
    Committee for the Alternative
    1972-1973
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1.6
    Committee for the Alternative
    1974
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1.7
    Committee for the Alternative
    1975
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1.8
    Committee for the Alternative: Environmental Reports
    1974
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2.1
    Conservation
    1950-1977
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2.2
    Early Virginia Vehicular Museum,
    n.d., 1962-1965
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2.3
    Early Virginia Vehicular Museum
    1966
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2.4
    Early Virginia Vehicular Museum
    1967-1968
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2.5
    Early Virginia Vehicular Museum
    1969-1970
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3.1
    Early Virginia Vehicular Museum
    1971-1976
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3.2
    Early Virginia Vehicular Museum
    1977-1982
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3.3
    EVVM: Clippings from Catalogues/Scrapbooks
    1966-1974
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3.4
    EVVM: Vehicle Information Catalogue, Vol. I no. 2,
    n.d.
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3.5
    EVVM: Vehicle Information Catalogue, Vol. II no. 2
    1976
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3.6
    EVVM: Vehicle Information Catalogue, Vol III,
    n.d.
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 4.1
    EVVM: Information,
    n.d., 1968-1982
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 4.2
    EVVM: Notes and Correspondence from Scrapbook
    1967-1978
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 4.3
    Hand Workshop: Committee Meetings
    1974-1976
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 4.4
    Hand Workshop: Committee Meetings
    1977-1978
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 4.5
    Hand Workshop: Craft Fair
    1976-1977
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 4.6
    Hand Workshop: Financial Statements
    1975-1977
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 4.7
    Hand Workshop: Garden Clubs
    1968-1969
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 4.8
    Hand Workshop: Miscellaneous Letters and Notes
    1962-1978
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 5.1
    Historic Preservation: Clippings and Brochures
    1970-1971
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 5.2
    Historic Preservation: ironfronts
    1970-1971
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 5.3
    Historic Preservation: Miscellaneous
    1963-1971
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 5.4
    Historic Richmond Foundation: Church Hill
    1956-1976
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 5.5
    Historic Richmond Foundation: Clippings
    1957-1981
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 5.6
    HRF: Committee Meetings
    1949-1960
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 5.7
    HRF: Committee Meetings
    1961-1969
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 5.8
    HRF: Committee Meetings
    1970-1971
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 5.9
    HRF: Committee Meetings
    1972-1973
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 6.1
    HRF: Committee Meetings
    1974-1980
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 6.2
    HRF: Committee Meetings
    1981
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 6.3
    HRF: Committee Meetings
    1982
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 6.4
    HRF: Committee Meetings
    1983
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 6.5
    HRF: Committee Meetings
    1984
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 6.6
    HRF: Committee Meetings
    1985
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 6.7
    HRF: Correspondence,
    n.d., 1956-1961
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 6.8
    HRF: Correspondence
    1962-1965
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 7.1
    HRF: Correspondence
    1968-1973
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 7.2
    HRF: Correspondence
    1974-1980
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 7.3
    HRF: Correspondence, Notes,
    n.d., 1981-1984
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 7.4
    HRF: Formal Reports,
    n.d., 1975-1986
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 7.5
    HRF: Pulliam House
    1958-1970
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 8.1
    HRF: 20th Street House
    1983-1985
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 8.2
    HRF: 2515 E. Grace
    1969-1972
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 8.3
    HRF: Widow Tyler House
    1965-1985
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 8.4
    HRF: Woodward House (Captain's House)
    1973-1974
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 8.5
    Latrobe Theatre
    1964-1969
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 8.6
    Maymont Foundation,
    n.d., 1975-1982
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 9.1
    Maymont Foundation
    1981-1982
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 9.2
    Maymont Foundation
    1983-1985
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 9.3
    Memorial Foundation
    1936-1959
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 9.4
    Nature Conservancy
    1960-1961
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 9.5
    Richmond Professional Institute
    1957
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 9.6
    Streetcar Feasibility Study
    1982
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 9.7
    Streetcar Feasibility Study
    1984
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 9.8
    Trees/Pollution
    1957-1970
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 10.1
    Trolleys: Blackpool Trolleycar Ltd.
    1977-1979
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 10.2
    Trolleys: Clippings (Local Papers)
    1977-1985
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 10.3
    Trolleys: Correspondence and Information
    1976-1980
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 10.4
    Trolleys: Correspondence and Information
    1981
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 10.5
    Trolleys: Correspondence and Information
    1982
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 10.6
    Trolleys: Correspondence and Information
    1983-1985
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 11.1
    Trolleys: National Reports
    1976-1983
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 11.2
    Urban Transit: National Reports
    1971-1974
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 11.3
    Urban Transit: Richmond
    1947
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 11.4
    VCU Expansion--Oregon Hill
    1979-1980
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 11.5
    Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
    1963-1964
Personal Material
1928-1985
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 12.1
    Clippings: Personal
    1928-1985
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 12.2
    College Records: Grades, Transcripts, etc.
    1958-1970
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 12.3
    Correspondence
    1948-1980
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 12.4
    Correspondence: Personal
    1953-1981
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 12.5
    Diary: Mary Bocock's African Study Trip
    1961
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 12.6
    Diary: Originals
    1958-1959, 1962
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 12.7
    Election
    1952
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 12.8
    European Trip: Diary and Pictures
    1977
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 12.9
    Family Matters
    1950-1966
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 12.10
    Gardening
    1947-1965
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 12.11
    Goose Chase
    1966-1973
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 12.12
    James River Garden Club
    1957-1975
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 13.1
    Ligon House (2601-3 E. Franklin)
    1969-1972
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 13.2
    Miscellaneous Articles
    1946-1960
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 13.3
    Miscellaneous Articles: Personal,
    n.d., 1958-1982
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 13.4
    News Clippings
    1969-1985
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 13.5
    Playbills and Programs
    1965-1980
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 13.6
    Published Work: Vignettes
    1981-1983
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 13.7
    St. Paul's Church
    1959-1962
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 13.8
    Schoolwork
    1958-1961
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 14.1
    Schoolwork
    1962
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 14.2
    Schoolwork
    1966-1969
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 14.3
    Schoolwork
    1970
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 14.4
    Scotland Trip: Diary and Souvenirs
    1969
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 14.5
    Senior Center: 9019 W. Franklin
    1959-1968
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 14.6
    2300 Club
    1963-1968
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 15.1
    Unpublished Work: Vignettes
    1981-1983
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 15.2
    VCU: 909 W. Franklin
    1958-1984
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 15.3
    Western Trip: Correspondence
    1979
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 15.4
    Western Trip: Maps, Brochures, etc.
    1979
  • Mixed Materials Box-folder: 15.5
    Yearbook: Jennie Ellett's School
    1916
Oversized Material (architectural drawings)
1902-1980
  • Bottoms Bridge, Va.: Roadside Development
    1955
  • Claremont Manor, Surry County, Va,
    n.d.
  • Goose Chase: Bath House Addiction
    1968
  • Hand Workshop: Proposed Breezeway on 24th Street
    1966
  • Main-to-James Development Study
    1980
  • 909 W. Franklin: F.W. Scott Residence
    1907
  • 909 W. Franklin: Remodelling of Rear Wing
    1956
  • 909 W. Franklin: Kitchen Wing/Duplex Apartment Plans
    1956
  • 909 W. Franklin: Senior Center Staircase
    1960
  • Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike: Belvidere Exchange
    1956
  • Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Landscaping Plans
    1956
  • Royal Orchard Land Corporation
    1975
  • St. John's Church Area,
    n.d.
  • St. John's Area
    1957
  • St. John's Church Area
    1964
  • St. John's Church: Adjacent Blocks
    1957
  • Stable for F.W. Scott, 909 W. Franklin
    1902
  • Trolley Route: Stephen Tarrant's Proposal
    1980
  • Trolley Route: Proposal,
    n.d.
  • 2515 E. Grace Street
    1971
  • 2300 E. Broad Street: Alterations
    1963
  • 200 Block W. Franklin St.,
    n.d.
  • 200 Block W. Franklin Street: Power Lines
    1977
  • Widow Tyler House,
    n.d.
Scrapbooks
Physical Location: Housed in Scrapbook area
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Victorian Vehicles, Horse-Drawn: Scrapbook
    1964
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Church Hill Scrapbook
    1956-1968
Serials
1979-1984
  • Historic Richmond Foundation News: Annual Report
    1979-1980
  • Historic Richmond Foundation News: Spring
    1982
  • Historic Richmond Foundation News: Fall
    1982
  • Historic Richmond Foundation News: Winter
    1982-1983
  • Historic Richmond Foundation News: Summer
    1984
  • Historic Richmond Foundation News: Winter
    1984
  • Revitalization News: Volume I, Number 1
    1983
  • Revitalization News: Volume I, Number 3
    1983
  • Revitalization News: Volume II, Number 5
    1984
Photographs
Physical Location: transferred to VCU Photograph Collection
  • Arab Horses
  • Elisabeth S. Bocock: Richmond Times-Dispatch Photos
  • Carriages
  • Carriages: postcards
  • Carriages and Negatives
  • Drive Around Church Hill
  • Family Photos and Cards
  • Goose Chase (Early Virginia Vehicular Museum)
  • Historic Buildings
  • Horse-Drawn Transportation
  • Governor Robb and Carriage
  • Shockoe Bottom Buggy Day
  • Trolleys