Collection Overview

Title

Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, 1662-[ongoing]

ID

Mss. 91 B38

Extent

50.0 Boxes

Primary Creator

Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)

Arrangement

This collection includes the following series:<p>

Series 1: Administrative Records, <p>

Series 2: Diocese, Ministers and Other Personnel,<p>

Series 3: Church Programs and Services, <p>

Series 4: Buildings and Grounds, <p>

Series 5: Church History, <p>

Series 6: Artifacts, Blueprints, Photographs and Newspaper Clippings, and <p>

Series 7: Manuscript Volumes including registers, vestry minutes. The printed books belonging to the Bruton Parish Church Collection are cataloged in the Swem Library online catalog; <p>

Series 8: Additions received from 2010 onward

Date Acquired

00/00/1991. More info below under Accruals.

Languages

English

Restrictions

Access

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. 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.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Records of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Va.

Biographical Note

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: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)</a>.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 6: Artifacts, Blueprints, Photos, and Newspaper Clippings

Photos, Newspaper Clippings, Blueprints

Sub-Series 1: Artifacts

Box 63: Artifacts

Plaques, Piece of Tile, Buttons.

Folder 20: Bruton Parish Church. Coin, Button, Epaulet

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.

Folder 21: Bruton Parish Church. Plaque

Plaque:  "His Excellency The Governor"

Folder 22: Bruton Parish Church. Plaque

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"

Folder 23: Bruton Parish Church. Mace Staff

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).

Folder 24: Bruton Parish Church. Tile Fragment

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".

Folder 25: Bruton Parish Church. Plaque

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."

Box 64: Artifacts

Plaques, Metal Plates, Buttons and Jewelry, Miscellaneous.

Item 1: Bruton Parish Church.  3 Old Printing Plates.

"Metal 'Cuts' of the Church, used in Printing."

Item 2: Bruton Parish Church.  3 Plaques.

"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 Rev. William A.R. Goodwin, D.D., 1927,"

Item 3: Bruton Parish Church. Buttons & Jewelry.

Item 4: Bruton Parish Church. Ecclesiastical Vestment, sample material., 1978

Warminster Red Damask, from J. Theodore Cuthbertson, Inc., of Philadelphia (addressed to Rev. Sam A. Portaro, Jr.

Item 5: Bruton Parish Church. Door closer, 1970

Door Closer installed on Front Door, Parish House, by Mr. Dodson (CW) 11.4.1970.    Key to adjust tension on Front Door

Item 6: Bruton Parish Church. Cloth Fragment with Tassel

"From Blander Cormine, Ch., Petersburg, VA."

Item 7: Bruton Parish Church. Two Shot from Wythe House Door

"Two shot which came from Dining Room Door of Wythe House."

Item 8: Bruton Parish Church. Bookmark

Found in Hudson Research Papers Binder (Oct 2003).

Item 9: Bruton Parish Church. Goodwin Bookplate, 1975 Offering Envelope

"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."

Item 10: Bruton Parish Church. Plaque and Photo of George Wythe Portrait

Plaque: "George Wythe, LL.D., Painted and Presented to the George Wythe House, by Miss Catherine Carter Critcher, of Washington, D.C. 1927."

Item 11: Bruton Parish Church. Plaque, Altar Cloth Fragment

"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."

Item 12: Bruton Parish Church. Student Offering Envelope

"Bruton Parish Church, Student Offering" (with 20 cents inside).

Item 13: Bruton Parish Church. Metal Plate of "B" and Church

Item 14: Bruton Parish Church. Brick Fragment

Item 15: Bruton Parish Church. Wooden Frame by Drexler

Box 65: Artifact. "From Bruton-Somerset to Bruton-Virginia"

Sub-Series 2: Photography and Art

Box 66: Photography and Art (I)

Miscellaneous photography, illustrations, and postcards of Bruton Parish Church, including photos of church before the Restoration.

Folder 1: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Photos of Bruton Graves, Churchyard Guide, 1942-1985

Folder 2: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. First Church Archaeology in Churchyard

Folder 3: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Proposed Furnace Diagram, Map of Graves within Church., 1905

Folder 4: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Church Exteriors, 1920s - 1970s

Folder 5: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Church Interiors, 1975-1980

Folder 6: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Distinguished Clergy and Others, 1940-1970

Folder 7: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Postcard, Photocopies of Interior and Exterior

Folder 8: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Altar Cross from Bruton Church in Great Britain, 1980

Folder 9: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Postcards of Church

Folder 10: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Old Gorday Prints, 1860

Folder 11: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Members of Clergy

Folder 12: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Communion Silver

Folder 13: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Christmas Bulletin Covers, 1964-1978

Folder 14: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. 250th Anniversary of Bruton, 1965-1966

Folder 15: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Summit Conference

Folder 16: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Bruton, England

Folder 17: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Interior Adorned for Christmas Season

Folder 18: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Old Photos Related to Bruton

Folder 19: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Old Postcard of Church

Folder 20: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Old Photos of Bruton Exterior

Folder 21: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. WHRA Members Sorting Bruton Papers

Folder 22: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Bruton Parish Book

Folder 23: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Bruton Parish Book

Folder 24: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. 1683 Church, Conjectural Drawing

Folder 25: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Excerpts of Old Prayer Book

Folder 26: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis

Folder 27: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis

Folder 28: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Rev. E. Ruffin Jones, Rector

Folder 29: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Jamestown Island

Folder 30: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Photos of Bauer Dig Blueprint

Folder 31: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Photo of 1683 Church Drawing

Folder 32: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Outreach Committee, 1994

Folder 33: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Postcards

Folder 34: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Hansen and Bruton Organ

Folder 35: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Bruton Organ

Folder 36: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Rev. J. E. Trimble, Jr., Chaplain, 1967

Folder 37: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Postcard of Church

Folder 38: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Photo of Plans for Proposed Parish House Expansion

Folder 39: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Wythe House

Folder 40: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Old Bruton Interior, 1888

Folder 41: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Wythe House Postcard, Old Bruton Interior

Folder 42: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Robert Hunt Shrine

Folder 43: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Old Bruton Interior, Grace Episcopal Church

Folder 44: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Sewanee College

Folder 45: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Negatives of Avalon Major Gift, 1997

Folder 46: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. William and Mary in Snow, Miscellaneous

Folder 47: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Newspaper Feature

Folder 48: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Postcard of Church

Folder 49: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Tower Bell, 1957-1984

Folder 50: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Postcards

Folder 51: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Pre-Restoration Colonial Williamsburg

Folder 52: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Transept Gallery Design, 1935-1939

Folder 53: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Wythe House, 1926-1939

Folder 54: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Images of Colonial Rooms, 1926

Plans for Wythe House Restoration

Folder 55: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Parish Dinner (October 4, 1960), 1960

Folder 56: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Wythe House Restorers, Formal Opening

Folder 57: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Old Jamestown Church Tower

Folder 58: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Print of Church and Image of Restored Church

Folder 59: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Church Interior and Exterior

Folder 60: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Old Bruton Interior and Exterior

Folder 61: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Church Activity Photos, 1960s

Folder 62: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Candids of Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis

Folder 63: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Portrait of the Duke of Gloucester

Folder 64: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. "A Self-Study" Photos of Interior and Exterior

Folder 65: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Proposed Gateway Sketch, Replica of Thompson Print

Folder 66: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. H.A. Ogden Prints of Revolutionary War paintings given to Wythe House, 1931

Folder 67: Bruton Parish Church. Postcards and Miscellany, 1937-1976

Miscelleneous: 1939 Postcard collection (Bruton Parish and other churches; Williamsburg scenes). Photo of King Edward VII. Card of admission, "Messiah," 1945.

Folder 68: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Negatives, Slides used in "Bruton Parish Church: Its Spiritual and Historical Legacy"

Folder 69: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Grave of Capt. Thomas Beale, 1959

Folder 70: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Unknown Clergyman

Folder 72: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Photos, Prints of Various Bruton Rectors

Box 67: Photography and Art (II)

Photos in film roll of community service and social events by Bruton Parish Church members.

Folder 1: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Bazaar 1988 Photo Prints, 1988

Folder 2: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Bazaar 1990 Photo Prints, 1990

Folder 3: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Bazaar 1992 Photo Prints, 1992\

Folder 4: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Bazaar Photo Prints

Folder 5: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Church Activities Photos, 1990s

Folder 6: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Photo Prints of Service Trip

Folder 7: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Photo Prints of Rev. George Tompkin's Going Away Party, 1981

Folder 8: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Photo Prints of Service Trip, 1999

Folder 9: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Photo Pri8nts of Churchyard Wall Repairs, Garden Week Display, 2001, 2003

Folder 10: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Photo Prints of Flower Arrangements

Box 68: Photography and Art (III)

Albums and Framed Photos relating to Bruton Parish Church.

Item 1: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Goodwin Family Material

Goodwin Family Photo Album, donated by Elizabeth L. Cline.

Item 2: Bruton Parish Church. Photo Album of Refugee Resettlement Committee, 1990

Item 3: Bruton Parish Church. Framed Photo of Old Bruton Exterior.

Item 4: Bruton Parish Church. Framed Print of Major General Walter Stewart with Biography

Item 5: Bruton Parish Church. Framed Photo of St. Mary's Church in Bruton, England

Box 69: Photography and Art (IV)

Slides of Bruton Parish Church, other historic places in region, and religious subjects.

Item 1: Bruton Parish Church. 12 Boxes of Religious Education Slides

Item 2: Bruton Parish Church. 3 Boxes of Colonial Williamsburg Slides

Item 3: Bruton Parish Church. 7 Slides of Historic Churches in Tidewater Virginia

Item 4: Bruton Parish Church. 4 Slides of Jamestown Island.

Item 5: Bruton Parish Church. Film Roll sent by F.H. Craighill

Item 6: Bruton Parish Church. Slides of Silver

Item 7: Bruton Parish Church. 8 Flower Church Decoration Slides

Box 70: Photography and Art (V) (Oversize)

Blueprints, paintings, and prints of Bruton Parish Church building.

Item 1: Bruton Parish Church. Blueprints (3 Copies), "Proposed Chapel for Bruton Parish House", 1974

Item 2: Bruton Parish Church. Print of Church Exterior

Item 3: Bruton Parish Church. Watercolor painting of Church Interior by Kay Cooksey

Item 4: Bruton Parish Church. Incomplete Painting of Church Interior by Edward Ray

Item 5: Bruton Parish Church. Color lithography of Recreated Colonial Scene at Church

Box 71: Photography and Art (VI) (Oversize)

Large photos and illustrations of Bruton Parish church building, including the National Trust of Historic Places certificate.

Folder 1: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Several Items

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.

Folder 2: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Unknown Design of Organ and Cherubs

Folder 3: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. 15 Pen Drawings of Church Gravestones

Folder 4: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. Several Items, 1905-1939

Wythe House. Bruton interior at time of 1905 Restoration and as restored in 1939, etc.

Folder 5: Bruton Parish Church. Photography and Art. National Trust for Historic Preservation Certificate

Item 1: Bruton Parish Church. 13 Large (20''x16.5'') Photos of Church and Grounds, 1965

(Originally located in Box 149)

Item 2: Bruton Parish Church. Scroll Request for Financial Assistance to St. Mary's Church, England, 1966

(Originally located in Box 103)

Item 3: Bruton Parish Church. Pencil Drawing of Chalice and Patten, 1972

(Originally located in Box 119)

Item 4: Bruton Parish Church. "Profile of Bruton Parish Church: A Self Study" (Copy sent to printer), 1986

(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 Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis retired)."

Sub-Series 3: Blueprints

Box 72: Blueprints (Oversize), 1936-1992

Blueprints of construction and maintenance projects on Bruton Parish Church, Wythe House, or new Parish House.

Item 1: Bruton Parish Church. 3 Parish House Blueprints. Electrical Work and Basement Plan, First Floor Plan, Second Floord Plan, 1960

Item 2: Bruton Parish Church. Churchyard Blueprint. Preservation of Tombs and Wall, 1936

Item 3: Bruton Parish Church. Church Blueprint. Air Conditioning Equipment to be Installed, 1938

Item 4: Bruton Parish Church. Chapel Blueprint. Interior Treatment of Chapel, 1980

Item 5: Bruton Parish Church. 3 Church Blueprints. Exterior Sketches, Interior Seating Plan, 1967

Item 6: Bruton Parish Church. 2 Chapel Blueprints. Chapel Moldings

Item 7: Bruton Parish Church. 3 Parish House Blueprints. Parish House Kitchen Equipment, 1985

Item 8: Bruton Parish Church. 2 Parish House Blueprints. Parish House Edition, 1992

Item 9: Bruton Parish Church. 5 Blueprints. Processional Cross

Item 10: Bruton Parish Church. 20 Parish House Blueprints, 1961

Item 11: Bruton Parish Church. 4 Chapel Blueprints. Plot Plan, Floor Plan, Elevations, Wall Sections, Cornice Details, 1979

Item 12: Bruton Parish Church. 9 Church Blueprints. Flag Staff and Reading Desk, Air Conditioning, Tower, South Entrance, Gate, 1938-1939

Item 13: Bruton Parish Church. 2 Parish House Blueprints. Floor Plans, 1960

Item 14: Bruton Parish Church. Blueprint. Frontal Altar and Appointments, 1964

Item 15: Bruton Parish Church. 2 Chapel Blueprints. Parish House Proposed Chapel, 1977

Item 16: Bruton Parish Church. 2 Parish House Blueprints. Alternative Floor Schemes

Item 17: Bruton Parish Church. 4 Chapel Blueprints. Plans for Processional Cross and Candlestick

Item 18: Bruton Parish Church. Chapel Blueprint. Chapel Rendering, 1979

Item 19: Bruton Parish Church. 3 Chapel Blueprints. Proposed Chapel, 1977

Item 20: Bruton Parish Church. Churchyard Blueprint. Landscape Plan, 1955

Item 21: Bruton Parish Church. 2 Chapel Blueprints. Artistic Rendering

Item 22: Bruton Parish Church. 2 Chapel Blueprints. Details of Reredos, Wainscotting, Pew Seats

Item 23: Bruton Parish Church. 10 Parish House Blueprints. Parking Schemes

Item 24: Bruton Parish Church. Sundial Design, "To the Hall Family in Memory of Our Friend Elizabeth"

Item 25: 1928 blueprint of graves and gravestones in Bruton Parish Churchyard. (Acc. 2008.263 Addition)

Item 26: 1938 blueprint of the old foundations of the Bruton Parish Churchyard per Mei Sel's plan. (Acc. 2008.263 Addition)

Box 73: Blueprints, 1926-1994

Blueprints of construction and maintenance projects on Bruton Parish Church, Wythe House, or new Parish House.

Folder 1: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Expansion Blueprint, 1926

Folder 2: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Expansion Blueprints. Porch Addition, 1926

Folder 3: Bruton Parish Church. Lectern Blueprint, 1933

Folder 4: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Expansion Blueprint, 1933

Folder 5: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Blueprints. New Construction Proposal and Plans, 1934

Folder 6: Bruton Parish Church. New Parish House Blueprints, 1934-1937

Folder 7: Bruton Parish Church. New Parish House Blueprints, 1934-1940

Folder 8: Bruton Parish Church. New Parish House Blueprints, 1934-1937

Folder 9: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Restoration Plans, 1937

Folder 10: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Addition Blueprints, 1938-1958

Folder 11: Bruton Parish Church. Beale Vault Engraving Blueprint, 1938

Folder 12: Bruton Parish Church. Church Blueprints. Organ, Pews, Sign, 1938-1942

Folder 13: Bruton Parish Church. Rectory Blueprints, 1940

Folder 14: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Additions and Alterations, 1954-1959

Folder 15: Bruton Parish Church. Church Blueprints. Basement, 1957

Folder 16: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Renovation Blueprints, 1957-1959

Folder 17: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Blueprints. Proposed Additions, 1958

Folder 18: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Blueprints. Educational Building, 1959

Folder 19: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Blueprint. Alterations to Rear of Reredos, 1960

Folder 20: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Blueprints and Correspondence, 1960-1962

Folder 21: Bruton Parish Church. Chapel Blueprint, 1980

Folder 22: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Blueprints. Kitchen, 1982-1985

Folder 23: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Blueprints, 1992-1993

Folder 24: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Renovation Blueprints, 1992-1993

Folder 25: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Renovation Blueprints, 1993

Folder 26: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Renovation Blueprints, 1993-1994

Folder 27: Bruton Parish Church. Parish House Blueprints. 1st and 2nd Floor Plans in North Building

Sub-Series 4: Newspaper Clippings and Publications

Box 74: Newspaper Clippings and Publications, 1904-2010

Miscellaneous newspaper clippings and publications featuring Bruton Parish Church.

Folder 1: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. King's Bible, Historic Churches, 1904-1907

Folder 2: Bruton Parish Church. Miscellaneous, 1905-1982

"Church Dressed for All Seasons" (1982). "Church Flower Festival Highlights" (1982). "The Old Bruton Church, Williamsburg, VA." (1905). Various Correspondence and Pamphlets.

Folder 3: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Rev. W.A.R. Goodwin Sermon, Burial of Rev. Ruffin Jones, 1908-1953

Folder 4: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Presidents Wilson, Taft Visits., 1910-1916

Folder 5: Bruton Parish Church. Church Renovation, 1927-1980

"Expansion proposed to Congregation" (1960) and "Bruton Annals Widely Varied" (1927). Wythe House Restoration (1927). St. Mary's Chapel (1980).

Folder 6: Bruton Parish Church. Publications featuring Bruton, 1933-1946

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.

Folder 7: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings, 1935-1975

"Silver in our churches" (1935). "He has Won the Respect of All" (1975).

Folder 8: Bruton Parish Church. Publications. Jamestown Churchman, 1938-1968

September 15, 1938, page 23, article and photo aon Rev. 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.

Folder 9: Bruton Parish Church. Miscellaneous, 1939

"Gardeners find inspiration in Williamsburg" (1939). Postcard. Colonial Williamsburg Ticket of Admission.

Folder 10: Bruton Parish Church. Publications featuring Bruton, 1940-1985

Folder 11: Bruton Parish Church. Miscellaneous Publications, 1940-1985

"Williamsburg's Bruton Parish" (1985). "Elijah Soloists rehearse for tonight." "Williamsburg's Restoration Story" (1961). "Old Bruton Church, Williamsburg" (1940).

Folder 12: Bruton Parish Church. Pulaski Club. Bruton History article, 1947-2005

Folder 13: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Personnel Appointments, 1951-1961

Folder 14: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Geddy Organ, 1953-1955

Folder 15: Bruton Parish Church. Publications re the Church, 1957-1961

Publications containing information re the church; correspondence re articles.

Folder 16: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Miscellaneous, 1957-1970

Folder 17: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. 250th Anniversary, 1965

Folder 18: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. 250th Anniversary, 1965

Folder 19: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. 250th Anniversary, 1965

Folder 20: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. 250th Anniversary, 1965

Folder 21: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. 250th Anniversary, 1965

Folder 22: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. 250th Anniversary, 1965

Folder 23: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Rectors, 1966

Folder 24: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Rev. C.P. Lewis Sermon, 1967

Folder 25: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Diocese Diamond Jubilee, 1967

Folder 26: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Mace, 1970, 2010

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."

Folder 27: Bruton Parish Church. News Clipping, 1971

Folder 28: Bruton Parish Church. Publication. Rev. David J. Tetrault, 1973

Folder 29: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Rev. John H. Emmert, 1973

Folder 30: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. 300th Anniversary, 1974

Folder 31: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. 300th Anniversary, 1974

Folder 32: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Tarpley Bell, 1975

Folder 33: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Reagan Prayers, 1981

Folder 34: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Yorktown Day, 1981

Folder 35: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Summit Service, 1983

Folder 36: Bruton Parish Church. Publication. Anglican Digest, 1983

Folder 37: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Summit Service, 1983

Folder 38: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Bazaar, 1986-1992

Folder 39: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Jackson-Field Home, 1991

Folder 40: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Volunteers, 1995

Folder 41: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Bishop C. Charles Vache, Rev. W.A.R. Goodwin, 1997-1998

Folder 42: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. VA Gazette, Bruton articles, 1997-1999

Folder 43: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Architect Honored, Williamsburg Architecture, 2000-2007

Folder 44: Bruton Parish Church. The Vineyard. Adam Empie, 2003

Folder 45: Bruton Parish Church. The Vineyard. Adam Empie, 2003

Folder 46: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Anglican Church, 2004-2008

Folder 47: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Robert Hunt Memorial

Folder 48: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings. Yorktown Article

Folder 49: Bruton Parish Church. News Clippings, 2010

"Divine Inspiration in Art." "11 Defendants seek to escape Bruton liability." "Rev. Cotesworth Lewis to retire." "A New Bible Exhibit at Swem Library" by Sue Riggs, Swem Library printed in the August 2010 The Chronicle.

Administrative Information

Repository

Special Collections Research Center

Accruals

Additional deposits are made on an ongoing basis.

Acquisition Source

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Va.

Acquisition Method

Deposit.

Related Materials

Bruton Parish Church Parish Aid Society Minute Book (Mss. MsV Ch7), Bruton Parish Church Account Book (Mss. MsV Ac18)

Preferred Citation

Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Processing Information

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.