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Start Over Collection John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987 Date range 1950

Bishop Bentley's biographical information, 1943/1981 Box 1, Folder 11

5 items. Typed transcript of his oral history interview (September 19, 1981) as part of Columbia University's "Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill Oral History Project". Bentley discusses his own career, missions and missionary work, and Bishop Sherrill. Also a 1 page resume written ca. 1943.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987
  3. Series 1: Papers and Correspondence, 1896/1987
  4. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1896/1987

Bishop Bentley's copies of annual and monthly (tabular) reports of official acts; and a tabulation and geographical breakdown of these acts, 1922/1985 Box 1, Folder 26

13 items. Copies of annual and monthly (tabular) reports of official acts which he performed in Diocese of Southern Virginia, 1970-1978, 1985; and a tabulation and geographical breakdown of official acts performed, 1922- 1976.

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  2. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987
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Bishop Bentley's correspondence, 1925/1974 Box 1, Folder 12

75 items. Items relate to his ministerial career, including extensive correspondence in 1930-1931 and 1937 among Bentley, Bishop P. T. Rowe, and W. A. R. Goodwin regarding Bentley's appointment(s) in Alaska, Williamsburg area in the 1920's, letters from Bishop Rowe discussing work in Alaska, extensive correspondence with Bishop Henry K. Sherrill regarding Bentley's appointment as director of overseas missions, and correspondence relating to Bentley's nomination as Suffragan Bishop of Southern Virginia (1958).

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  2. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987
  3. Series 1: Papers and Correspondence, 1896/1987
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Bishop Bentley's documents, relating to his personal religious milestones, 1913/1981 Box 1, Folder 10

14 items. Items include baptism certificate, licenses as lay reader and marriage commissioner, certificate as Suffragan Bishop of Alaska, and programs for observation of 50th anniversary of his consecration. See also Medium Oversize file.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987
  3. Series 1: Papers and Correspondence, 1896/1987
  4. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1896/1987

Bishop Bentley's items, relating to his army service, 1928/1971 Box 1, Folder 6

41 items. Including certificates of promotions and training, identity pass for service in France, roster and casualties of Battery B, 111th Field Artillery, a pressed poppy flower from Chateau Thierry, and 5 uniform insignias. See also medium oversize file.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987
  3. Series 1: Papers and Correspondence, 1896/1987
  4. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1896/1987

Bishop Bentley's papers including items relating to his trip to Far East and his world tour of 1959, 1948/1959 Box 2, Folder 6

8 items. Items include travel diaries of both trips, documents pertaining to honorary degree received in Japan (December 1948), and itinerary for 1959 tour. See also travel diary of Elvira C. Bentley for the 1959 trip and Medium Oversize subseries.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987
  3. Series 1: Papers and Correspondence, 1896/1987
  4. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1896/1987

Bishop Bentley's papers including record of burial services performed during career, 1922/1987 Box 2, Folder 3

13 items. 127 pages. Items are from a loose-leaf notebook detailing names, dates, and places of services. Also includes occasional funeral home records and newspaper obituaries.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987
  3. Series 1: Papers and Correspondence, 1896/1987
  4. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1896/1987

Bishop Bentley's papers including records of confirmations performed during ministerial career, 1931/1966 Box 2, Folder 4

14 items. 166 pages. Pages from a loose-leaf notebook detailing names, dates, and places of services, plus records of confirmations performed on his East Asian travels.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987
  3. Series 1: Papers and Correspondence, 1896/1987
  4. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1896/1987

Bishop Bentley's personal correspondence, 1917/1981 Box 1, Folder 4

44 items. Including letters and postcards to his parents from France during World War I, letters from French citizens, personal letters thanking him for ministerial services, letters from Giles Buckner Cooke (1838-1937) (last surviving member of R. E. Lee's staff) found (with photo of Cook) in Bentley's copy of D.S. Freeman's R. E. Lee, Volume I. See also correspondence of Elvira C. Bentley.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1895/1987
  3. Series 1: Papers and Correspondence, 1896/1987
  4. John Boyd Bentley Papers, 1896/1987

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