Collections : [Colonial Williamsburg]

Colonial Williamsburg

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Primary Collecting Areas:
A. Lawrence Kocher Collection, Donald Streeter Collection, Francis, Nicholson Papers, John Norton and Sons Papers, Major-Marable Family Papers, Richard Corbin Papers, Robert Anderson Papers, Singleton P. Moorehead Collection, William Blathwayt Papers, 18th century Williamsburg imprints, 18th century Virginia manuscripts, 18th century Music, Early trade manuals, British legislation regarding the American colonies, Visual works depicting Williamsburg
Description:
The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library is dedicated to advancing knowledge of colonial British America, the American Revolution, the early United States, and the history of the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. Unique to the library is the body of research on the buildings, people, trades, and material culture of 18th-century Williamsburg.
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528
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John A. Barrows Photograph Collection ca. 1930

Photoprints, negatives, portraits, and personal papers belonging to architect and photographer John A. Barrows.
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Clifford Lewis III Papers, 1639-1995.

Research materials compiled by Clifford Lewis III (b.1904-d. 2000), including notebooks containing summaries of his research; publications which resulted from Lewis's research and correspondence concerning his publications; photographs and negatives of research sites and family members; materials regarding his research related affiliations; also, correspondence with researchers, libraries and booksellers, family members.

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Dr. Edward Riley Papers n.d.

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Ernest W. Peterkin Papers 1950-1995

Material collected by shoe historian Ernest W. Peterkin
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Dell Upton Papers 1973-1999

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Singleton P. Moorehead Papers, 1923-1972

7 cubic ft.
This collection was gathered during the career of Colonial Williamsburg architect, Singleton P. Moorehead (1900-1964), starting from his days as a student at Harvard. It contains architectural drawings, notebooks, notes, sketches, and other illustrations in ten boxes.
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1922-1925 17 items Folder 12

Contains sketches of the American West.

  1. Box: 4

1923-1924 10 items Folder 5

Contains correspondence, a guidebook, and the article "A Painting and a contract" by Guy Eglington clipped from orginal source.

  1. Box: 6

1923-1927 46 items Folder 8

Contains sketches of European architecture from Moorehead's student trip abroad and other school work.

  1. Box: 4
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Julia Finette Davis Research Files ca. 1960s

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Colonial Williamsburg acquisition photographs ca. 1930-1935

Approximately 140 photoprints documenting acquisitions for Colonial Williamsburg. Two photo albums documenting the restoration.
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Albert Durant Photography Collection, 20th century.

Collections consists of the photographs of Albert Durant, chauffer, entrepreneur, and photographer of Williamsburg, Va. Photos chiefly depict the social, religious, and economic activities of African- Americans in Williamsburg and the surrounding area from the 1930s through the 1960s.
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Singleton Moorehead Research Files Undated

Notes regarding 18th century colleges
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