Collections : [Colonial Williamsburg]

Photo album with handwritten travel narrative created by Adaline M. Humphreys for her relative, Maude B. Humphreys, to commemorate a trip they took together in November 1938 to Williamsburg and Jamestown, Virginia, on their way to visit an aunt who resided in Durham, North Carolina. The narrative describes some of the Colonial Williamsburg exhibition buildings they toured, as well as their dining experience at the Travis House restaurant. Photos document the major exhibition buildings they visited, including the Governor's Palace, Capitol, Courthouse, Powder Magazine, Raleigh Tavern, Bruton Parish Church, and Wren Building. The album also contains images of the church ruins, John Smith statue, and excavation progress on Jamestown Island, Virginia. Both Maude B. Humphreys and Adaline M. Humphreys are portrayed in candid photos taken during their ride on the Cape Charles ferry.

Correspondence mostly between Helen M. Anderson and U. S. Army officers occupying Williamsburg during the Civil War in 1862. Papers document the seizure of wine from Mrs. Anderson's house, its storage at the Eastern State Insane Asylum, Anderson's attempts to retrieve the wine, and the ultimate dispensing of the wine by the provost marshall. Correspondents include Lt. John Simpson, Lt. Col. S. E. Smith, and Capt. Flanagan of the 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment. Also included are the will of Sarah (Mrs. Francis) Jerdone (1818), the will of Robert S. Bright (1912) and an autobiographical essay by Robert A. Bright (born in 1839 in Williamsburg).

Papers of Mann Page, Jr. Primarily his business accounts and receipts, and legal papers and receipts relating to his position as clerk of the Gloucester County Court. Included are a few letters pertaining to financial matters at Rosewell, and a letter, August 11, 1787, from John Mason, a student at the College of William and Mary, to Page, stating that there were only five students in the college at the time. A few later accounts were probably kept by Page's descendants.

Letters and accounts of Richard Corbin. Included are warrants for payments from the Virginia quitrents; accounts and letters with Osgood and Capel Hanbury, his London agents; memoranda and accounts regarding his plantations; accounts with tradesmen; and accounts, legal papers, and letters to his son, Richard Corbin, Jr., which comprise most of the later material.

Letters and papers of Francis Nicholson. The papers contain five main subjects: the college; Nicholson's infatuation for Lucy Burwell; Nicholson's colonial administration; addresses to the Crown; and church affairs. The feud between Nicholson and Commissary James Blair, president of the college, is apparent through all five.