Special Collections Research Center
Henry Waring Latane Lewis family papers
SC 01928
/repositories/2/resources/9910
1.42 Linear Feet
1 legal size Hollinger box, 1 oversize 11x17 folder.
1826 - 1893
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers. 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased with the assistance of the Nelle Richardson Tonkin Fund.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged by file.
Preferred Citation
Henry Waring Latane Lewis family papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Content Description
Collection contains papers documenting the family of Henry Waring Latane Lewis from Essex County, Virginia. Lewis was an episcopal minister in Essex County and often preached to African-Americans. The Collection includes papers ranging from correspondence to legal documents. Also included is a small ambrotype photograph and a list of names, possibly of enslaved individuals.
Conditions Governing Use
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
American periodicals--Virginia--History
African American churches
Episcopal Church--Virginia--History
Episcopal Church--Virginia--History--19th century
Virginia--Church history--19th century
Essex County (Va.)--History--19th century
Essex County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Personal narratives
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
Correspondence
Letters (correspondence)
Receipts (financial records)
Legal documents
Sermons
Sermons, American--19th century
African Americans--Religion
Missionaries
African Americans--Education
African Americans--Education--Virginia
Education
Series I. General papers and writings/repositories/2/archival_objects/6136051826-1893Scope and ContentsThis series includes various papers including correspondence, receipts, affidavits, and medical class notes. Writings are also contained in this series and includes original handwritten sermons,and other non religious writings.
Aggregate list of enslaved persons /repositories/2/archival_objects/613607UndatedBox 11Ambrotype photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/613604UndatedBox 12Colocynthis seeds and empty envelope addressed to Loulie Temple/repositories/2/archival_objects/613603Circa 1883Box 13Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/6136061827-1893UndatedBox 14Correspondence (oversize)/repositories/2/archival_objects/6137221824 October 19 -1866 August 24Small Collections Oversized Box 135Scope and ContentsFile contains multiple oversize letters including a letter addressed to a Mrs. Garnett dated 1824, another addressed to "sister" from unidentified person dated 1863 and a letter to Reverened H.W. Temple from unidentified person dated 1866. The remaining letters are unidentified correspondence.
Journals/repositories/2/archival_objects/6136081866UndatedBox 16Legal Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/613609UndatedBox 17Medical class notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/6136101866UndatedBox 18Receipts and Accounts/repositories/2/archival_objects/6136121830-1893UndatedBox 19Sermons/repositories/2/archival_objects/6136131831-1860UndatedBox 110Sermon books I/repositories/2/archival_objects/6136141839-1854211Sermon books II/repositories/2/archival_objects/613615Undated212Writings and Translations/repositories/2/archival_objects/6136161826-1828Undated213Series II. Publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/6136111850-1877Scope and ContentsSeries includes published almanacs, and religious books.
Landreth's Rural Register and Almanac/repositories/2/archival_objects/6137721827Box 114Missionary at Work According to his Rule. by Rev. Wm. R. Nicholson, D.D./repositories/2/archival_objects/6137731869Box 115Catechism for the Religious Instruction of Persons of Clour. Third Edition. /repositories/2/archival_objects/6137741860216The Church Almanac/repositories/2/archival_objects/6137751851217Church Psalmody: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns/repositories/2/archival_objects/61372118342Ecclesiastical Law of Discipline: A Charge to the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Virginia by the Right Reverend of Virginia by William Meade, D.D./repositories/2/archival_objects/6137761850218