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Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)

 Organization

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Plat of Barrett's Ferry on the James River

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01601
Scope and Contents

This item is a November 1933 plat map of Barrett's Ferry, a property along the James River. The land was the property of G.T. Brooks.

Dates: 1933

Edward Belvin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01197
Scope and Contents

Edward Belvin's Collection of Williamsburg and James City County, Virginia material. Includes copies of wills and death certificates, correspondence and certificates.

Dates: 1908-1987

Daily Press Williamsburg Related Articles

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1999.30
Scope and Contents

Newspaper articles about Williamsburg residents and institutions, businesses and events.  Includes clippings, obituaries, notes and speeches relating to prominent residents and major events and important places in Williamsburg, James City County and York County, Virginia. The material was collected by the Newport News Daily Press newspaper.

Dates: circa 1950-1990s

Guy Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1985.42
Scope and Contents Papers of the William George and Gladys Bennett Guy family of Williamsburg, Virginia with additions from Joan Eastman Bennett.  Includes correspondence, invitations, minutes, clippings, oral histories, notebooks, reports, photographs, written memories, essays and printed materials. Papers include items about water and gas, Williamsburg Landing, American Red Cross, Williamsburg United Service Organization, Williamsburg Female Academy, College of William and Mary and zoning regulations. ...
Dates: 1900-1988

Langdon T. Hankins Daybook and Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00157
Scope and Contents

Two account books re Langdon T. Hankins General Store in Lightfoot: daybook, 1924-1925 and ledger, 1920's and early 1930's.

 

Account book of Langdton T. Hankins General Store, 1921-1930, and daybook, 1924-1925. Per note on daybook, Hankins General Store was located in Lightfoot, Virginia. In 2009, Hankins Industrial Park is in Toano, Virginia in James City County.

Dates: 1921-1930

Jerusalem Baptist Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01223
Scope and Contents

Copies of death records from the Jerusalem Baptist Church, an African American church near Five Forks in James City County, Virginia. One folder of records dates from 1908-1940s. Original in the hands of the three remaining members of the Church including Mary Howard as of 1986.

Dates: 1908-1949

Photocopy of Dr. Thomas P. Marston Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01245
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of an account book belonging to Dr. Thomas P. Marston of James City County, Virginia, from 1852-1871.

WHRA.

Dates: 1984

William H. E. Morecock Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00110
Scope and Contents

Civil War correspondence, passes and orders relating to 1st Lieutenant William H.E. Morecock of the 32nd Virginia Volunteer Regiment.  Legal documents of William H. E. Morecock, mostly concerning the lawsuit in Williamsburg and James City County, McCandlish vs Warburton, during 1851 to 1853.  Correspondence and financial records of the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary while William H.E. Morecock was Secretary of the Board, 1877-1890.

Dates: 1850-1890

Stella Neiman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1999.54, 2000.004, 2008.70
Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection contains papers related to Stella Neiman while on the Williamsburg City Council. These include reports, minutes, agendas, clippings, and a report on the desegregation of the public schools. The collection also contain Professor Fraser Neiman's Harvard dissertation on English literature. Stella Neiman was a member of the Williamsburg City Council from 1966-1970, the Williamsburg-James City County School Board from 1981-1987 and the Williamsburg Planning...
Dates: 1938-1998

Will Molineux collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00042
Scope and Contents

Williamsburg, Virginia items given by Will Molineux, mostly via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association. Some items are personal papers (newspaper articles, etc.) of Will Molineux. The photograph collection covers the entire Williamsburg area, including James City County and York County. Subjects include people, places, buildings, events, Colonial Williamsburg as well as the College of William & Mary.

Dates: 1952-2011

Williamsburg Pottery Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 00112
Content Description

Fliers, pamphlets, working papers, and catalogs of the Williamsburg Pottery Factory in Lightfoot, Virginia. Papers include a profit sharing plan, maps of the factory, and an aerial postcard of the facility.

Dates: 1983 - 1993

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  • Type: Collection X
  • Subject: James City County (Va.)--History X

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Subject
James City County (Va.)--History--20th century 6
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century 4
Correspondence 3
James City County (Va.)--History 3
Reports 3
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Williamsburg (Va.)--City Council 3
Account books 2
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--20th century 2
James City County (Va.)--History--19th century 2
Lightfoot (Va.) 2
Maps 2
Minutes 2
Newspapers 2
Photographs 2
Programs 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--City Planning Commission 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--History 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
African Americans--Religion 1
African Americans--Virginia--History--20th century 1
American Red Cross--History--World War II period 1
Baptist Church--Virginia--History 1
Broadsides 1
Buttons (information artifacts) 1
Certificates 1
Church bulletins 1
Church records 1
Clubs--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
College of William and Mary--Commencement 1
College of William and Mary--History--19th century 1
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 1
College of William and Mary--Presidents 1
Daybooks 1
Dissertation 1
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History 1
Essays 1
Invitations 1
James City County (Va.)--Biography 1
James City County (Va.)--Genealogy 1
Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century 1
Jamestown 350th Anniversary 1
Jamestown Festival (1957) 1
Lawyers--Virginia--James City County 1
Ledgers (Accounting) 1
Legal documents 1
Letters (correspondence) 1
Marriage records--Virginia--James City County 1
Matthew Whaley School (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Membership lists 1
Military records 1
Norge (Va.)--History 1
Notebooks 1
Nurses--1910-1920 1
Oral histories 1
Orders (military records) 1
Ordinance 1
Photocopies 1
Physicians--Virginia--James City County 1
Plat books 1
Pottery 1
Real property--Virginia--James City County 1
Schools--Virginia--James City County 1
Schools--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Scrapbooks 1
Speeches 1
Speeches, addresses, etc. 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--Biography 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--Library 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--Social life and customs 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--Utilities 1
Women--Education--Virginia--History 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States 1
Wren Building (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
York County (Va.)--Biography 1
York County (Va.)--History--20th century 1
Zoning ordinances 1
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