Box 2
Contains 24 Results:
Personal items of Elvira C. Bentley, 1895-1983
13 items. Items include a birth certificate, passports, inoculation certificates, social security card (items from wallet), obituary, death certificate, and description of her death by her husband, and items relating to retirement and death of her father.
Personal items of Elvira C. Bentley, 1914-1953
13 items. Items include all materials related to her education, high school graduation memorabilia, membership certificate of Colonial Dames, copy of address given in Atlantic City (1934) and her diary of 1949 Far East trip. See also Medium Oversize File.
Personal correspondence of Elvira C. Bentley, 1921-[?], undated
Scope and Contents 14 items. Item mostly concern undated letters received from Bentley family and friends in Alaska, and silver anniversary cards received.
Personal letters of Elvira Carr Bentley received from Bishop P. T. Rowe, 1921-1941
Account book of C. D. Cake, (Bentley's grandfather), Hampton, Virginia, 1873 March-November
40 pages. Manuscript Volume 1. Record of purchases for construction projects; originally a pocket diary for 1871, but never used for this purpose.
Commonplace book of Elvira W. (Carr) Bentley relating to commencement from Hampton High School, 1914
36 pages. Manuscript Volume 2. Includes diary of final weeks before graduation, pressed class flowers, class roster, and other enclosed items which are in a separate folder of her personal items.
Photograph album of Hampton and Virginia peninsula, 1914-1915
144 photographs on 52 pages. Photographs. Manuscript Volume 3. Includes labeled photos of ships, harbor, sites of city, Bentley's family and friends, College of William and Mary, and Bentley's handwritten description (ca. 1983) of photos.
Commonplace book "The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony"from the Book of Common Prayer
13 pages. Manuscript Volume 4. Text of wedding service, marriage certificate and signatures of witnesses for Bentley's wedding, 28 May 1921.
Photograph album, photos of the "Bishop's Lodge" Nenana, Alaska, 1932-1937, undated
29 pages.Photographs. Manuscript volume 5.
Letterbook. Bound volume of letters received on the 25th anniversary of Bentley's consecration as Bishop, 1956 September 29
53 pages. Manuscript Volume 6. See also folder of other letters.
Letterbook. Bound volume of letters received upon Bentley's retirement as director of Overseas Missions, 1964 October 31
104 pages. Manuscript Volume 7. See other letters in Manuscript Folder.
Guest book for 50th anniversary of Bentley's consecration as Bishop, St. John's Church, [Hampton, Virginia], 1981 September 29
18 pages. Manuscript Volume 8.
Additional correspondence, including letters of greetings and congratulation from House of Bishops and from Diocese of Southern Virginia, 1986
3 items.
Miscellaneous items found inside a 1976 book, Bruton Parish Churchyard and Church: A Guide to the Tombstones, Monuments, and Mural Tablets, dedicated to Bentley
4 items. Items include updated newspaper description of book, note cards of remarks at dedication of book, and transcription of tombstone in Hampton, Virginia.
Outline and first 107 handwritten pages of Bentley's reminiscences, "John Boyd Bentley, His Life and Times: An Autobiography."
2 items.
Bishop Bentley's records of baptisms which he performed during his ministerial career, 1922-1987
2 items. 211 pages. Items are from a loose-leaf notebook detailing names, dates, and places of services.
Bishop Bentley's records of consecration, ordinations, and marriages performed during career, 1922-1983
9 items. 61 pages. Items are from a loose-leaf notebook(s) detailing names, dates, and place for each act, including occasional related correspondences.
Bishop Bentley's papers including record of burial services performed during career, 1922-1987
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.
Bishop Bentley's papers including records of confirmations performed during ministerial career, 1931-1966
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.
Bishop Bentley's papers including record of confirmations performed during ministerial career, 1967-1985
14 items. 189 pages. Pages from a loose-leaf notebook detailing names, dates, and places of services.
Bishop Bentley's papers including items relating to his trip to Far East and his world tour of 1959, 1948-1959
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.
Bishop Bentley's writings, 1916, 1931-1946
13 items. Items include "Blackbeard (a story)"in March 1916 The William and Mary Literary Magazine, and 12 articles on his adventures and travels in The Alaskan Churchman.
Bishop Bentley's papers including newspaper and magazine clippings on personal matters
12 items. Items especially concern his army service, and high school football team and re-unions, and a copy of wedding announcement.
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1927-1970
42 items. Items regard Bentley's professional career, including articles on his appointments, many describing his work in Alaska and his retirement. Also includes a 1927 article by Bentley, entitled "With the Episcopal Students at the College of William and Mary,"and the December 1956 issue of The Alaskan Churchman.