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William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterFinding Aid Authors: SCRC Staff.
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Bucktrout-Braithwaite Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
A portion of this collection was initially a loan and later made a gift. Acc. 1995.25: Gift of Mrs. Dorothy Ross; Acc. 2003.20: unknown gift; Acc. 2005.47: gift of Susan Godson on 7/5/2005. Mss. Acc. 1985.10B Source: Mrs. Joseph P. Moore (Adelia Peebles Moore). Gift as of March 1999. Acc. 1997.72 Addition: Gift of Colonial Williamsburg; original portrait loaned by Adelia Peebles Moore for WHRA. Acc. 1993.20 and 1993.66: Source: Mrs. Dorothy Jenkins Ross. Gift via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association. Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.
Processed by Ellen Strong in 1998. Updated by Anne Johnson, SCRC Staff, in 2009. The Braithwaite-Peebles Papers and the Minnie Braithwaite Jenkins Papers were integrated into this collection in July 2012 by Benjamin Bromley, Public Services Specialist. Acc. 2012.271 accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley, Public Services Specialist, in July 2012.
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Chiefly business correspondence and receipts, 1890-1920, of members of the Bucktrout and Braithwaite families of Williamsburg, Va. Among the correspondents are Hypolite Repiton, R. W. Bucktrout, D. Braithwaite, Richard M. Bucktrout and James Braithwaite.
Descriptions of selected accessions:
Acc. 1995.25: Bucktrout-Braithwaite Papers including copy of "Family Sites and the Restoration of Williamsburg" and an account of Christmas wedding of Delia Bucktrout to William Braithwaite, 26 Dec. 1865 written by Minnie Braithwaite.
Acc. 2003.20: Copy of a paper, "Bucktrout-Braithwaite Family Sites and the Restoration of Williamsburg" written by and signed by Dorothy Ballard Jenkins Ross, Historian of the Bucktrout-Braithwaite Foundation in 1975.
Acc. 2005.47: William & Mary News article about Minnie Braithwaite. 10/2/1996.
A portrait of Adelia Bucktrout (Braithwaite) - late 1800s - salt photoprint with hand coloring has been removed from the frame and both are stored at the offsite storage.
Acc. 2008.366: Note about "expence of repairing Mrs. Bucktrouts house." Dated August 14, 1920.
Acc. 2012.271 is a letter of Thomas Barnes to Minnie Braithwaite concerning her petition to attend classes at the College of William and Mary.
Folders arranged by correspondence, financial records, legal records, genealogical records and copies. Additions filed in accession number order in same box.
See also; Richard Manning Bucktrout Daybook and Ledger; Bucktrout-Smith Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Photograph of Ruth M. Braithwaite and Phi Beta Kappa Key of Peter Paul Peebles (alumnus and faculty of The College of William and Mary) were transferred to the artifact collection in 2009.
1896 Book of Common Prayer with attached 1889 hymnal with Ruth M. Braithwaite embossed on inside back cover was transferred to Rare Books. Also transferred to Rare Books was "The Missionary and his Words" by Lefferd Haughwort, published in 1927, with signature of signature of author to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Paul Peebles.
Other Information:
A PDF document of this inventory is available online.
Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/98_B85_Bucktrout-Braithwaite.pdf
Chiefly business correspondence and receipts, 1890-1899, of members of the Bucktrout and Braithwaite families of Williamsburg, Va. Among the correspondents are Hypolite Repiton, R. W. Bucktrout, D. Braithwaite, Richard M. Bucktrout and James Braithwaite.
Correspondence, 1815, 1816 & undated of Hypolite Repiton of Williamsburg and Norfolk, Va.; letters of R. W. Bucktrout, Williamsburg, Va. 1864 & November 23 [?]; letter from D. Braithwaite, WIlliamsburg, Va., May 11, 1899; note from the husband of Maggie Bucktrout, Williamsburg, Va., 13 May 1902.
Correspondence of the Savings Bank of Norfolk and the Fidelity Muitual Life Association with Mrs. W. H. (Delia) Braithwaite of Williamsburg, Va.
Receipts, chiefly 1882-1889, of W. H. Braithwaite, Mary E. Wooten, W. W. Vest, W[illiam] Wooden, Mrs. Louisa Barlow, W[illiam] Wootten, and Rob[er]t J. Barlow of accounts payable to the Treasurer of James City County, and Treasurer of York County, Va.
Receipts, chiefly 1890-1987, of Elizabeth Fenton, W[illia]m Wootten, W. H. Braithwaite; W. W. Vest, and Mary E. Wootten of accounts payable to the Treasurer of the City of Williamsburg, and the Treasurer of James City County, Va.
Copy of 1780 will of James Braithwaite of Princess Anne County, Va.; legal agreement, 1801, about distribution of slaves, signed by Gasking Brock and James Braithwaite; legal papers involving Richard M. Bucktrout, 1825; and miscellaneous legal papers, 1877-1893.
Chart and biographical notes of the family David Brainard Beale (1817-1876). (In medium oversize file.)
"Proceedings of the M.E.S.G. Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia, begun and held in the Mason's Hall, in the City of Richmond." 14 December 1812; notice of the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Williamsburg Knitting Mill Company, 11 March 1902; and miscellaneous undated papers.
Copy of a paper, "Bucktrout-Braithwaite Family Sites and the Restoration of Williamsburg" written by and signed by Dorothy Ballard Jenkins Ross, Historian of the Bucktrout-Braithwaite Foundation in 1975. (Acc. 2003.20 Addition)
Bucktrout-Braithwaite Papers including copy of "Family Sites and the Restoration of Williamsburg;" and an account of Christmas wedding of Delia Bucktrout to William Braithwaite, 26 Dec. 1865 written by Minnie Braithwaite. (Acc. 1995.25 Addition)
Two photographs of Adelia Bucktrout Braithwaite with negatives; and one photograph of Ruth Mae Braithwaite (Peebles) in a metal oval frame. (Acc. 1985.10B and Acc. 1997.71)
Two photographs of Adelia Bucktrout Braithwaite with negatives.
One photograph of Ruth Mae Braithwaite (Peebles) in a metal oval frame.
Possibly moved to SCRC, Swem Library. 5/2/2020.
Material relating to Minnie Galt Braithwaite, later known as Minnie Braithwaite Jenkins.
Typescript of essay entitled "Babes in the Wood at Jamestown District School, 1891" by Minnie Braithwaite. She describes her family life and her life as a teacher at the Jamestown District School. She tells it in a short story, narrative type form. (Acc. 1993.20)
Copies of publicity material for Minnie Braithewaite Jenkins' autobiograhy, "Girl from Williamsburg." Includes a brief essay on "An Historic Spring" in Williamsburg. (Acc. 1993.66)
Article from The William & Mary News about Minnie Braithwaite, dated 10/2/1996. (Acc. 2005.47)
Letter from Thomas Barnes, a member of the College of William and Mary's Board of Visitors, to Minnie Braithwaite dated 5 October 1896 and concerning Braithwaite's petition to attend classes at the College. In the letter, Barnes says that while he disapproves of her desired professional goal of becoming a doctor, he will support her entrance if the faculty of the College do as well. (Mss. 2012.271)