Lewis, Cotesworth P. Guide to the Cotesworth P. Lewis Papers Mss. Acc. 1997.26

Guide to the Cotesworth P. Lewis Papers Mss. Acc. 1997.26


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Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. Acc. 1997.26
Title
Cotesworth P. Lewis Papers 1938-1995
Quantity
9.20 Linear Feet
Creator
Lewis, Cotesworth P.
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation:

Cotesworth P. Lewis Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gifts between 1997 and 2002.

Processing Information:

Processed by Ellen Strong, Matt Maples, and Emily Hester in 1998.


Scope and Contents

Papers of the Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Va. More than one-half of the collection consists of letters written to Lewis relating to a sermon he gave 12 November 1967 with President Lyndon B. Johnson in the congregation. Lewis questioned United States policy in Vietnam. Most of the letters in the collection are favorable to Lewis' sermon. The rest of the collection consists of other sermons, 1938, 1947-1995 (1200 sermons), eulogies given by Lewis; church bulletins and other church materials.

Additions include more sermons, retirement material, correspondence and material on Bruton Parish and the Southern Diocese of Virginia.

Related Material

An audiocassette from this collection has been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.

Separated Material

All audiovisual material from this collection has been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.


Subjects and Indexing Terms


Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

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Container List

id58667
Series 1: Letters and Sermons (Mss. Acc. 1997.26)
Scope and Contents

Papers of the Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia. More than one-half of the collection consists of letters written to Lewis relating to a sermon he gave November 12, 1967 with President Lyndon B. Johnson in the congregation. Lewis questioned United States policy in Vietnam. Most of the letters in the collection are favorable to Lewis' sermon. The rest of the collection consists of other sermons, 1938, 1947-1995 (1200 sermons), eulogies given by Lewis; church bulletins and other church materials. Three thousand letters and sermons of the Rev. Lewis, rector of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, pertaining to Rev. Lewis' famous sermon re the Vietnam War, 1967. Includes letters from all areas of the United States.

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id58668
Series 2: Program and papers (Mss. Acc. 1997.32 Addition)
Scope and Contents

Program for the installation of the Right Reverend Claude Charles Vache as 7th Bishop of Southern Virginia, April 1978; copy of prayer at Installation of Thomas A. Graves as President of the College of William and Mary on February 5, 1972 and reprint of article by Arthur Pierce Middleton, "Colonial Virginia Parishes" (presentation copy from author to Cotesworth P. Lewis), and copy of the anthem, prayer, and communion motet from a church service, undated

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id145078
Series 3: Bruton Parish Church Bulletins (Mss. Acc. 1999.49 Addition)
1956-1992, undated
Scope and Contents

Bruton Parish Church bulletins and correspondence and sermons of the Rev. Cotesworth Pinckney Lewis. Included are the Eulogies of Alden Hopkins, Dr. J.T. Baldwin, W. Warfield Winn, Tracy Kearns Perrin, Chryssa Sacalis, Thomas Bancroft Schlesnger, Steve Sacalis, W. Melville Jones, Val Wasson (undated) and Byrl Lynden Law (undated) Also, memorial service programs of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Winthrop Rockefeller, Kenneth Chorley, Lester Jesse Cappon, Henry Hoar, Charles C. Laubach II, Charles F. March, Charlotte Coleman, and Delta Sigma Delta.

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id145087
Series 4: Letters and Sermons (Mss. Acc. 1999.56B)
1957-1992
Scope and Contents

Letters addressed to the Reverend Cotesworth P. Lewis relating to his sermon of November 12, 1967; sermons, church bulletins, and miscellaneous papers.

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id58669
Series 5: Sermon (Mss. Acc. 1997.32 Addition)
1981
Scope and Contents

Sermon with corrections and additions given by Rev. Cotesworth Lewis at the ordination of Wayne Wright, Smithfield, May 9, 1981.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This was possibly mislabelled as Mss. Acc. 1997.32 Addition.

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id58670
Series 6: Sermons, Notes, and Programs (Mss. Acc. 1998.22 Addition)
Scope and Contents

500 sermons, notes, programs of former rector of Bruton Parish Church.

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id72183
Series 7: Papers of Reverend Lewis (Mss. Acc. 2001.43 Addition)
1961-1979, primarily 1977-1979
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Papers of Rev. Lewis of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, including correspondence, biographical, printed material, feast day material, sermons and more. Unprocessed as of August 2010.

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id71236
Series 8: News clippings and miscellaneous (Mss. Acc. 2002.18 Addition)
1956, 1972-1985
Scope and Contents

Clippings from 1956 when Lewis became rector of Bruton Parish Church , color prints of Lewis in front of Bruton Parish Church, Colonial Williamsburg News article on Cotesworth Lewis in 1985, copy of "Symbols and Sacraments, Lectures on the Episcopal Church," 1972, 1973, 1975, 1979 and 1985 Easter sermons and May 29, 1983 Meditation for the Summit of Industrial Nations.

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Series 9: Acc. No. 2007.85 Addition
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Series 10: Acc. No. 2002.26 Addition
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Series 11: Acc. No. 2001.43 Addition
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Series 12: Acc. No. 2005.68 Addition
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