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Morecock Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Papers, 1881-1937 and n.d., relating to the history of Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown, Va. collected by members of
the Morecock family of Williamsburg, Va. Includes photographs, pamphlets, Christmas cards, postcards, and wood-cut prints
depicting the Powder Magazine, Bruton Parish Church, the Courthouse of 1770, the Yorktown Monument, the church tower at Jamestown
as well as souvenirs of the Yorktown Centennial, 1881 and the Jamestown Exposition, 1907.
6-fold color postcard depicting the American Battleship Squadron stationed at "Hampton Roads, Jamestown, Va."
circa 1907
Scope and Contents
1 item. C. Incomplete.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id143567
Souvenir color postcard, 6" x 9", depicting various scenes connected with the Jamestown Exposition "commemorating the First
Permanant English Settlement in America," and on verso, an advertisement for the National Bank of Commerce, Norfolk, Va.
circa 1907
Scope and Contents
2 pp. CS.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id143568
Pen and ink sketches of the Sarah Constant [sic], the Goodspeed [sic], and the Discovery, with the subtitle "Jamestown, 1607,"
and drawn by K. Cannon.
undated
Scope and Contents
2 items.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id143569
Sepia mounted photograph, 6.25" x 7.75" of the ruins of the (P1) tower of the Church at Jamestown, Va.
undated
Scope and Contents
1 item. Ph.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id143570
"Description of The Marriage of Pocahontas at Jamestown, Va.," being a pamphlet describing the original painting.
Scope and Contents
9 pp. PM.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143560
Williamsburg material
1900-1927, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143571
Booklet entitled "Facts about Williamsburg and Vicinity,"
1900
Scope and Contents
Published by the Business Men's Association of the City of Williamsburg, containing lists and pictures of the organization's
officers, various scenes around Williamsburg, and advertisements in the back, including one for the College of William and
Mary, giving dates of upcoming session and tuition, room, and board prices. 53 pp. PM.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143572
Black and white mounted photograph, 8" x 10", of the Banking Co. building on the Duke of Gloucester St., Williamsburg, Va.
post 1900-ante 1926
Scope and Contents
1 item. Ph.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143573
Black and white postcard/photograph, 3.5" x 11", showing a wide-angle lens view of the Duke of Gloucester St., Williamsburg,
Va.
post 1900- ante 1926
Scope and Contents
1 item. PM.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143574
Sepia mounted photograph, 4.5" x 7", of the Powder Magazine, showing one wall removed, revealing its interior.
ante 1926
Scope and Contents
1 item. Ph.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143575
Sepia mounted photograph, 14" x 17", of a home [in Williamsburg, Va.?] with unidentified women and children in foreground.
ante 1926
Scope and Contents
1 item. Ph. See Medium Oversize File.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143576
Various wood-cut prints, black and white of different homes in Colonial Williamsburg, by [J.J.] Lankes.
circa 1927
Scope and Contents
5 items. PM.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143577
Black and white photograph, 8"x 10", of the Powell-Waller House, Williamsburg, Va.
undated
Scope and Contents
1 item. Ph.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143561
Bruton Parish Church material
1907-ante 1926, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143578
"Programme of Special Services to be held in Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia."
1907 October 5
Scope and Contents
14 pp. PM.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143579
Black and white photographs, 8" x 10", showing interior and exterior views of the "restored" Bruton Parish Church
3 sepia mounted photographs, all approximately 6"x8", showing an exterior, rear view of the churchyard of Bruton Parish Church.
ante 1907
Scope and Contents
3 items. Phs.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143582
Pamphlet entitled "Memorials to be placed in Bruton Parish church, Williamsburg, Virginia."
post 1907
Scope and Contents
31 pp. PM.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143583
2 sepia mounted photographs, 4.5"x7.5" and 8"x9", showing different exterior views of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg,
Va.
post 1907- ante 1926
Scope and Contents
2 items. Phs.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143584
Color print, 8"x12", from a painting of a scene around Bruton Parish Church during the Colonial Period
undated
Scope and Contents
In the bottom right corner the seal of [Lord] Dunmore is visible. 1 item. PM.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143585
Watercolor, wood-cut print Christmas card showing exterior of Bruton Parish church, and black and white wood-cut print of
exterior of Bruton Parish Church, by [J.J.] Lankes.
undated
Scope and Contents
2 items. PM.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id143562
Court House of 1770 material
circa 1900
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id143586
Sepia mounted photograph, 5"x7", of the Court House of 1770, on the Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Va.
circa 1900
Scope and Contents
shows men on front steps. 1 item. Ph.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id143587
Sepia mounted photograph, 6'x8", of the Court House of 1770 on the Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Va
circa 1900
Scope and Contents
Photograph shows men on front steps. 1 item. Ph.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id143589
Sepia mounted photograph, 4"x5", of the Court House of 1770.
circa 1900
Scope and Contents
1 item. Ph.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id143563
Yorktown material
circa 1881-1937, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id143590
Print by William Teiser [?] in honor of the centennial of the Victory at Yorktown, 1781
circa March 1881
Scope and Contents
The print depicts several different places and buildings, including the Nelson and Moore Houses in Yorktown, the Powder Horn
in Williamsburg, pictures of George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, and Cornwallis surrendering to Washington. 1
item. PM.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id143592
Pamphlet giving the purpose and plan of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration
1931 January 10
Scope and Contents
1 item. PM.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id143593
Postcard showing the U.S.S. Yorktown, addressed to Pattie Morecock, Williamsburg, Va.
1937 July 14
Scope and Contents
1 item. C.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id143594
Color print, 7"x 8.75", of Yorktown Harbor, Va.
undated
Scope and Contents
1 item. PM.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id143595
Sepia mounted photograph, 4.75"x6.75", of the Victory Monument in Yorktown, Va.
Scope and Contents
1 item. Ph.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143564
Miscellaneous photographs, identified
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143596
Black and white print of a photograph of John Philip Sousa, 4"x9"
1904
Scope and Contents
1 item. PM.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143597
Postcard/photograph, black and white, of a bon-fire at Camp Winona, Maine, addressed to Patty Morecock
1936 July 14
Scope and Contents
1 item. PM.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143598
Cabinet card photographs of painting/drawings of the County Court Houses of Huntingdon and Warren Counties, Pa., and Niagara
County Court House, Lockport, N.Y.
undated
Scope and Contents
On verso, dimensions and other architectural features are printed; all are similar in that they were designed by M.E. Beebe
& Son, Architects, Buffalo, N.Y. 3 items. Phs.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143599
Cabinet card photographs of Portraits of members of the Tazewell family, including Henry Tazewell, Lyttleton [sic] Waller
Tazewell, and Dorothy Eliz[abeth] (Waller) Tazewell, taken by J.H. Faber Studios, Norfolk, Va.
undated
Scope and Contents
3 items. Phs.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143822
Black and white mounted photographs, 3.5"x4.5", of different views of the White House, Washington, D.C., including a scene
of a lawn party on the White House grounds.
undated
Scope and Contents
2 items. Phs.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143826
Black and white mounted photograph, 3.5"x4.5", of a view of Harper's Ferry, [W.Va.].
undated
Scope and Contents
1 item. Ph
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143831
Black and white mounted photograph, 6.5"x8.5", of one of the buildings of the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Va.,
taken by Cook [Studios], Richmond, Va.
undated
Scope and Contents
1 item. Ph.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id143565
Miscellaneous printed material, photographs, and other
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id143837
Pamphlet of the "Proceedings of the First Council [of] the Order of the Daughters of the King," Manhattan Athletic Club House,
N.Y.
1891 November 5
Scope and Contents
23 pp. PM.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id143842
Christmas card addressed to the Morecocks, from W.A.R. Goodwin, containing a poem by Evelyn Goodwin Farr entitled "His Birthday."
circa 1936 December 25
Scope and Contents
1 item. PM.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id143845
Booklet entitled "An Ocean Souvenir," comprised of original pen and ink sketches of various scenes relating to an ocean.
undated
Scope and Contents
1 item.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id143849
Colored prints, "Les Lever" and "Les Confidences" and photographs of three unidentified houses, an unidentified monument,
and the interior of an unidentified church, the latter by H. Hesselberg, Williamsburg, Va.
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