Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is without restrictions.

Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Mary A. Burgess papers, 1920-1978, Accession #11417, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This material was purchased by the Library from The Settlers of Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 21, 1998. There are no restrictions.

Scope and Content Information

There are ca. 90 items, 1920-1978 and no date, kept by Mary Anderson Burgess of Charlottesville, Virginia, pertaining chiefly to church-related matters. Included are correspondence, printed material, photographs, bound volumes, and memorabilia.

Church-related material includes a bound volume of the minutes of meetings, October 1943 - January 1944, of the Baptist Adult Union and a bound volume, May - August 1945, of notes of the committee to select a pastor to succeed Henry Alford Porter as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Charlottesville. There is also a bound volume, 1935, of material pertaining to missions: "Making Missions Real" and "My Trip to Ridgecrest." Material pertaining to the Southwide B. Y. P. U. Conference, January 1932, in Atlanta, Georgia, includes newsletters, programs, notes, and other memorabilia as well as leaflets about the B. Y. P. U.

There are also correspondence, invitations, and memorabilia, 1920-1978, relating to the First Baptist Church of Charlottesville. Included are the last will and testament, March 12, 1920, of A. C. Burgess and a Certificate of Baptism for Mary Anderson Burgess dated November 13, 1921. There is a 1924 letter from Cecil V. Cook, pastor, First Baptist Church of Gaffney, South Carolina, and letters, 1930-1944, from Henry Alford Porter, pastor, First Baptist Church of Charlottesville, relating to personal and church matters. A June 24, 1944 letter from Porter also includes his eulogy of Aubrey C. Burgess. There is also a Service of Appreciation in honor of the Reverend Madison Lamar Banister [1967].

Other items include newspaper clippings, photographs, and business papers. There are a few business papers, 1950-1952, pertaining to Burgess Grocery, including itemized bills and a paper fan advertisement for "The Charm of Color/Putnam Fadeless Dyes & Tints." The newspaper clippings include obituaries and information about pastors of the First Baptist Church. Among the photographs are unidentified groups, one of Madison Lamar Banister (1956), and two of [Mary Anderson Burgess ?] (1964).