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Preferred Citation:

Charles Durkee Episcopal Communion Set, circa 1910, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Content Description

Travelling communion kit that belonged to Charles Durkee, graduate of the William and Mary in 1907. Durkee continued his studies in theology at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia and became a Priest of the Episcopal Church. The communion kit includes a miniature sized silver chalice, paten, cruet with stopper, spoon, and linens in a cloth pouch including fair linen, corporal, and purificators.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Chalices
• Durkee, Charles Clarence
• Holy Communion
• Murdoch, Richard D.