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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
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Williamsburg, Virginia
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Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation
Hickory Neck Church records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Processing Information
Collection formerly identified as MSS Acc 1994.57.
Scope and Contents
Records of Hickory Neck Episcopal Church located in Toano, Virginia. Most of the material in this collection is from the Hickory Neck Church with a permanent loan or deposit agreement. Other material is from members of Hickory Neck Church or Williamsburg, Virginia area residents.
Collection includes additions.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged by accession.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Church bulletins
- Church records
- Correspondence
- Episcopal Church--Virginia--Clergy
- Episcopal Church--Virginia--History
- Hickory Neck Church (James City County, Va.)
- James City County (Va.)--History
- Photocopies
- Photographs
- Plays (document genre)
- Virginia--Religious history
- Virginia--Religous life and customs
- Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Virginia--Religious history
- Virginia--Religous life and customs
Container List
Records include annual congregational minutes, 1956-1992 (with gaps); administrative papers, chiefly 1950, 1975-1985; worship service bulletins, 1934-1963; booklets and speeches concerning the history of the church, correspondence regarding property, insurance and construction of parish house; baptismal, confirmation, and burial records; and letters of transfer. Other records are correspondence with missionaries, documents concerning Arthur Pierce Middleton; annual parochial reports, vestry minutes, women's organization (Women of Hickory Neck and Women's Guild) minutes, photographs and manuscript volumes. Box 1 contains photocopies of church records spanning 1721-1786 and 1824-1825, such as from the Church Vestry book and a diary excerpt. Permanent loan mediated through the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1
Church RecordsEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 2
Manuscript VolumesEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 10
Oversize ItemEnglish
Letter from Martha Boelt to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Nunn with attached September 1984 "report of Junior Warden" and a play, entitled, "Around Hickory Neck," dated October 1984. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon L. Nunn via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Martha Boelt to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Nunn1984English
Records of Hickory Neck Episcopal Church from 1960-1980's. Includes correspondence, bulletins, lists of members, a typed history, and newspaper clippings. Concerns building parish house and Hickory Necks status as a Virgainia Historic Landmark. Also includes minutes and annual reports of the Women of Hickory Neck and a hymnal which belonged to John Melville Jennings. Deposit by Hickory Neck Church, The Rev. Michael Delk.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Episcopal Church Women, Minutes and Related Material1974-1988English
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Church Records, Press and Publications1958-1976English
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
Church Records, Press and Publications1958-1976English
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Hymn Book1936EnglishScope and Contents
Bookplate "...John Jennings from your Rector." and "John Melville Jennings, Jr., ESQ., Toano, James City County, Virginia."
Hickory Neck Church pencil drawing (photograph) circa 1935. Photograph (scanned) of a pencil drawing of Hickory Neck Episcopal Church by Joseph Geddes. Original in Rockefeller Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Deposit by Martha McCartney.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
Photograph of a Pencil Drawing of Hickory Neck Churchcirca 1935English
Correspondence concerning James Emory's resignation from Hickory Neck Episcopal Church vestry. Accession records do not designate who gave SCRC this gift.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
James Emory Resignation1988English
3 volumes: the cookbook "A Time for Feasting" published by the Church in 2008, a Bible, printed in England before 1950 , and a 1938 altar service book "The Holy Communion."
- Mixed Materials Box: 4
Cookbooks and BibleEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 5
Communion Altar Service1938English
Records of Hickory Neck Episcopal Church from 1960-1980's. Includes correspondence, bulletins, lists of members, a typed history, and newspaper clippings. Concerns building parish house and Hickory Necks status as a Virgainia Historic Landmark. Also includes minutes and annual reports of the Women of Hickory Neck and a hymnal which belonged to John Melville Jennings.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
Register of Church Services1965-1982English
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
Register of Church Services1982-1995English
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
Printed Material2008-2010English
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
Letter, A. Pierce Middleton to Edward Welles1953English
Contains a minute book, 1948-1953, of Hickory Neck Church. Also includes ephemera, 1999-2002, relating to Hickory Neck Church.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
Minute Book1948-2002English
Contains programs from The Ordination of the Priesthood for Maria Alexandria Kane, on May 4, 2011, and Lauren Miller McDonald on August 23, 2008. Also included in this accession is a print of a drawing of Hickory Neck Church by Elizabeth J. Heider.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7
Ordination Programs and Drawing PrintEnglish
- Mixed Materials Box: 10
Oversize ItemEnglish
Vestry minutes from Hickory Neck Church for 2007 through August 2009.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8
Minutes2007-2009English
Contains vestry minutes from 1991-2002 and records related to the annual meeting in 2001. Includes a 5 1/4 inch floppy disk with vestry minutes from 1991-1992.
- Mixed Materials Box: 9
Vestry Minutes and Records1991-2002English