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Preferred Citation
Anne H. Cutler Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William & Mary Libraries.
Papers relating to property owned by Anne Haughwout Cutler, of the Bucktrout-Braithwaite family in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Cutler was the great-great-granddaughter of Benjamin Bucktrout, a cabinetmaker from London who moved to Williamsburg in 1766,
where he opened a business making funeral coffins.
Upon the death of her mother, Virginia Braithwaite Haughwout, Cutler inherited several properties in the Williamsburg area.
In 1954, Cutler helped create with other family members the Bucktrout-Braithwaite Memorial Foundation (BBMF), a non-profit
organization that gains ownership of Virginia B. Haughwout's properties after Cutler's death. Papers include the BBMF certificate
of incorporation, by-laws, board of trustees' correspondence, and meeting minutes. The BBMF negotiated several agreements
with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (CWF), allowing CWF to lease properties owned by Cutler and BBMF. This collection
includes legal and financial papers relevant to the leasing contracts made between BBMF and CWF.
In particular, several folders in this collection concern the leasing and restoration of Providence Hall, an eighteenth-century
residence adjacent to Colonial Williamsburg's historic area. Providence Hall was once located in Providence Forge, New Kent
County, Virginia, before being transported and rebuilt in Williamsburg in the 1940s by Virginia B. Haughwout. Under Cutler's
ownership, Providence Hall was leased out to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, where it has served as lodging and a conference
center, often for important international leaders, such as President Ronald Reagan.
This collection also contains correspondence concerning William & Mary's Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies program's
inaugural Braithwaite Lecture, named after Minnie Braithwaite, Cutler's aunt. In 1896, Braithwaite unsuccesfully petitioned
William & Mary to allow her to take a chemistry class at the then all-male institution.
Other projects pursued by Cutler include her research on France's military involvement in the American Revolutionary War,
as well as research on the unidentified Revolutionary War soldiers buried in her family's cemetery, the Bucktrout Burying
Ground.
1920-20091954-2000English
Scope and Contents
The Bucktrout-Braithwaite Memorial Foundation is the non-profit organization formed by the Bucktrout-Braithwaite family to
manage the estate and trust of Virginia B. Haughwout, Cutler's mother. The BBMF is responsible for negotiating leasing arrangements
for the properties owned by Haughwout, as well as maintaining scholarship trusts for the higher education of Haughwout's descendants.
Cutler acted as the BBMF's secretary and treasurer at the organization's formation, and continued to serve on the Board of
Trustees until her death. Papers in this series include the organization's certificate of incorporation, by-laws, meeting
minutes, financial and legal papers, and board of trustees' correspondence.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1
Bucktrout-Braithwaite Memorial Foundation Certificates of Incorporation
1954English
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 2
BBMF Certificates of Incorporation
1956-1995
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3
BBMF By-Laws
1954-1956 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 4
BBMF Board of Trustees Meeting Notices
1956-1980
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 5
BBMF Board of Trustees Meeting Notices
1991-2007 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 6
BBMF Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
1954-1959
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 7
BBMF Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
1960-1964
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 8
BBMF Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
1965-1969
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 9
BBMF Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
1970-1976
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10
BBMF Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
1977-1979
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 11
BBMF Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
1986-1993
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 12
BBMF Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
1994-1999
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 13
BBMF Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
2000-2003
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14
BBMF Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
2005-2008
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15
BBMF Board of Trustees Newsletters
1979-1997
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 1
BBMF Board of Trustees Correspondence
1954 May 17-1964 March 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 2
BBMF Board of Trustees Correspondence
1964 May 9-1970 March 10
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 3
BBMF Board of Trustees Correspondence
1970 Oct. 9-1976 Sep. 26
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4
BBMF Board of Trustees Correspondence
1977 Sep. 30-1988 Jul. 8
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 5
BBMF Board of Trustees Correspondence
1989 Mar. 29-2009 Apr. 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 6
BBMF Board of Trustees Correspondence
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 7
BBMF Tax Papers
1963-1968
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 frame: 8
BBMF Tax Papers
1969-1973
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9
BBMF Tax Papers
1975-2000
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 10
BBMF Financial Reports
1969-2006
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 11
BBMF Financial Papers
1962-1972
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 12
BBMF Financial Papers
1993-2009
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 13
Virginia B. Haughwout Education Trust Papers
1955-1980
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 14
Virginia B. Haughwout Education Trust Papers
1993-2008
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 15
BBMF School Fund
1996-1998
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 1
BBMF Legal Correspondence
1962 Aug. 31-1994 Mar. 24
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 2
BBMF Property Deeds
1964 Aug. 21
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 3
Virginia B. Haughwout Leasing Agreements
1955-1956
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4
BBMF Leasing Agreements
1920 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 5
BBMF Leasing Agreements
1964 May 27
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 6
BBMF Leasing Agreements
1964 Jul. 27
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 7
BBMF Leasing Agreements
1965 Nov. 29
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 8
BBMF Leasing Agreements
1966 Sep. 10
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 9
BBMF Leasing Agreements
1970 Sep. 21-Nov. 11
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 10
BBMF Leasing Agreements
1970 Dec. 5-1972 Mar. 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 11
BBMF Leasing Agreements
1972 Dec. 14
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 12
BBMF Leasing Agreements
1972 Dec. 14-1977 Mar. 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 13
BBMF Lease Correspondence
1963 Sep. 19-1964 May 27
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 14
BBMF Lease Correspondence
1964 Jun. 1-30
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 1
BBMF Lease Correspondence
1964 July 8-14
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 2
BBMF Lease Correspondence
1965 Oct. 12-Dec. 14
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 3
BBMF Lease Correspondence
1969 Nov. 7-1971 Jan. 28
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 4
BBMF Lease Correspondence
1971 April 16-Nov. 8
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 5
BBMF Lease Correspondence
1972 Aug. 21-1976 Jun. 8
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 6
BBMF Lease Correspondence
1976 Jun. 9-1979 Dec. 5
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 7
BBMF Lease Correspondence
1979 Dec. 14-2009 March 17
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 8
BBMF Lease Correspondence
undated
1950-2013English
Scope and Contents
Out of all the properties in Williamsburg that Virginia B. Haughwout bequeathed to Cutler and the BBMF, Providence Hall is
the one mentioned the most in this collection. Haughwout had Providence Hall moved from its original location in Providence
Forge, New Kent County and rebuilt in Williamsburg, adjacent to the Colonial Williamsburg historic area. Since Haughwout's
death, Providence Hall has served a variety of purposes: first as a personal residence for the Bucktrout-Braithwaite family,
then as a gallery for eighteenth-century antiques and decorative arts, and later as a property leased to the Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation, where it today still serves as a conference center and lodging. Several international dignitaries have visited
Providence Hall, including President Ronald Reagan and Emperor Hirohito of Japan. Papers include leasing agreements, financial
reports, restoration plans, site inspections, and the construction plans for Bucktrout Cottage, an outbuilding on the property.
Expansion and renovations of the Colonial Parkway tunnel under the Colonial Williamsburg historic area threatened to separate
and disrupt portions of the Providence Hall property. Included in this series is correspondence between Cutler and the local
Williamsburg government regarding plans for Parkway tunnel construction and Providence Hall preservation.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 9
Providence Hall History Papers
1982-2004
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 10
Providence Hall History Papers
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 11
Providence Hall Postcards
1950 Dec 22 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 12
Providence Hall Dignitary Visits and Correspondence
1971-1981
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 13
Providence Hall Dignitary Visits and Correspondence
1983 May 17
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 14
Register of Historic Places Papers
1972-1993 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 1
Williamsburg Planning Commission Papers
1966 Mar. 30-1991 Sep. 5
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 2
Williamsburg Planning Commission Papers
1992 Mar. 17-2008 Sep. 25
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 3
Providence Hall Restoration Plans
1965-1976 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 4
Providence Hall Restoration Plans
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 5
Providence Hall Restoration Correspondence with Colonial Williamsburg
1957-1968
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 6
Providence Hall Restoration Correspondence with Colonial Williamsburg
1969-1973
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 7
Providence Hall Restoration Correspondence with Colonial Williamsburg
1974 Apr. 12-1975 Mar. 20
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 8
Providence Hall Restoration Correspondence with Colonial Williamsburg
1975 Nov. 18-Dec. 28
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 9
Providence Hall Restoration Correspondence with Colonial Williamsburg
1976 Jan. 26-Nov. 29
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 10
Providence Hall Restoration Correspondence with Colonial Williamsburg
1976 Dec. 22-2003 Sep. 5
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 11
Providence Hall Archaeological and Architectural Reports
1968-2001
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 12
Providence Hall Archaeological and Architectural Reports
1988
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 13
Providence Hall Fire Insurance Inspection Reports
1956-1961
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 14
Providence Hall Ravine Papers
1932-1987
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 15
Providence Hall Ravine Papers
1990-2001
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 1
Providence Hall Ravine Papers
2009-2013
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 2
Providence Hall Ravine Papers
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 3
Colonial Parkway Tunnel Construction Papers
1988 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 4
Colonial Parkway Construction Correspondence
1969-1997
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 5
Bucktrout Cottage Contractor Bids
1966 Aug. 29-Sep. 7
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 6
Bucktrout Cottage Contractor Bids
1966 Oct. 7-1967 Mar. 20
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 7
Bucktrout Cottage Construction Plans
1966 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 8
Bucktrout Cottage Construction Plans
1966-1967 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 9
Bucktrout Cottage Financial Papers
1967 Jan. 3
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The Providence Hall property has its own cemetery, the Bucktrout Burying Ground. The property's cemetery served as a burial
site for Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers, many of whom were buried without proper identification. Anne Cutler followed
up on local rumors that French soldiers, allies in the American Revolution, were also buried in the Bucktrout Burying Ground.
Her research took her to the National Library of France in the 1990s, where she consulted numerous records but ultimately
did not draw any substantial conclusions regarding a French presence in her family cemetery. Included in this series are notes
from her research in France.
Apart from wartime, the Bucktrout Burying Ground existed primarily as the Bucktrout family's personal cemetery. Copies of
burial records in this series include those belonging to deceased Bucktrout family members, as well as some of their black
servants (marked as "colored" or "negro" on burial records). Other papers in this series document the history of the Burying
Ground, as well as the business affairs of Benjamin Bucktrout, Williamsburg coffin-maker.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 10
Bucktrout Burying Ground History
1941-2000
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 11
Bucktrout Burying Ground History
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 12
Bucktrout Burying Ground Papers
1978-1991
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 13
Bucktrout Burying Ground Papers
1997-1998
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 14
Bucktrout Burying Ground Papers
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 15
Bucktrout Burying Ground Papers
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 1
Cemetery Research
1970-1997 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 2
Cemetery Research
1998 Jan. 28-May 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 3
Cemetery Research
1998 May 24-Jun. 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 4
Cemetery Research
1998 Aug. 22-2001 Sep. 3
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 5
Cemetery Research
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 6
Cemetery Research
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 7
Cemetery Research
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 8
Cemetery Research
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 9
Cemetery Research
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 10
Cemetery Research
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 11
Cemetery Research
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 12
Cemetery Research
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 13
National Register of Historic Places Papers
1997 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 14
National Register of Historic Places Papers
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 15
Cemetery Trust Correspondence
1977-1990
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 16
Copies of Bucktrout Burying Ground Burial Records
1918-1919
1997-2002English
Scope and Contents
In the 1990s, Cutler donated to William & Mary Libraries' Special Collections the accounting daybook and ledger (1855-1870)
of Richard Manning Bucktrout, her great-grandfather. This series contains correspondence between Cutler and W&M Special Collections
regarding copyright restrictions and access to the daybook. Additional correspondence between Cutler, Terry Meyers, former
W&M English Department Chair, and Carol K. Dubbs, Williamsburg author, documents Meyers and Dubbs' endeavors to transcribe,
interpret, and publish portions of the Bucktrout daybook in a book titled Defend this Old Town (Louisiana State University
Press, 2004). Included in this series is Cutler's copy of the deed of gift for the daybook.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 1
R.M. Bucktrout Daybook and Ledger Deed of Gift
1997
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 2
Correspondence with Terry Meyers
1997 Jul. 6-1998 Mar. 15
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 3
Correspondence with Terry Meyers
1998 Mar. 16-2001 Sep. 14
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 4
Correspondence with Carol K. Dubbs
2001 Jun. 15
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 5
Correspondence with W&M Libraries Special Collections
1997-1998
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 6
Bucktrout Daybook and Ledger Research and Notes
1984-2001 and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 7
Bucktrout Daybook and Ledger Legal Papers
1997 Jul. 7-Dec. 7
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 8
Bucktrout Daybook and Ledger Legal Papers
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 9
Drafts of Defend this Old Town
2002 and undated