Special Collections Research Center
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation:
Bucktrout-Braithwaite Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
A portion of this collection was initially a loan and later made a gift. Acc. 1995.25: Gift of Mrs. Dorothy Ross; Acc. 2003.20: unknown gift; Acc. 2005.47: gift of Susan Godson on 7/5/2005. Mss. Acc. 1985.10B Source: Mrs. Joseph P. Moore (Adelia Peebles Moore). Gift as of March 1999. Acc. 1997.72 Addition: Gift of Colonial Williamsburg; original portrait loaned by Adelia Peebles Moore for WHRA. Acc. 1993.20 and 1993.66: Source: Mrs. Dorothy Jenkins Ross. Gift via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association. Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.
Processing Information:
Processed by Ellen Strong in 1998. Updated by Anne Johnson, SCRC Staff, in 2009. The Braithwaite-Peebles Papers and the Minnie Braithwaite Jenkins Papers were integrated into this collection in July 2012 by Benjamin Bromley, Public Services Specialist. Acc. 2012.271 accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley, Public Services Specialist, in July 2012.
Family History:
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Scope and Contents
Chiefly business correspondence and receipts, 1890-1920, of members of the Bucktrout and Braithwaite families of Williamsburg, Va. Among the correspondents are Hypolite Repiton, R. W. Bucktrout, D. Braithwaite, Richard M. Bucktrout and James Braithwaite.
Descriptions of selected accessions:
Acc. 1995.25: Bucktrout-Braithwaite Papers including copy of "Family Sites and the Restoration of Williamsburg" and an account of Christmas wedding of Delia Bucktrout to William Braithwaite, 26 Dec. 1865 written by Minnie Braithwaite.
Acc. 2003.20: Copy of a paper, "Bucktrout-Braithwaite Family Sites and the Restoration of Williamsburg" written by and signed by Dorothy Ballard Jenkins Ross, Historian of the Bucktrout-Braithwaite Foundation in 1975.
Acc. 2005.47: William & Mary News article about Minnie Braithwaite. 10/2/1996.
A portrait of Adelia Bucktrout (Braithwaite) - late 1800s - salt photoprint with hand coloring has been removed from the frame and both are stored at the offsite storage.
Acc. 2008.366: Note about "expence of repairing Mrs. Bucktrouts house." Dated August 14, 1920.
Acc. 2012.271 is a letter of Thomas Barnes to Minnie Braithwaite concerning her petition to attend classes at the College of William and Mary.
Arrangement of Materials:
Folders arranged by correspondence, financial records, legal records, genealogical records and copies. Additions filed in accession number order in same box.
Related Material
See also; Richard Manning Bucktrout Daybook and Ledger; Bucktrout-Smith Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Separated Material
Photograph of Ruth M. Braithwaite and Phi Beta Kappa Key of Peter Paul Peebles (alumnus and faculty of The College of William and Mary) were transferred to the artifact collection in 2009.
1896 Book of Common Prayer with attached 1889 hymnal with Ruth M. Braithwaite embossed on inside back cover was transferred to Rare Books. Also transferred to Rare Books was "The Missionary and his Words" by Lefferd Haughwort, published in 1927, with signature of signature of author to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Paul Peebles.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Beale family
- Braithwaite family
- Braithwaite, Adelia Bucktrout
- Bucktrout family
- Correspondence
- Genealogy
- Jenkins, Minnie Braithwaite
- Legal documents
- Photographs
- Receipts (financial records)
- Schools--Virginia--James City County
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century
- Women teachers
General
Other Information:
A PDF document of this inventory is available online.
Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/98_B85_Bucktrout-Braithwaite.pdf
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century
Container List
Chiefly business correspondence and receipts, 1890-1899, of members of the Bucktrout and Braithwaite families of Williamsburg, Va. Among the correspondents are Hypolite Repiton, R. W. Bucktrout, D. Braithwaite, Richard M. Bucktrout and James Braithwaite.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 1 id137965
Personal correspondence1815-1902Scope and Contents
Correspondence, 1815, 1816 & undated of Hypolite Repiton of Williamsburg and Norfolk, Va.; letters of R. W. Bucktrout, Williamsburg, Va. 1864 & November 23 [?]; letter from D. Braithwaite, WIlliamsburg, Va., May 11, 1899; note from the husband of Maggie Bucktrout, Williamsburg, Va., 13 May 1902.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 2 id137966
Business correspondence1878-1894 and undatedScope and Contents
Correspondence of the Savings Bank of Norfolk and the Fidelity Muitual Life Association with Mrs. W. H. (Delia) Braithwaite of Williamsburg, Va.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 3 id137967
Bank books of the Savings Bank of Norfolk, Norfolk, Va., 1891, and of the Peninsula Bank, Williamsburg, Va., 1897-1904, of Mrs W. H. (Delia) Braithwaite1891, 1897-1904
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 4 id137968
Receipts.1828-1889Scope and Contents
Receipts, chiefly 1882-1889, of W. H. Braithwaite, Mary E. Wooten, W. W. Vest, W[illiam] Wooden, Mrs. Louisa Barlow, W[illiam] Wootten, and Rob[er]t J. Barlow of accounts payable to the Treasurer of James City County, and Treasurer of York County, Va.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 5 id137969
Receipts1890-1909 and undatedScope and Contents
Receipts, chiefly 1890-1987, of Elizabeth Fenton, W[illia]m Wootten, W. H. Braithwaite; W. W. Vest, and Mary E. Wootten of accounts payable to the Treasurer of the City of Williamsburg, and the Treasurer of James City County, Va.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 6 id137970
Legal papers1780 (copy). 1801-1893Scope and Contents
Copy of 1780 will of James Braithwaite of Princess Anne County, Va.; legal agreement, 1801, about distribution of slaves, signed by Gasking Brock and James Braithwaite; legal papers involving Richard M. Bucktrout, 1825; and miscellaneous legal papers, 1877-1893.
- Mixed Materials box: 2 Folder: 7 id137971
Genealogical Chart of David Brainard Beale Family1817-1876Scope and Contents
Chart and biographical notes of the family David Brainard Beale (1817-1876). (In medium oversize file.)
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 8 id137972
Miscellaneous1812 December 14; 1902 March 11; and undatedScope and Contents
"Proceedings of the M.E.S.G. Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia, begun and held in the Mason's Hall, in the City of Richmond." 14 December 1812; notice of the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Williamsburg Knitting Mill Company, 11 March 1902; and miscellaneous undated papers.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 9 id137973
Envelopes
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 10 id137974
Envelopes
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 11 id137975
Xerox copies of items in the collection
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 12 id137976
Xerox copies of items in the collection
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 13 id137977
Xerox copies of items in the collection
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 14 id65058
"Bucktrout-Braithwaite Family Sites and the Restoration of Williamsburg"1975Scope and Contents
Copy of a paper, "Bucktrout-Braithwaite Family Sites and the Restoration of Williamsburg" written by and signed by Dorothy Ballard Jenkins Ross, Historian of the Bucktrout-Braithwaite Foundation in 1975. (Acc. 2003.20 Addition)
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 15 id65061
Papers and Writings1865Scope and Contents
Bucktrout-Braithwaite Papers including copy of "Family Sites and the Restoration of Williamsburg;" and an account of Christmas wedding of Delia Bucktrout to William Braithwaite, 26 Dec. 1865 written by Minnie Braithwaite. (Acc. 1995.25 Addition)
Two photographs of Adelia Bucktrout Braithwaite with negatives; and one photograph of Ruth Mae Braithwaite (Peebles) in a metal oval frame. (Acc. 1985.10B and Acc. 1997.71)
- Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 1
Adelia Bucktrout Braithwaite Photographs and NegativesEnglish.Scope and Contents
Two photographs of Adelia Bucktrout Braithwaite with negatives.
- Mixed Materials box: 3 Folder: 2
Photograph of Ruth Mae Braithwaite (Peebles)English.Scope and Contents
One photograph of Ruth Mae Braithwaite (Peebles) in a metal oval frame.
- Mixed Materials Painting: 1
Portrait of Adelia Bucktrout (Braithwaite)English.Existence and Location of Originals
Possibly moved to SCRC, Swem Library. 5/2/2020.
Material relating to Minnie Galt Braithwaite, later known as Minnie Braithwaite Jenkins.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 16 id150004
Babes in the Wood at Jamestown District School1891Scope and Contents
Typescript of essay entitled "Babes in the Wood at Jamestown District School, 1891" by Minnie Braithwaite. She describes her family life and her life as a teacher at the Jamestown District School. She tells it in a short story, narrative type form. (Acc. 1993.20)
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 17 id150005
Girl From Williamsburg Publicity Material1951Scope and Contents
Copies of publicity material for Minnie Braithewaite Jenkins' autobiograhy, "Girl from Williamsburg." Includes a brief essay on "An Historic Spring" in Williamsburg. (Acc. 1993.66)
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 18 id65059
Minnie Braithwaite Article1996Scope and Contents
Article from The William & Mary News about Minnie Braithwaite, dated 10/2/1996. (Acc. 2005.47)
- Mixed Materials box: 1 Folder: 19 id150008
Thomas Barnes Letter5 October 1896Scope and Contents
Letter from Thomas Barnes, a member of the College of William and Mary's Board of Visitors, to Minnie Braithwaite dated 5 October 1896 and concerning Braithwaite's petition to attend classes at the College. In the letter, Barnes says that while he disapproves of her desired professional goal of becoming a doctor, he will support her entrance if the faculty of the College do as well. (Mss. 2012.271)