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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
400 Landrum Dr
Williamsburg, Virginia
Business Number: 757-221-3090
spcoll@wm.edu
URL: https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections
Finding Aid Authors: Cynthia B. Brown.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, 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:
Morecock Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gift
Processing Information:
Processed by Cynthia B. Brown in 1983.
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1881-1937 and n.d., relating to the history of Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown, Va. collected by members of the Morecock family of Williamsburg, Va. Includes photographs, pamphlets, Christmas cards, postcards, and wood-cut prints depicting the Powder Magazine, Bruton Parish Church, the Courthouse of 1770, the Yorktown Monument, the church tower at Jamestown as well as souvenirs of the Yorktown Centennial, 1881 and the Jamestown Exposition, 1907.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)
- Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
- Engravings (Prints)
- Fliers (printed matter)
- Jamestown (Va.)--History--19th century
- Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century
- Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)
- Pamphlets
- Photographs
- Powder Magazine (Williamsburg, Va.)
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs
- Yorktown (Va.)--History--19th century
- Yorktown (Va.)--History--20th century
- Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Centennial celebrations, etc
- Yorktown Monument (Yorktown, Va.)
General
Other Information:
A PDF document of this inventory is available online.
Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/65_M81_Morecock.pdf
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Jamestown (Va.)--History--19th century
- Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century
- Powder Magazine (Williamsburg, Va.)
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs
- Yorktown (Va.)--History--19th century
- Yorktown (Va.)--History--20th century
- Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Centennial celebrations, etc
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id143559
Jamestown materialcirca 1907, and undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id143566
6-fold color postcard depicting the American Battleship Squadron stationed at "Hampton Roads, Jamestown, Va."circa 1907Scope and Contents
1 item. C. Incomplete.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id143567
Souvenir color postcard, 6" x 9", depicting various scenes connected with the Jamestown Exposition "commemorating the First Permanant English Settlement in America," and on verso, an advertisement for the National Bank of Commerce, Norfolk, Va.circa 1907Scope and Contents
2 pp. CS.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id143568
Pen and ink sketches of the Sarah Constant [sic], the Goodspeed [sic], and the Discovery, with the subtitle "Jamestown, 1607," and drawn by K. Cannon.undatedScope and Contents
2 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id143569
Sepia mounted photograph, 6.25" x 7.75" of the ruins of the (P1) tower of the Church at Jamestown, Va.undatedScope and Contents
1 item. Ph.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id143570
"Description of The Marriage of Pocahontas at Jamestown, Va.," being a pamphlet describing the original painting.Scope and Contents
9 pp. PM.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id143566
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143560
Williamsburg material1900-1927, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143571
Booklet entitled "Facts about Williamsburg and Vicinity,"1900Scope and Contents
Published by the Business Men's Association of the City of Williamsburg, containing lists and pictures of the organization's officers, various scenes around Williamsburg, and advertisements in the back, including one for the College of William and Mary, giving dates of upcoming session and tuition, room, and board prices. 53 pp. PM.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143572
Black and white mounted photograph, 8" x 10", of the Banking Co. building on the Duke of Gloucester St., Williamsburg, Va.post 1900-ante 1926Scope and Contents
1 item. Ph.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143573
Black and white postcard/photograph, 3.5" x 11", showing a wide-angle lens view of the Duke of Gloucester St., Williamsburg, Va.post 1900- ante 1926Scope and Contents
1 item. PM.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143574
Sepia mounted photograph, 4.5" x 7", of the Powder Magazine, showing one wall removed, revealing its interior.ante 1926Scope and Contents
1 item. Ph.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143575
Sepia mounted photograph, 14" x 17", of a home [in Williamsburg, Va.?] with unidentified women and children in foreground.ante 1926Scope and Contents
1 item. Ph. See Medium Oversize File.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143576
Various wood-cut prints, black and white of different homes in Colonial Williamsburg, by [J.J.] Lankes.circa 1927Scope and Contents
5 items. PM.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143577
Black and white photograph, 8"x 10", of the Powell-Waller House, Williamsburg, Va.undatedScope and Contents
1 item. Ph.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id143571
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143561
Bruton Parish Church material1907-ante 1926, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143578
"Programme of Special Services to be held in Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia."1907 October 5Scope and Contents
14 pp. PM.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143579
Black and white photographs, 8" x 10", showing interior and exterior views of the "restored" Bruton Parish Church1907Scope and Contents
C.E. Cheyne, Hampton, Va., photographer. 2 items. Phs.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143581
3 sepia mounted photographs, all approximately 6"x8", showing an exterior, rear view of the churchyard of Bruton Parish Church.ante 1907Scope and Contents
3 items. Phs.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143582
Pamphlet entitled "Memorials to be placed in Bruton Parish church, Williamsburg, Virginia."post 1907Scope and Contents
31 pp. PM.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143583
2 sepia mounted photographs, 4.5"x7.5" and 8"x9", showing different exterior views of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Va.post 1907- ante 1926Scope and Contents
2 items. Phs.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143584
Color print, 8"x12", from a painting of a scene around Bruton Parish Church during the Colonial PeriodundatedScope and Contents
In the bottom right corner the seal of [Lord] Dunmore is visible. 1 item. PM.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143585
Watercolor, wood-cut print Christmas card showing exterior of Bruton Parish church, and black and white wood-cut print of exterior of Bruton Parish Church, by [J.J.] Lankes.undatedScope and Contents
2 items. PM.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id143578
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id143562
Court House of 1770 materialcirca 1900
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id143586
Sepia mounted photograph, 5"x7", of the Court House of 1770, on the Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Va.circa 1900Scope and Contents
shows men on front steps. 1 item. Ph.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id143587
Sepia mounted photograph, 6'x8", of the Court House of 1770 on the Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Vacirca 1900Scope and Contents
Photograph shows men on front steps. 1 item. Ph.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id143589
Sepia mounted photograph, 4"x5", of the Court House of 1770.circa 1900Scope and Contents
1 item. Ph.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id143586
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id143563
Yorktown materialcirca 1881-1937, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id143590
Print by William Teiser [?] in honor of the centennial of the Victory at Yorktown, 1781circa March 1881Scope and Contents
The print depicts several different places and buildings, including the Nelson and Moore Houses in Yorktown, the Powder Horn in Williamsburg, pictures of George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, and Cornwallis surrendering to Washington. 1 item. PM.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id143592
Pamphlet giving the purpose and plan of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration1931 January 10Scope and Contents
1 item. PM.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id143593
Postcard showing the U.S.S. Yorktown, addressed to Pattie Morecock, Williamsburg, Va.1937 July 14Scope and Contents
1 item. C.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id143594
Color print, 7"x 8.75", of Yorktown Harbor, Va.undatedScope and Contents
1 item. PM.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id143595
Sepia mounted photograph, 4.75"x6.75", of the Victory Monument in Yorktown, Va.Scope and Contents
1 item. Ph.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id143590
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143564
Miscellaneous photographs, identified
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143596
Black and white print of a photograph of John Philip Sousa, 4"x9"1904Scope and Contents
1 item. PM.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143597
Postcard/photograph, black and white, of a bon-fire at Camp Winona, Maine, addressed to Patty Morecock1936 July 14Scope and Contents
1 item. PM.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143598
Cabinet card photographs of painting/drawings of the County Court Houses of Huntingdon and Warren Counties, Pa., and Niagara County Court House, Lockport, N.Y.undatedScope and Contents
On verso, dimensions and other architectural features are printed; all are similar in that they were designed by M.E. Beebe & Son, Architects, Buffalo, N.Y. 3 items. Phs.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143599
Cabinet card photographs of Portraits of members of the Tazewell family, including Henry Tazewell, Lyttleton [sic] Waller Tazewell, and Dorothy Eliz[abeth] (Waller) Tazewell, taken by J.H. Faber Studios, Norfolk, Va.undatedScope and Contents
3 items. Phs.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143822
Black and white mounted photographs, 3.5"x4.5", of different views of the White House, Washington, D.C., including a scene of a lawn party on the White House grounds.undatedScope and Contents
2 items. Phs.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143826
Black and white mounted photograph, 3.5"x4.5", of a view of Harper's Ferry, [W.Va.].undatedScope and Contents
1 item. Ph
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143831
Black and white mounted photograph, 6.5"x8.5", of one of the buildings of the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Va., taken by Cook [Studios], Richmond, Va.undatedScope and Contents
1 item. Ph.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id143596
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id143565
Miscellaneous printed material, photographs, and other
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id143837
Pamphlet of the "Proceedings of the First Council [of] the Order of the Daughters of the King," Manhattan Athletic Club House, N.Y.1891 November 5Scope and Contents
23 pp. PM.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id143842
Christmas card addressed to the Morecocks, from W.A.R. Goodwin, containing a poem by Evelyn Goodwin Farr entitled "His Birthday."circa 1936 December 25Scope and Contents
1 item. PM.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id143845
Booklet entitled "An Ocean Souvenir," comprised of original pen and ink sketches of various scenes relating to an ocean.undatedScope and Contents
1 item.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id143849
Colored prints, "Les Lever" and "Les Confidences" and photographs of three unidentified houses, an unidentified monument, and the interior of an unidentified church, the latter by H. Hesselberg, Williamsburg, Va.undatedScope and Contents
8 items.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id143837