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The Abby and George O’Neill Director of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, serves as chairman of the Friends and can be contacted by email at rocklibrary@cwf.org, and by phone at (757) 565-8510. Whether your passion is rare books, manuscripts, photographs or architectural drawings or the history of the Foundation presented through its ...
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John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library. 313 First Street. Williamsburg, VA 23185. Mailing Address: John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. PO Box 1776. Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776. The Rockefeller Library is open for research Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library is dedicated to advancing knowledge of colonial British America, the American Revolution, the early United States, and the history of the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. Unique to the library is the body of research on the buildings, people, trades, and material culture of 18th-century Williamsburg ...
Mr. Rockefeller did not in the beginning indicate his purpose of securing all, or of restoring the whole, colonial area of Williamsburg. He entered upon the work and proceeded with it gradually, buying certain pieces of property and finally committing himself to the restoration of the Main Building—or the Christopher Wren Building—at the college, the rebuilding of the Capitol, the ...
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E-mail: cwres@cwf.orgRequest reservations or get information Address: Offices: 1. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg 2. 313 First Street 3. Williamsburg, VA Mailing Address: 1. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library 2. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 3. PO Box 1776 4. Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776 Telephone: (757) 565-8542 Fax:(757)...
The library focuses on the history and culture of colonial British America, the American Revolution, and the early United States. Through its specialized collections of books, manuscripts, images a...Special Collections. Holds manuscripts, rare books and images, copies, microforms, transcripts, civil war, and family bibles. Also, a Visual Resourcessection with a vast pictorial archive.Our ability to respond to general research questions is limited. For an orientation or meet with a librarian, please schedule an appointmentand include information about your topic and research goals.Visual Resources services (757-565-8542) is open by appointment only. To schedule a visit, please contact the Visual Resources Librarian several days in advance.{List (link to a Wiki article for) at least one or more other repositories that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar recor...
May 5, 2024 · In 1940, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller donated these works to Colonial Williamsburg, where they have become part of the permanent collection at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum in Williamsburg. Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin, left, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., discussing plans for the Williamsburg restoration, 1928.
History of Colonial Williamsburg. The restoration of Williamsburg began with the Rev. Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin, rector of Bruton Parish Church, sharing his vision for Williamsburg with philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, in 1924. What began as a modest initiative to preserve Williamsburg’s 18th-century ...
