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St. James Episcopal Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-169

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the records of St. James Episcopal Church in Wilmington, North Carolina. Records span the founding of the church in the 1700s through its modern era in the 20th century. Content represented includes the historical records of the church, day-to-day operations of the vestry, membership registers, clergy correspondence, important events, committee work, publications, and information related to the parent Episcopal Church.

Dates

  • Undetermined

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is currently being reprocessed. The availability of materials may be limited or restricted until further notice. Contact the Center at csencah@uncw.edu for information on accessing the collection.

Copyright Statement

Copyright retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Extent

TBD Containers

Language

English

Arrangement

These records have been arranged topically into eight series, which are further arranged into sub-series and sub-sub-series, where applicable.
Material within each folder has been arranged chronologically when possible.

Series

  1. Founding, History, and Property
  2. Vestry
  3. Clergy
  4. Publications
  5. Photographs
  6. Artifacts and Memorabilia
  7. Episcopal Church
  8. External and Miscellaneous Material

Acquisition Information

This collection is on permament loan from St. James Episcopal Church as of May 2000.

Digital Access

Portions of this collection have been digitized and/or are born-digital. For access to these digital materials, please browse the finding aid via the "Collection Organization" tab and select an individual file or item to see if it contains a linked digital record.

Chronology of Rectors

The collection contains material for all rectors whose term began between the years 1795 and 1999, save for Reverend Thomas Smith Webb Mott*, who only served from December 1827 to June 1828 due to poor health. Reverend F.H.T. Horsfield** is included, though he only served as temporary rector.

Brief biographies of each rector are included with their respective sub-sub-series or folder in the Rectors of St. James sub-series of the Clergy series.

Rev. Solomon Halling
1795-1809
Rev. Dr. Adam Empie
1811-1814, 1816-1827
Rev. M. Bethel Judd
1815-1816
Rev. Thomas Smith Webb Mott*
1827-1828
Rev. William Douglas Cairns
1829-1833
Rev. Thomas Frederick Davis
1833-1836
Rev. Robert Brent Drane
1836-1843, 1844-1862
Rt. Rev. Thomas Atkinson
1862-1864
Rev. Alfred Augustin Watson
1864-1884
Rev. William H. Lewis
1885-1887
Rev. Dr. Robert Strange
1887-1899, 1900
Rev. F.H.T. Horsfield**
1901-1902
Rev. Richard Wallace Hogue
1902-1909
Rev. Dr. William Hammond Milton
1909-1936
Rev. Mortimer Worth Glover
1936-1964
Rev. William Ludwig Dols, Jr.
1964-1972
Rev. Robert Daniel Cook
1972-1992
Rt. Rev. Charles Glenn vonRosenberg
1994-1999
Rev. Ronald G. Abrams
1999-2019
Title
St. James Episcopal Church Records
Status
Under Revision
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Randall Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:

910-962-7810