Dell Upton Papers(1973–1999)

MS 1999.13
3.5 linear feet

The papers, a part of the 20th Century Collections, are arranged in four subseries: Churches, Houses, Assorted, and Notebooks. The Churches subseries is arranged by topic, with the majority of the information pertaining to church buildings in Virginia. Those are listed alphabetically by location. The Houses subseries is also arranged alphabetically by location. Assorted contains a variety of information, arranged by topic. Upton’s notes can be found in the Notebooks series, arranged by size and chronologically.

Dell Upton, a graduate of Colgate University and Brown University, is currently Professor of Anthropology and Architecture at the University of Virginia. Previously he taught at the University of California, Berkelely. In his own words, “I study the material world as an aspect of human expressive culture. My research and publications have focused on architecture and cultural landscapes, which I see as subsets of material culture. Early in my career I worked on colonial American architecture, particularly the rural vernacular architecture of 17th- and 18th-century Virginia and New England. I was interested in the social-historical aspects of architecture as well as in theories of architectural design drawn from archaeology and linguistics.” (Retrieved from http://www.virginia.edu/anthropology/faculty/upton.html, August 8, 2008)

Inventory

Folder	Contents
Box 1
1	Churches: articles
2	Churches: behavior, services
3	Churches: English
4	Churches: United States (non VA)
5	Churches: VA, Alexandria, Christ Church
6	Churches: VA, Glebe, Benett’s Creek
7	Churches: VA, Buckingham Baptist
8	Churches: VA, Westover, Charles City Co.
9	Churches: VA, St. John’s, Chuckatuck
10	Churches: VA, Little Fork, Culpeper
11	Churches: Vauter’s, Essex Co.
12	Churches: Falls Church
13	Churches: Pohick, Fairfax Co.
14	Churches: Providence Presbyterian, Fairfax Co.
15	Churches: Abingdon, Gloucester Co.
16	Churches: Ware, Gloucester Co.
17	Churches: St. John’s, Hampton
18	Churches: Fork, Hanover Co.
19	Churches: Slash, Haniver Co.
20	Churches: Lower United Methodist, Hartfield
21	Churches: Jamestown Island
22	Churches: Mattaponi, King and Queen Co.
23	Churches: Stratton Major, King and Queen Co.
24	Churches: Lamb’s Creek, King George Co.
25	Churches: St. Paul’s, King George Co.
26	Churches: Mangohick Baptist, King William Co.
27	Churches: St. John’s, King William Co.
28	Churches: Christ, Lancaster Co.
29	Churches: St. Mary’s, Whitechapel, Lancaster Co.
30	Churches: Christ, Middlesex Co.
31	Churches: St. Peter’s, New Kent Co.
32	Churches: St. Paul’s, Norfolk
33	Churches: Blandford, Petersburg
34	Churches: Merchant’s Hope, Prince George Co.
35	Churches: Old Donation, Princess Anne Co.
36	Churches: St. John’s, Richmond
37	Churches: Farnham, Richmond Co.
38	Churches: St. Luke’s, Smithfield
39	Churches: Aquia, Stafford Co.
40	Churches: Southwark Parish, Surry Co.
41	Churches: Yeocomico, Westmoreland Co.
42	Churches: Westover, Charles City Co.
43	Churches: Bruton Parish, Williamsburg
44	Churches: College of William and Mary chapel, Williamsburg
Box 2
1	Churches; VA, General
2	Churches; VA, General
3	Churches: VA, Notes and Critiques
4	Churches: VA, Ornaments and Fittings
5	Churches: VA, Pulpits, Altar pieces, and Fonts
6	Churches: VA, Vestry Books
7	Churches: VA, VA Gazette, photocopies and transcripts
8	Houses: Delaware log house
9	Houses: Delaware log house
10	Houses: MA, Pierce
11	Houses: NY, Hall-Christie
Box 3
1	Houses: Rhode Island, General
2	Houses: Rhode Island, Mott
3	Houses: Rhode Island, Warwick, James Green
4	Houses: VA, Arlington Co., Ball-Sellers
5	Houses: VA, Augusta Co., Coiner, Shuey
6	Houses: VA, Bowling Green, Old Mansion
7	Houses: VA, Brunswick Co., Brunswick Spring
8	Houses: VA, Charles City Co., Westover
9	Houses: VA, Chesterfield Co., Brown-Boveri
10	Houses: VA, Courtland, Mahone Tavern
11	Houses: VA, Fauquier, The Hollow
12	Houses: VA, Port Royal, Powers Buggy Shop
13	Houses: VA, Fredericksburg, Mary Washington
14	Houses: VA, Goochland Co., Tuckahoe
15	Houses: VA, Hanover Co., Doswell House
16	Houses, VA, Hanover Co., Springfield Farm
17	Houses, VA, Isle of Wight, Eley House
18	Houses: VA, Isle of Wight, Four Square
19	Houses: VA, Isle of Wight, Henry Saunders House
Box 4
1	Houses: VA, Isle of Wight, Henry Saunders House
2	Houses: VA, Isle of Wight, Tucker House and Kitchen
3	Houses: VA, King and Queen Co., Little Plymouth
4	Houses: VA, King George Co., Marmion
5	Houses: VA, King William Co., Sweet Hall
6	Houses: VA, Lancaster Co. (17th-c.)
7	Houses: VA, Lancaster Co. (18th-c.)
8	Houses: VA, Lancaster Co. (19th-c.)
9	Houses: VA, Lancaster Co., Norwood House
10	Houses: VA, Lunenburg Co., Flatrock
11	Houses: VA, Newport News, Miles Cary site
12	Houses: VA, Prince Edward Co., Falkland
13	Houses: VA, Pulaski Co., Back Creek Farm
14	Houses: VA, Richmond Co., Linden Farm
15	Houses: VA, Rockbridge Co., New Providence
16	Houses: VA, Shenandoah Co.
17	Houses: VA, Southampton Co. (18th-c.)
18	Houses: VA, Southampton Co. (19th-c.)
19	Houses: VA, Southampton Co., Bowen’s House
20	Houses: VA, Southampton Co., Buzzard’s Nest
21	Houses: VA, Southampton Co., Hodges Farm
22	Houses: VA, Southampton Co., Lankford House
23	Houses: VA, Southampton Co., Snowden House
24	Houses: VA, Southampton Co., Sunnyside
25	Houses: VA, Southampton Co., Walnut Hill
26	Houses: VA, Surry Co., Bacon’s Castle
27	Houses: VA, Surry Co., James House
28	Houses: VA, Surry Co., Maynard House
29	Houses: VA, Surry Co., Rich Neck
30	Houses: VA, Surry Co., Walnut Valley
31	Houses: VA, Virginia Beach (19th-c.)
32	Houses: VA, Westmoreland Co. (18th-c.)
33	Houses: VA, Westmoreland Co. (19th-c.)
34	Houses: VA, Yorktown, articles, notes
35	Houses: VA, Yorktown, Ballard
36	Houses: VA, Yorktown, Courthouse
37	Houses: VA, Yorktown, Customs House
38	Houses: VA, Yorktown, Digges House
Box 5
1	Houses: VA, Yorktown, Augustine Moore
2	Houses: VA, Yorktown, Nelson
3	Houses: VA, Yorktown, Pate
4	Houses: VA, Yorktown, Sheild
5	Houses: VA, Yorktown, Smith
6	Houses: VA, Yorktown, Somerwell
7	Houses: VA, Yorktown, Swan Tavern
8	Houses: VA, Yorktown, General
9	Assorted Board Notes, 1975
10	Chesapeake Farm Buildings Survey
11	CW Forge Project
12	CW Forge Project
13	CW Forge Project
Box 6
1	Assorted: CW Store Project
2	Assorted: New York, Dutch Houses
3	Assorted: Virginia, Germanic House notes
4	Assorted: Virginia, Germanic House plans and photographs
5	Assorted: Virginia, House Inventories
6	Assorted: NPT Field Notes
7	Assorted: Post Building
8	Assorted: Reference, Maps and Charts
9	Assorted: Traditionsl Framing
10	Assorted: Miscellaneous
Box 7
Field Notebooks (13)	Virginia
Field Notebook	Mott Farm Removal
Field Notebook	New England
Box 8
Field Notebooks (24)
Fragment Collection	Fragment Collection from Robert Carter House (MS 1996.55)
1	Cloth
2	Letters
3	Newspapers
4	Newspapers mounted on cloth
5	Newspapers
6	Newspaper fragments
7	Photographs
8	Printed items (William and Mary University lottery ticket)

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