The
The Joseph Downs Collection of
Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Creator: Audrey Noël Hume
Title: Papers
Dates: 1950-1993
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 98x5,
99x96
Quantity: 65 boxes plus magazines
Location: 33 I 2-5,
J 1-5, K 2-5
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
Audrey Baines was born in
In 1957, the Noël Humes joined the staff of the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation, Ivor as Director of Archaeology and Audrey as Curator
of Archaeological Collections. She later
served as Curator of the
Audrey Noël Hume wrote several books, including Archaeology and the Colonial Gardener and
Food.
She published many articles, including one about dating 17th
and 18th century tobacco pipes.
Before coming to the
Mrs. Noël Hume died on
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
ORGANIZATION
The Audrey Noël
Hume Pictorial Archive, contained in 65 boxes and several bundles of magazines,
retains much the same order that it did when it was received. It was a work in progress, and, regrettably,
Mrs. Noël Hume died before she was able to neatly arrange all her materials.
The materials in
The materials in
Such indexes to all the above materials as exist may
be found in
The rest of
Also included with the collection are magazines
which Mrs. Noël Hume planned to clip and add to her “Noble Collection.” A list of these may be found at the end of
this inventory.
PROVENANCE
Gift, Ivor Noël Hume,
ACCESS POINTS
Topics
Antiquities
Archaeology
Architecture
Art
Bottles
Clocks and watches
Decoration and ornament
Furniture
Gardens
Glassware
House furnishings
Material culture
Metal-work
Painting
Pottery
Silverwork
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 33 I 2-5, J 1-5, K 2-5
Folder 1: A Mostly ceramics
Folder 2: A Includes
list of topics covered.
Folder 3: B 1-24.
Folder 4: B 26-47,
plus 65.
Folder 5: B Includes list of topics
covered.
Folder 6: BH 1-20.
Folder 7: BH 21-55.
Folder 8: BH Newspaper
clippings.
Folder 9: C 1-75
Folder 1: C 76-150
Folder 2: C 151-174
Folder 3: C 175-199
Folder 4: C 200-225
Folder 5: C 250-299
Folder 6: C 300-350
Folder 7: C 351-399
Folder 8: C 400-450
Folder 9: C 451-500
Folder 10: C 600-699
Folder 1: C 700-799
Folder: 2 C 800-899
Folder: 3 C 900-999
Folder: 4 C 1000-1099
Folder: 5 C 1100-1199
Folder: 6 C 1200-1299
Folder: 7 C 1400-1499
Folder: 8 C 1500-1599
Folder: 9 C Unnumbered
Folder: 10 C Unnumbered
Folder: 11 C Unnumbered
Folder: 12 C Includes
list of topics covered.
Folder: 1 D 1-16
Folder: 2 D 17-29
Folder: 3 D 30-57
Folder: 4 D Includes list
of topics covered.
Folder: 5 E 1-90
Folder: 6 E 91-99
Folder: 7 E 100-109
Folder: 8 E 110-116
Folder: 9 E 117-140
Folder: 10 E Includes
list of topics covered.
Folder: 1 F 1-13
Folder: 2 F 14-27
Folder: 3 F 28-39
Folder: 4 F 40-46
Folder: 5 F 47-63
Folder: 6 F 64-88
Folder: 7 F 89-119
Folder: 8 F Includes
list of topics covered.
Folder: 9 FF 1-19
Folder: 10 G 1-16
Folder: 1 G Miscellaneous
Folder: 2 G Includes list of
topics covered.
Folder: 3 H 1-23
Folder: 4 H 24-50
Folder: 5 H 51-70
Folder: 6 H 71-110
Folder: 7 H 111-135
Folder: 8 H 136-168
Folder: 9 H 169-206
Folder: 1 H 207-228
Folder: 2 H (no
numbers)
Folder: 3 H (no
numbers)
Folder: 4 H (no
numbers)
Folder: 5 H Includes
list of topics covered.
Folder: 6 I Includes
list of topics covered.
Folder: 7 J 1-13
Folder: 8 J 1-41
Folder: 9 J 42-66
Folder: 10 J 67-85
Folder: 11 J 400-629
Folder: 1 J 800-1002
Folder: 2 J Archaeology
- includes list of topics covered.
Folder: 3 K 1-50
Folder: 4 K 51-80
Folder: 5 K 81-99
Folder: 6 K 100-120
Folder: 7 K 121-141
Folder: 8 K 142-173
Folder: 9 K 174-213
Folder: 10 K 214-228
Folder: 1 K 235-247
Folder: 2 K 248-268
Folder: 3 K 269-273
Folder: 4 K 274-349
Folder: 5 K 350-399
Folder: 6 K 400-403
Folder: 7 K (no
numbers)
Folder: 8 K
Folder: 9 K Includes
list of topics covered.
Folder: 1 L 1-25
Folder: 2 L 26-59
Folder: 3 L 61-89
Folder: 4 L 90-132
Folder: 5 L 133-150
Folder: 6 L 151-180
Folder: 7 L 200-252
Folder: 8 L 253-279
Folder: 9 L 280-299
Folder: 1 L 300-338
Folder: 2 L 340-479
Folder: 3 L 500-518
Folder: 4 L 700-750
Folder: 5 L Includes
list of topics covered.
Folder: 6 M 37-100
Folder: 7 M 102-121
Folder: 8 M not
cataloged
Folder: 1 M Includes
list of topics covered.
Folder: 2 N 1-100
Folder: 3 N 101-125
Folder: 4 N 126-150
Folder: 5 N 152-173
Folder: 6 N 174-195
Folder: 7 N 196-218
Folder: 8 N 219-236
Folder: 9 N 237-263
Folder: 10 N 264-291
Folder: 1 N 292-313
Folder: 2 N 315-349
Folder: 3 N 350-383
Folder: 4 N 384-402
Folder: 5 N Glass
- not cataloged
Folder: 6 O 1-136
Folder: 7 O Includes
list of topics covered.
Folder: 8 P 1-20
Folder: 9 P 21-45
Folder: 10 P 200-239
Folder: 1 P 240-287
Folder: 2 P 300-332
Folder: 3 P 334-341
Folder: 4 P 400-441
Folder: 5 P 600-631
Folder: 6 P 800-837
Folder: 7 P not
cataloged
Folder: 8 Q 1-19
Folder: 9 Q 20-41
Folder: 10 Q 42-50
Folder: 11 R 1-120
Folder: 12 R 121-147
Folder: 13 R 148-170
Folder: 1 R 171-185
Folder: 2 R 186-191
Folder: 3 R 192-205
Folder: 4 S 9-45
Folder: 5 S 46-77
Folder: 6 S 203-228
Folder: 7 S 400-404
& 600-602
Folder: 8 T 1-21
Folder: 9 T 22-39
Folder: 10 T 40-54
Folder: 11 T 55-71
Folder: 12 T 220-275
Folder: 1 T 276-291
Folder: 2 T 300-328
Folder: 3 T 430-502
Folder: 4 T 503-520
Folder: 5 U 1-26
Folder: 6 V 1-64
Folder: 7 W 1-22
Folder: 1 W 23-44
Folder: 2 W not
catalogued
Folder: 3 Y 1-30
Folder: 4 Z 1-28
Folder: 5 Z 30-53
Folder: 6 Z 54-78
Folder: 7 Z 89-93
Folder: 8 Z 95-127
Folder: 1 Z not
catalogued
Folder: 2 Accessories, domestic
Folder: 3
Folder: 4
Folder: 5
Folder: 6 Americana II not
indexed
Folder: 1 Americana III not indexed
Folder: 2 Animals in art and history, v. LXII:
Traps
Folder: 3 Anteik I Includes list
of topics covered.
Folder: 4 Anteik II Includes list of topics covered.
Folder: 5 Anteik III
Folder: 1 Anteik
IV
Folder: 2 Antiquities
Folder: 3 Antiquities: Egyptian
Folder: 4 Archaeology
Folder: 5 Archaeology, British
Folder: 6 Archaeology, English
Folder: 7 Archaeology, English, 1950.
Folder: 8 Archaeology, English,1940-1960.
Folder: 9 Archaeology, English, 1974-1990.
Folder: 10 Archaeology, General.
Folder: 11 Archaeology, General I
Folder: 1 Archaeology, General II
Folder: 2 Archaeology, General III
Folder: 3 Archaeology, Marine
Folder: 4 Archaeology and history:
Folder: 5 Archaeology and history: United States
Folder: 6 Architecture, British I
Folder: 7 Architecture, British II
Folder: 1 Architecture,
English
Folder: 2 Architecture, English, vol. XVII
Folder: 3 Architecture, English, vol. XVIII, pt.
I
Folder: 4 Architecture, English, vol. XVIII, pt. II
Folder: 5 Architecture, English, vol. LXXXVII
Folder: 6 Architecture, English houses
Folder: 7 Architecture, English houses
Folder: 1 Architecture, general
Folder: 3 Art I
Folder: 5 Art III
Folder: 6 Art IV
Folder: 7 Art V: 18th century paintings
Folder:
8 Art VI: English 18th
& 19th century – these
are oversized materials and have been put into
Folder: 2 Books
Folder: 3 Books and paper
Folder: 4 Bottles
Folder: 5 Bottles, vol. XXXIII
Folder: 6 Bottles. European, from shipwrecks
Folder: 7 Candlesticks, 15th century to 1749, vol. XXVIII
Folder: 8 Ceramics I
Folder: 9 Ceramics II
Folder: 1 Ceramics III
Folder: 2 Ceramics IV
Folder: 3 Ceramics V: Stonewares
Folder: 4 Ceramics: Chinese porcelain
Folder: 5 Ceramics: Creamware and pearlware in English museums
Folder: 6 Ceramics: English Stonewares, Iberian Jars, Horseshoes
Folder: 7 Ceramics: German Stonewares, vol. III
Folder: 8 Ceramics: Greek, Roman, and Italian pottery
Folder: 1 Ceramics: Iberian & French oil jars: information from
Ray Fremmer.
Folder:
2 Ceramics: Louisbourg,
Folder: 3 Ceramics: miscellaneous Burnap Collection.
Folder: 4 Ceramics: Saltglaze, Pearlware in English museums
Folder: 1 Ceramics: Smithsonian Collection:
Folder: 2 Ceramics: Storage Jars, German Stonewares
Folder: 3 Clocks
Folder: 4 Clocks and watches, vol. LXIV
Folder: 5 Clothing
Folder: 6 Coins and metals
Folder: 7 Communications
Folder: 8 Conservation
Folder: 9 Cutlery
Folder: 10 Cutlery
Folder: 11 Dog Collars
Folder: 12 Dress and textiles
Folder: 13 Embroidery
Folder: 2 England 2 Includes
list of topics covered.
Folder: 3 England 3 Includes
list of topics covered.
Folder: 4 England 4 Includes
list of topics covered.
Folder: 5 England 5 Includes
list of topics covered.
Folder: 6
Folder: 7
Folder: 8 Fakes
Folder: 9 Fireworks
Folder: 10 Folklore
Folder: 11 Funerary
Folder: 12 Furnishings: trunks, mirrors, chests, dressers, buffets,
screens
Folder: 1 Furnishings and furniture
Folder: 2 Furniture
Folder: 3 Furniture: Beds, settles, day beds
Folder: 4 Furniture: Chairs, vol. LVII
Folder: 5 Furniture: Chests on chests, desks, bookcases, vol.
Folder: 1 Furniture: 17th
century
Folder: 2 Furniture: Tables, vol. LVI
Folder: 3 Furniture and sedan chairs, American and European
Folder: 4 Gardens
Folder: 5 Gardens
Folder: 6 Geography
Folder: 7 Glass
Folder:
8 Glass: miscellaneous: Lamps,
Candlesticks, Toys, Medical, Stained, and Cameos, vol. XXXVII
Folder:
1 Glass: non-English: Venetian,
Norwegian, American, vol. XXV
Folder: 2 Heritage
Folder: 3 Historical miscellany.
Folder: 5 History, miscellaneous.
Folder: 6 History, 17th Century
Folder: 7 History, Social
Folder: 8 History related clippings: London Daily Telegraph, 1987-1988
Folder: 1 Indians
Folder: 2 Inventories, American colonial
Folder: 3 Jewelry
Folder: 4 Leather
Folder: 5 Lighting
Folder: 6 Locks and keys
Folder: 7
Folder: 8
Folder: 9
Folder: 10
Folder: 11 Mailboxes
Folder: 12 Medicine
Folder:
1 Metal
Folder: 2 Metal artifacts from American sites and collections.
Folder: 3 Metals, household
Folder: 4 Metals, kitchen
Folder: 5 Military History
Folder: 6 Miscellaneous
Folder: 7 Miscellaneous and history
Folder: 8 Miscellaneous: buckles, spectacles, etc.
Folder: 9 Musical Instruments
Folder: 10 Natural life
Folder: 11 Occult
Folder: 12 Paintings, photographs
Folder: 1 Pewter
Folder: 2 Pipes, smoking and accessories
Folder: 4 Royalty II
Folder: 5 Royalty, v. 3
Folder: 6 Silver
Folder: 7 Silver: American & European
Folder: 8 Silver: Civic, royal, and church plate; silver by locality
Folder: 9 Silver: Cruets, mustard pots, peppers, nutmeg graters, cake
and sugar baskets
Folder: 10 Silver: Inkstands, bells, castors, salts
Folder: 11 Silver: Jugs, Sauce boats, Porringers
Folder:
1 Silver: Monteiths, Bowls,
Saucers, Sweetmeat Dishes, Cake Baskets, Tureens
Folder: 2 Silver: Pomanders, Snuffboxes, Tea Caddies, Firedogs
Folder: 3 Silver: pomanders, snuffboxes, tea caddies, firedogs
Folder: 4 Silver:
Folder: 5 Silver: Spout pots, barber bowls, saucepans, boxes, toilet
sets, caddies, ginger jars
Folder: 6 Silver: Tankards, Cups, Beakers, Mugs, Tumblers, Goblets, Miniatures
Folder: 7 Silver: Tea Kettles, Teapots, Coffee Pots, Tea Urns, Chocolate Pots
Folder: 1 Silver and Silver Gilt: Covered Cups, Footed Cups
Folder: 2 Silver, gold, coins, metals
Folder: 3 Smoking: Pipes, Tampers, Tobacco Boxes, vol. LXVIII
Folder: 4 Spoons: vol. XXVII
Folder: 5 Technology
Folder: 6 Textiles
Folder: 7 Tools
Folder: 8 Toys
Folder: 9 Transport, Land, vol. LXXXI, p.
151-300
Folder: 10 Transport, Sea, vol. LXXXI, p.150
Folder: 11 Transport, Sea, p. 151-300
Folder: 2 Transportation II
Folder: 3 Treen
Folder: 4
Folder: 5 Virginia Gazette
extracts, vol. 2
Folder: 6 Virginiana: vol: LXVI, Pt. II
Folder: 7 Weapons: Firearms, vol. LXIII.
Folder: 8 Weapons: Swords and armor, vol. LXIII
Folder: 9 Weights
Folder: 10
Folder: 11 Wood
Folder: 1 Antiquities, Egyptian
Folder: 2 Antiquities, Egyptian
Folder: 3 Antiquities, Egyptian
Folder: 4 Antiquities, Roman
Folder: 5 Archaeological cuttings
Folder: 6 Archaeological and historical antiques
Folder: 7 Archaeology, American
Folder: 8 Archaeology, general
Folder: 9 Architecture, English
Folder: 10 Architecture, English
Folder: 11 Architecture, English
Folder: 12 Architecture, English
Folder: 13 Bone
Folder: 2 Brass
Folder: 3 Brass
Folder: 4 British related clippings
Folder: 5 Candlesticks, 17th century.
Folder: 6 Ceramics, American
Folder: 7 Ceramics, Chinese
Folder: 8 Ceramics, Chinese
Folder: 9 Ceramics, Chinese
Folder: 10 Ceramics, English: Creamware/Pearlware
Folder: 11 Ceramics, English: Delftware
Folder: 12 Ceramics, English: Porcelain
Folder: 13 Ceramics, English: White Saltglaze
Folder: 14 Ceramics, English: 19th century
Folder: 15 Ceramics, foreign
Folder: 16 Ceramics, German Stoneware
Folder: 17 Ceramics
and Glass in
Folder: 2 Clocks: pre-1700
Folder: 3 Clocks: 1700-1900
Folder: 4 Clothing
Folder: 5 Crucibles
Folder: 6 Ethnography
Folder: 7 Faith Healing & Related
Nonsense
Folder:
8 Food and Drink, A
Folder: 9 Food and
Drink, B
Folder: 10 Furniture, pre-17th century
Folder: 11 Furniture, 17th century
Folder: 1 Furniture, 18th century
Folder:
2 Gardening
Folder: 3 Garden Equipment
Folder:4 General clippings, 1986-1988
Folder: 5 General cuttings
Folder: 6 Glass, ancient
Folder: 7 Glass, pre-17th century
Folder: 8 Glass, 17th century
Folder: 9 Glass, 18th century
Folder: 10 Glass: Bottles and Decanters
Folder: 11 Historical and Archaeological Cuttings, English &
American - Vol. I
Folder: 1 Historical and Archaeological Cuttings,
English & American - Vol. II
Folder: 2 Historical, general
Folder: 3 History, British; plus museums (notebook labeled: HBI)
Folder: 2 Jewelry
Folder: 3 Lead
Folder: 4 Leather and shoes
Folder: 5 Lighting: candlesticks and lamps
Folder: 6 Lighting, vol. B
Folder: 7
Folder: 8 Maps and books
Folder: 9 Miscellaneous clippings
Folder: 10 Notes, miscellaneous
Folder: 11 Numismatics: coins and medals
Folder: 1 Paintings, pre-17th century
Folder: 2 Paintings, pre-17th century
Folder: 3 Paintings, 17th century, A
Folder: 4 Paintings, 17th century, B
Folder: 5 Paintings, 17th century, C
Folder: 6 Paintings, 17th century, D
Folder: 1 Paintings, 17th century, E
Folder: 2 Paintings, 18th century, A
Folder: 3 Paintings, 18th century, B
Folder: 4 Paintings, 18th century, C
Folder: 5 Paintings, 18th century, D
Folder: 6 Paintings, 18th century, E.
Folder: 7 Paintings, 19th century
Folder: 8 Paintings, 19th century B
Folder: 1 Paintings, 19th century C.
Folder: 2 Paintings, 19th - 20th century.
Folder: 3 Pewter
Folder: 4 Royalty A
Folder: 5 Royalty B
Folder: 6 Royalty C: miniatures, etc.
Folder: 7 Silver to 1700.
Folder: 8 Silver to 1700, B.
Folder: 9 Silver, 18th century, A.
Folder: 1 Silver, 18th century, B
Folder: 2 Silver, 18th - 19th century
Folder: 3 Stone
Folder: 4 Textiles, A
Folder: 5 Textiles, B
Folder: 6 Things to remember
Folder: 7 Toys
Folder: 8 Transportation: Ships
Folder: 10 Weapons: Firearms
Folder: 11 Weapons: Swords and Armor
Folder: 12 Wood
Folder: 13 Wood
Folder:
14 “50 Years Ago Today” from the Daily Telegraph
Folder:
15 “100 Years Ago Today” from the Daily Telegraph
Folder:
1 Art VI, English 18th-19th century (oversized materials from
Folder:
1 Bottles and seal matrices
Folder:
2 Ceramics: Creamware, English
Folder:
3 Ceramics: Creamware, English, A
Folder:
1 Ceramics: Delftware, English:
Bowls
Folder:
2 Ceramics: Delftware, English:
Chargers and Plates
Folder:
3 Ceramics: Delftware, English:
Tiles and Pharmaceutical
Folder:
1 Ceramics: Delftware, English: 17th
century
Folder:
3 Ceramics: English, 19th
century
Folder:
3 Ceramics: English and American
Folder:
1 Ceramics: European and other
wares
Folder:
2 Ceramics: Pearlware,
English;Pratt and Canary
Folder:
2 Ceramics: Porcelain, Chinese
Export, I
Folder:
1 Ceramics: Porcelain: Chinese Export,
II
Folder:
2 Ceramics: Porcelain: English, I
Folder:
3 Ceramics: Porcelain: English, II
Folder:
1 Ceramics: Saltglaze,
English: miscellaneous
Folder:
2 Ceramics: Saltglaze, English:
plates and hollow wares
Folder:
3 Ceramics: Slipwares and Coarse
Wares, English
Folder: 1 Ceramics: Stonewares, English and
German
Folder: 2 Ceramics: Transfer-printed Wares,
English
Folder:
1 Ceramics: Whieldon, Wedgwood
Folder:
2 Glass, miscellaneous
Folder:
3 Glass, miscellaneous
Folder:
1 Glasses, wine
Folder:
2 Portraits, 18th
century
Folder:
3 Tobacco pipes and Smoking
Equipment
Folder:
3 Writings: Water Life & Aquaria World (magazine – 2 issues)
Folder:
4 Writings: Dogs.
Folder:
5 Writings: Tortoises.
Folder:
8 Clippings: Battle of
Folder:
9 Clippings:
Folder:
10 Clippings: Carter’s Grove,
Martin’s Hundred.
Folder: 12 Clippings:
.
Folder:
2 Clippings:
Folder:
3 Clippings:
Folder:
4 Clippings:
Folder:
5 Clippings:
Folder:
6 Clippings:
Miscellaneous
Folder:
7 Clippings:
Folder:
9 Clippings: Rockefeller Family
Folder:
11 Clippings:
Slavery
Folder:
12 Clippings,
Photographs: Tortoise.
Folder:
13 Clippings:
Virginia History.
Folder:
14 Clippings:
Magazines:
Life: v. 63, no. 25 (Dec. 22,
1967).
The Magazine Antiques: Jan. 1928, Aug. 1931, July
1934, May 1935, Oct. 1965.
Antique Dealers and
Collector’s Guide (title on spine: Collector’s Guide):
Sept. 1967, Feb. 1971, Oct. 1976, Feb. 1979- Sept.
1983, Nov. 1983-Jan. 1987, March
1987-Aug. 1988, Oct.-Nov. 1988, Feb.-May 1989, July 1989-Feb. 1991, May
1991-Jan. 1995
Country Life: (published weekly)
1897: Jan. 8 (v. 1, no. 1)
1996: Feb. 8-March 28, April 18 & 25, May 2 – June 27, July 11-
Dec. 19/26, plus Garden Year 1996, and Guide to Buying Your Dream Home, dated
1996
1997: Jan., Feb. 13-27, Mar. 13- June 12, Aug. 7,
Sept. 4 & 11, Oct. 30