Jamestowne Society Inc

TO UNITE DESCENDANTS OF JAMESTOWN SETTLERS PRIOR TO 1700, SUPPORT ARCHAELOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT JAMESTOWN, PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND PUBLICATIONS, CONSERVE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD, AND PROMOTE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HISTORIC JAMESTOWNE IN THE FOUNDING AND SHAPING OF OUR NATION.

JAMESTOWN REDISCOVERY- AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT OF JAMESTOWN REDISCOVERY INVESTIGATING THE REMAINS OF THE ORIGINAL ENGLISH SETTLEMENT AT JAMESTOWN ESTABLISHED IN THE VIRGINIA COLONY ON MAY 14, 1607. GOVERNOR'S WELL ARCHAEOLOGY DIG ARCHAEOLOGISTS EXPANDED THE AREA OF INVESTIGATION AND DUG FURTHER INTO THE FORT POCAHONTAS MOAT TO EXPOSETHE FULL DIAMETER OF THE WELL AND BUILDER'S TRENCH. THIS ALLOWED THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS TO FURTHER STUDY THE WELL'SCONSTRUCTION METHODS AND RECOVER ARTIFACTS FROM THE OTHER HALF OF THE BUILDER'S TRENCH. THE AREA WAS LEVELEDOUT, A SHELTER WAS ERECTED TO PROTECT THE WELL AND ITS CONTENTS FROM THE ELEMENTS. ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS WERENEEDED TO ALLOW ARCHAEOLOGISTS TO SAFELY EXCAVATE WITHIN THE WELL'S SHAFT. THESE EXCAVATIONS WERE HIGHLYVISIBLE AND ATTRACTED CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION FROM THE VISITING PUBLIC AND THOSE WATCHING ON THE WELLCAM. SOME ARTIFACTS DISCOVERED WERE A RAPIER HILT, BREASTPLATE, DAGGER, COPPER ALLOY SPOON, AND WOODENCOMB. EXPENSES TOTALED $75,000.CHURCH TOWER ROOF PROJECT FUNDING IS PROVIDED FOR A GLASS AND STEEL FRAME ROOF THAT WILL SIT WITHIN THE 17TH CENTURY CHURCH TOWER. THIS ROOF WILL PROTECT THE TOWER'S INTERIOR FROM ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS AND MAINTAIN ITS RECOGNIZABLE RUINED SILHOUETTE. VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW THE 1617 FOUNDATION THROUGH A GLASS FLOOR PORTAL. THE GLASS ROOF WILL PROTECT THE 17TH CENTURY CHURCH TOWER FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. EXPENSES TOTALED $20,000.

ELIZABETH B. WINGO RESTORATION OF RECORDS- DONATIONS SUPPORT THE RESTORATION OF EARLY RECORDS OF JAMESTOWN, INCLUDING TRANSCRIPTION AND DIGITIZATION OF THESE RECORDS.BRUNSWICK COUNTY CHANCERY RECORDS CONSERVATION PROJECT- $20,000CHANCERY RECORDS SPANNING 1781-1869 WERE CONSERVED. THIS IS A COUNTY WITH ABUNDANT RECORDS COMPRISING A TOTAL OF EIGHTY-EIGHT BOXES. THESE RECORDS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO RESEARCHERS ONLINE AT VIRGINIA MEMORY. THEY ARE OF GREAT ASSISTANCE TO RESEARCHERS AS THEY WERE COMPILED USING TESTIMONY FROM INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE CASE. THESE DOCUMENTS OFFER A UNIQUE GLIMPSE INTO THE LIVES OF 18TH-CENTURY VIRGINIANS.

ALICE MASSEY-NESBITT FELLOWSHIP- EACH YEAR THE SOCIETY AWARDS A $10,000 FELLOWSHIP TO SUPPORT THE COMPLETION OF A GRADUATE THESIS OR ESSAY ON THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF VIRGINIA BEFORE 1700.AWARDED TO CATHARINE M. DAVIS, PH. D. CANDIDATE, ANTHROPOLOGY, COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY. THE THESIS IS INTERROGATING TEXTILE IMPORTATION TO ENGLAND'S FIRST PERMANENT COLONY AT JAMESTOWN THROUGH LEAD CLOTH SEALS 1606-1630 ($5,000) AND TO TAYLOR CALLAWAY FOR HER PROJECT- FEASTS, FASTS, AND FAMINES: CONSIDERATIONS OF NATIVE-ENGLISH FOOD POLITICS IN EARLY COLONIAL VIRGINIA ($5,000).

SMITHSONIAN - DONATION SUPPORTS WORK ON THE BOOK, LIFE AND DEATH AND CHESAPEAKE 1607-1800, BONE BIOGRAPHIES OF BECOMING AMERICAN.RESEARCH OF SIR GEORGE YEARDLEY'S COAT OF ARMS, AND MITOCHONDRIAL LINE OF RHODA MARSTON (GEORGE'S MOTHER) ($22,000).