Brief Description: Three 1927-1944 scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards, correspondence, and other ephemera relating to Maury High School, Virginia State Teachers College, high school and college football, social engagements, sororities, wedding announcements, and the United States Navy during World War II. The first two scrapbooks dating from 1927 to 1935 and from 1935 to 1942 are personal to Mary Arthur Billups (Prince), whereas the third scrapbook dating from 1941 to 1944 consists of newspaper and magazine clippings related to World War II and the United States Navy.
Held at:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Slover Library
235 East Plume Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: 7574317429
Email: localhistory [at] norfolk.gov
Record Series Number: 001/01/MSS 0000-056
Created by: Billups, Mary Arthur (1912-2000)
Volume: 4.0 Boxes
Acquired:
09/11/1991.
Arrangement: Arranged in original order. Loose materials have been separated into folders.
Biographical Note for Billups, Mary Arthur (1912-2000) : Mary Arthur Billups Prince Stoudemire was born on November 17, 1912 in Norfolk County, Virginia. She graduated from Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia in 1934. She married Benjamin Cliffton Prince, Jr. in May 1934. She married Sterling Aubrey Stoudemire on January 30, 1946 in Norfolk County, Virginia. Stoudemire lived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for 54 years and was president of the University Women's Club in Chapel Hill and both president and trustee of the Chapel Hill Preservation Society. She was a leader in historic preservation in the Chapel Hill area and earned the Robert E. Stipe Award in 1996 by Chapel Hill's Appearance Commission. Stoudemire died on July 3, 2000 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and was buried at Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Churchyard in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.
Subject Index
Dating (Social customs)
Farmville (Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--20th century
Norfolk County (Va.)
Princess Anne County (Va.)
State Normal School for Women (Farmville, Va.)
Teenagers--United States--Social life and customs
United States. Navy
United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945
Virginia--Social life and customs
Virginia Beach (Va.)
Winter Haven (Fla.)
Women--Socialization
World War, 1939-1945
Genres/Forms of Material
Awards
Booklets
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Invitations
Magazines (periodicals)
Photographs
Postcards
Programs
Receipts
Report cards
Scrapbooks
Souvenir programs
Theater programs
Ticket stubs
Languages of Materials
English [eng]
Rights/Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Notes:
Mary Arthur Billups Stoudemire by donation
PreferredCitation: Mary Arthur Billups Scrapbooks, MSS 0000-056, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.