Brief Description: Maps, books, booklets, pamphlets, photographs, postcards, souvenir artifacts, newspapers, and other printed ephemera relating to Norfolk, Hampton Roads, and Virginia from the mid-nineteenth to early twenty-first centuries. Most of the materials date from the 1920s to 1970s, although a significant number of items relate to the Jamestown Exposition of 1907. Maps of the southside section of Hampton Roads and memorabilia of Norfolk and the Tidewater area make up a majority of items in the collection.
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 2015-019
Created by: Bradshaw, Jim
Volume: 8.0 Boxes
Acquired:
12/17/2015. 05/10/2018; 12/07/2020.
Arrangement: Arranged by series: Series 1: Maps, Series 2: Printed Ephemera, Series 3: Visual Works, Series 4: Postcards, Series 5: Artifacts, and Series 6: Newspapers (6A: Stencils, 6B: Papers).
Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.
Subject Index
Buildings
Cape Henry Memorial (Virginia Beach, Va.)
Chesapeake (Va.)
Hampton (Va.)
Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)
Historic buildings--Virginia--Norfolk
Hotels
Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)
Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)--Virginia--Norfolk
Newport News (Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)--Guidebooks
Norfolk (Va.)--History
Norfolk (Va.)--Maps
Norfolk (Va.)--Newspapers
Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--20th century
Ocean View (Norfolk, Va.)
Old Point Comfort (Hampton, Va.)
Portsmouth (Va.)
Portsmouth (Va.)--Maps
Postcards--Virginia
Princess Anne County (Va.)
Streets--Virginia--Norfolk
Suffolk (Va.)
Tourism--Virginia
United States. Navy
Virginia--Description and travel
Virginia Beach (Va.)
Virginia Beach (Va.)--Maps
Williamsburg (Va.)
Genres/Forms of Material
Booklets
Books
Brochures
Commemoratives
Guidebooks
Maps (documents)
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Postcards
Souvenir programs
Souvenirs
Stencils (image-making tools)
Topographic maps
Tourist maps
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:
Jim Bradshaw by donation
PreferredCitation: Jim Bradshaw Norfolk Memorabilia Collection, MSS 2015-019, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.