Brief Description: Minutes, correspondence, booklets, official programs, maps, and miscellaneous materials relating to the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration in 1931 in Yorktown, Virginia. Organizations represented in the collection include Trustees of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Assembly of Tidewater Virginia Women, and Norfolk Area Yorktown Committee. Several items appear to have belonged to Mrs. Frantz Naylor of Norfolk, Virginia.
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 0000-134
Created by: Sargeant Memorial Collection (1927-)
Volume: 1.0 Boxes
Acquired:
00/00/0000.
Arrangement: Arranged by record type.
Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.
Subject Index
Norfolk (Va.)
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States. Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission
Virginia--History
Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Yorktown (Va.)
Yorktown (Va.)--Maps.
Genres/Forms of Material
Admission tickets
Booklets
Correspondence
Invitations
Leaflets (printed works)
Maps (documents)
Minutes (administrative records)
Programs
Speeches (documents)
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:
Unknown. Maps were donated by Mr. Bingham
Related Materials:
The Virginia Campaign and the Blockade and Siege of Yorktown, 1781: Including a brief narrative of the French participation in the Revolution prior to the Southern campaign, Army War College, 1931.
PreferredCitation: United States Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Collection, MSS 0000-134, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.