Log In | Contact Us| View Cart (0)
Browse: Collections Digital Content Subjects Creators Record Groups

Gray Family Photographs

Overview

Scope and Contents

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Filing Cabinet Manuscripts



Contact us about this collection

Gray Family Photographs, 1934, 1942, 1962, undated | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Sarah Osorio

Printer-friendly Printer-friendly | Email Us Contact Us About This Collection

Collection Overview

Title: Gray Family Photographs, 1934, 1942, 1962, undatedAdd to your cart.

ID: 007/MSS 0000-535

Primary Creator: Unknown

Other Creators: Longs Studio

Extent: 4.0 Folders

Arrangement: Arranged by subject.

Date Acquired: 00/00/0000

Subjects: African-American soldiers--Photographs, Gray family, Norfolk (Va.), World War, 1939-1945--African Americans

Forms of Material: Clippings (information artifacts), Photographs

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Photographs and newspaper clippings relating to the Gray Family; approximately half of the photographs are of William H. Gray and his friends during World War II. The remaining photographs and clippings do not clearly indicate a Gray family connection.

Subject/Index Terms

African-American soldiers--Photographs
Gray family
Norfolk (Va.)
World War, 1939-1945--African Americans

Administrative Information

Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

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 Source: Purchase

Preferred Citation: Gray Family Photographs, MSS 0000-535, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed January 14, 2016.


Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Box:

[Box 3: Filing Cabinet Manuscripts],
[All]

Box 3: Filing Cabinet ManuscriptsAdd to your cart.
Folder 1: Photographs of William H. Gray, 1934, 1942, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Photograph, William H. Gray, 1934Add to your cart.
Photograph from Longs Studio, Church Street, Norfolk, Virginia.
Item 2: Photograph, William H. Gray, 1942Add to your cart.
Private First Class, age 29 years. "Has on sharp shooters medal."
Item 3: Photograph, William H. Gray, circa 1942Add to your cart.
World War II.
Item 4: Photograph, William H. Gray, undatedAdd to your cart.
"Please hold for Riddick Funeral Service."
Folder 2: Photographs of William H. Gray's Army Friends, circa 1942Add to your cart.
Item 1: Photograph, "Gray's picture", undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 2: Photograph, "A friend of William H. Gray, World War II", undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Photograph, "Gray's army friends", 1942Add to your cart.
Five men; four men standing and one man sitting.
Item 4: Photograph, "Gray's army friends", 1942Add to your cart.
Two men standing.
Item 5: Photograph, "Gray's army friends", 1942Add to your cart.
One man standing.
Item 6: Photograph, "Gray's army friends", 1942Add to your cart.
One man standing. Back of photograph includes divided back with lines.
Folder 3: Miscellaneous Photographs, 1942, 1962, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Photograph, Unidentified woman standing beside a chair, undatedAdd to your cart.
There are several handwritten annotations on the back of the photograph, including "Mrs. Ruth Wilson," "Uncle horse Radish," and "Tarry Town, N.Y."
Item 2: Photograph, "Rev. A. Chester Clark, Pastor"Add to your cart.
Item 3: Photograph, Charlie Owens, undatedAdd to your cart.
"Died Aug. 20th, 1935, A friend of Jessie Foster."
Item 4: Photograph, Ruth Carson Johnson and Harry H. Foster, undatedAdd to your cart.
Photograph was previously pasted in a scrapbook.
Item 5: Photograph, Lillian Williams, circa 1942Add to your cart.
Lillian Williams posing beside an automobile with 1942 Massachusetts license plate 586-036.
Item 6: Photograph, 758 Lexington Street, undatedAdd to your cart.
Randolph Wright - 758 Lexington Street, Norfolk, Virginia. "Katie and Clarence Redd on left."
Item 7: Photograph, 1962 Western Tour of The Beautifying Club, 1962Add to your cart.
"1st Baptist Church, Gilmerton, Virginia - Mexico-Colorado-Arizona-California." "Photo by Pect, Portsmouth, Virginia."
Folder 4: Scrapbook Page, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Photograph, Unidentified woman, undatedAdd to your cart.
"I think that this is the lady that Nettie stayed with in Baltimore, Md., Signed 'Jennie'."
Item 2: Photographs, Unidentified woman, undatedAdd to your cart.
Three small identical portrait photographs.
Item 3: Clipping, Floretta Sears Thomas, undatedAdd to your cart.
Photograph of Floretta Sears Thomas.
Item 4: Clipping, "250 honor School Board vice chairman", undatedAdd to your cart.
Handwritten annotation on front of clipping, "Main Speaker - Dr. Ernest Green, one of the nine of Arkansas." Handwritten annotation on back of clipping, "other speaker - Dr. Lois Brown, Bishop Willis, Dr. Allen, Father Green, ..."

Browse by Box:

[Box 3: Filing Cabinet Manuscripts],
[All]


Norfolk Public Library
Slover Library
235 Plume Street
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
Page Generated in: 0.088 seconds (using 216 queries).
Using 7.66MB of memory. (Peak of 7.78MB.)

Powered by Archon Version 3.21 rev-2.1
Copyright ©2012 The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign