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By Nichole Delasalas
Collection Overview
Title: Virginia War History Commission, Norfolk, Virginia Records, 1919-1921
Predominant Dates:1919
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-182
Primary Creator: Virginia War History Commission (1919-1928)
Extent: 19.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in original order. Questionnaires are divided by sex and race, and within these categories are arranged alphabetically by surname. Questionnaires from churches and schools are arranged within their respective categories in alphabetical order. Reports from various local organizations and other miscellaneous materials are arranged in original order.
Date Acquired: 01/00/1968
Subjects: Naval Station Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.)--Maps, Organizations, Schools, World War, 1914-1918
Forms of Material: Correspondence, Government records, Lists (document genres), Newsletters, Photographs, Postcards, Questionnaires, Reports
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Questionnaires completed by servicemembers and nurses who served during World War I from Norfolk, Virginia. Individual questionnaires ask for servicemembers' personal information, military service information, and thoughts and feelings about their service during the War. Questionnaires filled out by local churches and schools include statistical information and data on activities relating to financial contributions, general feelings, and patriotic activities implemented during the War. This collection also contains letters, reports, photographs, newsletters, and one 1919 map of the Naval Operating Base in Norfolk, Virginia.
Subject/Index Terms
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:
Mrs. S. H. Ferebee by donation
Related Materials:
Virginia War History Commission Records, Library of Virginia. For more information please see http://search.vaheritage.org/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi00958.xml.
Preferred Citation:
Virginia War History Commission, Norfolk, Virginia Records, MSS 0000-182, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
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Box 1: Questionnaires, White: A - Bra],
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Box 2: Questionnaires, White: Bre - Cor],
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Box 3: Questionnaires, White: Cra - D],
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Box 4: Questionnaires, White: E - Go],
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Box 5: Questionnaires, White: Gr - J],
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Box 6: Questionnaires, White: K - Me],
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Box 7: Questionnaires, White: Me - P],
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Box 8: Questionnaires, White: R - S],
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Box 9: Questionnaires, White: T - Whi],
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Box 10: Questionnaires, White: Whi - Z],
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Box 11: Questionnaires, Colored: A - G],
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Box 12: Questionnaires, Colored: H - N],
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Box 13: Questionnaires, Colored: O - Y],
[Box 14: Questionnaires, Nurses/Women],
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Box 15: Questionnaires, Churches/Schools],
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Box 16: Organizational Reports],
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Box 17: Miscellaneous Records (Folder 1 of 2)],
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Box 18: Miscellaneous Records (Folder 2 of 2)],
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Box 19: Oversized Materials, 1919],
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- Box 14: Questionnaires, Nurses/Women
- Folder 1: List of Women in the War
- List of women from Norfolk, Virginia in alphabetical order.
- Folder 2: Arrington, Harriet Lelia
Born: 1890 March 28.
Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 3: Bohlken, Lillian Estelle
Born: 1886 February 2.
Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 4: Brennan, Helena, 1919 December 24
Born: 1892 February 18.
Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force as a yeoman.
- Folder 5: Bucking, Helen Elizabeth, 1919 August 19
Born: 1899 January 5.
Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force as chief clerk to the commandant.
- Folder 6: Colbath, Lucille Hollingsworth
Born: 1892 August 11.
Served as a Reserve Army Nurse.
- Folder 7: Coston, Eleanor, 1920 March 15
Born: 1880 September 21.
Served in the Army Nurse Corps.
- Folder 8: Darden, Queenie Mae, 1919 August 19
Born: 1887 June 13.
Served in the Naval Reserve Force, Headquarters Office.
- Folder 9: Dawson, Thelma Hieter, 1919 August 18
Born: 1900 March 18.
Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force as a yeoman.
- Folder 10: Demke, Olga Wilhelmina, 1919 August 19
Born: 1900 April 2.
Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force as a yeoman.
- Folder 11: Douglas, Lucile Virginia
Born: 1891 September 21.
Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 12: Downs, Mary Elizabeth, 1919 September 26
Born: 1880 August 14.
Served in the Reserve Nurse Corps.
- Folder 13: Ferrier, Dorothy Winifred
Born: 1892 August 24.
Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force in the U. S. Department of Justice.
- Folder 14: Fincher, Minnie Mae
Born: 1899 May 6.
Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.
- Folder 15: Friedman, Ruth, 1919 August 18
Born: 1919 June 26.
Served in the Naval Reserve as a yeoman. Photograph included.
- Folder 16: Fulford, Lillie Elliott, 1919 September 2
Born: 1882 March 14.
Served in the Naval Reserve as a yeoman.
Additional information included.
- Folder 17: Gamage, Edna Sue, 1919 December 6
Born: 1883 July 1.
Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 18: Hollomon, Minnie Pearl, 1919 November 12
Born: 1885 March 11.
Served in the Naval Reserve in the Supply Department.
- Folder 19: Harris, Pearl May
Born: 1890 May 26.
Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 20: Hays, Bessie Lee, 1920 June 7
Born: 1885 December 13.
Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.
- Folder 21: Hecht, Felicita Wootlow
Additional information included.
Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 22: Heier, Julia Bollette, 1919 August 29
Born: 1885 August 19.
Served as a Nurse. Photograph included.
- Folder 23: Holland, Agnes Catherine
Born: 1891 September 7.
Served in the Naval Reserve Force as a yeoman.
- Folder 24: Hundley, Minnie Estelle
Born: 1889 June 21.
Served as a Nurse. Photograph included.
- Folder 25: Johnson, Evelyn M., 1919 August 20
Born: 1886 June 11.
Served in the Naval Reserve as a yeoman.
- Folder 26: Johnson, Gerda F.
Born: 1887 April 7.
Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 27: Johnson, Sallie Anna
Born: 1884 September 8.
Served as a Red Cross Nurse.
- Folder 28: Johnson, Velma Miller
Born: 1895 March 25.
Served in the Naval Reserve as a yeoman.
- Folder 29: Keeling, Margaret Haynes
Born: 1899 November 3.
Served in the Naval Reserve Force as a yeoman.
- Folder 30: Lauriault, Kathleen
Born: 1886 July 11.
Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 31: MacArtan, Ellen Gillis, 1919 September 19
Born: 1884 February 27.
Served in the Naval Reserve.
- Folder 32: Marshall, Sophie Jeannette
Born: 1886 April 5.
Served in the Naval Reserve as a yeoman.
- Folder 33: Matthews, Josie Ashley, 1919 September 12
- Served in the Naval Reserve.
- Folder 34: McComb, Nancy Vance
Born: 1886 October 10.
Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 35: McWilliams, Mary Catherine
- Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 36: Mizelle, Lillian Scarborough
Born: 1890 July 20.
Note: Individual is a male.
- Folder 37: Modlin, Otelia
- Served in the Naval Reserve as a yeoman.
- Folder 38: Moore, Lotta
Born: 1880.
Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 39: Munden, Asia Carmine
Born: 1896 June 16.
Served in the Naval Reserve.
- Folder 40: O'Neale, Minerva
Born: 1888 April 1.
Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 41: Peterson, Anne Verga
Born: 1895 August 23.
Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 42: Randlitte, Ella Ione, 1919 September 21
Born: 1896 December 11.
Served in the Naval Reserve as a yeoman.
- Folder 43: Rathbone, Martha Valleaw
Born: 1896 July 3.
Served in the Naval Reserve as a yeoman.
- Folder 44: Rawles, Erna May
Born: 1889 May 7.
Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 45: Simpson, Clara Jane, 1919 September 20
Born: 1889 September 24.
Served in the Army Nurse Corps.
- Folder 46: Stewart, Lena Swan
Born: 1883 October 10.
Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 47: Waldron, Mary Bernardine
Born: 1879 May 15.
Served as a Nurse.
- Folder 48: Williams, Helen Thelma
Born: 1900 June 29.
Served in the Naval Reserve as a yeoman.
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Box 1: Questionnaires, White: A - Bra],
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Box 2: Questionnaires, White: Bre - Cor],
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Box 3: Questionnaires, White: Cra - D],
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Box 4: Questionnaires, White: E - Go],
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Box 5: Questionnaires, White: Gr - J],
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Box 6: Questionnaires, White: K - Me],
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Box 7: Questionnaires, White: Me - P],
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Box 8: Questionnaires, White: R - S],
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Box 9: Questionnaires, White: T - Whi],
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Box 10: Questionnaires, White: Whi - Z],
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Box 11: Questionnaires, Colored: A - G],
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Box 12: Questionnaires, Colored: H - N],
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Box 13: Questionnaires, Colored: O - Y],
[Box 14: Questionnaires, Nurses/Women],
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Box 15: Questionnaires, Churches/Schools],
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Box 16: Organizational Reports],
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Box 17: Miscellaneous Records (Folder 1 of 2)],
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Box 18: Miscellaneous Records (Folder 2 of 2)],
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Box 19: Oversized Materials, 1919],
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All]
