Virginia War History Commission, Norfolk, Virginia Records, 1919-1921 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Nichole Delasalas

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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

Naval Station Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)--Maps
Organizations
Schools
World War, 1914-1918

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

Box 17: Miscellaneous Records (Folder 1 of 2)

Folder 1: List of Dead Soldiers from Norfolk, Virginia

Folder 2: Pamphlets

Contains:

1. The 319th Infantry, A. E. F.

2. No. 2 An Ordinance imposing Taxes.

3. Budget for the Fiscal Year.

Folder 3: "History of the Great War"

By Charles J. Calrow.

Folder 4: Letters, Diaries and Incidents-Volume I

Item 1: Poem, "Americans - We Come!", 1917 April: By James V. Brooke.
Item 2: Letter from Barron F. Black to Kathleen Tucker, 1917 September 30
Item 3: Letter from Hardin Massie to Kathleen Tucker, 1919 February 6
Item 4: Letter from "Barron" to Kathleen Tucker, 1917 August 2
Item 5: Postcard from "Shepherd" to Kathleen Tucker
Item 6: Letter from Hardin Massie to Kathleen Tucker, 1917 December 5
Item 7: Letter from Hardin Massie to Kathleen Tucker, 1919 February 9
Item 8: Postcard from unknown to Kathleen Tucker, 1917 August 23
Item 9: Letter from Hardin Massie to Kathleen Tucker, 1919 November 20
Item 10: Letter from Hardin Massie to Kathleen Tucker, 1918 July 12
Item 11: Letter from Hardin Massie to Kathleen Tucker, 1918 October 4
Item 12: Letter from Lt. Co. H. G. Knox to Col. R. A. Marr
Item 13: Letter from Captain Whit P. Tunstall to his parents, 1918
Item 14: Letter from Elizabeth A. Cooke to Mrs. M. T. Cooke, 1917 December 24
Item 15: Letter from Kate Cooke to M. T. Cooke
Item 16: Letter from Almorine Webb to Mrs. M. Webb, 1918 November 25
Item 17: Letter from James Webb to Mrs. S. Webb, 1918 November 30
Item 18: Letter from Almorine Webb to Mrs. Maude Webb, 1918 March 11
Item 19: Letter from Richard H. Baker to Mrs. B. M. Baker, 1918 January 3
Item 20: Letters from Richard H. Baker to Mrs. B. M. Baker, 1918 February 10: Also includes dates: 1918 April 11, 1918 May 17, 1918 July 1, 1918 July 11, 1918 October 10.
Item 21: Letter from Elizabeth Aymar Cooke to unknown
Item 22: Letter from Roland Thorp to Hon. R. T. Thorp
Item 23: American Official Comminique, 1918 November 5
Item 24: Letter from Maude Parson to Sister Olympia, 1918 January 3
Item 25: Letter from Sergeant George Woodhouse to his mother, 1918 October 31
Item 26: Letter from Edward May, Jr. to his mother, 1918 March 17
Item 27: Letter from Kate Cooke to Mrs. M. T. Cooke
Item 28: Additional information on Lieutenant Charles G. Grigg
Item 29: Letter from Lt. C. G. Grigg to Mrs. B. B. Spicer, 1917 December 26
Item 30: Letter from Lt. C. G. Grigg to Mrs. B. B. Spicer
Item 31: Letter from Lt. C. G. Grigg to Mrs. B. B. Spicer, 1918 August 12
Item 32: Letters from Lt. C. G. Grigg to a relative
Item 33: Letter from Lt. C. G. Grigg to Mrs. B. B. Spicer, 1918 May 12
Item 34: Letter from Lt. C. G. Grigg to Mrs. B. B. Spicer, 1918 March 14
Item 35: Letter from Lt. C. G. Grigg to Mrs. B. B. Spicer, 1919 June 1
Item 36: Letter from C. W. Melville to Ms. Leta Serpell, 1919 May 23
Item 37: Letter from Geo. S. Richardson to Ms. Serpell, 1919 April 4
Item 38: Letter from John C. Emmerson to Aletha Serpell, 1918 September 30
Item 39: Letter from Kate Cooke to M. T. Cooke
Item 40: Letter from Kate Cooke to M. T. Cooke
Item 41: Letter from Lt. F. R. Robinson to W. F. B. Slaughter
Item 42: Letter from Lt. F. R. Robinson to Mrs. W. F. B. Slaughter
Item 43: Letter from Lt. Lemuel C. Shepherd to his mother, 1918
Item 44: Letter from Lt. Lemuel C. Shepherd to his mother, 1918 April 18
Item 45: Letter from Lemuel C. Shepherd to his mother, 1918 June 1
Item 46: Letters from Lt. Lemuel C. Shepherd to his mother, 1918 September 18: Includes date 1918 October 12.

Folder 5: Letters, Diaries and Incidents-Volume II

Item 1: Letters from Lt. Harold Holmes Wrenn to his mother, 1918 October 15
Item 2: Letter from Sgt. Chas. A Carter to Ms. Margaret Renn, 1918 November 3
Item 3: Letter from "M" to Ms. Margaret Renn, 1918 October 5
Item 4: Letter from Temple Robinson to Aunt Jessie Slaughter, 1918 May 5
Item 5: In Memory of Private William W. Cockey
Item 6: Letter from Lt. Lemuel C. Shepherd to his mother, 1918 June 9
Item 7: Letters from J. P. Threadgill to Ms. Sophie Williams, 1917 December 10: Includes date 1918 March 13.
Item 8: Letter from "Francis" to Ms. Sophie Williams, 1917 September 6
Item 9: Letter from Edward W. Campbell to Ms. Sophie Williams
Item 10: Letter from "Frederick" to Ms. Sophie Williams, 1918 May 9
Item 11: Letters from Hunter Williams to his mother, 1918 February 5: Includes dates 1918 February 6, 1918 February 12, 1918 February 25.
Item 12: Letter from Junius Lynch to L. C. Millard, 1918 April 1
Item 13: Letter from Major Junius F. Lynch to Mrs. L. C. Millard, 1918 April 21
Item 14: Letter from Junius Lynch to his daughter
Item 15: Letter from Junius Lynch to L. C. Millard, 1918 May 1
Item 16: Letter from Junius Lynch to Mrs. L. C. Millard, 1918 June 3
Item 17: Letter from Junius F. Lynch to L. C Millard, 1918 July 5
Item 18: Letter from Junius Lynch to L. C. Millard, 1918 October 31
Item 19: Letter from Junius F. Lynch to Mrs. L. C. Millard, 1919 February 24
Item 20: Letter from Junius F. Lynch to L. C. Millard, 1919 March 12
Item 21: Letter from Junius F. Lynch to L. C. Millard, 1919 March 20
Item 22: Letter from Junius Lynch to L. C. Millard, 1919 March 29
Item 23: Letter from Junius F. Lynch to L. C. Millard, 1919 April 7
Item 24: Letter from Louis Reck to Junius Lynch, 1918 October 8
Item 25: Merits of Lieutenant Frank M. Mitchell
Item 26: Letter from Pvt. H. V. Thomas to Maury High School Students, 1919 January 1
Item 27: Letter from Pvt. John L. McCourt to Maury High School Students, 1918 December 19
Item 28: Letter from Sgt. Arthur S. Ward to Maury High School Students, 1918 December 15
Item 29: Letter from Daniel S. Hull to Maury High School Students
Item 30: Letter from Luther Ansell to Maury High School Students, 1918 December 14
Item 31: Letter from Pvt. Raymond A. Bell to Maury High School Students, 1918 December 29
Item 32: Letter from Sgt. George F. Woodhouse and Pvt. Worth B. Overman to Maury High School Students, 1918 December 21
Item 33: Letter from Major Herbert Old to Maury High School Students, 1918 December 11
Item 34: Letter from Pvt. A. E. Archer to Maury High School Students, 1919 January 2
Item 35: Letter from Kate Cooke to Mrs. M. T. Cooke
Item 36: Letter from Kate Cooke to Mrs. M. T. Cooke
Item 37: Letter from J. V. Brooke to his sister, 1918 September 1
Item 38: Letters from J. V. Brooke to his mother, 1918 November 3: Includes date 1918 November 26.
Item 39: Letter from J. V. Brooke to his mother, 1919 January 3
Item 40: Letter from Junius F. Lynch to Mrs. L. C. Millard, 1918 August 26
Item 41: Letter from Junius F. Lynch to Mrs. L. C. Millard
Item 42: Letter from Junius F. Lynch to Mrs. L. C. Millard, 1919 April 11
Item 43: Letter from Junius F. Lynch to L. C. Millard, 1919 February 28
Item 44: Letter from Junius F. Lynch to Mrs. Lyman C. Millard, 1918 April 26
Item 45: "History of 314th Field Artillery": By Lester R. Graves.
Item 46: Diary of J. C. Nelson, Jr.
Item 47: Letter from J. V. Brooke to unknown, 1917 December 31
Item 48: Letter from Barton Myers to Mrs. Frantz Naylor, 1920 September 22