By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Gerard Beasley's Boy Scouts Troop 6 Park Place Scrapbook, 1925, 1940-1945
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-055
Creator: Beasley, Gerald D., Jr. (1926-2016)
Extent: 1.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in original order. Loose materials have been separated into a folder.
Date Acquired: 11/24/2014
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
One circa 1940-1943 scrapbook includes photographs, patches, drawings, and other memorabilia pertaining to Jerry Beasley of Boy Scout Troop 6 at Park Place in Norfolk, Virginia.
Biographical Note
Gerald "Jerry" Dean Beasley, Jr. was born on October 15, 1926. He enlisted in the United States Army on November 27, 1945. Beasley married Dorothy Virginia Scott on March 6, 1954 in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He managed Thrifty Car Rental in the Tidewater area for almost 30 years. Beasley died on August 2, 2016 in North Carolina and was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
Administrative Information
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:
Unknown
Preferred Citation:
Gerald Beasley's Boy Scouts Troop 6 Park Place Scrapbook, MSS 0000-055, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed June 12, 2017.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Loose items, 1925, 1940-1945
- Includes clippings of aircraft, a 1942 Boy Scouts Tidewater Council patch, ration cards, correspondence, cutout of the College of William and Mary emblem, Boy Scouts membership cards, and one 1925 booklet "Boy Scout Diary" belonging to Ernest Irby.
- Folder 2: Scrapbook, circa 1940-1943
- Includes letter of membership for Troop 6, Boy Scouts of America, sponsored by the Men's Bible Class of Park Place Methodist Episcopal Church in Norfolk, Virginia. Also includes photographs of camping and boys at camp, newsletters for the troop, a pencil drawing of Ward's Corner in Norfolk, Boy Scout patches, and other related ephemera.