By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Gladys Whitehead Roberts Scrapbook, 1912-1929
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-067
Creator: Shriver, Gladys Whitehead Roberts (1900-1985)
Extent: 2.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in original order. Loose materials have been arranged by record type in separate folders.
Date Acquired: 11/24/2014
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
One 1920s scrapbook containing calling cards, clippings, correspondence, and other memorabilia of Gladys Whitehead Roberts from Norfolk, Virginia.
Biographical Note
Gladys Whitehead Roberts Shriver was born on July 24, 1900 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. She married Donald W. Shriver, Sr. on October 28, 1925 in Norfolk, Virginia. Shriver was a member of Park Place United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Norfolk Woman's Club, Talbot Park Garden Club, and the Wayside Circle of the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters. She died on June 14, 1985 in Norfolk, Virginia 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:
Gladys Whitehead Roberts Scrapbook, MSS 0000-067, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed June 29, 2017.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1: Scrapbook, 1911-1924, undated
- Includes name cards, invitations, correspondence, business cards, programs, tickets, napkins, gift tags, and other materials accumulated by Gladys Roberts of Norfolk, Virginia. Most of the materials pasted in the scrapbook date between 1918 and 1922.
- Box 2: Loose Materials, 1911-1924, undated
- Folder 1: Loose Materials (Folder 1 of 3), 1923-1924, undated
- Includes birthday and christmas cards, clippings, correspondence, and ephemera.
- Folder 2: Loose Materials (Folder 2 of 3), 1911-1923, undated
- Includes fishing tackle, invitation cards and a commencement card, name cards, a photograph, a poem, printed material, a report card, and ribbon fragments.
- Folder 3: Loose Materials (Folder 3 of 3), undated
- Includes a facsimile copy of the Declaration of Independence.