By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Helen Louise Borrowdale Smith Scrapbook, circa 1940-1944
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-072
Creator: Smith, Helen Louise Borrowdale (1910-2003)
Extent: 2.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in original order. Loose materials have been separated into folders.
Date Acquired: 05/06/2014
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
One 1940-1941 scrapbook containing photographs, postcards, greeting cards, invitations, programs, a map, and other memorabilia belonging to Helen Louise Borrowdale Smith of Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook includes materials relating to Smith's travels in Charleston, West Virginia and Huntington, West Virginia, along with her honeymoon travels to Boston, Massachusetts and New York.
Biographical Note
Helen Louise Borrowdale Smith was born on October 9, 1910 in the Berkley section of Norfolk, Virginia. She graduated from Maury High School in 1928. Smith married Robert Bateman Boyce on April 15, 1933 in Norfolk, Virginia. She married Wayne Eugene Smith on September 20, 1941 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Smith died on March 20, 2003 in Virginia Beach, 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:
Reese Lukei by donation
Preferred Citation:
Helen Louise Borrowdale Smith Scrapbook, MSS 0000-072, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed July 5, 2017.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1: Scrapbook, circa 1940-1944
- Box 2: Loose Materials, circa 1940s
- Folder 1: Loose page, circa 1940
- Folder 2: Photographs, 1943-1944, undated
- Includes photographs from the 1943 funeral of Elizabeth Smith at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
- Folder 3: Miscellaneous ephemera, circa 1940s
- Includes souvenir folders from Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts and historical Boston, Massachusetts. Also includes greeting cards, a booklet listing points of interest in New York, and a dried flower.
- Folder 4: Map, Commonwealth of Virginia State Highway System and Connections, 1944
- Copyright Commonwealth of Virginia State Highway Commission. Located in Map Drawer 15.