By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Jane M. Ruffin Scrapbook, 1894-1942, undated
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-071
Creator: Tucker, Jane Minerva Ruffin (1898-1987)
Extent: 3.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in original order. Loose materials have been separated into folders.
Date Acquired: 00/00/0000
Languages: English [eng], Japanese [jpn], French [fre]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
One circa 1909-1920 scrapbook of cards, invitations, correspondence, telegrams, photographs, score cards, sketches, programs, ticket stubs, receipts, business cards, clippings, napkins, ribbons, menus, and other ephemera of Jane M. Ruffin. The scrapbook contains programs for Maury High School in the 1910s, theater programs for plays, musicals, and movies, and ephemera relating to trips to New York, Kentucky, Vermont, China, and Japan.
Biographical Note
Jane Minerva Ruffin Tucker was born on August 27, 1898 in Virginia. In 1925, Tucker was the first president of the Junior League of Norfolk. She married Lawrence Fontaine Tucker on December 19, 1929. Tucker helped found Norfolk Day Nursery and volunteered at Virginia Beach General Hospital for 10 years. She helped found the Virginia Beach Beautification Commission and was a prominent community leader in beautification efforts. Tucker was the 1984 recipient of the Mayor's Award for Virginia Beach Clean Community. She died on May 17, 1987 in Virginia Beach, Virginia and was buried at Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery in Virginia Beach, 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:
Jane M. Ruffin Scrapbook, MSS 0000-071, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed July 5, 2017.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1: Scrapbook, 1909-1920, undated
- Box 2: Loose pages, 1894-1942, undated
- Folder 1: Booklets, Dance cards, 1917-1920, undated
- Folder 2: Booklets, Maury High School Commencements, 1914-1915
- Folder 3: Cards, 1921-1942, undated
- Folder 4: Checkbook, 1894
- Folder 5: Clippings, 1917, 1920, undated
- Includes clipping of 1917 Maury High School graduates and articles of tennis champion Bill Tilden.
- Folder 6: Correspondence, 1909-1921, undated
- Folder 7: Newsletter, The Wigwam, 1919
- Volume 2, Number 1 (May 1919) and Volume 2, Number 3 (July 1919).
- Folder 8: Photographs, undated
- Includes photographs of men and women in swimsuits.
- Folder 9: Postcards, 1915, undated
- Folder 10: Programs, 1915-1921
- Includes theater programs from Colonial Theatre and the Academy of Music in Norfolk, Virginia.
- Folder 11: Miscellaneous ephemera, 1919-1921, undated
- Includes a 1920 democratic guide ballot, a feather, a ribbon for the USS Maryland, an American flag Preparedness Parade pin, a 1919 ribbon with text "Welcome Home Virginia Boys," and a 1921 souvenir map and guide to Boston and vicinity.
- Box 3: Oversized Materials, 1920, undated
- Located in Oversize Miscellaneous Box 1.
- Folder 1: Flag of Iran, undated
- Flag depicts a lion holding a saber with the Sun peeking above the lion's back. The flag's top and left borders are green, while the bottom and right borders are red.
- Folder 2: Map, The Empire Tours, 1920
- Designed and printed by The Automobile Blue Book Publishing Company. Map depicts the Onondaga, Iroquois, and Adirondack Trails.