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Lawrence C. Page Scrapbooks, 1934-1964

By Sarah Osorio

Collection Overview

Title: Lawrence C. Page Scrapbooks, 1934-1964

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-066

Creator: Page, Lawrence C. (1885-1963)

Extent: 4.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in chronological order. Loose materials have been separated into folders.

Date Acquired: 01/31/1983

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Two 1930s-1960s scrapbooks primarily containing newspaper clippings concerning local city politics, nominations, campaigns, elections, redevelopment, and the economy in Norfolk, Virginia. Many of the articles relate to Lawrence C. Page, who served on Norfolk City Council from 1938 to 1942 and from 1950 to 1960.

Biographical Note

Lawrence Charles Page, Sr. was born on May 19, 1885 in Norfolk, Virginia. He served in the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues for four years. Page was actively involved in politics for the city of Norfolk, Virginia. He was a strong supporter of redevelopment, a central public library, and a city pension plan. Page served on Norfolk's City Council from 1938-1942 and from 1950-1960. He took over his father's realty business: H. L. Page & Company, Inc. Page married Catherine Face. He died on October 15, 1963 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: Diane Page Warnell by donation

Preferred Citation: Lawrence C. Page Scrapbook, MSS 0000-066, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed July 6, 2017.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1: Scrapbook 1, 1911-1963Add to your cart.
Includes clippings, telegrams, a poster, brochures, a ribbon, and photographs. The clippings relate to Republican politics in Norfolk and Virginia, and Norfolk City Council nominations, campaigns, and elections. The majority of the scrapbook dates between 1936 and 1939.
Box 2: Scrapbook 2, 1939-1963Add to your cart.
Includes clippings, certificates, and photographs. The majority of the information relates to Norfolk City Council, elections and campaigns, public school desegregation, and redevelopment of downtown Norfolk, Virginia.
Box 3: Loose Pages and Clippings, 1911-1962, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 1: Loose pages, 1911-1938, undatedAdd to your cart.
From Scrapbook 1. An agreement, correspondence, campaign ribbon, and photographs.
Folder 2: Loose pages, 1934-1962Add to your cart.
From Scrapbook 2. Includes The Progress of VA newsletter (Volume 1, Number 10, September 1934), news article, campaign pamphlet, correspondence, photographs, and programs.
Folder 3: Loose clippings, 1960-1962, undatedAdd to your cart.
From Scrapbook 2.
Box 4: Oversized Materials, 1938-1962, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folders 1 and 2 are located in Oversize Miscellaneous Box 1. Folders 3 and 4 are located in Map Drawer 15.
Folder 1: Clippings, 1958-1962Add to your cart.
From Scrapbook 2.
Folder 2: The Norfolk Story, 1959 May 15Add to your cart.
From Scrapbook 2.
Folder 3: Newspaper, Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 1938Add to your cart.
From Scrapbook 1. Includes December 31, 1938 issue of newspaper and one May 27, 1938 advertisement for the campaign of The Peoples Ticket featuring Wood-Page-Roberts.
Folder 4: Newspaper, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 1940Add to your cart.
From Scrapbook 2. 75th Anniversary Edition, Section G.