By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Mary Hall Whitehurst Scrapbook, 1918-1978
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-081
Creator: Whitehurst, Mary Hall (1908-2000)
Extent: 2.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged by record type.
Date Acquired: 11/24/2014
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
One circa 1960s-1970s scrapbook of poems, correspondence, greeting cards, and newspaper clippings relating to Edna Reed Hainsworth of Norfolk, Virginia. Letters and greeting cards were addressed from Edna Reed Hainsworth and sent to Mary Hall Whitehurst, who presumably compiled the scrapbook.
Biographical Note
Mary Emily Hall Whitehurst was born on August 21, 1908 in Rich Square, North Carolina. She married William Calvin Whitehurst on November 13, 1926 in Pasquotank, North Carolina. Whitehurst retired from sales at Naivete Shop. She was a member of Park Place United Methodist Church in Norfolk, Virginia. Whitehurst died on January 10, 2000 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:
Mary Hall Whitehurst Scrapbook, MSS 0000-081, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed July 20, 2017.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1: Scrapbook, 1918-1978
- Includes clippings, correspondence, cards, and poems by and about Edna Reed Hainsworth, a poet in Norfolk, Virginia.
- Box 2: Loose Materials from Scrapbook, 1918-1978, undated
- Folder 1: Correspondence, 1947-1976, undated
- Folder 2: Essay, Maury High School Graduation Essay of Cassie Whitehurst, 1918
- "Our Country."
- Folder 3: Poems and Obituary of Edna Reed Hainsworth, 1978, undated