By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Margaret Thomas Scrapbook, 1921-1945, undated
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-075
Creator: Kaufman, Margaret Thomas (1912-1999)
Extent: 2.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in original order. Loose materials from the front of the scrapbook were separated by record type in chronological order.
Date Acquired: 00/00/0000
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
One 1927-1929 scrapbook relating to Margaret Thomas during her time at Maury High School. The 142-page scrapbook includes information about school clubs, report cards, football games, and personal saying and jokes. It also includes photographs taken at Maury High school in Norfolk, Virginia and at Camp Owaissa in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The scrapbook also contains select dates for local newspaper headlines during World War II.
Biographical Note
Margaret Elizabeth Thomas Kaufman was born on September 8, 1912 in Portsmouth, Virginia. She married J. Carroll Kaufman on March 12, 1938 in Norfolk, Virginia. Kaufman was an English teacher at Churchland High School. She was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church and the Portsmouth Women's Club, and she volunteered for the Naval Shipyard Museum. She died on June 7, 1999 in Portsmouth, Virginia and was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, 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:
William B. Inge by donation
Preferred Citation:
Margaret Thomas Scrapbook, MSS 0000-075, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed July 27, 2017.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1: Scrapbook, 1927-1929
- Includes an index on the back of the first page in the scrapbook: Clubs (page 1), School (page 21), Social (page 41), Sports (page 61), Personals (page 81), Jokes (page 101), and Miscellaneous (page 121). Many pages are blank or have been cut out. World War II newspaper headlines have been pasted or inserted into some parts of the scrapbook, particularly the beginning.
- Box 2: Loose Materials, 1921-1945, undated
- Folders 2-6 are located in Oversize Miscellaneous Box 1. Newspaper headlines relate to prominent events in World War II and include select dates from the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, and The Portsmouth Star.
- Folder 1: Loose Materials, 1921-1943, undated
- Includes clippings, correspondence, a small pennant, and photographs.
- Folder 2: Newspaper Headlines, 1941
- Folder 3: Newspaper Headlines, 1942
- Folder 4: Newspaper Headlines, 1943
- Folder 5: Newspaper Headlines, 1944
- Folder 6: Newspaper Headlines, 1945