By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Norfolk History Clippings Scrapbooks, 1910, 1945-1963
Predominant Dates:1962-1963
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-101
Creator: Unknown
Extent: 3.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in original order.
Date Acquired: 11/24/2014
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Three circa 1940s-1960s history scrapbooks of clippings featuring prominent events, houses, developments, storms, and people in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Princess Anne, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. Topics include individual biographies, distinguished visitors, formation of the cities of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, United States Navy, buildings, ferries, tunnels, yellow fever, the Civil War, churches, and the Adam Thoroughgood House.
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:
Norfolk History Clippings Scrapbooks, MSS 0000-101, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed September 5, 2017.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1: Scrapbooks, 1936-1963
- Item 1: Volume I, 1940-1962
- Topics include Lynnhaven, Adam Thoroughgood house, local transit, ferries, yellow fever, Civil War, and churches.
- Item 2: Volume II, 1936-1961
- Topics include Adam Thoroughgood house, tunnels, individual biographies, and distinguished visitors.
- Item 3: Volume III, 1945-1963
- Topics include the Ash Wednesday Storm, United States Navy, ferries, tunnels, Outer Banks, buildings, and the formation of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, Virginia.
- Box 2: Loose Materials, 1910-1963
- Folder 1: Loose Materials from Scrapbook 2, 1961-1962
- Booklet, Know Your City, Norfolk, Virginia, 1961-1962.
- Folder 2: Loose Materials from front of Scrapbook 3, 1910-1963
- Includes two August 1910 maps of water supply for the City of Norfolk, Virginia and two copies of The Norfolk Story (1960 and 1961).
- Folder 3: Loose Materials from back of Scrapbook 3, 1945-1963
- Includes August 14, 1945 edition of the Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch.