United States Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Collection, 1931-1932

Collection Overview

Title: United States Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Collection, 1931-1932

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-134

Creator: Sargeant Memorial Collection (1927-)

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged by record type.

Date Acquired: 00/00/0000

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Minutes, correspondence, booklets, official programs, maps, and miscellaneous materials relating to the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration in 1931 in Yorktown, Virginia. Organizations represented in the collection include Trustees of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Assembly of Tidewater Virginia Women, and Norfolk Area Yorktown Committee. Several items appear to have belonged to Mrs. Frantz Naylor of 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. Maps were donated by Mr. Bingham

Related Materials: The Virginia Campaign and the Blockade and Siege of Yorktown, 1781: Including a brief narrative of the French participation in the Revolution prior to the Southern campaign, Army War College, 1931.

Preferred Citation: United States Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Collection, MSS 0000-134, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed June 14, 2018.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: Minutes and Correspondence, Trustees of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, 1931-1932

Folder 2: Correspondence, Assembly of Tidewater Virginia Women, 1931 July 28 - September 18

Folder 3: Minutes and Correspondence, Norfolk Area Yorktown Committee, 1931 September 9, 11

Folder 4: Booklet, The Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1781-1931, Its Purpose and Plans, 1931 January 10

Folder 5: Booklets, Tentative Program for the Celebration of the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, 1931 October 16-19

Folder 6: Booklets, Official Program of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1931 October 16-19

Folder 7: Invitations, Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1931

Folder 8: Tickets, Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1931 October 16-17

Folder 9: Miscellaneous Materials, 1931 October 16-19

Item 1: Leaflet, On to Yorktown Sesquicentennial, 1931 October 16-19
Item 2: Speech, Address of President Hoover at the Ceremonies in Commemoration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, 1931 October 19

Folder 10: Maps, The Virginia Campaign and the Blockade and Siege of Yorktown, 1781, 1931

Item 1: Aerial print, Yorktown - From the Horn Work to York River, undated
Item 2: Map, No. 1, The Southern Campaign, 1781, 1931 June
Item 3: Map, No. 2, The Virginia Campaign, 1781, 1931 June
Item 4: Map, No. 3, Strategical Map, March of the French and American Armies in 1781, 1931 June
Item 5: Map, No. 4, Strategical Map of the West Indies, 1931 June
Item 6: Map, No. 5, The Sea Battle Off the Capes of Virginia, September 5, 1781, 1931 June
Item 7: Map, No. 6, The Investment of Yorktown, October 1781, 1931 June