By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Virginia Moses Yeatts Collection, circa 1890s-1950s
ID: 001/01/MSS 2018-042
Creator: Yeatts, Virginia Moses (1914-2001)
Extent: 1.0 Folders
Arrangement: Arranged in original order.
Date Acquired: 09/11/2018
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
One circa 1890s-1950s collection of photographs, postcards, and one April 1894 issue of Tidewater Christian, a Norfolk, Virginia publication.
Biographical Note
Virginia Moses Yeatts was born on January 4, 1914 in Norfolk, Virginia. She attended State Teachers College in Farmville, Virginia and became a teacher at James Madison School in Norfolk, Virginia. Yeatts married William Saunders Yeatts on August 23, 1947 in Norfolk, Virginia. In addition to Norfolk, she also resided for parts of her life in Chatham, Virginia and Danville, Virginia. Yeatts died on September 28, 2001 in Danville, Virginia and was buried at Chatham Burial Park in Chatham, 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:
Linda Yeatts Brown by donation
Preferred Citation:
Virginia Moses Yeatts Collection, MSS 2018-042, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed November 6, 2018.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Photographs, postcards, and Tidewater Christian newsletter, circa 1890s-1950s
- Item 1: Photograph, Ruffner Junior High School, circa 1928
- Item 2: Photograph, Virginia Department of Highways ferries, 1956 November
- Item 3: Postcard, New Virginia Hotel, circa 1930s-1940s
- Item 4: Postcard, Granby Street High School, circa 1930s-1940s
- Item 5: Newsletter, Tidewater Christian, 1894 April
- Volume 2, Number 2.