By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Marguerite Phelps Vail Collection, 1935-1980s
ID: 001/01/MSS 2019-002
Creator: Vail, Marguerite Phelps (1926-2012)
Extent: 11.0 Folders
Arrangement: Arranged by subject.
Date Acquired: 01/29/2019
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Circa 1935-1958 clippings, programs, diplomas, and photographs relating to the Preston School of Dancing, likely collected by Marguerite May Phelps of Norfolk, Virginia. This collection also includes a few photographs of downtown Norfolk after the March 1962 Ash Wednesday Storm, photographs of Church of the Good Shepherd, and other Norfolk-related printed ephemera.
Biographical Note
Marguerite May Phelps Vail was born on June 11, 1926 in Norfolk, Virginia. She attended St. Mary's Junior College in Raleigh, North Carolina. Vail married Jack Harrell Vail on April 30, 1949 in Norfolk, Virginia. She was a member of the Junior League of Norfolk-Virginia Beach, Garden Club of Norfolk, and Norfolk Society of Arts. Vail died on September 22, 2012 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:
Elizabeth Ashby Vail Waldo by donation
Preferred Citation:
Marguerite Phelps Vail Collection, MSS 2019-002, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed January 29, 2019.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Clippings, Preston School of Dancing, circa 1935-1958
- Folder 2: Diplomas, Marguerite May Phelps, The Preston School of Dancing, 1942, 1948
- Oversized.
- Folder 3: Photographs, Preston Dance School, circa 1936
- Folder 4: Programs, The Preston School of Dancing, 1936-1941, 1957
- Folder 5: Programs, The Preston School of Dancing, Golden Jubilee, 1958
- Folder 6: Invitations, 1958, 1965
- Folder 7: Photographs, Church of the Good Shepherd, circa 1940s-1980s
- Includes one postcard.
- Folder 8: Photographs, Downtown Norfolk and Ash Wednesday Storm, 1959, 1962 March
- Folder 9: Programs, Blair Junior High School, 1939-1940
- Folder 10: Ephemera, circa 1940s-1980s
- Includes a postcard, napkin, photograph, invitation, songbook, and letterhead.
- Folder 11: Artifacts, circa 1957
- Item 1: Jamestown Pennant Pencil, circa 1957
- Item 2: Folding Fan, Jamestown, circa 1957