Sargeant Memorial Collection Virginia Ephemera Collection, 1890-2015

By Will Hopkins

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: African Americans, history, circa 1930-1960

Folder 2: African Americans, miscellaneous publications, circa 1960-1980

Folder 3: African Americans, miscellaneous studies and pamphlets, undated

Folder 4: Art, writing and authors, miscellaneous dates

Includes author biographies (by alphabetical order) and general publications on writing.

Folder 5: Art, poems and poets, miscellaneous dates

Includes short poetry collections and notes on poetry.

Folder 6: Art, music and musicians, miscellaneous dates

Includes musical performances and events, notes on musicians, and sheet music for the Jamestown Exposition.

Box 2

Folder 1: Art, theater, miscellaneous dates

Includes programs and schedules, and a script for the play "Druid Oak" by S.H. Ferebee.

Folder 2: Arts, theater, the Barter Theater, miscellaneous dates

Includes programs and background on the theater, in Abingdon, Virginia.

Folder 3: Arts, visual arts, miscellaneous dates

Includes programs and publications regarding painting, sculpture, photography and folk art.

Folder 4: Art, exhibitions, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Arts, publications and reviews, miscellaneous dates

Box 3

Folder 1: Bibliographies, miscellaneous dates

Includes subjects ranging from Virginia history to topical interests.

Folder 2: Biographies, A-B, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Biographies, C-D, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Biographies, Jefferson Davis, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Biographies, E-F, miscellaneous dates

Folder 6: Biographies, G-H, miscellaneous dates

Folder 7: Biographies, I-J, miscellaneous dates

Folder 8: Biographies, Thomas Jefferson, miscellaneous dates

Box 4

Folder 1: Biographies, K-L, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Biographies, Robert E. Lee, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Biographies, M-N, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Biographies, John Marshall, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Biographies, O-P, miscellaneous dates

Box 5

Folder 1: Biographies, R-Q, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Biographies, S-T, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Biographies, U-Z, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Biographies, George Washington, miscellaneous dates

Includes copy of Martha Washington's will.

Folder 5: Biographies, general publications, miscellaneous dates

Folder 6: Buildings and architecture, A-F, miscellaneous dates

Box 6

Folder 1: Buildings and architecture, G-L, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Buildings and architecture, M-P, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Buildings and architecture, Q-T, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Buildings and architecture, U-Z, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Buildings and architecture, lighthouses, miscellaneous dates

Box 7

Folder 1: Buildings and architecture, general topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Buildings and architecture, historic places nominations, 1982-1984

Includes Port Norfolk and Park View districts in Portsmouth.

Folder 3: Business and Industry, agriculture, miscellaneous dates

Includes publications on farms and livestock.

Folder 4: Business and Industry, tobacco, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Business and Industry, manufacturing, miscellaneous dates

Box 8

Folder 1: Business and Industry, industrial directories, undated

Folder 2: Business and Industry, alcohol industry, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Business and Industry, energy, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Business and Industry, various businesses, miscellaneous dates

Includes banking and retail.

Folder 5: Business and Industry, studies and guides, miscellaneous dates

Includes two union-related documents.

Box 9

Folder 1: Cemeteries, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Clubs and organizations, A-B, miscellaneous dates

Includes the Association for the Preservation of Virginia antiquities, various county historical societies, and other organizations.

Folder 3: Clubs and organizations, C-D, miscellaneous dates

Includes Children of the American Revolution and other organizations.

Folder 4: Clubs and organizations, Colonial Dames of America, miscellaneous dates

Box 10

Folder 1: Clubs and organizations, Daughters of the American Revolution, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Clubs and organizations, E-H, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Clubs and organizations, Garden Club of Virginia, 1977-2013

Programs.

Folder 4: Clubs and organizations, I-L, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Clubs and organizations, M, miscellaneous dates

Includes The Moles, Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and others.

Folder 6: Clubs and organizations, O-P, miscellaneous dates

Includes the Order of Cape Henry.

Box 11

Folder 1: Clubs and organizations, S-T, miscellaneous dates

Includes Sons of the American Revolution.

Folder 2: Clubs and organizations, Sulgrave Institution, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Clubs and organizations, U-Z, miscellaneous dates

Includes Virginia Historical Society.

Folder 4: Clubs and organizations, general information, miscellaneous dates

Includes lists of organizations.

Folder 5: Coins and stamps, miscellaneous dates

Includes information on crime and moonshine laws.

Box 12

Folder 1: Crime, courts and legal topics, miscellaneous dates

Includes moonshine enforcement.

Folder 2: Crime, courts and legal topics, courts and bar associations, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Demographics

Includes women and women suffrage.

Folder 4: Demographics, American Indians, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Education, Colleges A-H, miscellaneous dates

Box 13

Folder 1: Education, Colleges I-P, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Education, Colleges Q-T, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Education, Colleges U-V, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Education, Colleges, University of Virginia, miscellaneous dates

Box 14

Folder 1: Education, Colleges, University of Virginia, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Education, Colleges, University of Virginia, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Education, Colleges, W-Z, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Education, Colleges, William & Mary, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Education, Colleges, William & Mary, miscellaneous dates

Box 15

Folder 1: Education, Colleges, William & Mary, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Education, Colleges, William & Mary, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Education, secondary schools, miscellaneous dates

Includes the Virginia State School in Hampton.

Folder 4: Education, general topics, miscellaneous dates

Includes studies, journals, teaching guides, etc.

Folder 5: Education, general topics, miscellaneous dates

Box 16

Folder 1: Education, general topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Environment, nature guides, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Environment, rivers and waterways, miscellaneous dates

Box 17

Folder 1: Environment, studies, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Environment, climate, miscellaneous dates

Includes storms and weather, almanacs (1930s).

Folder 3: Environment, fisheries, miscellaneous dates

Includes materials on the oyster industry.

Folder 4: Environment, water management, miscellaneous dates

Includes materials on wetlands and the Dismal Swamp.

Folder 5: Environment, Chesapeake Bay, miscellaneous dates

Box 18

Folder 1: General interest, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Includes place names, almanacs (1940s).

Folder 2: General interests, place names, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: History, early Virginia history, miscellaneous dates

Includes Jamestown.

Box 19

Folder 1: History, colonial era, miscellaneous dates

Includes Williamsburg and Revolution.

Folder 2: History, Bicentennial, circa 1976

Folder 3: History, Bicentennial, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: History, oral histories, miscellaneous dates

Box 20

Folder 1: History, glass, miscellaneous dates

Includes bottle collections.

Folder 2: History, various history organizations, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: History, landmarks, miscellaneous dates

Includes buildings and markers.

Folder 4: History, general topics, miscellaneous dates

Box 21

Folder 1: History, general topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: History, general topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: History, general topics, miscellaneous dates

Box 22

Folder 1: Holidays, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Maps, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Maps, various roadmaps, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Maps, various roadmaps, miscellaneous dates

Box 23

Folder 1: Media and communications, miscellaneous dates

Includes materials on newspapers, telephones and other topics.

Folder 2: Medicine and health, miscellaneous dates

Includes materials on hospitals, treatments, senior care.

Folder 3: Military, service branches, miscellaneous dates

Includes materials on insignia.

Folder 4: Military, military branches, Coast Guard, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Military, facilities, Ft. Monroe, miscellaneous dates

Box 24

Folder 1: Military, facilities, miscellaneous dates

Includes major forts and bases.

Folder 2: Military, civil defense, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Military, general topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Museums, Mariners' Museum, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Museums, Mariners' Museum, miscellaneous dates

Box 25

Folder 1: Museums, Virginia Museum, miscellaneous dates

In Richmond.

Folder 2: Museums, Virginia Museum, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Museums, various, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Museums, various

Box 26

Folder 1: Pageants and events, Jamestown Festival, circa 1957

Folder 2: Pageants and events, The Common Glory, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Pageants and events, The Lost Colony, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Pageants and events, various, miscellaneous dates

Box 27

Folder 1: Parks and recreation, parks, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Parks and recreation, parks, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Parks and recreation, parks, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Parks and recreation, parks, miscellaneous dates

Box 28

Folder 1: Parks and recreation, parks, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Parks and recreation, parks, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Parks and recreation, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Parks and recreation, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Box 29

Folder 1: Politics and Government, laws and documents, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Politics and Government, laws and documents, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Politics and Government, Virginia Assembly, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Politics and Government, political figures, miscellaneous dates

Box 30

Folder 1: Politics and Government, political figures, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Politics and Government, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Politics and Government, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Politics and Government, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Box 31

Folder 1: Politics and Government, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Politics and Government, women's suffrage, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Religion, houses of worship A-P, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Religion, houses of worship Q-Z, miscellaneous dates

Box 32

Folder 1: Religion, Edgar Cayce Association, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Religion, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Religion, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Religion, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Segregation, miscellaneous dates

Box 33

Folder 1: Ships, A-B, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Ships, C-D, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Ships, E-F, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Ships, G-H, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Ships, I-J, miscellaneous dates

Folder 6: Ships, K-L, miscellaneous dates

Box 34

Item 1: Ships, M-N, miscellaneous dates

Item 2: Ships, O-P, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Ships, Q-R, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Ships, S-T, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Ships, U-Z, miscellaneous dates

Folder 6: Ships, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Box 35

Folder 1: Ships, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Ships, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Ships, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Ships, shipyards, miscellaneous dates

Box 36

Folder 1: Sports, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Statistics, economics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Statistics, population, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Statistics, prisons, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Statistics, public welfare, miscellaneous dates

Includes housing studies.

Folder 6: Statistics, Virginia, miscellaneous dates

Box 37

Folder 1: Statistics, Tidewater area, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Tourism, Virginia, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Tourism, Virginia, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Tourism, Williamsburg, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Tourism, mountains and western Virginia, miscellaneous dates

Box 38

Folder 1: Tourism, coast and eastern Virginia, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Transportation, railroads, miscellaneous dates

In alphabetical order.

Folder 3: Transportation, railroads, miscellaneous dates

In alphabetical order.

Folder 4: Transportation, railroads, miscellaneous dates

In alphabetical order.

Folder 5: Transportation, railroads, miscellaneous dates

In alphabetical order.

Box 39

Folder 1: Transportation, railroads, miscellaneous dates

In alphabetical order.

Folder 2: Transportation, railroads, miscellaneous dates

In alphabetical order.

Folder 3: Transportation, bridges, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Transportation, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Transportation, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, miscellaneous dates

Folder 6: Transportation, tunnels

Box 40

Folder 1: Transportation, ports and shipping, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Transportation, ports and shipping, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Transportation, canals

Folder 4: Transportation, roads, miscellaneous dates

Includes route maps and surveys.

Folder 5: Transportation, roads, miscellaneous dates

Includes various studies.

Folder 6: Transportation, roads, miscellaneous dates

Includes various studies and reports.

Box 41

Folder 1: Transportation, air and general topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: War, Revolutionary War, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: War of 1812 to World War II, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: War, Civil War, Monitor and Merrimac, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: War, Civil War, personnel, miscellaneous dates

Includes profiles of military officers and other notable people.

Box 42

Folder 1: War, Civil War, Personnel, miscellaneous dates

Includes profiles of military officers and other notable people.

Folder 2: War, Civil War, veterans and war camps, miscellaneous dates

Includes information of various post-war veterans' "camps" and commemorative documents.

Folder 3: War, Civil War, battles, miscellaneous dates

Includes histories of major battles and overviews of battlefields.

Folder 4: War, Civil War, Confederate War Journal, circa 1890

A periodical of Confederate war history.

Folder 5: War, Civil War, Centennial News Letter, circa 1965

A periodical publication.

Box 43

Folder 1: War, Civil War, centennial, circa 1965

Documents relating to the war's 100th commemoration.

Folder 2: War, Civil War, prisons, miscellaneous dates

Includes histories of prisons and prisoners of war.

Folder 3: War, Civil War, records, circa 1863

Transcribed records of daily events as recorded by a Provost Marshall's Office.

Folder 4: War, Civil War, monuments and memorials, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: War, Civil War, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Box 44

Folder 1: War, Civil War, various topics, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: War, observances, miscellaneous dates

Includes 1957 International Naval Review.

Folder 3: Virginia counties, Accomack to Amelia, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Virginia counties, Appomattox to Buckingham, miscellaneous dates

Box 45

Folder 1: Virginia counties, Campbell to Clark, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Virginia counties, Craig to Dinwiddie, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Virginia counties, Elizabeth City to Floyd, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Virginia counties, Fluvanna to Frederick, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Virginia counties, Giles to Gloucester, miscellaneous dates

Box 46

Folder 1: Virginia counties, Goochland to Hanover, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Virginia counties, Henrico to Highland, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Virginia counties, Isle of Wight to James City, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Virginia counties, King George to Lancaster, miscellaneous dates

Box 47

Folder 1: Virginia counties, Lee to Lunenburg, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Virginia counties, Madison to Montgomery, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Virginia counties, Nansemond to New Kent, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Virginia counties, Norfolk to Nottoway, miscellaneous dates

Box 48

Folder 1: Virginia counties, Orange to Pittsylvania, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Virginia counties, Powhatan to Prince William, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Virginia counties, Princess Anne to Richmond, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Virginia counties, Roanoke to Russell, miscellaneous dates

Box 49

Folder 1: Virginia counties, Scott to Smyth, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Virginia counties, Southampton to Spotsylvania, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Virginia counties, Stafford to Tazewell, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Virginia counties, Warren to York, miscellaneous dates

Box 50

Folder 1: Virginia cities, towns and places, A, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Virginia cities, towns and places, B, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Virginia cities, towns and places, Ca-Ch, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Virginia cities, towns and places, Cl-D, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Virginia cities, towns and places, Dismal Swamp, miscellaneous dates

Box 51

Folder 1: Virginia cities, towns and places, E-F, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Virginia cities, towns and places, Eastern Shore, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Virginia cities, towns and places, G-H

Folder 4: Virginia cities, towns and places, Hampton, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Virginia cities, towns and places, Jamestown, miscellaneous dates

Box 52

Folder 1: Virginia cities, towns and places, K-L, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Virginia cities, towns and places, Lynchburg, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Virginia cities, towns and places, M-N, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Virginia cities, towns and places, O-P

Box 53

Folder 1: Virginia cities, towns and places, Portsmouth, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Virginia cities, towns and places, Q-R, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Virginia cities, towns and places, Richmond, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Virginia cities, towns and places, Richmond, miscellaneous dates

Box 54

Folder 1: Virginia cities, towns and places, Richmond, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Virginia cities, towns and places, S-T, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Virginia cities, towns and places, Suffolk, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Virginia cities, towns and places, Virginia Beach, miscellaneous dates

Includes history of Aragona Village.

Box 55

Folder 1: Virginia cities, towns and places, Virginia Beach, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Virginia cities, towns and places, Virginia general, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Virginia cities, towns and places, W-Z, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: Virginia cities, towns and places, Williamsburg, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: Virginia cities, towns and places, Williamsburg, miscellaneous dates

Box 56

Folder 1: Virginia cities, towns and places, Williamsburg, miscellaneous dates

Folder 2: Virginia cities, towns and places, Williamsburg, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: North Carolina places, A-Camden, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: North Carolina places, Cape Hatteras-D, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: North Carolina places, E-F, miscellaneous dates

Box 57

Folder 1: North Carolina places, G-L, miscellaneous dates

Includes Kill Devil Hills and Wright Brothers.

Folder 2: North Carolina, general, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: North Carolina, general, miscellaneous dates

Folder 4: North Carolina, general, miscellaneous dates

Folder 5: North Carolina places, P-Ocracoke, miscellaneous dates

Box 58

Folder 1: North Carolina places, Outer Banks

Folder 2: North Carolina places, R-Z, miscellaneous dates

Folder 3: Other states, miscellaneous dates

Includes mostly genealogical records from Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware.

Folder 4: Hampton Roads, miscellaneous dates