By Will Hopkins
Collection Overview
Title: Sargeant Memorial Collection Virginia Ephemera Collection, 1890-2015
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-VEC
Creator: Sargeant Memorial Collection (1927-)
Extent: 58.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged by subject and geographic location.
Date Acquired: 00/00/0000
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Virginia Ephemera Collection includes a broad range of informational publications, media reports, government documents, maps, and historical records, all relating to Virginia topics and localities outside the City of Norfolk. There are three major sections: general subjects (such as the arts, education, and transportation); counties (including economic and demographic data, places of interest, histories, and other information); and cities, towns and places (including histories, attractions, and other information). The collection also includes some North Carolina materials and genealogical information from several nearby states.
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:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Preferred Citation:
Sargeant Memorial Collection Virginia Ephemera Collection, MSS 0000-VEC, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed in November 2019.
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