Brief Description: Three circa 1940s-1960s history scrapbooks of clippings featuring prominent events, houses, developments, storms, and people in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Princess Anne, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. Topics include individual biographies, distinguished visitors, formation of the cities of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, United States Navy, buildings, ferries, tunnels, yellow fever, the Civil War, churches, and the Adam Thoroughgood House.
Held at:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Slover Library
235 East Plume Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: 7574317429
Email: localhistory [at] norfolk.gov
Record Series Number: 001/01/MSS 0000-101
Created by: Unknown
Volume: 3.0 Boxes
Acquired:
11/24/2014.
Arrangement: Arranged in original order.
Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.
Subject Index
Ash Wednesday Storm, 1962
Chesapeake (Va.)
Ferries--Virginia
Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)
Historic buildings--Virginia--Norfolk
Local transit--Virginia
Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)--History
Norfolk County (Va.)
Princess Anne County (Va.)
Virginia--Church history
Virginia Beach (Va.)
Yellow fever--Virginia--Norfolk--History--19th century
Genres/Forms of Material
Biographies (documents)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Scrapbooks
Languages of Materials
English [eng]
Rights/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 Notes:
Unknown
PreferredCitation: Norfolk History Clippings Scrapbooks, MSS 0000-101, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.