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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Documents relating to the War of 1812 in Norfolk, Virginia, including a transcribed Orderly Book originally written by James Field.
Biographical Note
Robert Lloyd Updike was born on April 7, 1907 in Bedford County, Virginia. Updike served in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1942 to 1945. He worked for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company as a telephone repairman. Updike married Frances Katherine Marshall on December 27, 1947 in Norfolk, Virginia. He died on February 5, 1984 in Durham, North Carolina and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
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:
Robert Lloyd Updike by donation
Preferred Citation:
Robert Lloyd Updike Collection, MSS 0000-528, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed January 12, 2016.
Box and Folder Listing
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[Box 3: Filing Cabinet Manuscripts],
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- Box 3: Filing Cabinet Manuscripts
- Folder 1: Robert Lloyd Updike Collection, undated
- "Following is a copy of the Orderly Book of the Fifth Regiment of the American army stationed at Norfolk, Virginia, 1813-1814 and kept by James Field of Bedford County, Virginia."
- Item 1: Excerpt, Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812, 1869
- Photocopy, pages 678-679.
- Item 2: Clipping, "Norfolk In By-Gone Days: DCCXXIII Camp Meadow, 1813" by Rev. W. H. T. Squires, 1947 March 13
- Item 3: Orderly Book of James Field
- Photocopy, 16 pages; compiled by Robert Lloyd Updike. Includes typed and handwritten text.
- Item 4: Excerpts, "The Bedford Company of Volunteers in the War of 1812", undated
- Photocopy; typed notes from the Virginia Argus in 1812.
