By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Elizabeth Dabney Scrapbooks, 1920-1952
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-213
Creator: Dabney, Elizabeth (1911-1979)
Extent: 2.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in chronological order.
Date Acquired: 00/00/0000
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Three scrapbooks ranging in date from 1920-1952 primarily containing newspaper clippings relating to Norfolk history, the Whittle family, social life, engagements and marriages, obituaries, and British royalty.
Biographical Note
Elizabeth Calvert Page Dabney was born on March 5, 1911. She was an English professor at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962-1974. Dabney was a member of Christ and St. Luke's Episcopal Church. She died on November 21, 1979 in Norfolk, Virginia and was buried at Cedar Grove 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:
Unknown
Related Materials:
Elizabeth Calvert Page Dabney Papers, Old Dominion University. For more information please see https://www.lib.odu.edu/archon/?p=collections/findingaid&id=93&q.
Preferred Citation:
Elizabeth Dabney Scrapbooks, MSS 0000-213, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed August 7, 2020.
Other Note:
Scrapbook 1 was found inside Scrapbook 3.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Scrapbook 1, 1927-1936
- Scrapbook primarily contains subject matter relating to Norfolk, Virginia debutants, engagements, marriages, and families.
- Folder 2: Loose Items from Scrapbook 3, 1923-1958
- Includes one photograph showing 15 people in a group, with caption on back "Westover Church, August 9, 1947." Also includes poem titled "Christmas," written by Betty Page Dabney in December 1923.
- Box 2
- Item 1: Scrapbook 2 (Green Scrapbook), 1934-1936
- Scrapbook includes clippings, graduation cards, and booklets. Subject matter includes Norfolk history, families, poetry, the 1936 hurricane, communism, and British royalty. The scrapbook also includes the September 1936 issue of The Commonwealth, which features the anniversary of Norfolk.
- Item 2: Scrapbook 3 (Red Scrapbook), 1920-1952
- This scrapbook primarily contains clippings. Scrapbook subject matter includes engagements, marriages, obituaries, a waterspout, Norfolk history, and British royalty. There is a handwritten index attached inside the scrapbook which lists names of individuals, churches, homes, and places.