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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Norfolk Hotels Collection, 1870, 1899, undated
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-544
Primary Creator: Unknown
Other Creators: Bowman, Sam W., Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884
Extent: 7.0 Folders
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by name of hotel, then chronologically.
Date Acquired: 00/00/2008
Subjects: Architecture--Virginia--Norfolk, Norfolk (Va.)
Forms of Material: Advertising blotters, Articles, Brochures, Correspondence, Prints (visual works)
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Brochures, correspondence, and other items relating to hotels in Norfolk, Virginia, including the Atlantic Hotel, Monticello Hotel, and Nansemond Hotel.
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:
Purchase
Preferred Citation:
Norfolk Hotels Collection, MSS 0000-544, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed January 19, 2016.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 4: Filing Cabinet Manuscripts
- Folder 1: Atlantic Hotel, 1870, 1899, undated
- Item 1: Article, "Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Virginia", 1870 May
- The Architectural Review and American Builders' Journal, Volume 2, pages 637-640.
- Item 2: Correspondence, unknown to unknown, 1899 June 14
- Item 3: Print, Atlantic Hotel, Norfolk, Virginia, undated
- E. G. Lind, Architect, Baltimore. L. N. Rosenthal, Philadelphia.
- Item 4: Brochure, "Norfolk, Virginia, New Atlantic Hotel", undated
- Sam W. Bowman, Print, Norfolk, Virginia.
- Folder 2: Hotel Thomas Nelson, undated
- Item 1: Brochure, Hotel Thomas Nelson, undated
- In Norfolk, Virginia, another Hosts Hotel.
- Folder 3: The Lorraine, 1925, undated
- Item 1: Correspondence, unknown to "My dear sweetheart", 1925 September 15
- One page of letter.
- Item 2: Correspondence, Ossie to Lucy, undated
- Six-page love letter from husband to wife. The first four pages of the letter were written on Hotel Roanoke letterhead.
- Folder 4: Monticello Hotel, 1912, 1919, undated
- Item 1: Envelope, Postmarked from Norfolk, Virginia to Baltimore, Maryland, 1912 August 27
- Addressed to Mr. N. Ms. Bride, 104 S. Howard.
- Item 2: Correspondence, Manager of Monticello Hotel to Charles Fulkerson, 1919 August 31
- Written in Norfolk, Virginia and sent to Bristol, Virginia.
- Item 3: Booklet, "The Monticello, Norfolk, Virginia", undated
- American and European Plans, Sylvanus Stokes.
- Item 4: Brochure, "Norfolk, Virginia, The Monticello Hotel, On the Scenic Historic Ocean Highway", undated
- Item 5: Advertising Blotters, The Consolvo Hotels, undated
- Three advertising blotters showing The Jefferson, Richmond, Virginia; The Belvedere, Baltimore, Maryland; and The Monticello, Norfolk, Virginia.
- Folder 5: Nansemond Hotel, 1932, undated
- Item 1: Correspondence, C. A. Baker to Harry C. Calewell, 1932 March 18
- Written in Ocean View, Norfolk, Virginia and sent to Norwich, Connecticut. Also includes a schedule of room rates and a brochure.
- Item 2: Photograph, William Freeman, Norfolk, Virginia, undated
- Photograph of a young African American male.
- Item 3: Matchbook Cover, Hotel Nansemond, Ocean View, Norfolk, Virginia, undated
- The Ohio Match Company, New York, New York. Made in the United States of America.
- Folder 6: Neddo Hotel, undated
- Item 1: Menu, American Plan, Regular Breakfast, undated
- Includes handwritten annotations.
- Folder 7: St. James Hotel, 1890
- Item 1: Envelope, Postmarked from Norfolk, Virginia to Perry, Wyoming County, New York, 1890 March 6
- Addressed to George Tamblinson.
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