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By Nichole Delasalas
Collection Overview
Title: George Edward Higson, Jr. Papers, 1907-1935, undated
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-022
Primary Creator: Higson, George Edward, Jr. (1918-2013)
Extent: 9.0 Folders
Arrangement: Arranged by series.
Date Acquired: 07/01/2013
Subjects: Boys--Education--United States, Postcards--China, Postcards--Japan, Postcards--Montana--Glacier National Park, Postcards--New York (State), Postcards--Virginia, Postcards--Washington (D.C.)
Forms of Material: Calendars, Certificates, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Invitations, Photographs, Postcards, Report cards
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Miscellaneous school projects, postcards, and pictures created and compiled by George Edward Higson, Jr.
Biographical Note
George Edward Higson, Jr. was born in 1918 and grew up in Norfolk, Virginia. He graduated from Maury High School in 1936 and from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1962. His major achievements included developing an apparatus for the telephone that would help those with debilitating arthritis, and also for receiving a U. S. Patent in 1963 for the pressurized telephone cable. George Edward Higson, Jr. died on May 5, 2013.
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:
Estate of George Edward Higson, Jr.
Preferred Citation:
George Edward Higson, Jr. Papers, MSS 0000-022, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed January 21, 2016.
Other Note:
This collection is housed with the Major William Baker Papers (MSS 0000-003).
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
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Box 1],
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Box Postcards],
[All]
- Box 1
- Series 1: School Projects, undated
- Folder 1: Birds, undated
- Folder 2: Health, undated
- Folder 3: My Work, undated
- Folder 4: Our Market, undated
- Folder 5: Norfolk, undated
- Includes undated correspondence from Mrs. G. E. Higson to Mr. Williams regarding payment for supplies used in class.
- Folder 6: Miscellaneous School Work, undated
- Includes two photographs and one sketch.
- Series 2: Miscellaneous School Information, 1931-1935
- Folder 7: Report Cards, Clipping, and Invitation, 1931-1935, undated
- Item 1: Report cards, 1931-1935
- Item 2: Clipping, Blair Junior High School Graduates Large Class, undated
- Item 3: Invitation, 1935 June 14
- Series 3: Miscellaneous Personal Items, 1907-1911
- Folder 8: Certificate, Calendar, and Correspondence, 1907, 1911, undated
- Item 1: Certificate, 1907 February 24
- Item 2: Calendar, 1911
- Item 3: Correspondence, Harold Calisch to Johnny Barrows, undated
- Item 4: Correspondence, Emma Extou to unknown, undated
- Series 4: Miscellaneous Pictures, undated
- Folder 9: Photographs, Clipping, and Drawing, undated
- Item 1: Photograph, House, undated
- Item 2: Photograph, Tower, undated
- Item 3: Photocopy, House on West 14th Street, Norfolk, Virginia, undated
- Includes detailed information about house on reverse side.
- Item 4: Clipping, Christ and St. Luke's Church, undated
- Item 5: Drawing, Cottage, undated
- Item 6: Photograph, "The Largest Pure Long Fibre Manila Rope (14 inches) Ever Shipped In Hampton Roads District", undated
- Box Postcards
- Series 5: Postcards, 1907-1928, undated
- Folder 1: Mount Vernon, Virginia, undated
- Folder 2: Washington D. C., undated
- Folder 3: New York, undated
- Folder 4: Staten Island, New York, undated
- Folder 5: Virginia, undated
- Folder 6: Glacier National Park, Montana, undated
- Folder 7: China, undated
- Folder 8: Japan, undated
- Folder 9: Miscellaneous, undated
- Folder 10: Correspondence, 1907-1928, undated
- Item 1: Correspondence, George Higson to "Mother", 1928 July 19
- Item 2: Correspondence, "Father" to George Higson, 1907 July 20
- Item 3: Correspondence, "Jackie" to George Higson, 1966 June 22
- Item 4: Miscellaneous correspondence - Barrows family, 1922-1923
- Item 5: Miscellaneous correspondence - C. J. B. to unknown, 1920
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