Margaret Gilbert Jones Schoenweiss Collection, 1920s-1940s | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Sarah Osorio

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Collection Overview

Title: Margaret Gilbert Jones Schoenweiss Collection, 1920s-1940s

ID: 001/01/MSS 2015-022

Primary Creator: Schoenweiss, Margaret Gilbert Jones (1931-2015)

Extent: 1.0 Folders

Arrangement: Arranged by record type.

Date Acquired: 05/26/2015

Subjects: Silverware

Forms of Material: Books, Printed ephemera, Theater programs

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

One Gone With the Wind program and one circa 1926 book promoting International Silver Company silverware.

Biographical Note

Margaret Gilbert Jones Schoenweiss was born on May 20, 1931 in Norfolk, Virginia. She graduated from Maury High School in 1949. Schoenweiss worked in sales for more than 13 years at Thalhimers' Jewelry Store in Norfolk, Virginia. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and the Daisy Chain II of the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters.

She married Thomas Helm Jones, Jr. on June 16, 1951 in Norfolk, Virginia. The couple had three children: Mary, Sarah, and Thomas Helm Jones, III. Schoenweiss married Carl William Schoenweiss on March 12, 1993 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. She died on June 13, 2015 and was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Subject/Index Terms

Silverware

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: Thomas H. Jones, III by donation

Preferred Citation: Margaret Gilbert Jones Schoenweiss Collection, MSS 2015-022, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed September 22, 2016.

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1

Folder 1: Program and Book, Margaret Gilbert Jones Schoenweiss Collection, 1920s, 1940s

Item 1: Program, Gone With the Wind, circa 1940: David O. Selznick's production of Margaret Mitchell's Story of the Old South. Includes list of characters and cast, as well as individuals who contributed to the making of the movie.
Item 2: Book, Minuet, A Service in International Sterling, circa 1926-1929: Copyright 1926, 1929 International Silver Company, Meriden, Connecticut. Includes images of silverware with suggestions for its correct use by pre-eminent interior decorators.