Sargeant Memorial Collection Map Collection | Sargeant Memorial Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Sargeant Memorial Collection Map Collection

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-NMP

Primary Creator: Sargeant Memorial Collection (1927-)

Extent: 787.0 Items

Arrangement: Arranged by series, generally from broader to smaller geographic locations.

Date Acquired: 11/24/2014

Subjects: Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)--Maps, Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)--Maps, Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)--Virginia--Norfolk, Norfolk (Va.)--Maps, Norfolk County (Va.)--Maps, Norfolk Metropolitan Area (Va.)--Maps, North Carolina--Maps, Portsmouth (Va.)--Maps, Richmond (Va.)--Maps, Suffolk (Va.)--Maps, Tidewater (Va. : Region)--Maps, Virginia--Maps, Virginia Beach (Va.)--Maps, Virginia Peninsula (Va.)--Maps, Williamsburg (Va.)--Maps, Yorktown (Va.)--Maps.

Forms of Material: Aerial photographs, Atlases, Cadastral maps, Genealogical tables, Geological maps, Maps (documents), Nautical charts, Photocopies, Road maps, Topographic maps, Tourist maps

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

More than seven hundred maps, arranged in nine series to include the United States and East Coast (subdivided by region), Virginia and Regional, Hampton Roads (subdivided by locality, agency, and map type), Nautical Charts, Geological Maps, Aerial Photographs, Atlases, and Genealogies.

Subject/Index Terms

Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.)--Maps
Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)--Maps
Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)--Virginia--Norfolk
Norfolk (Va.)--Maps
Norfolk County (Va.)--Maps
Norfolk Metropolitan Area (Va.)--Maps
North Carolina--Maps
Portsmouth (Va.)--Maps
Richmond (Va.)--Maps
Suffolk (Va.)--Maps
Tidewater (Va. : Region)--Maps
Virginia--Maps
Virginia Beach (Va.)--Maps
Virginia Peninsula (Va.)--Maps
Williamsburg (Va.)--Maps
Yorktown (Va.)--Maps.

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: Unknown

Preferred Citation: [Map Name], Sargeant Memorial Collection Map Collection, MSS 0000-NMP, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Entered April 9, 2015.

Box and Folder Listing

Folder 24: Series 4: Hampton Roads Maps (Norfolk: Historical Maps), 1680-1982, undated

Item 1: A Plan of the Site of the Towne of Lower Norfolk County, 1962: 2 pages. From the Rogers Dey Whichard Papers, 1680-1705.
Item 2: Plan of the Original Site of Norfolk Town 1680-1736, 1954 November 26: Rogers Dey Whichard, November 26, 1954. From Rogers Dey Whichard Papers, 1680-1736.
Item 3: Map of Norfolk: Drawn by M.F. Dey. Pasted on Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper from February 24, 1872.
Item 4: Readers Guide to the Borough and City of Norfolk, Virginia, 1982: Map shows Borough and City "before December 31, 1899." Bureau of Surveys, Norfolk, Virginia. Compiled by Grover Franklin and drawn by Lionel P. Brown, 1982. Handwritten annotations and colors added. (Photocopy)
Item 5: Readers Guide to the Borough and City of Norfolk, Virginia, 1982: Map shows Borough and City "before December 31, 1899." Bureau of Surveys, Norfolk, Virginia. Compiled by Grover Franklin and drawn by Lionel P. Brown, 1982. (Photocopy)
Item 6: Illustrated Map of Historic Norfolk, Virginia, 1944: Copyright D.H. Smith 1944. Compliments of the National Bank of Commerce, Norfolk, Virginia.
Item 7: Illustrated Map of Historic Norfolk, Virginia, 1944: Copyright D.H. Smith 1944. (Photocopy)
Item 8: Walking Tours of Historic Norfolk, circa 1994: Pamphlet; Norfolk Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Item 9: Original Town of Norfolk, Virginia, 1682, 1972: Copyright 1972. Alice Granbery Walter. (Photocopy)
Item 10: Borough of Norfolk, 1736, 1972: Copyright 1972. Alice Granbery Walter. (Photocopy)
Item 11: Borough of Norfolk, 1802, 2005: Compiled by Joseph C. Mosier, Norfolk County Historical Society, 2005. Based on 1802 plat drawn by George Nicholson. (Photocopy)
Item 12: Survey of the Borough of Norfolk, 1902 October 22: By George Nicholson, Surveyor of Norfolk County, on October 22, 1802. Photographed from the original by The Butler Blue Print Company, Norfolk, Virginia. Photocopy of map at Norfolk City Hall. Return to Wyatt Hibbs, Architect. Colored pencil. (Photocopy)
Item 13: Survey of the Borough of Norfolk, 1802 October 22: By George Nicholson, Surveyor of Norfolk County, on October 22, 1802. Photographed from the original by The Butler Blue Print Company, Norfolk, Virginia. (Photocopy)
Item 14: Survey of the Borough of Norfolk, 1802 October 22: By George Nicholson, Surveyor of Norfolk County, on October 22, 1802. (Photocopy)
Item 15: Survey of the Borough of Norfolk: By George Nicholson, Surveyor of Norfolk County, on October 22, 1802. Colored pencil.
Item 16: Camp Greble Near Norfolk, Virginia of the 99th N.Y.S.V., 1862: Purchased from William Reese Company, New Haven, Connecticut on November 14, 2000. Copy given to the Sargeant Memorial Collection by David Dean Brown of Virginia Beach, Virginia on June 20, 2006. (Photocopy)
Item 17: Civil War Sites in Norfolk: Pamphlet; Visit Norfolk. Information compiled and written by Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Peggy Haile McPhillips, and William Troy Valos, 1861-1865.
Item 18: As Norfolk Looked to Mapmakers After the Civil War in 1876, 1941 October 5: Property of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Ely, Norfolk, Virginia. From the Virginian-Pilot October 5, 1941. Key to map included on 2nd page, along with handwritten annotations on back of sheet. (Photocopy)
Item 19: As Norfolk Looked to Mapmakers After the Civil War in 1876, 1941 October 5: Property of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Ely, Norfolk, Virginia. From the Virginian-Pilot October 5, 1941.
Item 20: As Norfolk Looked to Mapmakers After the Civil War in 1876, 1941 October 5: Property of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Ely, Norfolk, Virginia. From the Virginian-Pilot October 5, 1941. (Photocopy)