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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Blow and Cook Families Papers, 1867-1971, undated
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-678
Primary Creator: Unknown
Extent: 5.0 Folders
Arrangement: Arranged by record type in chronological order. Photographs are arranged by size.
Date Acquired: 11/24/2014
Subjects: Baltimore (Md.), Families--Virginia, Historic buildings--Virginia--Norfolk, Leadville (Colo.), Mobile (Ala.), Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--19th century, Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--20th century, Obituaries--Virginia, Portrait photography, Richmond (Va.), Virginia--Social life and customs
Forms of Material: Articles, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Photographs, Proposals, Publications (document genre), Resolutions (administrative records)
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Letters, photographs, publications, newspaper clippngs, and other materials relating to the Blow and Cook families of Norfolk, Virginia.
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:
Unknown
Preferred Citation:
Blow and Cook Families Papers, MSS 0000-678, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed March 7, 2017.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 12: Filing Cabinet Manuscripts
- Folder 1: Correspondence, 1867-1944
- Item 1: Correspondence, John O'G. Allmand to "My dead Mother", 1867 September 16
- Office of Allmand & Williams, Baltimore, Maryland.
- Item 2: Correspondence, Rachel K. Cook to "My Dear Grandson", 1884 June 8
- Written in Kingston, Kansas.
- Item 3: Correspondence, Rachel K. Cook to "My Dear Children", 1885 January 25
- Written in Kingston, Kansas.
- Item 4: Correspondence, Virginia Taylor McNeill to Lieutenant Allen Marriam Cook, 1904 January 11
- Written in Mobile, Alabama and sent to Norfolk, Virginia.
- Item 5: Correspondence, Arthur C. Freeman to Arthur Gardner, 1939 November 23
- Written in Richmond, Virginia. Letter congratulates the recipient for his recent engagement to Clarice Allmand Cook.
- Item 6: Correspondence, H. V. Markham to Rear Admiral G. B. Wilson, 1944 October 9
- Letter concerns Lieutenant Commander A. B. Cook.
- Folder 2: Miscellaneous Documents, circa 1915-1920, undated
- Item 1: Proposal, A. M. Cook et al., circa 1915
- Proposal signed by approximately 15 individuals to organize a boat club and to build a dock near Hampton Court.
- Item 2: Draft resolution, Daughters of the American Revolution, circa 1920
- Partial handwritten resolution to establish a national military park at Yorktown, Virginia. Includes nail attached to page.
- Item 3: Draft history, 6243 Powhatan Avenue, after 1976
- Typed history of the Boush-Tazewell-Waller house in Norfolk, Virginia.
- Folder 3: Published Materials, 1902-1955
- Item 1: Correspondence, "A History of the Cook Family", 1902 June 5
- Allen M. Cook to "My Dear Friend." Typed letter asks for information to be compiled for history of the Cook Family of Norfolk, Virginia.
- Item 2: Article, "Seagoing Language", 1937 January
- By Lieutenant (J. G.) Allen B. Cook. Reprinted from the United States Naval Institute Proceedings, Volume 63, Number 1, Whole Number 407, January 1937.
- Item 3: Article, "Salty Lingo", 1955 September
- By Allen Blow Cook. Reprinted from United States Naval Institute Proceedings, Volume 81, Number 9, Whole Number 631, September 1955.
- Folder 4: Clippings, 1884-1971
- Item 1: Clipping, "Painful Accident", 1884 January 13
- The Norfolk Virginian.
- Item 2: Clipping, "Mrs. A. A. Blow Dies of a Stroke at 74", 1935 January 26
- Virginian-Pilot.
- Item 3: Clipping, "Mrs. Jennie Blow, Former Norfolk Resident, Is Dead", 1935 February 1
- Virginian-Pilot.
- Item 4: Clipping, "Beacon Book Shop Moving", 1942
- Leases Cook Home at 265 Boush Street.
- Item 5: Clipping, Obituary of Allen B. Cook, 1971 January 6
- Ledger-Star.
- Folder 5: Photographs, 1900, undated
- Item 1: Photograph, Home library in furniture cabinet, undated
- "Gift of Mrs. Fowler of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Was brought to Tazewell Manor, thence to Norfolk Museum."
- Item 2: Photograph, Arthur H. Cook, 1900 January 1
- Item 3: Photograph, Albert Allmand Blow, undated
- Leadville, Colorado. Brisbois.
- Item 4: Photograph, House at 265 Boush Street, undated
- Norfolk, Virginia. "Owned by family until 1973."
- Item 5: Photograph, Interior view of 96 Boush Street, undated
- Norfolk, Virginia. Includes several notes on back of photograph. Home of A. C. Freeman.
- Item 6: Photograph, Louisa "Lulie" Allmand, undated
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