Virginia War History Commission, Norfolk, Virginia Records, 1919-1921 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Nichole Delasalas

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Collection Overview

Title: Virginia War History Commission, Norfolk, Virginia Records, 1919-1921

Predominant Dates:1919

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-182

Primary Creator: Virginia War History Commission (1919-1928)

Extent: 19.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in original order. Questionnaires are divided by sex and race, and within these categories are arranged alphabetically by surname. Questionnaires from churches and schools are arranged within their respective categories in alphabetical order. Reports from various local organizations and other miscellaneous materials are arranged in original order.

Date Acquired: 01/00/1968

Subjects: Naval Station Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.)--Maps, Organizations, Schools, World War, 1914-1918

Forms of Material: Correspondence, Government records, Lists (document genres), Newsletters, Photographs, Postcards, Questionnaires, Reports

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Questionnaires completed by servicemembers and nurses who served during World War I from Norfolk, Virginia. Individual questionnaires ask for servicemembers' personal information, military service information, and thoughts and feelings about their service during the War. Questionnaires filled out by local churches and schools include statistical information and data on activities relating to financial contributions, general feelings, and patriotic activities implemented during the War. This collection also contains letters, reports, photographs, newsletters, and one 1919 map of the Naval Operating Base in Norfolk, Virginia.

Subject/Index Terms

Naval Station Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)--Maps
Organizations
Schools
World War, 1914-1918

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: Mrs. S. H. Ferebee by donation

Related Materials: Virginia War History Commission Records, Library of Virginia. For more information please see http://search.vaheritage.org/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi00958.xml.

Preferred Citation: Virginia War History Commission, Norfolk, Virginia Records, MSS 0000-182, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 2: Questionnaires, White: Bre - Cor

Folder 1: Breese, Charles Parker, 1920 July 10

Born: 1868 April 28.

Folder 2: Brickhouse, William Henry

Born: 1883 March 17.

Served in the Navy.

Folder 3: Bridge, Bartow Hughes, 1920 June 13

Born: 1900 April 9.

Served in the S. A. T. C.

Folder 4: Brooke, Douglas Shelby, 1920 March 30

Born: 1889 September 11.

Served in the Army.

Folder 5: Brooke, Henry Laurence, 1919 November 29

Born: 1884 March 16.

Served in Battery B, 313th Field Artillery, 80th Division.

Folder 6: Brooke, James Vass, 1920 May 29

Born: 1887 October 27.

Served in the Reserve Corps. Company B, 104th Engineers, 29th Division.

Folder 7: Brooke, Leo Biurke

Born: 1900 July 6.

Served in the National Guard, 5th Maryland Infantry.

Folder 8: Brown, Abial Burley

Born: 1895 February 12.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 9: Brown, Hugh Eldridge, 1919 August 2

Born: 1894 July 1.

Served in the Army, 166th Aero squadron.

Folder 10: Brown, Israel

Born: 1873 July 28.

Served in the National Guard, 4th Virginia Infantry.

Folder 11: Brown, Jack Marion, 1919 June 2

Born: 1892 February 9.

Served in the National Guard, Machine gun company 318th Infantry, 80th Division.

Folder 12: Brownley, Wilbur Travis, 1919 August 18

Born: 1900 May 10.

Served in the National Guard, Company D, 4th Virginia Infantry, 29th Division.

Folder 13: Bruce, Edwin Fitch, 1920 May 24

Born: 1888 September 16.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 14: Bruce, Leonard Washington, 1920 May 28

Born: 1887 January 10.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 15: Bucher, Oliver Boone, 1920 July 19

Born: 1890 December 5.

Served in the 2nd Company.

Folder 16: Bucking, William Albert

Born: 1887 October 29.

Served in the National Army, Company A, 318th Regiment, 80th Division.

Folder 17: Bugg, Richard Alexander, 1920 May 22

Born: 1894 May 1.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 18: Bull, Cornelius Holland, 1919 December 5

Born: 1896 January 12.

Served in the National Army, 2nd Company, 4th Provisional Training Regiment.

Folder 19: Burch, Francis Roy, 1920 May 24

Born: 1893 November 13.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force. Photograph included.

Folder 20: Burlas, Louis James, 1920 May 25

Born: 1899 January 9.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 21: Burroughs, Alonzo Crozier

Born: 1852 April 8.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 22: Burroughs, Horace Vernon

Born: 1886 September 8.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 23: Burroughs, Hugh May, 1920 May 24

Born: 1885 September 18.

Served in the National Guard, Machine Gun Company.

Folder 24: Butcher, William Read, 1919 October 15

Born: 1897 January 5.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 25: Butler, George Cornelius, 1919 August 22

Born: 1902 October 16.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 26: Byrd, George Bentley, 1920 May 26

Born: 1891 October 7.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 27: Byrd, Richard Walke, 1919 August 19

Born: 1899 August 19.

Served in the National Army, Company C.

Folder 28: Byrnes, James Carroll, 1919 December 28

Born: 1890 June 10.

Served in the United States Navy.

Additional information included.

Folder 29: Caffee, Robert Monroe, 1920 June 17

Born: 1898 January 2.

Served in the National Army, Company C.

Folder 30: Canada, Bennie Luther, June 26

Born: 1897 May 9.

Served in the National Guard, Company C, 116th Regiment, 29th Division.

Folder 31: Cannon, Meredith Wingfield, 1919 August 18

Born: 1896 October 28.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 32: Caplan, Abraham

Born: 1895 April 25.

Served in the Army.

Folder 33: Capps, George Dennis, 1920 June 22

Born: 1897 January 20.

Served in the National Guard, Battery B, 1st Virginia Field Artillery, 29th Division.

Additional information included.

Folder 34: Capps, Washington L.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 35: Cardoza, Edmund Randolph, 1920 May 26

Born: 1889 July 20.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 36: Cardozo, Walter Pembroke

Born: 1888 December 31.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 37: Carlson, Eugene Nathaniel, 1920 June 7

Born: 1887 September 6.

Served in the Naval Reserve.

Folder 38: Carlton, Adolphus Wilkinson

Born: 1889 November 9.

Served in the Army, Company F, 4th Infantry, 3rd Division.

Folder 39: Carr, Druey Cecil, 1919 August 18

Born: 1886 October 13.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 40: Carson, Charles Ward, 1920 June 16

Born: 1893 November 13.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 41: Carter, William Danbrooke, 1919 September

Born: 1895 May 31.

Served in the National Guard, 4th Virginia Infantry.

Folder 42: Cartier, William Louis Gaither, 1919 August 25

Born: 1887 June 8.

Served in the Naval Reserve.

Folder 43: Cason, Edgar Leroy, 1919 September 12

Born: 1896 March 16.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 44: Cason, William Kenton, 1920 May 31

Born: 1893 December 12.

Served in the National Guard, ambulance company, 1st Virginia Regiment, 29th Division.

Folder 45: Cate, Floyd Mills

Born: 1890 August 7.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 46: Causey, Lewis Insley, 1919 August 18

Born: 1900 May 10.

Served in the National Guard, Company A, 4th Virginia Infantry.

Folder 47: Chamblain, James Gilmer

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 48: Chamberlaine, William

Born: 1871 March 1.

Served in the Army.

Additional information included.

Folder 49: Chandler, Edward Allen, 1919 September 30

Born: 1886 September 27.

Served in the National Army, 39th Company.

Folder 50: Chapman, George Atkinson, 1919 October 26

Born: 1896 January 18.

Served in the National Army, Machine gun company, 318th Infantry, 80th Division.

Folder 51: Cheape, Charles Windsor, 1920 June 15

Born: 1899 January 20.

Served in the Army.

Folder 52: Cherry, Charles Emory

Born: 1891 October 28.

Served in the National Army, Company I, 318th Regiment, 80th Division.

Folder 53: Cherry, Eugene Mack

Born: 1895 September 11.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 54: Chinchello, Edward, 1920 June 4

Born: 1890 May 19.

Served in the Army, Company I, 16th Regiment, 1st Division.

Folder 55: Chinn, Armstrong, 1919 August 23

Born: 1894 September 26.

Served in the National Army

Folder 56: Chinn, Carter, 1919 October 23

Born: 1897 August 15.

Served in the Marine Corps.

Folder 57: Chitty, Lewis Moody, 1919 August 24

Born: 1895 December 30.

Served in the National Army, Company C, 305th motor supply train, 80th Division.

Folder 58: Chory, William Ellis

Born: 1896 November 1.

Served in the National Guard, Ambulance Company 1, 29th Division. Photograph included.

Folder 59: Clark, Francis Glasgow, 1919 October 17

Born: 1899 August 21.

Served in the S. A. T. C.

Folder 60: Clark, Reber Fields, 1919 September 2

Born: 1897 October 11.

Served in the National Army, 19th Company, 1st Regiment.

Folder 61: Clausen, Carl Eugene

Born: 1892 December 4.

Folder 62: Clay, Charles Henry, 1919 August 20

Born: 1895 March 20.

Served in the Army.

Additional information included.

Folder 63: Cline, Carl Preston, 1919 August 28

Born: 1892 March 29.

Served in the National Army.

Folder 64: Cline, Harry Glenn, 1919 August 28

Born: 1896 June 22.

Served in the National Army, Company K, 5th Regiment.

Folder 65: Cochran, Marion Joseph

Born: 1891 March 15.

Served in the Naval Reserve.

Folder 66: Cockey, William Warfield, Jr., 1920 May 19

Born: 1901 February 18.

Served in the National Guard, Company E, 4th Virginia Regiment.

Additional information included.

Folder 67: Cole, James Edward, Jr.

Born: 1893 May 11.

Served in the Army, 318th Infantry, 80th Division.

Folder 68: Cole, Simon Percival

Born: 1884 July 1.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 69: Coleman, Horace W., 1919 August 22

Born: 1874 March 8.

Photograph included.

Folder 70: Coleman, Robert Lee, 1919 September 5

Born: 1897 December 7.

Served in the National Guard, Company T, 4th Virginia Infantry, 29th Division. Photograph included.

Folder 71: Collins, Samuel Quinton, Jr., 1920 June 7

Born: 1892 May 2.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 72: Collmus, Charles Carroll, Jr., 1919 August 20

Born: 1892 June 14.

Served in the United States Navy. Photograph included.

Folder 73: Comfort, James Hall, 1919 August 26

Born: 1876 November 20.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 74: Cone, Hutchinson I.

No questionnaire.

Folder 75: Cook, James Washington, 1920 June 15

Born: 1892 July 11.

Served in the Machine Gun Company, 318th Regiment, 80th Division.

Folder 76: Cooke, Armistead Mason, 1919 March 4

Born: 1888 November 24.

Served in the National Army.

Folder 77: Cooke, Joseph Branham, 1920 June 25

Born: 1890 June 10.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 78: Cooke, Merritt Todd, 1919 August 22

Born: 1884 October 24.

Served in Company D, 304th Regiment, 80th Division.

Folder 79: Cooke, Willoughby Taylor, Jr., 1920 March 5

Born: 1892 January 17.

Served in field artillery.

Folder 80: Cooke, Wylie Rountree, 1919 August 21

Born: 1890 May 10.

Served in Company B, 314th machine gun battalion, 80th Division.

Folder 81: Cooper, Ervin Coleman, 1919 August 18

Born: 1897 August 12.

Served in National Army, Company 6. Two photographs included.

Folder 82: Cooper, Julian William, 1919 September 1

Born: 1896 August 13.

Served in the Virginia National Guard, 115th ambulance company, 104th Regiment, 29th Division. Photograph included.

Folder 83: Corner, Flagg P.

Served in Company G, 4th Virginia Infantry.

Folder 84: Cornick, Archie Thomas, 1919 August 21

Born: 1889 July 31.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 85: Cory, Herbert Hope

No questionnaire. Served in the Army Transport Service.