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 4: Questionnaires, White: E - Go

Folder 1: Eagan, Patrick John

Born: 1894 September 2.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 2: Earnest, Alexander Ludwell, 1919 August 20

Born: 1893 May 1.

Folder 3: Earnest, Joseph Brummell, Jr., 1919 November 19

Born: 1889 September 15.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 4: Eason, Charles Speight

Born: 1887 June 4.

Folder 5: Eason, Samuel Wesley, 1920 June 5

Born: 1895 April 6.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 6: Eddy, John Samuel, 1919 June 22

Born: 1892 November 3.

Served in the National Guard, supply company 322nd Infantry, 81st Division.

Folder 7: Edmonds, Willie Benoni, 1920 June 15

Born: 1883 January 28.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 8: Edwards, Allen Thomas

Born: 1898 November 22.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 9: Edwards, Daniel Edgar, 1919 August 20

Born: 1889 March 27.

Served in the Reserve Corps, Company H, 38th Regiment, 3rd Division.

Folder 10: Edwards, John Davis

Born: 1885 August 2.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 11: Edwards, Oscar Edmunds

Born: 1897 January 17.

Folder 12: Edwards, Thomas Edwin

Served in the National Guard, 5th Infantry.

Folder 13: Eggleston, Beverly Purnell, Jr., 1920 July 3

Born: 1889 November 30.

Served in the Marine Corps.

Folder 14: Eggleston, John Marshall

Born: 1900 May 30.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 15: Ehrenworth, Max Adolph

Born: 1894 February 16.

Served in the Naval Reserve.

Folder 16: Ellingsworth, Daniel Maurice

Born: 1896 November 27.

Photograph included.

Folder 17: Ellinsworth, Walton Marshall, 1921 May 14

Born: 1894 June 21.

Served in the Army, Battery E, 12th field artillery, 2nd Division.

Additional information included.

Folder 18: Elvean, John Anthony, 1920 June 21

Born: 1892 April 9.

Served in the United States Navy. Photograph included.

Folder 19: Ennis, Edward Vincent, 1920 June 8

Born: 1887 October 11.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 20: Etheridge, Charles Antonis, 1920 April 6

Born: 1894 May 6.

Served in the Marine Corps, 75th Company, 6th Regiment, 2nd Division.

Additional information included.

Folder 21: Etheridge, Charles Pressley, 1919 May 26

Born: 1898 January 11.

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

Folder 22: Etheridge, Herbert Roger, 1919 August

Born: 1886 December 6.

Served in the National Army.

Additional information included.

Folder 23: Ethridge, Benjamin Franklin, 1919 May 27

Born: 1892 August 19.

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

Folder 24: Eustis, James Walter, 1919 December 5

Born: 1892 May 16.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 25: Everett, James Alton, 1919 December 2

Born: 1898 August 2.

Served in the Army.

Folder 26: Everett, William Henry, March 8

Born: 1888 July 25.

Served in the United States Navy. Photograph included.

Folder 27: Everhart, Robert Daniel, 1920 June 10

Born: 1888 May 24.

Served in the Naval Reserves.

Folder 28: Ewell, Jesse Thomas, 1919 May 29

Born: 1893 October 2.

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

Folder 29: Farquharson, Howard, 1919 December 18

Born: 1893 October 15.

Folder 30: Faust, Joseph, T. A., 1919 August 21

Born: 1892 November 30.

Served in the National Army, Company B, 86th Division.

Folder 31: Fawcett, Stanley C.

Served in the United States Navy.

Additional information included.

Folder 32: Feagin, John Thomas, 1919 August 18

Born: 1895 January 5.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 33: Fentress, Dennis, 1919 August

Born: 1886 July 27.

Served in the National Army.

Folder 34: Fentress, Ellis Roach, 1919 August 22

Born: 1893 February 27.

Served in the National Army, Battery E, 312th field artillery, 79th Division.

Folder 35: Fentress, George Linwood

Born: 1880 June 29.

Served in the National Army, Company D, 314th Regiment, 79th Division.

Additional information included.

Folder 36: Fentress, Herbert Smith, 1919 September 10

Born: 1898 May 31.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 37: Fentress, Hillary Eugene

Born: 1894 December 18.

Served in the Naval Reserve.

Folder 38: Ferebee, Frank Nelson, November 22

Born: 1890 September 6.

Served in the Army, Company C, 54th Infantry, 6th Division.

Folder 39: Ferebee, George Emory, 1919 August 21

Born: 1898 July 3.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 40: Ferebee, Kenneth Rayner, Jr., 1920 July 5

Born: 1890 August 29.

Served in the National Army.

Folder 41: Ferebee, Samuel Harrell, 1919 August 21

Born: 1893 July 23.

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

Folder 42: Fionini, Michael A., 1919 June 4

Born: 1896 June 17.

Served in the National Army, Battery B, 314th Regiment, 80th Division.

Folder 43: Fitchett, Marion Stevenson, 1920 June 15

Born: 1889 December 1.

Served in the Army.

Folder 44: Fitzgerald, James Smith, 1919 October 21

Born: 1896 November 3.

Served in the United States Navy. Photograph included.

Folder 45: Fitzgerald, James Sydney, 1919 August 19

Born: 1891 April 14.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 46: Fiveash, Robert Walton

Born: 1886 March 16.

Served in the reserves.

Folder 47: Flack, John Cullen

Born: 1898 September 29.

Served in the Army, Company D, 62nd Infantry.

Additional information included.

Folder 48: Flemming, Linwood Nottie

Born: 1896 August 20.

Served in the National Guard, Battery B, 111th Field Artillery.

Folder 49: Flickinger, Robert Nesbitt

Born: 1896 January 31.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 50: Flickinger, Samuel Peyton, 1919 September 4

Born: 1899 July 2.

Served in S. A. T. C.

Folder 51: Ford, Laban S., 1920 July 3

Born: 1896 November.

Served in the National Guard. Two photographs included.

Folder 52: Foreman, William Sidney, 1920 June 15

Born: 1899 July 11.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 53: Foster, Edwin Lipscomb

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 54: Foster, Herbert Rogerson

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 55: Foster, Philip Malvern, 1919 May 27

Born: 1893 January 1.

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

Folder 56: Fox, John LeRoy

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

Folder 57: Fox, Philip, 1919 September 30

Born: 1881 April 20.

Folder 58: Franklin, Willie E., 1920 July 10

Born: 1891 February 22.

Served in the National Army, 39th Company. Photograph and additional information included.

Folder 59: Freeman, William Franklin

Served in the Army, Company A.

Folder 60: Freeney, Martin David, 1919 August 27

Born: 1889 July 21.

Served in the Naval Reserve.

Folder 61: Friedman, Robert Herman, 1919 August 24

Born: 1895 August 19.

Served in the Army, Company C, 1st Regiment.

Folder 62: Frost, Nathan

Born: 1889 December 25.

Served in the National Guard, ambulance company.

Folder 63: Fulcher, Junius Harris, 1920 April 24

Born: 1876 June 19.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve. Additional information and two photographs included.

Folder 64: Fulford, John L., 1919 June 16

Born: 1887 July 28.

Served in the National Army, Company B and C.

Folder 65: Fuller, Ethel Harwood

Born: 1882 June 25.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 66: Fuqua, Harry Emerson

Born: 1895 February 16.

Served in the National Army, Battery B. 314th Regiment, 80th Division.

Folder 67: Furr, Carlton Harris, 1920 June 22

Born: 1889 June 4.

Folder 68: Furr, Herman Richard, 1919 October 14

Born: 1886 February 12.

Served in the National Army, Company K, 317th Infantry, 80th Division. Additional information included.

Folder 69: Furr, Lester Thomas, 1920 July 13

Born: 1888 January 2.

Served in the National Guard.

Folder 70: Gabel, James Thomas, 1919 May 28

Born: 1893 September 13.

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

Folder 71: Galanides, Demetrios, 1920 January 1

Born: 1888 October 21.

Served in the National Army, 317th Infantry, Company M. Two photographs included.

Folder 72: Gano, Howard Arons, 1919 September 17

Born: 1889 March 30.

Served in the National Army, Company D, 320th Infantry, 80th Division.

Folder 73: Garfield, Henry LeRoy Bernard, 1920 June 5

Born: 1900 April 2.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 74: Garlette, William Arthur, 1920 June 20

Born: 1895 September 29.

Served in the Army, Company C, 6th Infantry, 5th Division. Photograph included.

Folder 75: Gavin, Francis Willis, 1920 June 19

Served in the National Army, 15th Company.

Folder 76: Gay, James Alton, 1919 November 27

Born: 1893 December 4.

Served in the National Guard, Company E, 116th Infantry, 29th Division.

Folder 77: Gentis, Ernest Louis

Folder 78: Gershon, Samuel

Born: 1897 June 11.

Served in the National Guard, headquarter company, 116th regiment, 29th Division.

Folder 79: Gibson, Garrett Hobart, 1920 April 24

Served in the Naval Reserve. Photograph included.

Folder 80: Gilbert, Robert Albert

Born: 1885 July 21.

Folder 81: Gilliam, Archer Edward

Born: 1892 February 3.

Served in the National Army, Company G, 163rd Infantry, 41st Division.

Folder 82: Gilliam, Theodorick Armistead Williams, 1919 August 21

Born: 1896 April 16.

Served in the National Guard, Battery B, 1st Battalion Virginia Field Artillery.

Folder 83: Gleason, Lovell Ernest, 1919 August 18

Born: 1899 May 24.

Served in the United States Navy.

Two photographs and additional information included.

Folder 84: Goffigon, William Frederick, 1919 August 18

Born: 1895 August 16.

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

Folder 85: Goldsmith, Lee Felix, 1919 August 19

Born: 1892 October 28.

Served in the Naval Reserve.

Folder 86: Goodall, William Christian, 1920 June 29

Born: 1893 May 4.

Served in the National Army, Company B, 323rd Infantry, 81st Division.

Folder 87: Goodman, Arthur, 1919 August 20

Born: 1897 March 12.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 88: Goodwin, Morgan, 1919 August 22

Born: 1894 April 5.

Served in the National Guard, Company K, 124th Infantry, 31st Division.

Folder 89: Goodwyn, Watkins Blount, Jr., 1919 December 20

Born: 1895 August 10.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 90: Gould, Nathaniel Jay, 1920 June 16

Born: 1891 September 14.

Served in the National Army.