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 7: Questionnaires, White: Me - P

Folder 1: Megenney, Wilber Eugeane

Born: 1871 January 3.

Served in the United States Navy.

Additional information included.

Folder 2: Mendelsohn, David, 1919 August 19

Born: 1895 December 29.

Served in the National Army, 439th Engineers.

Folder 3: Meredith, Henry Clarkson, 1920 January 20

Born: 1891 March 18.

Served in the Army, 5th Company.

Folder 4: Meredith, Raymond Glenn, 1920 May 17

Born: 1892 July 13.

Served in the National Army, Battery F, 2nd Field Artillery, 2nd Division.

Folder 5: Miller, Howard L.

No questionnaire. Additional information included.

Folder 6: Miller, Shepard Lowe

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 7: Miller, William Vance, 1920 July 22

Born: 1894 February 14.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 8: Mitchell, Frank Mazyck, 1920 January 15

Born: 1893 March 3.

Served in the Headquarters Company, 6th Field Artillery, 1st Division.

Additional information included.

Folder 9: Mitchell, James Lafayette, 1920 July 17

Born: 1882 August 26.

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

Folder 10: Mitchell, Robert Arthur, 1920 July 16

Born: 1899 December 4.

Served in the student Army Training Corps.

Folder 11: Mitchell, William Jennings Bryan, 1919 May 26

Born: 1898 February 18.

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

Folder 12: Monnett, William Beaty, 1919 August 18

Born: 1883 February 28.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 13: Montagna, John, 1919 August 20

Born: 1893 December 1.

Served in the National Army, Machine Gun Company, 318th Infantry, 80th Division. Two photographs included.

Folder 14: Moore, Charles Herbert

Born: 1895 October 5.

Served in the National Army, Company B.

Folder 15: Moore, Clarence Chester, 1919 September 22

Born: 1896 April 24.

Served in the National Guard, Company B, 4th Virginia Infantry. Two photographs included.

Folder 16: Moore, Joseph Brickhouse, 1919 August 28

Born: 1894 April 10.

Served in the National Army, Company H, 317th Infantry, 80th Division.

Additional information included.

Folder 17: Moore, Sylvester Baker

Born: 1893 April 20.

Served in the Army.

Folder 18: Moore, William Hugh, 1920 July 29

Born: 1894 August 2.

Served in the National Guard, Battery B, 111th Field Artillery, 29th Division.

Folder 19: Moore, Winfield Amos, 1920 July 17

Born: 1891 November 20.

Served in the Naval Reserve.

Folder 20: Morgiotta, Felix

Born: 1886 July 14.

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

Folder 21: Morris, William Henry, 1919 August 26

Born: 1883 November 26.

Served in the United States Navy. Two photographs included.

Folder 22: Morrisette, Benjamin Franklin, 1919 August 18

Born: 1893 April 2.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 23: Morrisette, Durant Dunbar, 1920 July 14

Born: 1887 August 21.

Served in the Army.

Folder 24: Morrisette, Hubert Shelton, 1920 January 14

Born: 1896 June 29.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 25: Moscos, Panagiotis, 1919 August 19

Born: 1888 March 16.

Served in Company C, 317th Regiment, 80th Division. Photograph included.

Folder 26: Moss, Charles Curtis, 1919 August 22

Born: 1878 October 23.

Served in the National Guard, 4th Virginia Infantry.

Folder 27: Mott, George Washington, 1919 August 25

Born: 1898 February 22.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 28: Mottu, Andre' Carter, 1919 December 11

Born: 1896 May 2.

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

Folder 29: Murray, Paul Frederic, 1919 August 18

Born: 1893 March 10.

Served in the National Army, Company G, 314th Machine Gun Battalion, 80th Division.

Folder 30: Myers, Barton, Jr., 1919 August 18

Born: 1894 February 11.

Served in the National Army, Supply Company 315.

Folder 31: Myers, Harry Woodworth, 1920 May 5

Born: 1890 September 1.

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

Folder 32: Myers, Robert Baldwin, 1919 September 15

Born: 1883 November 19.

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

Folder 33: Nash, Robert Sloat, 1920 July 19

Born: 1893 July 29.

Served in the National Army, 5th Provisional Regiment.

Folder 34: Nash, William Herbert, 1920 July 16

Born: 1890 April 24.

Served in the National Guard, Company C.

Folder 35: Nelliger, Theo

No questionnaire.

Folder 36: Nelson, John Cunningham, 1919 December 12

Born: 1896 March 7.

Served in Company F, 119th Infantry, 30th Division.

Folder 37: Niblett, Archie McDowell, 1919 August 21

Born: 1888 March 7.

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

Folder 38: Nimmo, John Pendleton, 1920 July 17

Born: 1898 May 18.

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

Folder 39: Noble, Harold Thomas, 1919 August 19

Born: 1894 January 17.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 40: Norman, Welford Blakley, 1919 May 26

Born: 1896 January 15.

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

Folder 41: Norris, Raymond Coy, 1919 August 19

Born: 1890 August 12.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 42: Norris, William Jesse, 1919 August 21

Born: 1895 November 17.

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

Folder 43: Norris, William Lankford

Born: 1891 June 19.

Served in the Army. Photograph and additional information included.

Folder 44: Nottingham, Thomas Jacob, 1919 August 29

Born: 1864 September 1.

Photograph included.

Folder 45: Null, George Albert, 1919 August 24

Born: 1893 December 1.

Served in the National Guard, 111th Field Artillery, 4th Virginia Infantry.

Folder 46: Nusbaum, Bertram Spagat, 1919 August 18

Born: 1895 August 5.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 47: Nusbaum, Virginius Harding, 1920 June 12

Born: 1898 September 7.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 48: Oast, Samuel Poindexter, Jr., 1920 July 16

Born: 1886 November 27.

Served in the National Guard, Medical Corps.

Folder 49: O'Brien, Ryland Malbon, 1919 May 27

Born: 1896 April 13.

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

Folder 50: Old, Edward Henry Herbert, 1920 May 24

Born: 1876 September 28.

Served in the United States Navy.

Additional information included.

Folder 51: Old, Herbert, 1919 November 14

Born: 1871 October 14.

Served in the Medical Reserve Corps.

Folder 52: Old, Jonathan Whitehead, Jr., 1920 July 19

Born: 1887 July 30.

Served in the Air Service.

Folder 53: Old, Nimmo, Jr., 1919 August 26

Born: 1896 August 20.

Served in the Marine Corps.

Folder 54: Oliver, David Luther

Born: 1891 June 14.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 55: Ould, Robert, 1919 September 1

Born: 1891 October 5.

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

Additional information included.

Folder 56: Overbey, Jesse Cabell, 1919 August 19

Born: 1896 December 31.

Served in the Army.

Folder 57: Owens, Lloyd Brannon, 1920 March 27

Born: 1889 November 23.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Additional information included.

Folder 58: Owens, Shirley Alexander

Born: 1896 March 16.

Folder 59: Page, Thomas N.

No questionnaire.

Folder 60: Palmer, Willis Herbert, 1919 September 9

Born: 1893 July 19.

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

Folder 61: Panella, Frank Joseph

Born: 1896 July 5.

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

Folder 62: Pangalo, George Themistokles, 1919 August 19

Born: 1891 February 14.

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

Folder 63: Parker, John Riley, 1920 August 31

Born: 1896 July 28.

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

Folder 64: Parker, Laurence Columbus, 1920 June 28

Born: 1887 October 30.

Served in the National Guard, Company E, 318th Regiment, 80th Division.

Folder 65: Parker, Thomas Augustus, 1919 September 15

Born: 1891 September 17.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 66: Parker, Thomas Ellington, 1919 August 20

Born: 1897 May 6.

Served in the Army, 14th Company. Photograph included.

Folder 67: Parker, William Warren, 1919 August 22

Born: 1893 July 17.

Served in the Army, Company C, 38th Regiment, 3rd Division.

Additional information included.

Folder 68: Parks, Victor, Jr., 1919 December 2

Born: 1895 December 7.

Served in the Army, Company G, 16th Regiment, 1st Division. Additional information included.

Folder 69: Parron, James Holland

Born: 1895 September 14.

Served in the National Guard, Headquarters Company, 54th Field Artillery, 29th Division.

Folder 70: Parton, Alvis Pinkney, 1919 August 19

Born: 1893 December 14.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 71: Patrick, Bower Reynolds, 1920 January 15

Born: 1871 January 28.

Folder 72: Patterson, Harvey Don, 1919 August 18

Born: 1891 November 26.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 73: Paxton, William McCormick, 1919 September 7

Born: 1895 May 29.

Served in the National Army, 17th Company, 155th Depot Brigade.

Folder 74: Payne, Walter Ward, 1919 August 18

Born: 1880 May 12.

Served in the National Army.

Folder 75: Peake, Thomas Taylor, 1919 October 4

Born: 1891 August 26.

Served in the National Army, Company D, 314 Machine Gun Battalion, 80th Division.

Folder 76: Peatross, Richard Warner, 1920 September 4

Born: 1870 June 29.

Folder 77: Peck, Josiah Carl, 1920 September 8

Born: 1885 March 21.

Served in the National Army, Company G, 319th Infantry, 80th Division.

Folder 78: Pedin, Allan Brewer, 1919 August 21

Born: 1895 July 16.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 79: Pender, William Cottrell, 1919 August 18

Born: 1893 August 26.

Served in the United States Army Ambulance Service.

Folder 80: Perry, Joseph Leigh, 1919 May 29

Born: 1898 July 2.

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

Folder 81: Peterson, Axel, 1919 August 18

Born: 1888 December 5.

Served in the United States Navy. Additional information included.

Folder 82: Peterson, Frederick James, Jr., 1919 December 16

Born: 1895 August 16.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 83: Pettis, Willie Herbert, 1920 July 18

Born: 1893 March 25.

Served in the Army, 19th Company.

Folder 84: Philhower, Louis Stout, 1919 September 16

Born: 1900 September 13.

Served in the Marine Corps. Two photographs included.

Folder 85: Phitopoulos, Nicholas, 1919 August 20

Born: 1882 June 29.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 86: Pipkin, George Pate

Born: 1892 February 22.

Served in the Army.

Folder 87: Plassil, Frank, 1920 July 25

Born: 1897 July 26.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 88: Polley, Charles Nelson, 1919 August 20

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

Folder 89: Porter, Ernest Carroll, 1919 August 24

Born: 1894 October 13.

Served in the Reserve Army, Company 11.

Folder 90: Porter, William Atwood, 1919 December 19

Born: 1898 April 22.

Served in the National Guard, Headquarters Company, 116th Infantry.

Folder 91: Powell, Halsey

No questionnaire. Additional information included.

Folder 92: Powers, Linwood Laurence

Born: 1886 January 7.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 93: Prerovsky, Joseph Frank, 1919 September 4

Born: 1890 January 27.

Served in the National Army, 314th Machine Gun Company A, 80th Division.

Folder 94: Pretlow, Samuel Bailey

Born: 1886 October 23.

Served in the Army. Photograph included.

Folder 95: Price, Alfred William, 1919 September 20

Born: 1887 October 25.

Served in the United States Naval Reserve Force.

Folder 96: Price, Louis Gomer, 1919 June 1

Born: 1891 March 16.

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

Folder 97: Price, Oscar Randolph, 1919 August 21

Born: 1879 November 17.

Served in the Engineer Reserve Corps.

Folder 98: Priddy, Sydnor Young

Born: 1893 December 14.

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

Folder 99: Proctor, Richard Blacknall, 1919 August 27

Born: 1894 January 24.

Served in the United States Navy.

Folder 100: Purtell, Gem P., 1920 July 28

Born: 1894 January 13.

Served in the United States Navy.