By Sarah Osorio
Title: James Carlyle Stephens Scrapbooks, 1947-1976
Predominant Dates:1950-1969
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-074
Primary Creator: Stephens, James Carlyle, Jr. (1917-1980)
Extent: 23.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged by series. Series 1: Genealogy, Series 2: General History, Series 3: Norfolk and Hampton Roads History. Boxes 22 and 23 contain loose items pulled from Scrapbooks 1-21.
Date Acquired: 00/00/0000
Subjects: Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (Va.), Express highways, Families--Virginia, Genealogy, Genealogy--Research, Hampton Roads (Va. : Region), Jamestown (Va.), Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.)--History, Norfolk (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, Norfolk (Va.)--Maps, Norfolk County (Va.), Portsmouth (Va.), Portsmouth (Va.)--History, Princess Anne County (Va.), Tidewater (Va. : Region)--Maps, United States--History, Virginia--Genealogy, Virginia--History, Whitehurst family, Williamsburg (Va.)
Forms of Material: Articles, Booklets, Brochures, Bulletins, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Directories, Envelopes, Genealogical tables, Genealogies (histories), Indexes (reference sources), Invitations, Journals (periodicals), Magazines (periodicals), Maps (documents), Napkins (culinary textile), Newsletters, Pedigrees, Printed ephemera, Reprographic copies, Scrapbooks, Wills, Yearbooks
Languages: English
Twenty-one scrapbooks of Norfolk and Virginia Beach-related genealogy, the history of Norfolk and the Hampton Roads region, and the construction of tunnels and highways in the 1950s-1960s in the Tidewater area of Virginia. Five scrapbooks cover genealogy, five scrapbooks cover general history (international, national, state, and local), and the remaining 11 scrapbooks cover Norfolk and Hampton Roads history.
Four of the genealogy scrapbooks primarily focus on the Thoroughgood family, while the remaining genealogy scrapbook centers on the Whitehurst family. The Norfolk and Hampton Roads history scrapbooks are divided thus: three scrapbooks on highways, three scrapbooks on tunnels, three scrapbooks on Norfolk, one scrapbook on General MacArthur and the formation of the MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia, and one scrapbook specific to the history of Jamestown. Many of the newspaper clippings in the scrapbooks feature maps of the Hampton Roads region showing roadways, tunnel and bridge construction, and other developments in the local area.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (Va.)
Express highways
Families--Virginia
Genealogy
Genealogy--Research
Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)
Jamestown (Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)--History
Norfolk (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Norfolk (Va.)--Maps
Norfolk County (Va.)
Portsmouth (Va.)
Portsmouth (Va.)--History
Princess Anne County (Va.)
Tidewater (Va. : Region)--Maps
United States--History
Virginia--Genealogy
Virginia--History
Whitehurst family
Williamsburg (Va.)
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.
Physical Access Note: The front and back covers of several scrapbooks are detached. Handle with care.
Acquisition Source: Unknown
Separated Materials: SMC Map Collection, MSS 0000-NMP (select items in Folders 57-60),
Preferred Citation: James Carlyle Stephens Scrapbooks, MSS 0000-074, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information: Processed January 16 - July 3, 2018.
Thorowgood #1. "The first part contains the narrative of the [Thoroughgood] family from the Jamestown era to the division of the estate of the second Adam among his wife, Frances, and his five sons, and the genealogy charts of the two oldest sons, Argall and John. The second part contains the genealogical charts of the remaining three sons, Adam, Francis, and Robert."
Includes a four-page foreword written by J. Carlyle Stephens on January 22, 1959 in London Bridge, Virginia, ninety-one pages of a handwritten history titled "The First Three Generations of the Thorowgood Family in America," and various transcriptions, genealogical tables, clippings, and correspondence. A hand-drawn map of the eastern part of Norfolk and portions of Princess Anne County near the Lynnhaven River and Lynnhaven Bay showing the locations of Thoroughgood family members is located between pages 82 and 83.
Thoroughgood #2. Includes handwritten pages of genealogical and historical transcriptions from various sources, as well as clippings, correspondence, and related ephemera.
Both published and hand-drawn maps featuring land near the Lynnhaven River are located between the following pages: Line 3 (pages 61 and 62, 70 and 71), Line 4 (pages 15 and 16, 31 and 32). Includes a typescript of biographical information on Colonel Francis Nicholson, as well as a typescript titled "Excerpts From the Diary of Cousin Ella Nimmo." Some diary excerpts cover Nimmo's experiences of Nimmo Public School (1879), Suffolk Female Institute (1883-1885), Norfolk College For Young Ladies (1885-1887), Broad Bay Farm (1890), Dam Neck Windmills (1870-1880), Changes in North Princess Anne County, and The Great Storm or Hurricane of 1879. The scrapbook also includes an original receipt for the sale of a slave in 1854 in Norfolk, Virginia.
