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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Virginiana Scrapbooks, 1862-1947
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-100
Primary Creator: Squires, W. H. T. (William Henry Tappey), 1875-1948
Extent: 10.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged by series. Series 1: Virginiana, Series 2: Norfolk Virginiana.
Date Acquired: 00/00/0000
Subjects: Families--Virginia, Genealogy--Research, Hampton Roads (Va. : Region), Norfolk (Va.), United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, Virginia--Genealogy, Virginia--History, Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate, World War, 1939-1945
Forms of Material: Articles, Bills (legislative records), Booklets, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Genealogical tables, Indexes (reference sources), Invitations, Journals (periodicals), Leaflets (printed works), Nametags, Newsletters, Newspapers, Notes, Photographs, Poems, Postcards, Prints (visual works), Publications (document genre), Ration coupons, Scrapbooks, Speeches (documents), Telegrams
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Eighteen scrapbooks compiled by Rev. W. H. T. Squires, primarily consisting of clippings relating to people, places, and events in Virginia. There is a notable emphasis on Virginia during and after the Civil War. Series 1 consists of 15 scrapbooks that cover Virginia history generally, while the remaining 3 scrapbooks that make up Series 2 consist of clippings taken from the 75th anniversary edition of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot on June 26, 1940. The subject matter of Series 2 more closely focuses on Norfolk, Virginia and the surrounding Hampton Roads region. All scrapbooks are indexed with the name of the headline or subject matter and accompanying page number. There is no discernible order, chronological or by subject matter, in the scrapbooks.
Biographical Note
William Henry Tappey Squires was born on April 14, 1875 in Petersburg, Virginia. He was a minister at Knox Presbyterian Church in Norfolk, Virginia. Squires was also a historian, orator, and author of several books. Most of his works relate to the history of Virginia, the Tidewater area, the City of Norfolk, and the Confederacy. Squires received a doctor of divinity degree from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and a Doctorate of Literature in 1936 from King College in Bristol, Tennessee. He was involved in the Sons of Confederate Veterans, United Confederate Veterans, Sons of the American Revolution, Norfolk Memorial Association, Norfolk History Society, Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, Order of Cape Henry, 1607, Norfolk New Citizens Association, Order of Stars and Bars, Knight of the Golden Eagle, Virginia Historical Society, and the Theophilus Society. He married Anna Sarah Hull on April 26, 1905 in Smyth, Virginia. Squires died on April 20, 1948 in Norfolk, Virginia and was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in 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.
Physical Access Note:
Scrapbook pages are fragile. Handle with care.
Acquisition Source:
Unknown
Separated Materials:
Norfolk Virginiana: Addresses Delivered in Norfolk, Virginia anent the History of the City by W. H. T. Squires (815 SQU).
A Norfolk Anthology of Fugitive Verse Gathered from Many Sources by W. H. T. Squires (811.08 SQU).
Preferred Citation:
Virginiana Scrapbooks, MSS 0000-100, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed July 16, 2018.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Series 1: Virginiana Scrapbooks
- Box 1: Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volumes 1 and 2
- Item 1: Volume 1, circa 1915-1937
- Pages 1-158. Includes index.
- Item 2: Volume 2, 1866-1939
- Pages 1-128. Includes index.
- Box 2: Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volumes 3 and 4
- Item 1: Volume 3, 1895-1945
- Pages 1-122. Includes index.
- Item 2: Volume 4, circa 1919-1941
- Pages 1-145. Includes index.
- Box 3: Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volumes 5 and 6
- Item 1: Volume 5, circa 1917-1947
- Pages 1-190. Includes index.
- Item 2: Volume 6, circa 1873-1946
- Pages 1-135. Includes index.
- Box 4: Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volumes 7 and 8
- Item 1: Volume 7, circa 1895-1944
- Pages 1-95. Includes index.
- Item 2: Volume 8, circa 1904-1931
- Pages 1-83. Includes index.
- Box 5: Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volumes 9-11
- Item 1: Volume 9, circa 1870-1930
- Pages 1-52. Includes index.
- Item 2: Volume 10, circa 1886-1944
- Pages 1-66. Includes index.
- Item 3: Volume 11, circa 1893-1943
- Pages 1-75. Includes index.
- Box 6: Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volumes 12 and 13
- Item 1: Volume 12, circa 1903-1945
- Pages 1-52. Includes index.
- Item 2: Volume 13, circa 1886-1945
- Pages 1-59. Includes index.
- Box 7: Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volumes 14 and 15
- Item 1: Volume 14, circa 1903-1945
- Pages 1-49. Includes index.
- Item 2: Volume 15, circa 1887-1947
- Unnumbered pages and no index.
- Box 8: Loose Materials from Scrapbooks
- Folders 9 and 11 are oversized and housed separately.
- Folder 1: Loose Materials from Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volume 1, circa 1920-1940
- Includes correspondence, poem, one March 16, 1927 address of Harry F. Byrd, "Reorganization of the Government of Virginia," one booklet titled, "American Presbyterian Beginnings" (1933), and one February 12, 1938 publication of Congressional Record.
- Folder 2: Loose Materials from Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volume 2, 1935-1937
- Correspondence and a note from W. H.T. Squires.
- Folder 3: Loose Materials from Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volume 3, 1913, 1938
- Includes one issue of The Tidewater Trail (Volume 6, Number 1, January 1938) and one issue of the newspaper The Newton Enterprise, February 27, 1913.
- Folder 4: Loose Materials from Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volume 5, circa 1932
- Leaflet advertising Ham Chamberlayne - Virginian by C. G. Chamberlayne.
- Folder 5: Loose Materials from Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volume 6, 1927 December 14
- Newsletter, The Presbyterian of the South, Volume 50, Number 101, Richmond, Virginia.
- Folder 6: Loose Materials from Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volumes 7 and 8, 1940s
- Includes correspondence, notes, poetry, genealogical charts, a telegram, and fuel oil ration coupons.
- Folder 7: Loose Materials from Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volumes 9-11, 1940s
- Includes a nametag, correspondence, notes, genealogical information, and one December 15, 1943 newsletter of The Catalina Chronicle.
- Folder 8: Loose Materials from Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volume 13 (Folder 1 of 2), undated
- Handwritten and typed poetry relating to the Civil War.
- Folder 9: Loose Materials from Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volume 13 (Folder 2 of 2), circa 1910
- Oversized. Seven prints. From The Photographic History of the Civil War, Published by Review of Reviews Co.
- Folder 10: Loose Materials from Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volumes 14 and 15, circa 1893-1947
- Includes clippings, notes, one copy of the publication Spiritual Mobilization, one copy of the bill H. R. 12543, one copy of Confederate War Journal (Volume 1, Number 6, September 1893), one copy of The Patriot newspaper from June 7, 1926, and one copy of The University of Virginia Newsletter from April 1, 1947.
- Folder 11: Loose Materials from Virginiana Scrapbooks, Volume 15, 1862, 1863
- Oversized.
- Item 1: Newspaper, Richmond Enquirer, 1862 June 10
- Item 2: Newspaper, Savannah Republican, 1863 March 27
- Volume 62, Number 73.
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