Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Miscellaneous Photograph Collection, circa 1860-2003 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Will Hopkins

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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: Liberty Park housing area, circa 1945

Includes approximately 20 prints and three negatives.

Folder 2: Kirn Library, 1960-1964

Approximately 14 prints.

Folder 3: Scope and Chrysler Hall construction, 1966-1971

Approximately 40 prints, including photos of Nervi architectural drawings.

Folder 4: Downtown slums and redevelopment projects, circa 1947-1970

Approximately 35 prints and six negatives.

Folder 5: Lewis Park trailer housing, circa 1945

Includes three prints.

Folder 6: Redevelopment officials and housing residents, circa 1940-1973

Approximately 16 prints, including photos of Hubert Humphrey and Harry Truman. Also includes one newspaper clipping.

Folder 7: Old Dominion University, circa 1967

Five prints of main campus buildings.

Folder 8: Merrimack Park housing area, circa 1940-1944

Includes architectural rendering. Many of the prints have information attached to back.

Folder 9: Downtown churches, circa 1958-1964

Approximately 12 prints.

Folder 10: Downtown waterfront, circa 1956 to 1980

Approximately 20 prints.

Folder 11: Ghent and Freemason areas, circa 1980

Folder 12: Downtown buildings and scenes, circa 1954-1975

Includes approximately 40 prints.

Folder 13: Omni Hotel construction, circa 1974

Includes approximately 12 prints.

Folder 14: Monticello Arcade, circa 1930-1975

Includes nine prints.

Box 2

Folder 1: Various people and events, circa 1940-1980

Includes nine prints.

Folder 2: Hague area, circa 1920-1973

Includes approximately 40 prints of houses and street scenes. Also includes some house interiors.

Folder 3: East Ghent and Ghent Square development, circa 1950-1983

Approximately 50 prints, including some architectural plans.

Folder 4: Church Street and Huntersville area, circa 1958-1975

Includes approximately 30 prints.

Folder 5: Granby Street and downtown areas, circa 1868-1997

Includes approximately 50 prints and 15 negatives.

Folder 6: People and scenes, Granby Street area, circa 1950-1960

Includes approximately 10 prints.

Folder 7: Historical downtown scenes, circa 1860 to 1950

Includes approximately 12 prints.

Folder 8: Senior citizen housing, circa 1980

Includes 10 prints.

Folder 9: Architectural models of downtown buildings, circa 1975

Includes approximately 12 prints. Models include Norfolk Gardens and People Mover.

Folder 10: Old Dominion University aerials, 1964-1967

Includes four prints.

Folder 11: East Ocean View aerials, 1964 March 17

Includes 5 prints.

Folder 12: Blue Nile Hotel, circa 1993

Approximately 30 prints of hotel prior to demolition.

Box 3

Folder 1: Downtown waterfront aerials, circa 1920-1980

Includes approximately 50 prints and three negatives.

Folder 2: Downtown aerials, circa 1949-1990

Includes approximately 50 prints.

Folder 3: Hague area, Atlantic City and Medical Center aerials, circa 1956-1980

Includes approximately 30 prints.

Folder 4: Various slum scenes, circa 1940-1960

Includes approximately 40 prints.

Folder 5: Willoughby-Baylor House, circa 1963-1965

Includes 11 prints, including interiors and possible out-building.

Folder 6: Downtown flooding during Ash Wednesday Storm, 1962 March

Includes approximately 12 prints.

Folder 7: Old ferry terminal, circa 1965-1980

Includes approximately 12 prints, or original site and of relocation to Ghent Square.

Folder 8: Myers House, 1963-1964

Includes seven prints.

Folder 9: MacArthur Memorial, circa 1962-1990

Includes 10 prints.

Folder 10: Attucks Theater contact prints, 2003 August-September

Includes approximately 40 color contact sheets (35mm film) of theater interiors and exteriors, restoration work.

Folder 11: Bell-Diamond housing area in Berkley, circa 1969-1972

Includes approximately 20 prints.

Folder 12: Various downtown buildings, circa 1962-1972

Includes approximately 40 prints.

Folder 13: Correspondence from VIA Architects to NRHA, 2002 July 3

Concerns Tidewater Community College (TCC).

Box 4: Smaller Prints

Item 1: Brambleton area aerials, 1988, 2001

Includes approximately 50 prints.

Item 2: Freemason area, circa 1980

Includes approximately 30 prints.

Item 3: Ghent Square houses, circa 1990

Includes approximately 30 prints.

Item 4: Diggs Park ceremony and interiors, 1992

Includes approximately 40 prints.

Item 5: Picnic scenes, Stonebridge section, undated

Includes approximately color 50 prints and negatives.

Item 6: Kimball Terrace and riverfront aerials, 1999 November

Approximately 12 color prints.

Item 7: MacArthur Center Mall site and groundbreaking, 1994 and 1996

Approximately 40 color prints.

Item 8: Pinewell development in Ocean View, circa 1991

Approximately 40 color prints and 12 negatives. Includes dedication ceremony.

Item 9: Attucks Square development, 1990, 1993

Approximately 24 color prints and 20 negatives.

Item 10: Annotated aerials of Brambleton and Berkley, 1998 September

Two negatives.

Item 11: East Beach aerials, circa 1990-2001

Area around 24th Bay Street, prior to East Beach redevelopment. Three color prints and four black and white negatives.

Item 12: MacArthur Center Mall site, 1994 November

Approximately 24 color prints and 12 negatives.

Item 13: Atlantic City piers, 1988 October 7

Ten color prints.

Item 14: Ingleside section, 1992 October 14

Approximately 24 color prints and negatives.

Item 15: Tarrallton Navy housing area, 1997 March

Approximately 24 color prints and negatives.

Item 16: Ocean View aerials around 2nd Bay Street, circa 1980

Approximately 20 black and white prints and 90 negatives.

Item 17: Ocean View, circa 2000

Five color prints. Includes new house and demolition of Warm Sands Motel in East Ocean View.

Item 18: Middle Towne Arch area, 1991 April

Approximately 36 color prints and negatives.

Item 19: Wetlands area, undated

Nine color prints and 28 negatives.

Item 20: Attucks Theater memorabilia, undated

Shots of Louis Armstrong and other stars. Includes nine prints and 30 negatives.

Item 21: Huntersville, 1995 March

Five color prints.

Item 22: Merrimack Landing, 1992

Color negative with children.

Item 23: Boats and Norfolk World Trade Center, undated

One color negative.

Item 24: Roberts Village community center ribbon cutting, 1991 October

Five color prints.

Item 25: Building implosion downtown, undated

One color print.

Item 26: Central Brambleton pond aerials, 1999 March 5

Five color prints.

Item 27: Oakleaf housing area, undated

Four color prints.

Item 28: Leadership Academy, undated

Eight color negatives.

Item 29: Young Terrace aerials, 1990 April

Three color negatives.

Item 30: Oakleaf housing area, undated

Approximately 40 negatives.

Item 31: Freemason area buildings, undated

Approximately 50 black and white negatives.

Item 32: Flooding near downtown gasometers, circa 1960

Possibly from Ash Wednesday Storm in 1962. One negative.

Item 33: Commercial Place and possibly Church Street, circa 1960

Four black and white negatives.

Item 34: Park Place houses and buildings, possibly circa 2005

Approximately 60 color prints. Some photos include street addresses.

Item 35: Atlantic City piers, 1988 October 7

Approximately 12 color prints.

Item 36: Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial site, Atlanta, undated

Nine color prints.

Item 37: Interiors of Oakmont Apartments, 1997

Includes 16 color prints and 22 negatives showing poor living conditions inside apartments.

Box 5

Folder 1: East Ocean View housing, 1988

Contains 21 items, mostly properties west of Shore Drive. Many are annotated with street address and other information.

Folder 2: East Ocean View housing, 1988 to circa 2000

Includes 22 items, mostly properties near or east of Shore Drive. Also includes approximately 100 negatives and associated contact prints. Several prints from circa 2000 show demolition of buildings.

Folder 3: East Ocean View housing, 1988

Includes 35 items, of properties in various locations. Many are annotated with street address and other information.

Folder 4: Photographs, Redevelopment – Slum scenes, Norfolk Academy building, aerial views, etc., circa 1950s-1970s

Folder 5: Negatives, Aerial Views and Intersection of Jefferson Street and Kent Street, undated

Box 6: Oversized Photographs

Folder 1: Oversized Photographs, Children in East Ghent, Miscellaneous, circa 1960s