Connie Sage Research Files on Frank Batten, 1998-2010 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Will Hopkins

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Collection Overview

Title: Connie Sage Research Files on Frank Batten, 1998-2010

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-205

Primary Creator: Sage, Connie, 1948-

Extent: 25.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in original order.

Date Acquired: 06/26/2012

Subjects: Businesses, Businessmen, Old Dominion University, School integration--Massive resistance movement

Forms of Material: Audiocassettes, Biographies (documents), Biography files, Clippings (information artifacts), Compact discs, Correspondence, Floppy disks, Manuscripts, Newsletters, Newspapers, Notebooks, Publications (document genre), Slides (photographs), Transcripts, VHS

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Research files and other materials compiled by Connie Sage relating to her book Frank Batten, The Untold Story of the Founder of the Weather Channel, published in 2011 by University of Virginia Press. This collection includes biographical materials, interview notes and transcripts, business and personal records, and documents relating to the book's publication. There are also video and audio tapes, photographs, and electronic storage media. These files contain information on Frank Batten when he was chairman of Landmark Communications in Norfolk, Virginia, which included The Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star newspapers, among other media outlets. The materials also cover Batten's philanthropic activities.

Biographical Note

Connie Sage was a reporter for the Virginian-Pilot newspaper in Norfolk, Virginia and a staff member of Landmark Communications.

Subject/Index Terms

Businesses
Businessmen
Old Dominion University
School integration--Massive resistance movement

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: Connie Sage by donation

Preferred Citation: Connie Sage Research Files on Frank Batten, MSS 0000-205, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed in January 2020.

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1

Folder 1: Frank Batten biographical materials, miscellaneous dates
Folder 2: Frank Batten biographical materials, miscellaneous dates
Folder 3: Frank Batten biographical materials and photos, miscellaneous dates
Folder 4: Frank Batten illness, circa 1988
Folder 5: Frank Batten and Landmark Communications, miscellaneous dates

Box 2

Folder 1: Frank Batten interview, 2006
Folder 2: Miscellaneous history, miscellaneous dates
Folder 3: Batten family, miscellaneous dates
Folder 4: Batten family, miscellaneous dates
Folder 5: Interviews, A-B

Box 3

Folder 1: Interviews, B-G, miscellaneous dates
Folder 2: Interviews, H-M, miscellaneous dates
Folder 3: Interviews, M, miscellaneous dates
Folder 4: Interviews, M-S, miscellaneous dates

Box 4

Folder 1: Interviews, T-W, miscellaneous dates
Folder 2: Landmark Communications, miscellaneous dates: Includes company overview presentation.
Folder 3: Landmark Communications, miscellaneous dates
Folder 4: Landmark Communications newsletters, circa 2003

Box 5

Folder 1: Landmark Communications, miscellaneous dates
Folder 2: Landmark Communications, miscellaneous dates
Folder 3: Landmark Communications, miscellaneous dates
Folder 4: Landmark Communications, miscellaneous dates: Includes articles on the media business, emails, and various correspondence.

Box 6

Folder 1: Broadcast media, miscellaneous dates: Includes various news articles.
Folder 2: Broadcast media, miscellaneous dates: Includes various news articles, emails, and other records related to radio and TV outlets owned by Landmark.
Folder 3: The Weather Channel, miscellaneous dates: Includes materials on the concept, creation, and operation of the channel.
Folder 4: The Weather Channel, miscellaneous dates
Folder 5: The Weather Channel, miscellaneous dates

Box 7

Folder 1: The Weather Channel, miscellaneous dates
Folder 2: New media, miscellaneous dates
Folder 3: Cable TV, miscellaneous dates
Folder 4: Cable TV, miscellaneous dates

Box 8

Folder 1: Media, generally, miscellaneous dates
Folder 2: Associated Press, miscellaneous dates
Folder 3: Associated Press, miscellaneous dates
Folder 4: Leadership, miscellaneous dates: Includes articles and materials on leadership principles.

Box 9

Folder 1: Academia, University of Virginia, miscellaneous dates: Includes information on the Batten Institute and business program.
Folder 2: Academia, Old Dominion University, miscellaneous dates: Includes information on Batten's role as ODU Rector and his donations to the school.
Folder 3: Academia, Old Dominion University Courier, circa 2002-2005: Copies of the ODU newsletter, many mentioning Batten.
Folder 4: Academia, Harvard Business School, miscellaneous dates: Includes information about Batten's time at Harvard Business School, his correspondence with the School, and other materials.
Folder 5: Academia, Culver Military Academy, miscellaneous dates: Includes background on Culver, Batten's time there as a student, and his support for the school.

Box 10

Folder 1: Academia, Culver Military Academy, miscellaneous dates: Includes information on Culver's Batten Scholars Program, photographs, and other materials.
Folder 2: Academia, CDs related to Culver Military Academy, miscellaneous dates
Folder 3: Norfolk Savings and Loan, miscellaneous dates: Includes information about Landmark Communications's involvement in litigation related to the closure of Norfolk Savings and Loan.
Folder 4: Emerging Sales Leader Program, circa 2005-2010: Includes information about the Landmark Communications employee development program and code of ethics.
Folder 5: Trader Publications, circa 2005-2007: Includes information about Landmark's Trader sales publications business.

Box 11

Folder 1: Trader Publications, circa 2004-2005: Includes information about Landmark's Trader sales publications business.
Folder 2: Philanthropy, miscellaneous dates: Includes information on Batten's philanthropic work.
Folder 3: Philanthropy, miscellaneous dates
Folder 4: Philanthropy, 2004
Folder 5: Philanthropy, The Norfolk Foundation, circa 2004-2006

Box 12

Folder 1: Philanthropy, Access Program, circa 2000-2004
Folder 2: Massive Resistance, miscellaneous dates: Includes background on the Norfolk newspapers' positions on massive resistance, the closing of city schools during the 1950s, and Batten's role in these events.
Folder 3: Massive Resistance, miscellaneous dates
Folder 4: Massive Resistance and Landmark newspapers, miscellaneous dates: Includes news articles and editorials.
Folder 5: Massive Resistance and Landmark newspapers, circa 1954-1959

Box 13

Folder 1: Massive Resistance and Landmark newspapers, miscellaneous dates
Folder 2: Sailing, miscellaneous dates: Includes information on Batten's interest in sailing and sail racing.
Folder 3: Sailing, Block Island race, circa 1968-1978
Folder 4: Sailing, Annapolis to Newport race, miscellaneous dates
Folder 5: Sailing, Bermuda Race, miscellaneous dates

Box 14

Folder 1: Sailing, Bermuda Race, miscellaneous dates
Folder 2: Book publication, miscellaneous documents, miscellaneous dates
Folder 3: Book publication, miscellaneous documents, miscellaneous dates
Folder 4: Book publication, miscellaneous documents, miscellaneous dates

Box 15

Folder 1: Book publication, miscellaneous documents, miscellaneous dates
Folder 2: Book publication, miscellaneous documents, miscellaneous dates
Folder 3: Book publication, miscellaneous documents, miscellaneous dates
Folder 4: Book publication, miscellaneous documents, miscellaneous dates

Box 16

Folder 1: Manuscript, "The Value of Values", undated: Manuscript by Sage.
Folder 2: Manuscript, untitled, undated
Folder 3: Manuscript, "The Quiet Giant", undated
Folder 4: Manuscript, "The Quiet Giant", undated
Folder 5: Manuscript, "The Quiet Giant", undated

Box 17

Item 1: Notepads, miscellaneous dates: Includes 14 notepads with notes.

Box 18

Item 1: Notepads, miscellaneous dates: Includes 15 notepads with notes.

Box 19

Item 1: Notepads, miscellaneous dates: Includes 9 notepads with notes.
Folder 1: Interview transcripts, Frank Batten, circa 2004
Folder 2: Interview transcripts, Frank Batten, circa 2004

Box 20

Folder 1: Interview transcripts, Frank Batten, circa 2004
Folder 2: Interview transcripts, Frank Batten, circa 2004
Folder 3: Interview transcripts, Frank Batten, circa 2004
Folder 4: Interview transcripts, Frank Batten, circa 2004

Box 21

Folder 1: Interview transcripts, Frank Batten, circa 2004-2006
Folder 2: Interview transcripts, Frank Batten, circa 1997-2007
Folder 3: Interview transcripts, friends and family, circa 2004-2005
Folder 4: Interview transcripts, friends and family, circa 2004-2006

Box 22

Folder 1: Interview transcripts, friends and family, circa 2004-2006
Folder 2: Interview transcripts, friends and family, circa 2004-2006
Folder 3: Interview transcripts, friends and family, circa 2004-2006
Folder 4: Interview transcripts, friends and family, circa 2004-2006

Box 23

Folder 1: Interview transcripts, friends and family, circa 2004-2006
Folder 2: Interview transcripts, Landmark, circa 1999: Possibly Landmark Communications staff members.
Folder 3: Interview transcripts, Landmark, circa 1999
Folder 4: Book proposal to Norfolk Historical Society, 2005 October 4: By Connie Sage.
Folder 5: Norfolk Historical Society, various documents, miscellaneous dates

Box 24

Folder 1: Yarsinske manuscript on Batten, undated: For the book "All in Good Time" by Amy Yarsinske.
Folder 2: Yarsinske book publication agreement, undated: The book's working title is "The Frank Batten Story."
Folder 3: Yarsinske book, miscellaneous documents, circa 2003
Folder 4: Yarsinske book, miscellaneous documents, circa 2002-2004

Box 25

Item 1: Multimedia materials, miscellaneous dates: Includes 10 VHS tapes on Frank Batten and Landmark Communications, approximately 100 micro audio tapes (many labeled as interviews), approximately 20 35mm color slides of sailing scenes, 3 CDs (book photos and a Landmark presentation), and 7 3.5" computer discs with information on the interview tapes and Sage's book publication.