Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.
Rights: 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 Note: Source: Unknown. Maps were donated by Mr. Bingham.
Related Materials:The Virginia Campaign and the Blockade and Siege of Yorktown, 1781: Including a brief narrative of the French participation in the Revolution prior to the Southern campaign, Army War College, 1931.
Preferred Citation: United States Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Collection, MSS 0000-134, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Scope and Contents: Minutes, correspondence, booklets, official programs, maps, and miscellaneous materials relating to the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration in 1931 in Yorktown, Virginia. Organizations represented in the collection include Trustees of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Assembly of Tidewater Virginia Women, and Norfolk Area Yorktown Committee. Several items appear to have belonged to Mrs. Frantz Naylor of Norfolk, Virginia.