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By Will Hopkins
Collection Overview
Title: Norfolk NATO Festival Collection, 1954-2015![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
ID: 001/01/MSS 2015-009
Primary Creator: Norfolk NATO Festival (1953-)
Extent: 19.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in original order, generally in chronological order. Photographs are separated by size in chronological order.
Date Acquired: 08/12/2015
Subjects: International Azalea Festival (Norfolk, Va.), Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--20th century, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Anniversaries, etc., Organizations, Portrait photography, Spring festivals--Virginia--Norfolk--History
Forms of Material: Booklets, Brochures, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Financial records, Invitations, Membership lists, Photographs, Portraits, Press releases, Programs
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Official documents, correspondence, promotional materials, newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia collected by the Norfolk NATO Festival in Norfolk, Virginia.
Biographical Note
The Norfolk NATO Festival began in 1953 as the International Azalea Festival, with main events held at the city's expanded Azalea Garden (now Norfolk Botanical Garden). The Festival soon became associated with NATO, which had established an Atlantic headquarters in Norfolk in the early 1950s. Festival queens were selected from various NATO member countries, and annual Festival events had member-country themes. Notable American queens included Linda Baines Johnson, Tricia Nixon, and Susan Ford. The event was renamed the Norfolk NATO Festival in 2010. It remains the longest-running festival in 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 Unitied States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Norfolk NATO Festival by donation
Preferred Citation:
Norfolk NATO Festival Collection, MSS 2015-009, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed in March 2020.
Box and Folder Listing
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Box 1: Records, 1962-1995],
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Box 2: Records, 1998-2006],
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Box 3: Records / Photographs, 1954-2008],
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Box 4: Photographs, 1999-2007],
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Box 5: Photographs, 2007-2014, undated],
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Box 6: Photographs, 1983-2000],
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Box 7: Photographs, 1990, 2001, 2003],
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Box 8: Memorabilia, circa 2003-2013],
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Box 9: Tiaras, circa 2007-2009],
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Box 10: Sashes, circa 2007-2009],
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Box 11: Oversized Items, 1983, 1998, 2014],
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Series 1: International Azalea Festival Queen Portraits],
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- Box 1: Records, 1962-1995
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- Folder 1: Records, International Azalea Festival, 1962
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- Includes programs and invitations.
- Folder 2: Records, International Azalea Festival, 1965
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- Includes correspondence, committee member lists, and ephemera.
- Folder 3: Records, International Azalea Festival, 1967
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- One brochure.
- Folder 4: Records, International Azalea Festival, 1972-1975
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- Folder 5: Records, International Azalea Festival, 1985-1988
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- Includes correspondence, proposed budgets, minutes, brochures, and press materials.
- Folder 6: Records, International Azalea Festival, 1989
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- Includes correspondence and brochures.
- Folder 7: Records, International Azalea Festival, 1990
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- Includes a brochure, invitation, and booklets.
- Folder 8: Records, International Azalea Festival, 1991
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- Includes booklets, correspondence, brochures, press materials, and photographs.
- Folder 9: Records, International Azalea Festival, 1992-1993
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- Includes a brochure and an invitation.
- Folder 10: Records, International Azalea Festival, 1994
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- Includes promotional materials.
- Folder 11: Records, International Azalea Festival, 1995
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- Includes promotional materials.
- Box 2: Records, 1998-2006
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- Folder 1: Records, International Azalea Festival, 1998
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- Includes brochures and an invitation.
- Folder 2: Records, International Azalea Festival, 1999
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- Includes promotional materials and an invitation.
- Folder 3: Records, International Azalea Festival, 2000
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- Includes brochures and promotional materials.
- Folder 4: Records, International Azalea Festival, 2001
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- Includes brochures, promotional materials, and invitations.
- Folder 5: Records, International Azalea Festival, 2002
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- Includes brochures and an invitation.
- Folder 6: Records, International Azalea Festival, 2003
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- Includes correspondence, promotional materials, and invitations.
- Folder 7: Records, International Azalea Festival, 2004
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- Includes promotional materials.
- Folder 8: Records, International Azalea Festival, 2005
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- Includes brochures, promotional materials, and invitations.
- Folder 9: Records, International Azalea Festival, 2006
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- Includes brochures, promotional materials, and invitations.
- Box 3: Records / Photographs, 1954-2008
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- Folder 1: Records, International Azalea Festival, 2007
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- Includes correspondence, promotional materials, and invitations.
- Folder 2: Records, International Azalea Festival, 2008
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- Includes correspondence, promotional materials, and financial records.
- Folder 3: Queen identification cards, 1954-1986
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- Includes information about the queen and her family.
- Folder 4: Miscellaneous records, 1989, undated
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- Includes the Festival's 1989 Articles of Incorporation.
- Folder 5: Book, Norfolk's International Azalea Festival, 2002
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- Folder 6: Photographs, Azalea Queens I-XVI, 1954-1969
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- Includes the first queen, Pat Priest, Luci Johnson, and Tricia Nixon.
- Folder 7: Photographs, Azalea Queen XXX and officials, 1983
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- Folder 8: Photographs, 1991
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- Folder 9: Photographs, Blue Angels, 1997
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- Box 4: Photographs, 1999-2007
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- Folder 1: Photographs, Azalea Queen XLVI and court, 1999
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- Folder 2: Photographs, Azalea Queen XLVII and court, 2000
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- Folder 3: Photographs, Azalea Queen XLVIII, court, and events, 2001
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- Folder 4: Photographs, Azalea Queen XLIX, court, and events, 2002
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- Folder 5: Photographs, Azalea Queen L, court, and events, 2003
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- Folder 6: Photographs, Azalea Queen LI, court, and events, 2004
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- Folder 7: Photographs, Azalea Queen LII, court, and events, 2005
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- Folder 8: Photographs, Azalea Queen LIV and court (Folder 1 of 2), 2007
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- Box 5: Photographs, 2007-2014, undated
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- Folder 1: Photographs, Azalea Queen LIV and court (Folder 2 of 2), 2007
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- Folder 2: Photographs, 2008
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- Folder 3: Photographs, Azalea Queen LVI and events, 2009
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- Folder 4: Photograph, Model NATO Challenge, 2010
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- Folder 5: Photographs, NATO Student Diplomats, circa 2009-2014
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- Folder 6: Photographs, International Azalea Festival, undated
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- Box 6: Photographs, 1983-2000
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- The photographs in Box 6 are approximately 4x5" photographs.
- Folder 1: Photographs, International Azalea Festival Doll Display, circa 1980s
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- Six photographs.
- Folder 2: Photographs, International Azalea Festival, 1983
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- Folder 3: Photographs, International Azalea Festival, 1988
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- Two photographs.
- Folder 4: Photographs, International Azalea Festival, 1990
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- Five photographs.
- Folder 5: Photographs, International Azalea Festival, 1991
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- Folder 6: Photographs, International Azalea Festival, 1993
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- One photograph.
- Folder 7: Photographs, International Azalea Festival, 1995
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- Folder 8: Photographs, International Azalea Festival, 1998
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- Two photographs.
- Folder 9: Photographs, International Azalea Festival, 1999
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- Folder 10: Photographs, International Azalea Festival, 2000
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- Box 7: Photographs, 1990, 2001, 2003
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- The photographs in Box 7 are approximately 4x5" photographs.
- Folder 1: Photographs, International Azalea Festival, 2001
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- Folder 2: Photographs, International Azalea Festival, 2003
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- Folder 3: Photographs, Unidentified International Trip, circa 1990 November
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- Also includes unidentified social gathering, circa 1990.
- Folder 4: Negatives, International Azalea Festival, 2001
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- Box 8: Memorabilia, circa 2003-2013
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- Item 1: Artifacts and various memorabilia, circa 2003-2013
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- Includes scarf and neckties, cocktail and wine glasses, small NATO flags, miniature Dutch shoes, a Festival t-shirt, a hockey puck, a cut glass paperweight, pencils, and various pins and commemorative coins.
- Box 9: Tiaras, circa 2007-2009
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- Item 1: Tiaras, circa 2007-2009
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- 31 tiaras, of which 4 tiaras are unopened. The tiaras were worn by festival court members.
- Box 10: Sashes, circa 2007-2009
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- Item 1: Sashes, circa 2007-2009
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- 28 sashes with NATO-member countries' names. The sashes may have been used in approximately 2007-2009 for the Princesses on the Queen's court.
- Box 11: Oversized Items, 1983, 1998, 2014
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- Folder 1
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- Item 1: Photograph, Azalea Queen XXX Lorene Stokes, 1983
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- Item 2: Promotional poster, circa 2014
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- Item 3: Print, Norfolk Botanical Garden, 1998
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By artist Charles Kello.
This item is rolled.
- Series 1: International Azalea Festival Queen Portraits
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- Box 1: International Azalea Festival Queen Portraits, 1954-1958
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- Patricia Ann Priest; Olivia Barbour Twining; Nell Eastland; Lady Carey Coke; Patricia Jane Lemay.
- Box 2: International Azalea Festival Queen Portraits, 1959-1963
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- Bonnie Ruth Buchanan; Paula Layton Pace; Lynda Bird Johnson; Margaret Anne Goldwater; Verita Korth.
- Box 3: International Azalea Festival Queen Portraits, 1964-1968
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- Gene Zuckert; Luci Baines Johnson; Kari Borten; Monique Van Den Boeynants; Cari Luns.
- Box 4: International Azalea Festival Queen Portraits, 1969-1973
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- Tricia Nixon; Ulrike Ahlers; Sarah Rippon; Maria Theresa Sanches; Heather MacDonald.
- Box 5: International Azalea Festival Queen Portraits, 1974-1978
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- Frances Tonarelli; Valerie-Anne Giscard d'Estaing; Susan Elizabeth Ford; Cecilie Countess Lambsdorff; Henrietta Charlotte Aleida van der Klaauw.
- Box 6: International Azalea Festival Queen Portraits, 1979-1983
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- Joanna Edwina Knatchbull; Monique Hamilius; Brigitte Borch; Melanie Pappas; Lorene Alison Stokes.
- Box 7: International Azalea Festival Queen Portraits, 1984-1991
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- Roberta Marini; Alexandra Victoria Dibdin Heseltine; Andrea Rose Carter; Beate Holm Pedersen; Antje Margarete Ruhfus; Oya Soley Turkman; Katrin Sverrisdottir; Isabella De Ruyt.
- Box 8: International Azalea Festival Queen Portraits, 1992, 1998-1999, 2004
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- Matilde Herrero de Zulueta; Helena Winther; Susanne Scharping; Rossella Caruso.
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Box 1: Records, 1962-1995],
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Box 2: Records, 1998-2006],
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Box 3: Records / Photographs, 1954-2008],
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Box 4: Photographs, 1999-2007],
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Box 5: Photographs, 2007-2014, undated],
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Box 6: Photographs, 1983-2000],
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Box 7: Photographs, 1990, 2001, 2003],
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Box 8: Memorabilia, circa 2003-2013],
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Box 9: Tiaras, circa 2007-2009],
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Box 10: Sashes, circa 2007-2009],
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Box 11: Oversized Items, 1983, 1998, 2014],
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Series 1: International Azalea Festival Queen Portraits],
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