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Maury High School Memorabilia Collection

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The Blue Book memorabilia

The Commodore memorabilia



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Maury High School Memorabilia Collection, 1916-1917 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Ashlee Jordan

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Title: Maury High School Memorabilia Collection, 1916-1917Add to your cart.

ID: 001/MSS 2024-039

Primary Creator: Maury High School (Norfolk, Va.) (1910-)

Extent: 0.08 Linear Feet

Arrangement: Chronologically and in original order.

Date Acquired: 10/01/2024

Subjects: Junior Woman's Club of Norfolk (Va.), Maury High School (Norfolk, Va.), Norfolk (Va.), School Yearbooks

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains Maury High School memorabilia inserted inside of two yearbooks, The Blue Book from 1916 and The Commodore from 1917.  The official yearbook for Maury High School changed its name from The Blue Book to The Commodore between years 1916 and 1917.  The memorabilia includes labels identifying people in group portraits, commencement programs for the graduating class of 2017, and a portrait photograph of a woman holding an infant.

Subject/Index Terms

Junior Woman's Club of Norfolk (Va.)
Maury High School (Norfolk, Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)
School Yearbooks

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: Anonymous donation

Processing Information: Materials processed include labels identifying group portraits, two commencement programs, and one portrait photograph.


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Folder 2: The Commodore memorabilia, 1917Add to your cart.
Item 1: Members of the Mazaida Society, 1917Add to your cart.

A label attached to the group photograph of page 122 of The Commodore yearbook that identifies the members of the Mazaida Society.  The label contains seven lines of text, transcribed as follows:

"From left to right Top row (?), Va. Alfriend, Lee Parks, (?), Carol Jenkins, (?)(?)(?), Eliz. Hemingway, Katahrine Oldfield West Bottom Row "Baby" Corprew, Bill Cornick Rixsy(?), Polly Reid, Helen Whitehurst, Lil Simpson (?)(?)(?)" An additional page is included from the year book that includes a list of officers and members.

Item 2: T.K.A. Society, 1917Add to your cart.

A label attached to the group photograph of page 126 of The Commodore yearbook that identifies the members of the T.K.A. Society.  The label contains six lines of text, transcribed as follows:

"From left to right Top row Catharine McCarrick (?) Catharine Young, Eliz. DeWitt, Jeannie Brooke Bottom Row Ellen D. Armistead, Margaret Cole, Jane Ruffin, Nellie McCaa, Sarah Graham, Blanche White" An additional page from the yearbook is included that provides brief information about the T.K.A. Society along with a list of officer and members.

Item 3: "Twenty-Third Annual Commencement of the Maury High School" program, 1917Add to your cart.
Item 4: "Class Night Exercises of the Maury High School" program, 1917Add to your cart.


Norfolk Public Library
Slover Library
235 Plume Street
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
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