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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Primarily negatives from the summer of 1994 featuring tombstones in graveyards in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach areas of Virginia. Featured cemeteries include the Land Family Cemetery, St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Hebrew Cemetery, Cedar Grove Cemetery, and West Point Cemetery. The developed photographs from Folder 1 show gravestones and people cleaning the graveyard of the Land Family Cemetery.
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 United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Cheryl Copper by donation
Preferred Citation:
Cheryl Copper Cemeteries Photographs, MSS 0000-607, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed December 1, 2017.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
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Box 1],
[All]
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Cemetery Maps and Photographs, 1826, 1880, 1994
- Item 1: Cemetery Maps, 1826, 1880
- Two photocopied maps showing the plan for Cedar Grove Cemetery and Elmwood and West Point Cemeteries in Norfolk, Virginia.
- Item 2: Photographs, 1994 Summer
- 21 photographs. Photographs show the gravestones of Polly Land, Lorenzo Land, William Land, and Washington Land in the Land Family Cemetery in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The photographs also show people clearing branches and other organic growth from the headstones.
- Folder 2: Negatives and Negative Sheets (Folder 1 of 5), 1994 Summer
- Item 1: Negative Sheets, 1994 Summer
- Includes positive images of negatives printed on 8x10" sheets. Photographs primarily include gravestones at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Hebrew Cemetery, and Cedar Grove Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
- Folder 3: Negatives and Negative Sheets (Folder 2 of 5), 1994 Summer
- Item 1: Negatives and Negative Sheet, 1994 Summer
- Includes negatives from the Land Family Cemetery in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
- Folder 4: Negatives and Negative Sheets (Folder 3 of 5), 1994 Summer
- Item 1: Negatives and Negative Sheet, 1994 Summer
- Includes negatives from Cedar Grove Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
- Folder 5: Negatives and Negative Sheets (Folder 4 of 5), 1994 Summer
- Item 1: Negatives, 1994 Summer
- Includes negatives from West Point Cemetery, Hebrew Cemetery, and Cedar Grove Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
- Folder 6: Negatives and Negative Sheets (Folder 5 of 5), 1994 Summer
- Item 1: Negatives and Negative Sheet, 1994 Summer
- Includes negatives from West Point Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
