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James Carlyle Stephens Scrapbooks, 1947-1976 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Sarah Osorio

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Series 1: Genealogy

Box 1: Scrapbook 1, The Adam Thorowgood Family of Tidewater Virginia (Part 1), circa 1950-1966

Thorowgood #1. "The first part contains the narrative of the [Thoroughgood] family from the Jamestown era to the division of the estate of the second Adam among his wife, Frances, and his five sons, and the genealogy charts of the two oldest sons, Argall and John. The second part contains the genealogical charts of the remaining three sons, Adam, Francis, and Robert."

Includes a four-page foreword written by J. Carlyle Stephens on January 22, 1959 in London Bridge, Virginia, ninety-one pages of a handwritten history titled "The First Three Generations of the Thorowgood Family in America," and various transcriptions, genealogical tables, clippings, and correspondence. A hand-drawn map of the eastern part of Norfolk and portions of Princess Anne County near the Lynnhaven River and Lynnhaven Bay showing the locations of Thoroughgood family members is located between pages 82 and 83.

Box 2: Scrapbook 2, The Adam Thoroughgood Family of Tidewater Virginia (Part 2), circa 1950-1968

Thoroughgood #2. Includes handwritten pages of genealogical and historical transcriptions from various sources, as well as clippings, correspondence, and related ephemera.

Both published and hand-drawn maps featuring land near the Lynnhaven River are located between the following pages: Line 3 (pages 61 and 62, 70 and 71), Line 4 (pages 15 and 16, 31 and 32). Includes a typescript of biographical information on Colonel Francis Nicholson, as well as a typescript titled "Excerpts From the Diary of Cousin Ella Nimmo." Some diary excerpts cover Nimmo's experiences of Nimmo Public School (1879), Suffolk Female Institute (1883-1885), Norfolk College For Young Ladies (1885-1887), Broad Bay Farm (1890), Dam Neck Windmills (1870-1880), Changes in North Princess Anne County, and The Great Storm or Hurricane of 1879. The scrapbook also includes an original receipt for the sale of a slave in 1854 in Norfolk, Virginia.

Box 3: Scrapbook 3, Thoroughgood Family Genealogy Research (Part 3), 1954-1958

Handwritten sheets of genealogical and historical transcriptions from various sources, including the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, William and Mary Quarterly, Virginia Antiquary: Princess Anne County Loose Papers, The Lower Norfolk County Antiquary, and Deed Books #1-6.

Box 4: Scrapbook 4, Thoroughgood Family Genealogy Research (Part 4), 1958-1962

Handwritten pages of genealogical and historical transcriptions from various sources, including the Virginia Antiquary: Princess Anne County Loose Papers and the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.

Box 5: Scrapbook 5, The Whitehurst Family of Tidewater Virginia, circa 1959-1965

"A chart in three sections, of the descendants of Richard and Ellen Whitehurst, has been made from these notes." Includes handwritten sheets of genealogical and historical transcriptions from various sources, including The Lower Norfolk County Antiquary and deed books. There are also several letters of correspondence to James Carlyle Stephens.

Series 2: General History

Box 6: Scrapbook 6, General History (Volume 1 of 5), circa 1950-1969

Newspaper clippings relating to international, national, state, and local topics. Some topics include Niagara Falls, the Navy's plan to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, the death of General George S. Patton, atomic power, Panama Canal negotiations, endangered bird species such as the whooping crane, articles by Jim Mays, plans redevelopment in Norfolk, Virginia, and the beginnings of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach as cities.

Box 7: Scrapbook 7, General History (Volume 2 of 5), 1963-1969

Newspaper clippings relating to international, national, state, and local topics. Some topics include Eisenhower's death, the Bataan Death March, and historic homes and cities in Virginia. The front cover of the scrapbook is a pasted front page of the March 1969 issue of Virginia Journal of Education. Also includes issues of This Week Magazine.

Box 8: Scrapbook 8, General History (Volume 3 of 5), 1937-1969

Newspaper clippings relating to international, national, state, and local topics. Some topics include high tide flooding, the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962, international bridges and tunnels, power failures in the northeastern United States, and neighborhood development in Norfolk, Virginia. Also includes magazine clippings from Time, The Lamp, Newsweek, This Week, and The Texaco Star.

Box 9: Scrapbook 9, General History (Volume 4 of 5), 1958-1969

Newspaper clippings relating to international, national, state, and local topics. Some topics include famous homes of Virginia, social life and customs in Virginia, and a dam on the James River. Also includes a Christmas greeting card and a brochure.

Box 10: Scrapbook 10, General History (Volume 5 of 5), 1950-1968

Newspaper clippings relating to the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, and the Atomic Age. Some articles are specific to Norfolk, Virginia. Includes magazine clippings from Life, The Saturday Evening Post, and This Week.

Series 3: Norfolk and Hampton Roads History

Box 11: Scrapbook 11, Highways #1, 1952-1966

Newspaper clippings primarily relating to roads, bridges, and tunnels in the Tidewater, Virginia area. Includes articles discussing the financing of roads, including tolls. Also includes correspondence to and from J. Carlyle Stephens on pages 56-57.

Box 12: Scrapbook 12, Highways #2, 1967-1969

Newspaper clippings primarily relating to roads in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. The scrapbook includes articles on highway construction and demolition to make way for the highways. Also includes one circa 1967 brochure of the Virginia Beach - Norfolk Expressway along with a receipt for a paid toll.

Box 13: Scrapbook 13, Highways #3, 1965-1969

Newspaper clippings relating to international, national, state, and local topics. Some topics include new buildings and roads in Hampton Roads, United States-Russia relations, Craney Island, interstate construction and tolls, and obituaries.

Box 14: Scrapbook 14, Tunnels #1, 1950-1964

Newspaper clippings primarily relating to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel as well as the Norfolk-Portsmouth Bridge-Tunnel and Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel. Also includes correspondence and a newsletter.

Box 15: Scrapbook 15, Tunnels #2, 1964

Newspaper coverage of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel through the April 11, 1964 special edition of The Virginian-Pilot, April 9, 1964 edition of Virginia Beach Sun-News, and the April 12, 1964 edition of the Daily Press.

Box 16: Scrapbook 16, Tunnels #3, 1964-1968

Newspaper clippings primarily relating to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.

Box 17: Scrapbook 17, Norfolk #1, 1952-1968, 1976

Newspaper clippings relating to Norfolk and the Hampton Roads region. Some topics include the burning of Norfolk during the American Revolution, yellow fever epidemic of 1855, historic homes, railroads, Norfolk Academy, redevelopment, and the Norwegian Lady statue in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Also includes correspondence, a map, booklets, a report card, a directory, and a reprographic copy of The Norfolk Landmark.

Box 18: Scrapbook 18, Norfolk #2, 1952-1967

Newspaper clippings relating to Norfolk and the Hampton Roads region. Some topics include the annexation of Princess Anne County to Norfolk, downtown Norfolk redevelopment, the formation of Virginia Beach, Norfolk & Western Railroad merger, VEPCO in Norfolk, and the death of Harry Byrd.

Box 19: Scrapbook 19, Norfolk #3, 1967-1968

Newspaper clippings relating to Norfolk and the Hampton Roads region. Some topics include the Azalea Festival, construction of Virginia National Bank, building of the Scope arena, the rearrangement of Norfolk streets, construction of Norfolk's seawall, and redevelopment of downtown Norfolk.

Box 20: Scrapbook 20, MacArthur Memorial, 1960, 1964

Newspaper clippings relating to General Douglas MacArthur, MacArthur's death and funeral, and dedication of the MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia.

Box 21: Scrapbook 21, Jamestown, 1947-1967

Newspaper clippings primarily relating to the history of Jamestown and Native American artifacts and history. Also includes articles on historic places in the United States, the Degraffenreid family, and Virginia landmarks such as the Dismal Swamp.

Series 4: Loose Materials from Series 1-3

Box 22: Loose Materials from Scrapbooks 1-5

Folder 1: Scrapbook 1, Loose Materials (Folder 1 of 5), circa 1894-1982

Materials were found between the front inside cover and front page of Scrapbook 1. Includes a 1970 brochure from Norfolk Tour and clippings primarily relating to the Thoroughgood family in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Folder 2: Scrapbook 1, Loose Materials (Folder 2 of 5), 1956, 1959

Materials were found between pages 22 and 23 of the handwritten history "The First Three Generations of the Thorowgood Family in America."

Item 1: Map, Round About The Nation's Capital With Descriptive Notes, 1956 April

Compiled and drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for The National Geographic Magazine, Washington. Map primarily features Virginia and Maryland, and includes notes of historic interest.

Item 2: Article, "Servant Children in Colonial Virginia", 1959 Winter

By Jane Stubbs. Virginia Cavalcade. Pages 18-23.

Folder 3: Scrapbook 1, Loose Materials (Folder 3 of 5), circa 1951

Item was found between pages 21 and 22 of Argall Thorowgood, Line 1. Genealogical table, A Genealogical Table of the Nimmo Family in America, circa 1951. Includes list of Nimmo family members with civil and military service details. The table represents the descendants of James Nimmo from 1700 to February 1900, with some updates made through 1951. Also includes two clippings from 1963 and 1964 relating to James Mallory Nimmo and William Francis Nimmo.

Folder 4: Scrapbook 1, Loose Materials (Folder 4 of 5), 1962 April 25

Item was found in fourth-to-last page envelope titled "The Adam Thorowgood Family Chart, Through the Last Member of Each Male Line, Wherever the Information is Available." Genealogical table, The Adam Thorowgood Family of Tidewater Virginia.

Folder 5: Scrapbook 1, Loose Materials (Folder 5 of 5), 1955-1965

Maps were found in third-to-last page envelope titled "Map of Princess Anne County, Virginia, 1958."

Item 1: Map, Back Bay Area, 1963 March 3

Division of Planning and Economic Development. Reprint E-16. Includes information on boat rental, facilities, hunting and fishing licenses, and game warden headquarters on reverse side of map.

Item 2: Map, Map Showing the Territory of Princess Anne County, 1955 July

Sought to be Annexed by The City of Norfolk. From The Virginian-Pilot.

Item 3: Map, Princess Anne County, 1965

"From the Clerk of the Court's Office, Princess Anne County, Virginia, 1958."

Folder 6: Scrapbook 2, Loose Materials (Folder 1 of 14), 1959, 1963

Materials were found in front pages of scrapbook. One July 9, 1959 letter from Mrs. V. Hope Kellam to J. Carlyle Stephens with envelope and three March 20-27 letters between James Carlyle Stephens and Virginius C. Hall, Jr.

Folder 7: Scrapbook 2, Loose Materials (Folder 2 of 14), undated

Item was found in envelope marked "Walke Family." Genealogical table, Walke Family in Virginia. Photostat. Genealogical table ranges in date from the mid-16th century to 1882 with the death of William Walke.

Folder 8: Scrapbook 2, Loose Materials (Folder 3 of 14), undated

Item was found in front of published map after Argall, Line 3, Page 61. Genealogical notes.

Folder 9: Scrapbook 2, Loose Materials (Folder 4 of 14), 1956 April

Item was found next to the page advertising Historic Garden Week in Virginia in March 1957. Article, "History Keeps House in Virginia," by Howell Walker, The National Geographic Magazine, April 1956, Volume 109, Number 4, Pages 441-484.

Folder 10: Scrapbook 2, Loose Materials (Folder 5 of 14), 1961 June 7

Item was found on the page before Line 4, Page 1 with corresponding envelope. Invitation, The Norfolk College of William and Mary, June 7, 1961. Includes card of Mary Elizabeth Stephens.

Folder 11: Scrapbook 2, Loose Materials (Folder 6 of 14), 1961 March - April

Materials were found in envelope titled "Will of Francis Thorogood, Planter, Made June 8, 1714 and Proved at April Court, 1716, in Bath County, North Carolina." Includes photostat copy of the Will of Francis Thoroughgood and related correspondence with the State Archives of North Carolina.

Folder 12: Scrapbook 2, Loose Materials (Folder 7 of 14), undated

Item was found in envelope titled "Plan of Princess Ann and Norfolk Counties." Photocopy. Map depicts Princess Anne and Norfolk County, circa 1781.

Folder 13: Scrapbook 2, Loose Materials (Folder 8 of 14), circa 1959

Materials were found on the page after Line 4, Page 78. Clippings and family tree.

Folder 14: Scrapbook 2, Loose Materials (Folder 9 of 14), 1968

Correspondence was found in envelope titled "Chart Giving the First Members of the Thorowgood, Lovett and Woodhouse Families..." Correspondence to and from the Scots Ancestry Research Society.

Folder 15: Scrapbook 2, Loose Materials (Folder 10 of 14), circa 1959

Genealogical tables were found in envelope titled "Chart Giving the First Members of the Thorowgood, Lovett and Woodhouse Families..." Woodhouse family.

Folder 16: Scrapbook 2, Loose Materials (Folder 11 of 14), circa 1959

Genealogical tables were found in envelope titled "Chart Giving the First Members of the Thorowgood, Lovett and Woodhouse Families..." Thoroughgood family.

Folder 17: Scrapbook 2, Loose Materials (Folder 12 of 14), undated

Genealogical tables were found in envelope titled "The Woodhouse Family." The Woodhouse-Calthorpe Chart and The American Family Chart.

Folder 18: Scrapbook 2, Loose Materials (Folder 13 of 14), 1960-1967

Correspondence was found in envelope titled "Letters." Primarily includes correspondence from the Princess Anne County Historical Society and personal inquiries relating to the Thoroughgood family in Virginia Beach.

Folder 19: Scrapbook 2, Loose Materials (Folder 14 of 14), circa 1963-1968

Materials were found between the back page and back cover of the scrapbook. Clippings and genealogical notes.

Folder 20: Scrapbook 3, Loose Materials, 1962, 1963

One December 18, 1962 invitation to the Ninety-Third Annual Stated Communication of Ruth Lodge No. 89 and one November 15, 1963 newsletter The University of Virginia News Letter, Volume 40, Number 3.

Folder 21: Scrapbook 5, Loose Materials (Folder 1 of 2), circa 1963

Materials were found between the second-to-last and last pages in an envelope. Includes clippings and genealogical tables of the Woodhouse family.

Folder 22: Scrapbook 5, Loose Materials (Folder 2 of 2), 1960-1966

Correspondence was found in envelope in the back of the scrapbook titled "Letters." Includes correspondence relating to the Whitehurst and Lovitt families.

Box 23: Loose Materials from Scrapbooks 6-21

Folder 1: Scrapbook 6, Loose Materials, Brochure and Correspondence, circa 1969

Materials were found between the front inside cover and front page of Scrapbook 6. One brochure featuring the Myers House and Adam Thoroughgood House, and one May 15, 1969 letter to members of the Princess Anne County Historical Society.

Folder 2: Scrapbook 8, Loose Materials, Map, Mexico and Central America, 1961

Map was found in envelope titled "Map Showing Route of the Pan-American Highway Through Mexico and Central America, National Geographic Magazine."

Item 1: Map, Mexico and Central America, 1961 October

Compiled and drawn in the Cartographic Division of the National Geographic Society for The National Geographic Magazine.

Folder 3: Scrapbook 17, Loose Materials, Booklet, Norfolk Academy: A Trial List of the Alumni, 1927 May 15

Page 52.

Folder 4: Scrapbook 17, Loose Materials, Map, Survey of the Borough of Norfolk, October 22, 1802, 1943 January 4

Page 54. Photocopy.

Folder 5: Scrapbook 17, Loose Materials, Correspondence, Evelyn Tunstall to Mr. Stephens, 1958 May 21

Page 63.

Folder 6: Scrapbook 17, Loose Materials, Booklet, Norfolk Academy, 1893 July

Page 64.

Folder 7: Scrapbook 17, Loose Materials, Bulletin, Invitation, Yearbook, and Napkin from Norfolk Academy, 1963-1966, undated

Page 65.

Folder 8: Scrapbook 17, Loose Materials, Correspondence to James C. Stephens, 1904 September 30 - October 1

Page 71.

Folder 9: Scrapbook 17, Loose Materials, Periodical, Norfolk Museum Bulletin, 1964 December

Page 98. Volume 14, Number 3.

Folder 10: Scrapbook 17, Loose Materials, Periodical, The Norfolk Story, 1967

Folder 11: Scrapbook 17, Loose Materials, Reprographic copy, The Norfolk Landmark, May 5, 1889, circa 1965

Page 192.

Folder 12: Scrapbook 18, Loose Materials, Booklet, A Master Plan for the Central Business and Financial District, Norfolk, Virginia, 1956 July

Page 140.

Folder 13: Scrapbook 20, Loose Materials, Clippings (Folder 1 of 3), 1964 January 27 - 1965 July 15

Folder 14: Scrapbook 20, Loose Materials, Clippings (Folder 2 of 3), 1964 August 30 - September 16

Folder 15: Scrapbook 20, Loose Materials, Clippings (Folder 3 of 3), circa 1962-1965

Folder 16: Scrapbook 21, Loose Materials, Brochure, How to See Williamsburg this Week, circa 1957

Folder 17: Scrapbook 21, Loose Materials, Clippings, 1967

Folder 18: Scrapbook 21, Loose Materials, Published Materials, 1967

Item 1: Periodical, Virginia Masonic Herald, 1967 September - October

Item 2: Periodical, The University of Virginia Newsletter, 1967 September 15

Volume 44, Number 1.

Item 3: Magazine, Time, 1967 June 16

Item 4: Magazine, Time, 1967 June 30

Partial copy, pages 9-68.

Item 5: Periodical, The Lamp, 1967 Fall

Volume 49, Number 3.

Folder 19: Index to Scrapbook 10, General History (Volume 5 of 5), circa 2010

Created by SMC staff.

Folder 20: Index to Scrapbook 11, Highways #1, circa 2010

Created by SMC staff.

Folder 21: Index to Scrapbook 17, Norfolk #1, circa 2010

Created by SMC staff.

Folder 22: Index to Scrapbook 18, Norfolk #2, circa 2010

Created by SMC staff.

Folder 23: Correspondence from J. Carlyle Stephens relating to Thoroughgood Family research, 1955, 1960

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