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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: James Carlyle Stephens Scrapbooks, 1947-1976
Predominant Dates:1950-1969
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-074
Primary Creator: Stephens, James Carlyle, Jr. (1917-1980)
Extent: 23.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged by series. Series 1: Genealogy, Series 2: General History, Series 3: Norfolk and Hampton Roads History. Boxes 22 and 23 contain loose items pulled from Scrapbooks 1-21.
Date Acquired: 00/00/0000
Subjects: Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (Va.), Express highways, Families--Virginia, Genealogy, Genealogy--Research, Hampton Roads (Va. : Region), Jamestown (Va.), Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.)--History, Norfolk (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, Norfolk (Va.)--Maps, Norfolk County (Va.), Portsmouth (Va.), Portsmouth (Va.)--History, Princess Anne County (Va.), Tidewater (Va. : Region)--Maps, United States--History, Virginia--Genealogy, Virginia--History, Whitehurst family, Williamsburg (Va.)
Forms of Material: Articles, Booklets, Brochures, Bulletins, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Directories, Envelopes, Genealogical tables, Genealogies (histories), Indexes (reference sources), Invitations, Journals (periodicals), Magazines (periodicals), Maps (documents), Napkins (culinary textile), Newsletters, Pedigrees, Printed ephemera, Reprographic copies, Scrapbooks, Wills, Yearbooks
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Twenty-one scrapbooks of Norfolk and Virginia Beach-related genealogy, the history of Norfolk and the Hampton Roads region, and the construction of tunnels and highways in the 1950s-1960s in the Tidewater area of Virginia. Five scrapbooks cover genealogy, five scrapbooks cover general history (international, national, state, and local), and the remaining 11 scrapbooks cover Norfolk and Hampton Roads history.
Four of the genealogy scrapbooks primarily focus on the Thoroughgood family, while the remaining genealogy scrapbook centers on the Whitehurst family. The Norfolk and Hampton Roads history scrapbooks are divided thus: three scrapbooks on highways, three scrapbooks on tunnels, three scrapbooks on Norfolk, one scrapbook on General MacArthur and the formation of the MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia, and one scrapbook specific to the history of Jamestown. Many of the newspaper clippings in the scrapbooks feature maps of the Hampton Roads region showing roadways, tunnel and bridge construction, and other developments in the local area.
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.
Physical Access Note:
The front and back covers of several scrapbooks are detached. Handle with care.
Acquisition Source:
Unknown
Separated Materials:
SMC Map Collection, MSS 0000-NMP (select items in Folders 57-60),
Preferred Citation:
James Carlyle Stephens Scrapbooks, MSS 0000-074, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed January 16 - July 3, 2018.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Genealogy],
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Series 2: General History],
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Series 3: Norfolk and Hampton Roads History],
[Series 4: Loose Materials from Series 1-3],
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All]
- 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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