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By Abigail Morris
Collection Overview
Title: Virginia Authors Collection, circa 1950s-1970s
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-158
Primary Creator: Norfolk Public Library (Va.) (1894-)
Extent: 9.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in alphabetical order by last name of author.
Date Acquired: 00/00/1970
Subjects: American literature--Virginia, Authors, American Virginia
Forms of Material: Book jackets, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Fliers (printed matter), Manuscripts, Pamphlets, Plays (performed works), Poems, Résumés (personnel records), Short stories, Speeches (documents)
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Original manuscripts for previously published materials, copies of newspaper clippings, and letters.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Acquisition Source:
Various
Preferred Citation:
Virginia Authors Collection, MSS 0000-158, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed May to October 2015.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Bailey, James H., 1963
- Item 1: Speech, "Teachers of Titans--School Masters of Great Virginians", 1963 October 5
- Speech delivered at Petersburg High School to District D of the Virginia Education Association.
- Folder 2: Baker, Russell, undated
- Item 1: Manuscript, "Observer: Every Night at the Movies", undated
- Manuscript of an article that was published in the New York Times on December 5, 1968.
- Folder 3: Bass, Jeanette, undated
- Item 1: Poem, "Masquerade", undated
- Folder 4: Black, Kenneth, undated
- Item 1: Biography, "Kenneth Black, Jr.", undated
- Folder 5: Blossom, Thomas, 1958-1970, undated
- Item 1: Article, "The Library of a Revolutionary Leader, Antonio Narino, Precursor of Colombian Independence", 1958
- Article reprinted from Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. XI, 1958.
- Item 2: Record, "Dr. Thomas Blossom", 1970 April 1
- Professional vitae and brief personal information on Dr. Thomas Blossom.
- Item 3: List, "Publications", undated
- List of published articles and books written by the author.
- Folder 6: Boykin, Maury, 1923-1957
- Item 1: Pamphlet, "Plan for Projecting an Atlantic Coastal Trunk Line Railroad Through Norfolk", 1923 May 1
- Photocopy of pamphlet.
- Item 2: Correspondence, W. A. Cox to Boykin, 1923 September 25
- W. A. Cox, Executive Secretary of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, writes to Boykin to request copies of his pamphlet, "Plan for Projecting an Atlantic Coastal Trunk Line Railroad Through Norfolk."
- Item 3: Correspondence, Colonel R. A. Marr to Boykin, 1923 June 1
- Colonel R. A. Marr writes to Boykin to request copies of pamphlet, "Plan for Projecting an Atlantic Coastal Trunk Line Railroad Through Norfolk."
- Item 4: Essay, "The Hampton Roads Trench Tunnel", 1957 October 28
- Essay submitted to the District Army Engineer of Norfolk, Virginia on the history of the Hampton Roads Trench Tunnel from 1923 to 1950.
- Item 5: Transcript, "Naval Expansion Program", 1938 April 11
- Photocopy of a dictated hearing before the United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs in regard to a bill that would provide for the establishment of the Atlantic Fleet.
- Item 6: Elevation (Orthographic Projection), "Plan of Hampton Roads Trench Tunnel", 1923
- One copy and one photocopy of Boykin's 1923 formula for the construction of the Hampton Roads Trench Tunnel.
- Item 7: Article, "Vehicular tunnel Under Chesapeake Bay is Proposed", 1938 October 2
- Photocopy of article published in the Washington Star.
- Folder 7: Brandt, Edwin H., undated
- Item 1: Manuscript, "Pueblo", undated
- Pages one through 179 of the manuscript of the book Pueblo; the rest of the pages continue in subsequent folder.
- Folder 8: Brandt, Edwin H., undated
- Item 1: Manuscript, "Pueblo", undated
- Pages 180 to 368, or the completion, of the manuscript of the book Pueblo.
- Folder 9: Brushwood, John S., undated
- Item 1: Manuscript, "Biography of Sergio Galindo", undated
- Folder 10: Bryan, J. III, 1965
- Item 1: Manuscript, "Johnny Jackanapes, The Merry-Andrew of the Merry Mills: A Brief Biography of John Armstrong Chaloner", 1965 January
- Manuscript of article published in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.
- Folder 11: Butt, Marshall W., 1967
- Item 1: Correspondence, Butt to Emil Sayegh, 1970 March 11
- Letter from Butt to Dr. Emil S. Sayegh in regards to edits on certain pages which need to be corrected on the original typescript.
- Item 2: Manuscript, "Early Portsmouth Physicians 1761-1906 A Trial List with Brief Biographies", 1969
- Pages one through 75 of the manuscript of the book Early Portsmouth Physicians 1761-1906 A Trial List with Brief Biographies.
- Folder 12: Butt, Marshall W., 1969
- Item 1: Manuscript, "Early Portsmouth Physicians 1761-1906 A Trial List with Brief Biographies", 1969
- Pages 76 to 147, or the completion, of the manuscript of the book Early Portsmouth Physicians 1761-1906 A Trial List with Brief Biographies.
- Item 2: Manuscript, "Some Descendants of Robert Butt, Died 1676 Lower Norfolk County, Virginia", 1967
- Photocopied and bound manuscript of the genealogy of Robert Butt, titled "Some Descendants of Robert Butt, Died 1676 Lower Norfolk County, Virginia."
- Folder 13: Butt, Marshall W., 1969-1970
- Item 1: Manuscript, "Early Portsmouth Physicians 1761-1906 A Trial List with Brief Biographies", 1969
- Handwritten manuscript of the book Early Portsmouth Physicians 1761-1906 A Trial List with Brief Biographies.
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