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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Grace O. Cornick Scrapbooks, 1930-1931, 1949, 1953-1983, 2002
Predominant Dates:1960s-1970s
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-212
Primary Creator: Cornick, Grace O. (1884-1979)
Extent: 1.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Scrapbooks are arranged in original order. Notes are arranged in alphabetical order by article title.
Date Acquired: 00/00/0000
Subjects: Church buildings--Virginia, Historic buildings--Virginia--Norfolk, Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.)--History, Portsmouth (Va.), Portsmouth (Va.)--History, Princess Anne County (Va.), Schools, Virginia--Church history, Virginia Beach (Va.)--History
Forms of Material: Booklets, Clippings (information artifacts), Manuscripts, Notes, Scrapbooks, Transcriptions (documents), Typescripts
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Five circa 1960s-1970s scrapbooks compiled by Grace O. Cornick of Norfolk, Virginia. Scrapbooks 1-4 contain articles written by Cornick on various Norfolk history topics, including churches, hospitals, city government, schools, and historic houses and buildings. Scrapbook 5 contains clippings, ephemera, and photographs relating to Epworth United Methodist Church in Norfolk, Virginia. There are also "notes," both handwritten and typed articles, written by Cornick that appear in Scrapbooks 1-4, along with articles on topics not found in the scrapbooks. Finally, there is a 2002 transcription of Scrapbook 3 that was completed by Emilie Marie Hauser and Randy Miller.
Biographical Note
Grace Virginia Odend'hal Cornick was born on August 29, 1883. She married William Henry Lee Cornick on March 20, 1937 in Norfolk, Virginia. Cornick died on February 9, 1979 and was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
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:
Unknown
Preferred Citation:
Grace O. Cornick Scrapbooks, MSS 0000-212, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed August 18, 2020.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1],
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Scrapbook 1, For Rodney H. Hurst, Sr., 1976 December 25
- Preface April 20, 1976. St. Vincent de Paul Hospital; Lake Taylor Hospital and Leigh Memorial Hospital; Talbot Hall, Talbot Park; Norfolk General Hospital; The Greene House; U. S. Public Health Service Hospital; The Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.; Norfolk Academy; Brambleton, the first Norfolk, Va. Suburb; The Taylor-Whittle House; Tazewell Manor; The Milhado House; Norfolk’s Historical Houses, The Myers’ House; Adam Thoroughgood House, Princess Anne, Va.; The Conway Whittle Sams House.
- Folder 2: Scrapbook 2, The Story of Norfolk, VA, circa 1960s-1970s
- History of Norfolk, Va.; Norfolk, Va. Becomes a City Feb. 13, 1845; Norfolk’s Historical Mace; Norfolk’s First Centennial Sept. 15, 1836; The Custom House, Norfolk VA.; The Court House and City Hall, Norfolk, Va.; Norfolk, Va. Police Force; The Artesian Well and Cisterns; Norfolk, Va. Fire Department; Virginia Electric Power Company; Transportation, Horse Drawn and Electric Cars; Norfolk’s Telephone Exchange; Norfolk Public Library – Kirn Memorial Library; Phenomenon of the Sun, Norfolk, Va., The Norfolk, Portsmouth and Berkley Ferries; Marquis de La Fayette Visit; Early Norfolk, Va. Newspapers.
- Folder 3: Scrapbook 3, Norfolk is a Queen, circa 1960s-1970s
- Preface April 20, 1976. Methodism and Norfolk, Va. First Methodist Church; Granby Street Methodist Church, 2nd Methodist Church; Epworth United Methodist Church; Queen Street Methodist Episcopal Church; Brambleton Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church; Three Episcopal Churches, Christ, St. Luke and St. Andrews, Other Episcopal Churches; Presbyterian Churches; The Catholic Churches; First Baptist Church – Cumberland Street Baptist Church; Freemason Street Baptist Church; Bank Street Memorial Baptist Church; St. John’s African M. E. Church; Old Dominion University; Virginia Wesley College; The Sabbath School in Norfolk, Va.; Sunday School Parade, Norfolk, Va. July 4th, 1846; Norfolk, Va. Story in brief; High Lights of Norfolk, Va.; The City Market in Norfolk, Va.; Jamestown Exposition, 1907; World War One, 1914 to 1918; Norfolk Va. City Government; Cape Henry Lighthouse; Railroads and Steamships Lines.
- Folder 4: Scrapbook 4, For my Dear Friend, Mrs. Jewell Potts, 1978 August 20
- Origin of Norfolk, Va. and her early days as a Borough, 1637 to 1845; Artesian Wells in 1843; Willoughby-Baylor House; Norfolk, Virginia becomes a City, February 13, 1845; Early Norfolk, Va. Newspapers, 1851; Norfolk’s Historical Mace; Cape Henry Lighthouse, built 1970; The Courthouse and City Hall, Norfolk, Va. 1847; The Custom House, Norfolk, Va.; U. S. Post Offices, Norfolk, Virginia; Norfolk, Va. Fire Department; Norfolk Va. Police Force; Virginia Electric Power Company; Transportation, Horse Drawn cars, August 1870; Electric Street Cars, Oct. 17, 1894; Norfolk, Va. Telephone Exchange, 1879; Norfolk City Government, 1918 to 1934; The Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.; The City Market, both new and old; Norfolk General Hospital; Jamestown Exposition, 1907, Norfolk, Va.; World War One, 1914 to Nov. 11, 1918; The Norfolk, Portsmouth, Berkley Ferries; The Fifth Naval District and U. S. Navy Yard; The Naval Operating Base; St. Vincent de Paul Hospital.
- Folder 5: Scrapbook 5, Epworth United Methodist Church 1953-1983, 1968
- Folder 6: Scrapbook page, Church mergers, 1949, 1953
- Page appears to have belonged in scrapbook of Grace O. Cornick's mother, Laura Virginia Hudgins Cornick.
- Folder 7: Notes, Norfolk History, Grace O. Cornick, circa 1960s-1970s
- Handwritten and typed articles relating to Norfolk history, along with some clippings. Articles may be found in Scrapbooks 1-4, along with other topics not in the scrapbooks.
- Folder 8: Booklet, Wednesday Club, Danville, Virginia, 1930-1931
- Folder 9: Transcription, Scrapbook 3, 2002 January 15
