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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: Sargeant Memorial Collection Norfolk Ephemera Collection, 1682-2016
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-NEC
Primary Creator: Sargeant Memorial Collection (1927-)
Extent: 20.0 Linear Feet
Arrangement: Arranged in alphabetical order by subject file. Within the subject file, folders are arranged in alphabetical order. One of the exceptions to this rule is the History heading, which includes seven folders that are in chronological order. Within individual folders, items are generally arranged in chronological order; however, "Miscellaneous" folders are usually arranged alphabetically by subject.
Date Acquired: 11/24/2014
Subjects: Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.)--History
Forms of Material: Advertisements, Biography files, Booklets, Brochures, Bulletins, Calendars, Correspondence, Envelopes, Guidebooks, Invitations, Magazines (periodicals), Menus, Newsletters, Pamphlets, Photographs, Postcards, Press releases, Printed ephemera, Resolutions (administrative records), Term papers, Theater programs, Wills
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Contains a variety of ephemeral materials relating to Norfolk history and culture. Prominent subjects in the collection include Biographies, Buildings, Businesses, Churches, Clubs and Organizations, Colleges, Museums (especially the Chrysler Museum), Neighborhoods, and Schools. The bulk of the materials are from the 1950s-1980s, although there is a strong representation of materials dating from the 1920s to 2014.
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:
Sargeant Memorial Collection Norfolk Ephemera Collection, MSS 0000-NEC, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed May to November 2015. Completed November 19, 2015.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
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Box 1: Apartments - Authors],
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Box 2: Aviation - Biographies (Bogger, Tommy L.)],
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Box 3: Biographies (Borland, Thomas R.) - Biographies (Ives, Timothy)],
[Box 4: Biographies (Jordan, Jackson) - Biographies (Plack, Emeile N.)],
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Box 5: Biographies (Rageot, Rowland) - Biographies (Tazewell)],
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Box 6: Biographies (Thomas, Vincent J.) - Broadcasting (WLOW)],
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Box 7: Broadcasting (WTAR) - Buildings (Scope)],
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Box 8: Buildings (Texaco Company Office Building) - Businesses (South Ghent Land Company)],
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Box 9: Businesses (Virginia Electric and Power Company) - Churches (Burrows Memorial Baptist Church)],
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Box 10: Churches (Central Baptist Church, Folder 1) - Churches (Christ and Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, Folder 2)],
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Box 11: Churches (Christian Temple United Church of Christ) - Churches (First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ)],
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Box 12: Churches (First Lutheran Church of Norfolk) - Churches (Norview Baptist Church)],
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Box 13: Churches (Ocean View Baptist Church) - Churches (Saint Paul's Church, Folder 3)],
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Box 14: Churches (Saint Paul's Church, Folder 4) - Clubs and Organizations (Beacon Light Civic League)],
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Box 15: Clubs and Organizations (Boy Scouts of America, Tidewater Council) - Clubs and Organizations (Goodwill Industries International, Inc.)],
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Box 16: Clubs and Organizations (Habitat for Humanity) - Clubs and Organizations (Howard Association)],
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Box 17: Clubs and Organizations (Information Center of Hampton Roads) - Clubs and Organizations (Norfolk German Club)],
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Box 18: Clubs and Organizations (Norfolk Historic Foundation) - Clubs and Organizations (The Planning Council)],
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Box 19: Clubs and Organizations (Propeller Club of the United States) - Clubs and Organizations (Union Mission Ministries)],
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Box 20: Clubs and Organizations (United Confederate Veterans, Virginia Division) - Clubs and Organizations (Women's Council for Interracial Cooperation)],
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Box 21: Clubs and Organizations (Young Men's Christian Association) - Colleges (Old Dominion University, Folder 1)],
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Box 22: Colleges (Old Dominion University, Folder 2) - Colleges (Old Dominion University, Folder 7)],
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Box 23: Colleges (Old Dominion University, Folder 8) - Crime (Maybrick Family)],
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Box 24: Crime (Thurman, Leo C.) - Festivals (Norfolk Antiquefest)],
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Box 25: Festivals (Norfolk NATO Festival, Folder 1) - Gardens (Garden Club of Norfolk)],
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Box 26: Gardens (Historic Garden Week) - Gardens (Miscellaneous)],
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Box 27: Historic Houses (6444 Powhatan Avenue) - History (Folder 3)],
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Box 28: History (Folder 4) - Hospitals (Medicenter of America)],
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Box 29: Hospitals (Norfolk Community Hospital) - Memorials (MacArthur Memorial, Folder 1)],
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Box 30: Memorials (MacArthur Memorial, Folder 2) - Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 5)],
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Box 31: Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 6) - Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 12)],
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Box 32: Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 13) - Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 23)],
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Box 33: Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 24) - Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 29)],
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Box 34: Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 30) - Museums (Nauticus)],
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Box 35: Museums (Ocean View Station Museum) - Music (Virginia Symphony, Folder 5)],
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Box 36: Music (Virginia Symphony, Folder 6) - Neighborhoods (Colonial Place / Riverview, Folder 3)],
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Box 37: Neighborhoods (Downtown, Folder 1) - Neighborhoods (Fairmount Park, Folder 3)],
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Box 38: Neighborhoods (Freemason) - Neighborhoods (Lake Taylor, Folder 1)],
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Box 39: Neighborhoods (Lake Taylor, Folder 2) - Neighborhoods (Miscellaneous)],
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Box 40: Newspapers (American Beacon) - Politics and Elections (City Managers)],
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Box 41: Politics and Elections (Mayors) - Post Offices (Miscellaneous)],
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Box 42: Public Transit (Buses) - Schools (Maury High School, Folder 1)],
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Box 43: Schools (Maury High School, Folder 2) - Schools (Norfolk School of Boatbuilding)],
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Box 44: Schools (Patrick Henry Elementary School) - Statistics (Folder 1)],
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Box 45: Statistics (Folder 2) - Theater (Attucks Theatre)],
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Box 46: Theater (Broadway Theatre Attractions) - Theater (Miscellaneous)],
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Box 47: Tourism (Norfolk Tour, Folder 1) - Visitors],
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Box 48: Weather - Yellow Fever],
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- Box 4: Biographies (Jordan, Jackson) - Biographies (Plack, Emeile N.)
- Folder 1: Biographies - Jackson Jordan, 1931-2007, undated
- A. B. Jackson, Louis I. Jaffe, Cloyd Tchudy Johnson, Joseph S. Johnston, Herb Jones, Samuel G. Jones, Sr., Stanley M. Jones, William Milton Jones, Fenton Garnett Jordan. Includes photocopies.
- Folder 2: Biographies - King, Oral A., 1943-1944
- Folder 3: Biographies - Kirkby, Arthur Martin, 1978-2004
- Folder 4: Biographies - Lassiter Lloyd, 1927-2011, undated
- Randy Lassiter; Joseph A. Leafe; James Lee; Thomas Lee; Richard Evers Lee; William Mack Lee; Eugenia Dickson Lejeune; Lewis Family; Arthur Selden Lloyd. Includes photocopies.
- Folder 5: Biographies - Lamb Family, 1882-1960, undated
- Includes photocopies.
- Folder 6: Biographies - Larson, Ralph K. T., 1957-1982, undated
- Folder 7: Biographies - Ludlow, Mary Elizabeth, 1918, undated
- Includes photocopies.
- Folder 8: Biographies - MacConochie Moseley, 1884-2013, undated
- Arthur Alastair MacConochie; Ron Mack; John A. MacKenzie; Walter B. Martin; Bob Matthews; Virginia Taylor McCormick; Marie V. McDemmond; Lance McFaddin; Michael McKevitt; William "Billy" McLaughlin; Lena Brooke McNamara; Arthur B. Metheny; John Peter Mettauer; Yvonne Bond Miller; James Monroe; Thomas Moore; William James Moore; John J. Morris; Susanna Moseley; William Moseley. Includes photocopies.
- Folder 9: Biographies - Mann, Harry C., 1915-1927, undated
- Includes photocopies.
- Folder 10: Biographies - Martin, Roy Butler, Jr., 2002-2003
- Folder 11: Biographies - Martin, Walter Bramblette, Jr., 1951-1971, undated
- Includes photocopies.
- Folder 12: Biographies - Maynor, Dorothy, 2001-2002, undated
- Includes photocopies.
- Folder 13: Biographies - McIntosh, William S., 1939-2010, undated
- 4 photographs.
- Folder 14: Biographies - Moreland, John Richard, 1927-1930, undated
- Folder 15: Biographies - Myers Family, 1927-2002, undated
- Barton Myers; Henry H. Myers; John Myers; Moses Myers; Myer Myers. Includes photocopies.
- Folder 16: Biographies - Nash Newsome, 1926-1974, undated
- Amy Rogers Nash; Thomas Nash; Lillian Webb Naylor; Lois M. Nelson; Watt D. Newsome, Jr. Includes photocopies.
- Folder 17: Biographies - Niemeyer, William Frederick, undated
- Includes photocopies.
- Folder 18: Biographies - Oberle Orsolya, 1945-1958, undated
- J. Grover Oberle; James H. O'Neill; Jozsef Orsolya. Includes photocopies.
- Folder 19: Biographies - O'Keefe, Matthew, 1902
- Includes photocopies.
- Folder 20: Biographies - Page Pugh, 1859-2010, undated
- Richard Lucian Page; Henry Clay Pate; Katherine Paterson; M. Lee Payne; A. Ray Pentecost, Jr.; Sandra Dew Perry; Frances Dickenson Pinder; Joseph Plunkett; Pocahontas; Alice Porter; W. Farley Powers; Harry B. Price, Jr.; Jordan A. Pugh, III; Jordan A. Pugh, IV.
- Folder 21: Biographies - Pentecost, Aubrey Ray, Jr., 2009, undated
- Includes photocopies.
- Folder 22: Biographies - Plack, Emelie N., 1925-1956
Browse by Box:
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Box 1: Apartments - Authors],
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Box 2: Aviation - Biographies (Bogger, Tommy L.)],
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Box 3: Biographies (Borland, Thomas R.) - Biographies (Ives, Timothy)],
[Box 4: Biographies (Jordan, Jackson) - Biographies (Plack, Emeile N.)],
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Box 5: Biographies (Rageot, Rowland) - Biographies (Tazewell)],
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Box 6: Biographies (Thomas, Vincent J.) - Broadcasting (WLOW)],
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Box 7: Broadcasting (WTAR) - Buildings (Scope)],
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Box 8: Buildings (Texaco Company Office Building) - Businesses (South Ghent Land Company)],
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Box 9: Businesses (Virginia Electric and Power Company) - Churches (Burrows Memorial Baptist Church)],
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Box 10: Churches (Central Baptist Church, Folder 1) - Churches (Christ and Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, Folder 2)],
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Box 11: Churches (Christian Temple United Church of Christ) - Churches (First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ)],
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Box 12: Churches (First Lutheran Church of Norfolk) - Churches (Norview Baptist Church)],
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Box 13: Churches (Ocean View Baptist Church) - Churches (Saint Paul's Church, Folder 3)],
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Box 14: Churches (Saint Paul's Church, Folder 4) - Clubs and Organizations (Beacon Light Civic League)],
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Box 15: Clubs and Organizations (Boy Scouts of America, Tidewater Council) - Clubs and Organizations (Goodwill Industries International, Inc.)],
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Box 16: Clubs and Organizations (Habitat for Humanity) - Clubs and Organizations (Howard Association)],
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Box 17: Clubs and Organizations (Information Center of Hampton Roads) - Clubs and Organizations (Norfolk German Club)],
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Box 18: Clubs and Organizations (Norfolk Historic Foundation) - Clubs and Organizations (The Planning Council)],
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Box 19: Clubs and Organizations (Propeller Club of the United States) - Clubs and Organizations (Union Mission Ministries)],
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Box 20: Clubs and Organizations (United Confederate Veterans, Virginia Division) - Clubs and Organizations (Women's Council for Interracial Cooperation)],
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Box 21: Clubs and Organizations (Young Men's Christian Association) - Colleges (Old Dominion University, Folder 1)],
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Box 22: Colleges (Old Dominion University, Folder 2) - Colleges (Old Dominion University, Folder 7)],
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Box 23: Colleges (Old Dominion University, Folder 8) - Crime (Maybrick Family)],
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Box 24: Crime (Thurman, Leo C.) - Festivals (Norfolk Antiquefest)],
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Box 25: Festivals (Norfolk NATO Festival, Folder 1) - Gardens (Garden Club of Norfolk)],
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Box 26: Gardens (Historic Garden Week) - Gardens (Miscellaneous)],
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Box 27: Historic Houses (6444 Powhatan Avenue) - History (Folder 3)],
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Box 28: History (Folder 4) - Hospitals (Medicenter of America)],
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Box 29: Hospitals (Norfolk Community Hospital) - Memorials (MacArthur Memorial, Folder 1)],
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Box 30: Memorials (MacArthur Memorial, Folder 2) - Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 5)],
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Box 31: Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 6) - Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 12)],
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Box 32: Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 13) - Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 23)],
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Box 33: Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 24) - Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 29)],
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Box 34: Museums (Chrysler Museum, Folder 30) - Museums (Nauticus)],
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Box 35: Museums (Ocean View Station Museum) - Music (Virginia Symphony, Folder 5)],
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Box 36: Music (Virginia Symphony, Folder 6) - Neighborhoods (Colonial Place / Riverview, Folder 3)],
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Box 37: Neighborhoods (Downtown, Folder 1) - Neighborhoods (Fairmount Park, Folder 3)],
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Box 38: Neighborhoods (Freemason) - Neighborhoods (Lake Taylor, Folder 1)],
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Box 39: Neighborhoods (Lake Taylor, Folder 2) - Neighborhoods (Miscellaneous)],
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Box 40: Newspapers (American Beacon) - Politics and Elections (City Managers)],
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Box 41: Politics and Elections (Mayors) - Post Offices (Miscellaneous)],
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Box 42: Public Transit (Buses) - Schools (Maury High School, Folder 1)],
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Box 43: Schools (Maury High School, Folder 2) - Schools (Norfolk School of Boatbuilding)],
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Box 44: Schools (Patrick Henry Elementary School) - Statistics (Folder 1)],
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Box 45: Statistics (Folder 2) - Theater (Attucks Theatre)],
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Box 46: Theater (Broadway Theatre Attractions) - Theater (Miscellaneous)],
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Box 47: Tourism (Norfolk Tour, Folder 1) - Visitors],
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Box 48: Weather - Yellow Fever],
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All]
