Norfolk (Va.). Department of City Planning

Large-scale prints from an aerial photographic mission flown over the city of Norfolk on March 22, 1974. The prints are arranged by frame number and bound in nine large books. The Abrams Aerial Survey Corporation of Lansing, Michigan conducted the mission. The prints are scaled at 1 inch = 100 feet.

Maps of Norfolk and the Hampton Roads area collected by the City of Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia. A majority of the maps are from the 1950s-1960s and were created by the City Planning Commission.

Full-frame (9"x9") contact prints from an aerial photographic mission flown over Norfolk and the surrounding areas on March 22, 1974. The Abrams Aerial Survey Corporation conducted the mission. Also included are the original print envelopes (printed with mission information).

Annexation reports of the City of Norfolk, Virginia regarding the proposed annexations of Norfolk County and Princess Anne County from the late-1940s to 1950s. The reports include statistics, charts, maps, and surveys relating to land use, industrial development, population, schools, public works, taxation, and other related subjects.

Publications created or used by the Department of City Planning in the City of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes planning booklets, maps, and reports for downtown, highways, housing, and cultural conservation.

Records relating to the planning, design, and construction of a new downtown civic center (including a city hall, courts, a city jail, and administrative offices and buildings) and new cultural center (including various public buildings and spaces) in the area near the current Chrysler Museum. Included are planning reports, City Planning Commission records, city correspondence, and internal city memorandums and documents.

Records of the Department of City Planning, Norfolk, Virginia. The records include Department documents, surveys and reports; aerial photographs (prints) over Norfolk and the surrounding areas; ground photographs (slides, negatives, and prints) of local areas; miscellaneous ephemeral materials; and planning-related documents and materials from other city departments and commercial entities (such as reports, surveys, and contractual documents).

Three maps: one 1927 map of the Hampton Roads Port Area and two Norfolk and Vicinity maps dated 1935 and 1949 respectively from the City Planning Commission and Department of Public Works, Division of Surveys in Norfolk, Virginia.

Five maps of the Norfolk, Virginia area and one 1932 Maury High School diploma of Gustav Edward Kiligas.

Reports and documents detailing work by the Downtown Norfolk Redevelopment Committee, particularly from 1963 to 1984. Included are documents about Granby Mall, Nauticus, and the Waterfront area. Also included are clippings, photographs, and ephemera related to Rice's Department Store in the 1960s and 1970s and the sale of the chain in 1984.