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United States. Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Terry and Linda Ritter Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-2022-004
Scope and Contents

One circa 1970s photograph scrapbook of the Norfolk Weather Service Office in Norfolk, Virginia, weather-related correspondence from Frederic Heutte to Terry Ritter in preparation for Heutte's book Gardening in the Temperate Zone, miscellaneous technical booklets and notes belonging to Terry Ritter relating to weather in Norfolk, one official program of the Yorktown sesquicentennial in 1931, and one vacation pamphlet for Tidewater Virginia in 1932.

Dates: created: 1921-1983; Other: Date acquired: 04/13/2022

United States Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-134
Scope and Contents

Minutes, correspondence, booklets, official programs, maps, and miscellaneous materials relating to the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration in 1931 in Yorktown, Virginia. Organizations represented in the collection include Trustees of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Assembly of Tidewater Virginia Women, and Norfolk Area Yorktown Committee. Several items appear to have belonged to Mrs. Frantz Naylor of Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1931-1932; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000