Norfolk Botanical Garden

1936-1940 Norfolk Scrapbook

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-327

Scope and Contents One 1936-1940 scrapbook containing newspaper clippings relating to the history of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Popular topics include plays, engagements, weddings, deaths, notable visitors, Norfolk Botanical Garden, and the First Citizen award. The scrapbook contains one playbill from the 1937 theatrical production of The Lost Colony. Non-local topics in the scrapbook include news on the movie Gone With the Wind and the...

Dates: created: 1936-1940; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Ballentine Place Garden Club Scrapbook

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-087

Scope and Contents One 1947-1992 scrapbook containing clippings, photographs, correspondence, programs, certificates, and awards from the Ballentine Place Garden Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook documents the organization's activities and includes materials that show the club's involvement with the Norfolk Botanical Garden, participation in the International Azalea Festival, and certifies its membership in the Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs. Additionally, the scrapbook shows the Garden Club's...

Dates: created: 1947-1992; Other: Date acquired: 07/20/2010

Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Capeview Garden Club Scrapbooks

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2016-054-a

Scope and Contents

Two 1990s-2010s scrapbooks of the Capeview Garden Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include photographs, correspondence, and memorabilia of the club's activities, including volunteer work for Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1992-2012, 2016; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/2016

Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

City of Norfolk Department of Recreation, Parks, and Open Space Reports

Collection — Box 1

Identifier: RG 15-0000-001

Scope and Contents

Annual reports, survey reports, and other published materials from the Department of Recreation, Parks, and Open Space in the City of Norfolk, Virginia. This 1913-1997 collection primarily includes materials from the Bureau of Recreation and Norfolk Botanical Garden.

Dates: created: 1913-1997; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Fred Heutte Center Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-021

Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Fred Heutte Center in Ghent Square, Fred Heutte Foundation, Garden Clubs of Greater Hampton Roads, and Norfolk Botanical Gardens. The papers include gardening articles and transcripts of radio broadcasts, along with correspondence relating to the publication of Fred Heutte's 1977 book Gardening in the Temperate Zone. Organizational records include agendas, minutes, budget statements, correspondence, and notes. These papers were...

Dates: created: 1948-2008, undated; Other: Date acquired: 08/25/2008

Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

James Foster Collection

Collection — 2 folders

Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2019-007

Scope and Contents

Ephemera from the Baltimore Mail Line, The Consolvo Hotels, and one Norfolk Album postcard book featuring scenes at Norfolk Municipal Gardens and City Park in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: circa 1930s-1950s; Other: Date acquired: 01/22/2019

Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk Botanical Garden Records

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-044

Scope and Contents Records of the Norfolk Botanical Garden's history, facilities, daily operations, exhibits, gardens, plants, and various events from 1937-2015. Included are correspondence files, reports, ledgers, publications, news clippings, and photographs. Operations documentation includes internal correspondence, finances, and various committee records. The daily operations and income ledgers date from 1965-1993, with a gap from 1987-1988. Publications in the collection include ...

Dates: created: 1937-2015; Other: Date acquired: 11/18/2015

Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk Botanical Garden Society Records

Collection — 1 folder

Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-460

Scope and Contents

Minutes from meetings of the Board of Trustees, Finance Committee, Landscape Committee, and Diversity Committee of the Norfolk Botanical Garden Society from 2006-2013 in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 2006-2013; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Parsons Family Papers

Collection — 1 folder

Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-322

Scope and Contents

Photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous papers of Alison Jehu "Preacher" and Ella Ward Parsons of Norfolk, Virginia. Several items relate to the couple's involvement in camellia societies such as the American Camellia Society and Virginia Camellia Society. The collection also includes the Fall 2005 edition of The Norfolk Foundation, which highlights the Parsons' legacy to the foundation.

Dates: created: 1950-2005; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

1936-1940 Norfolk Scrapbook

Ballentine Place Garden Club Scrapbook

Capeview Garden Club Scrapbooks

City of Norfolk Department of Recreation, Parks, and Open Space Reports

Fred Heutte Center Papers

James Foster Collection

Norfolk Botanical Garden Records

Norfolk Botanical Garden Society Records

Parsons Family Papers

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