Norfolk Public Library (Va.)

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Letter concerning Mr. Squires's article in the Ledger-Dispatch about the formation of Norfolk Public Library and Mary Thompson's recollection of her involvement.

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Photocopied correspondence and the will of Mary Denson Pretlow, one scrapbook presented by the Woman's Democratic Club of Norfolk, printed materials relating to the 2008 opening of Mary D. Pretlow Anchor Branch Library in Norfolk, Virginia, clippings, three CDs with images, and other miscellaneous materials relating to Ms. Pretlow.

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One 76-page catalog from 1796 titled "Norfolk Circulating Library," containing 1,129 titles of books held in the library, along with their publication dates. The last two pages contain a list of "Stationary Articles Sold at the Circulating Library."

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Administrative files collected by Norfolk Public Library in Norfolk, Virginia. Subject matter includes Norfolk Public Library annual reports, the Model City Program, library policies and procedures, intellectual freedom, and correspondence relating to the Sargeant Memorial Collection. Most of the records date from the 1970s through the 1980s.

Scope and Contents Annual reports of the Norfolk Public Library from 1886/1887 to fiscal year 2003. Reports in the collection from the late 19th century were created by the Norfolk Library Association,  precursor to the Norfolk Public Library, which began in 1894. The annual reports include correspondence to the Board of Directors, treasurer's reports, booklets, newspaper clippings, and annual summaries of reports. There are no annual reports available for 1893/1894 to 1904, 1988/1989, and 1993/1994 to fiscal...

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Architectural plans for Norfolk Public Library buildings in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes plans and drawings for each library building, plans and drawings for the Seaboard Building (Old Norfolk City Hall), and two project workbooks.

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Minutes, agendas, correspondence, and other materials from the Board of Trustees, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia from 1870 to 2010.

Scope and Contents Thirty-five scrapbooks chronicling the history of Norfolk Public Library in Norfolk, Virginia from 1896 to 2003. The collection includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about the history of the Library in chronological order, with gaps from 1972-1974. There are also three volumes primarily focused on the history of Norfolk, Virginia from circa 1926-1942, one scrapbook on the history of Virginia from circa 1928-1941, one scrapbook of Norfolk people (usually obituaries) from circa...

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Statistics reports for the Norfolk Public Library, including monthly reports, summaries of reports, and annual reports from 1959-2003. Reports are sometimes divided by sub-departments within the Main Library and Branches. There are no statistics reports for 1985-1987, 1993, 1998, and 2000-2001.

Scope and Contents Records from Van Wyck Branch Library, a branch library of Norfolk Public Library located in the Ghent section of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes borrower's registers, library usage statistics, correspondence, documents relating to the closing and reopening of the library for renovations in the late 1980s, clippings, photographs, and two VHS tapes. The photographs date from 1988-2006; subjects include Summer Reading Club, Azalea Queen visits, Readers Theater plays, children's...