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Series 5: Photographs

 Series

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Group:

Sub-Group 1: Headstone and Cemetery Research is comprised of compiled research of deceased African American veterans who served during the Civil War and associated headstone or marker application documentation and status performed by Dinah Walters and others on behalf of Dinah Walters. This Sub-Group also includes the draft manuscript of her 2001 book co-authored with Mae Breckenridge-Haywood, Inscriptions in Triumph: Tombstone Inscriptions from the African American Cemeteries of Mt. Calvary, Mt. Olive, Fisher's Hill and Potter's Field, Portsmouth, Virginia.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found in 1990s-2010s

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to all researchers.

Full Extent

From the Collection: 2.50 Linear Feet (Processed Extent) : 6 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Sargeant Memorial Collection Repository

Contact:
Norfolk Public Library
235 East Plume Street
2nd Floor
Norfolk VA 23510 US
757-431-7429