Series 5: Photographs
Scope and Contents
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
- From the Collection: Walters, Dinah, 1963-2024 (Person)
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
Norfolk Public Library
235 East Plume Street
2nd Floor
Norfolk VA 23510 US
757-431-7429
localhistory@norfolk.gov
