001/01. Manuscripts
Found in 689 Collections and/or Records:
Branchville, Virginia General Store Ledgers
Accounting ledgers for a general store in Branchville, Virginia from mid-1948 through mid-1951. The ledgers include names of individuals, goods sold, and costs of items. Most entries are handwritten in pencil and have been marked or crossed out.
Bernard M. Stanton Papers
Booklets, correspondence, maps, city council records, clippings, and other materials relating to parking in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Most documents are from 1952-1953 and concern B. M. Stanton's initial refusal to sell off his land to the City of Norfolk for municipal parking.
Margaret Gilbert Jones Schoenweiss Collection
One Gone With the Wind program and one circa 1926 book promoting International Silver Company silverware.
Norfolk Voter Registration Council Records
Correspondence, blank forms, promotional materials, news releases, public service spot announcements, and clippings related to the Norfolk Voter Registration Council and the Norfolk Committee for Neighborhood Voter Registration. Most documents in this collection are dated 1966, but the Norfolk Committee for Neighborhood Voter Registration covers 1967 and 1968. These materials relate largely to promoting voter registration in Norfolk, Virginia.
S. S. United States Collection
Miscellaneous materials related to the S. S. United States luxury passenger liner. Includes materials from a 1984 public auction for items on board the ship, which took place at Norfolk International Terminal in Norfolk, Virginia. Also includes photographs from 1992 when the S. S. United States was towed to Turkey from Newport News, Virginia.
Floating Plant of the United States Engineer Department, Norfolk, Virginia District Photograph Album
Thirty-nine photographs of work boats, including dredges, motor launches, barges, and tugs, taken between February and March 1923. Geographic locations of the photographs include Norfolk Harbor, Alligator River, Great Bridge, Virginia, and Fort Monroe.
Mrs. Robert B. Tunstall Scrapbook
One October 1895 - June 1905 scrapbook listing weddings and engagements of couples in Norfolk, Virginia.
C. J. and Marcia Rice Lindemann Collection
Two aerial photographs of Fort Norfolk, one circa 1950 aerial photograph of the Hermitage Museum and Gardens, one circa 1950 poster featuring burlesque star Rose La Rose, one bird's-eye view of Hampton Roads featuring the original James River Bridge, and one print of the Hampton Roads Rowing Club. Also includes one book: The Melvin Gutman Collection of Antique Jewelry.
Naval Training Station Baseball Photograph Book
Charles Wagner's copy of a 1943 baseball photograph book includes photographs and autographs of the players at Naval Training Station in Norfolk, Virginia.
Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Southern Railroad Records
Two estimates of cost and payments for the Southern extension of the Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Southern Railroad from Kempsville to Munden's Point.