Sean C. Bilby Regional Ephemera and Publications Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of material relative to local history of the Tidewater region of Virginia, to include Jamestown, Suffolk, and the general Hampton Roads area, as well as the greater Virginia and West Virginia regions. Primary collection materials are ephemera from the 400th Anniversay Celebration event honoring Jamestown, Virginia, which includes brochures, guides, commemorative pins, a fan, admission tickets and bracelets, cachets, maps, and program guides. Additional collection materials include newsletters entitled "Riddick's Folly Notes" and "Suffolk-Nansemond Historical Society", a Hampton Roads souvenir coloring book, a technical report from the City of Norfolk Department of Public Works about the development of Southside Library, and an original copy of a booklet of the "Speech of George W. Summers, Esq. of Kanawha in Committee of the Whole on the Basis Question" dated 1851.
Dates
- created: 1851, 2004, 2007, 2017, 2022-2024
- Other: Majority of material found in 2007
- Other: Date acquired: 02/01/2024
Creator
- Bilby, Sean Craig (Person)
- Suffolk-Nansemond Historical Society (Organization)
- Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation (Organization)
- Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. Celebration 2007 Steering Committee (Organization)
- Norfolk, (Va.). Department of Public Works (Organization)
- Stafford, Ocie Maude (Person)
- MacCorkle, William Alexander (Person)
- Summers, George W. (George William) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Full Extent
0.63 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Arranged by subject and then series.
Source of Acquisition
Sean Craig Bilby, by donation
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Author
- Ashlee Jordan
- Date
- 05/21/2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
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