Roy B. Martin Collection
Scope and Contents
Personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, magazines, conference materials, ephemera, and scrapbooks belonging to Roy B. Martin, Jr. of Norfolk, Virginia. Boxes 2 and 3, and Scrapbook 2 in Box 4 primarily relate to General Douglas MacArthur and the MacArthur Memorial. Scrapbooks 1 and 3 through 8 cover Roy Martin's life, particularly his political career, professional development, and public service for the City of Norfolk.
Dates
- created: 1937-1989
- Other: Majority of material found in 1960s-1970s
- Other: Date acquired: 09/08/1999
Creator
- Martin, Roy B., Jr. (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
9.00 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Arranged by record type.
Custodial History
The contents of Box 1 was found in a separate box from the contents of Boxes 2 and 3; this is why the clippings from Box 1 are separated from the clippings found in Box 2.
Source of Acquisition
Bob Kolstee by transfer
Separated Materials
Aesthetics and Technology in Building by Pier Luigi Nervi, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965.
Processing Information
Processed August 23, 2017.
Subject
- MacArthur Memorial (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Agendas (administrative records)
- Booklets
- Business cards
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Dedications (documents)
- Envelopes
- Invitations
- Itineraries
- Magazines (periodicals)
- Municipal government records
- Nametags
- Newsletters
- Newspapers
- Pamphlets
- Photographs
- Press releases
- Programs
- Publications (document genre)
- Ribbon (material)
- Scrapbooks
Geographic
Topical
- Buildings
- Businesses
- City planning--Virginia--Norfolk
- Commerce
- Death--Social aspects
- Elections--Virginia
- Norfolk (Va.)--Maps
- Norfolk (Va.)--Newspapers
- Norfolk (Va.)--Politics and government--20th century
- Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--20th century
- Organizations
- Virginia--Politics and government
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Author
- Nichole Delasalas
- 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
