Jim Bradshaw Norfolk Memorabilia Collection
Scope and Contents
Maps, books, booklets, pamphlets, photographs, postcards, souvenir artifacts, newspapers, and other printed ephemera relating to Norfolk, Hampton Roads, and Virginia from the mid-nineteenth to early twenty-first centuries. Most of the materials date from the 1920s to 1970s, although a significant number of items relate to the Jamestown Exposition of 1907. Maps of the southside section of Hampton Roads and memorabilia of Norfolk and the Tidewater area make up a majority of items in the collection.
Dates
- created: 1851-2000
- Other: Date acquired: 12/17/2015
Creator
- Bradshaw, Jim (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
8.00 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Arranged by series: Series 1: Maps, Series 2: Printed Ephemera, Series 3: Visual Works, Series 4: Postcards, Series 5: Artifacts, and Series 6: Newspapers (6A: Stencils, 6B: Papers).
Source of Acquisition
Jim Bradshaw by donation
Accruals and Additions
05/10/2018; 12/07/2020.
Processing Information
Processed September 1, 2017; November 21, 2019.
Subject
- United States. Navy (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Booklets
- Books
- Brochures
- Commemoratives
- Guidebooks
- Maps (documents)
- Newspapers
- Pamphlets
- Postcards
- Souvenir programs
- Souvenirs
- Stencils (image-making tools)
- Topographic maps
- Tourist maps
Geographic
- Chesapeake (Va.)
- Hampton (Va.)
- Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)
- Newport News (Va.)
- Norfolk (Va.)
- Ocean View (Norfolk, Va.)
- Old Point Comfort (Hampton, Va.)
- Portsmouth (Va.)
- Princess Anne County (Va.)
- Suffolk (Va.)
- Virginia Beach (Va.)
- Williamsburg (Va.)
Topical
- Buildings
- Cape Henry Memorial (Virginia Beach, Va.)
- Historic buildings--Virginia--Norfolk
- Hotels
- Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)
- Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)--Virginia--Norfolk
- Norfolk (Va.)--Guidebooks
- Norfolk (Va.)--History
- Norfolk (Va.)--Maps
- Norfolk (Va.)--Newspapers
- Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--20th century
- Portsmouth (Va.)--Maps
- Postcards--Virginia
- Streets--Virginia--Norfolk
- Tourism--Virginia
- Virginia Beach (Va.)--Maps
- Virginia--Description and travel
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Author
- Sarah Osorio
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- und
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
