Gertrude E. Ward Scrapbook
Scope and Contents
One circa 1941-1945 scrapbook of personal mementos relating to Betty Ward and her husband, Fred Ward. The scrapbook includes photographs, telegrams, playbills, birthday cards, poems, and other materials relating to the couple's relationship during Fred's service in the United States Navy in World War II. Prominent geographic locations in the scrapbook include New York; Jersey City, New Jersey; and San Diego, California. The scrapbook also includes several late 1990s to early 2000s photographs of Fred Ward in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates
- created: 1918-2002, undated
- Other: Majority of material found in 1941-1945
- Other: Date acquired: 07/02/2015
Creator
- Ward, Gertrude E. (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
1.00 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Arranged in original order. Loose materials have been separated.
Source of Acquisition
Estate of Frederick G. Ward by donation
Processing Information
Processed September 21, 2017.
Genre / Form
- Brochures
- Business cards
- Correspondence
- Envelopes
- Feather (material)
- Greeting cards
- Love letters
- Money (objects)
- Napkins (culinary textile)
- Newsletters
- Poems
- Postcards
- Printed ephemera
- Programs
- Scrapbooks
- Sketches
- Souvenir programs
- Telegrams
- Theater programs
- Ticket stubs
Geographic
Topical
- 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