Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Aperture Card Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection includes approximately 14,000 aperture cards (a computer data card with a 35mm microfilm window) that cover major development projects and related activities in the City of Norfolk, Virginia from the 1940s through the 1970s. The cards are organized by neighborhood area or project, and in some cases, sub-organized by category of activity and information (site diagrams, architectural plans, roads and utilities, etc.). Aperture cards are an obsolete data storage and retrieval system used in the 1960s through the early 1990s. Machine-readable "punch" holes in the card contained searchable metadata about the subject in the microfilm window. Most of the cards in this collection are not "punched," but do include notes about subject, date, and project number.
Dates
- created: 1942-1980
- Other: Date acquired: 04/23/2015
Creator
- Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (Organization)
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
10.00 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Arranged in original order.
Source of Acquisition
Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority by transfer
Processing Information
Processed February 2019.
Subject
- Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Author
- Will Hopkins
- 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