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Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Virginia Gordan Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-218
Scope and Contents

Two 1860-1864 scrapbooks created by Virginia Gordan of Norfolk, Virginia containing clippings detailing the events of the Civil War, particularly the Confederacy. Scrapbook 1 was originally a circa 1852 account book belonging to Virginia Gordan's father, John Dozier Gordan, for his banking business at 29 Market Square.

Dates: created: 1852, 1860-1864, 1917-1931; Other: Majority of material found in 1860-1864; Other: Date acquired: 06/03/1980