Yorktown (Va.)

Scope and Contents Correspondence and clippings documenting Baron Jean de Lustrac's attempt to erect a monument in downtown Norfolk, Virginia in honor of French Admiral Francois Joseph Paul Comte de Grasse, whose success in the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 led to the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia. The collection also includes correspondence and clippings relating to de Lustrac's acquiring of 10 replica cannons for Yorktown, suggesting to name the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel after de Grasse, and...

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One September 29, 1932 handwritten booklet featuring descriptions and pasted images of local places in and around Norfolk, Virginia. Locations include Cape Henry, Fort Story, St. Paul's Church, Fortress Monroe, Yorktown, Williamsburg, and the Norfolk naval base.

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Print photographs that document the history and cultural heritage of Norfolk and Hampton Roads, Virginia.

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The Sargeant Memorial Collection Postcard Collection houses postcards from the Norfolk area, Hampton Roads, Richmond, Washington, D.C., the state of Virginia and surrounding states, and the Jamestown Exposition. Some postcards in the collection are postmarked from the early 1900s.

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The collection includes news clippings on various topics and places across Virginia. It is divided into three main sections: general Virginia subjects; Virginia counties; and Virginia cities, towns and places. Each section is organized into sub-topics as appropriate. The collection also includes a section on North Carolina and several other states.

Scope and Contents The Virginia Ephemera Collection includes a broad range of informational publications, media reports, government documents, maps, and historical records, all relating to Virginia topics and localities outside the City of Norfolk. There are three major sections: general subjects (such as the arts, education, and transportation); counties (including economic and demographic data, places of interest, histories, and other information); and cities, towns and places (including histories,...

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One circa 1970s photograph scrapbook of the Norfolk Weather Service Office in Norfolk, Virginia, weather-related correspondence from Frederic Heutte to Terry Ritter in preparation for Heutte's book Gardening in the Temperate Zone, miscellaneous technical booklets and notes belonging to Terry Ritter relating to weather in Norfolk, one official program of the Yorktown sesquicentennial in 1931, and one vacation pamphlet for Tidewater Virginia in 1932.

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Minutes, correspondence, booklets, official programs, maps, and miscellaneous materials relating to the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration in 1931 in Yorktown, Virginia. Organizations represented in the collection include Trustees of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Assembly of Tidewater Virginia Women, and Norfolk Area Yorktown Committee. Several items appear to have belonged to Mrs. Frantz Naylor of Norfolk, Virginia.