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Clippings (information artifacts)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:

Boy Scout Troop 5 Scrapbooks

 Collection — 2 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-189
Scope and Contents Four 1936-1949 scrapbooks of Boy Scout Troop 5 from Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include photographs and hike records detailing the date of trips, place, officers in charge, weather, list of boys in attendance, summary of the event (salient facts), menu, and supplies purchased. Also, one 1942-1945 scrapbook of Rover Crew 5, a group started during World War II when many of the scouts in the troop were called to military service and wanted to continue scouting while in service. This last...
Dates: created: 1936-1949; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

British Isles Dancers of Norfolk Album

 Collection — 7 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-075
Scope and Contents

One circa 1984-2014 album containing clippings, photographs, programs, flyers, and related ephemera of the British Isles Dancers of Norfolk. The album is organized thus: Introduction; Dance Demonstrations; Parties, Celebrations, and Balls; Honoring Our Members from the Military; The Torch is Passed; and An Assortment of Dance "Flyers." The dances and celebrations were held at various locations in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Portsmouth, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1984-2014; Other: Date acquired: 12/30/2017

Brooke and Tucker Families Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-020
Scope and Contents Family papers and photographs from 1831-2001, including genealogical notes, family trees, crests, biographical sketches, and obituaries of the Brooke family of Norfolk, Virginia. Related surnames include Tucker, Andrews, Cary, Coleman, Custis, Dallas, Drummond, Hagan, Higgins, Lucas, McLaughlin, McNamara, Mercer, Ramsey, Randolph, Taliaferro, Walton, and Washington. Most of the materials in the collection relate to Lucy Borland Higgins Brooke, her husband David Tucker Brooke, and her...
Dates: created: 1831-2001; Other: Date acquired: 02/12/2002

Catherine Wills Pamphlets

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-050
Scope and Contents

Seven pamphlets and one newspaper clipping from Norfolk, England.

Dates: created: 1986-1989, undated; Other: Date acquired: 05/25/1989

Celestyne Diggs Porter Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-036
Scope and Contents

Personal papers, photographs, awards, certificates, and newspaper clippings belonging to Celestyne Diggs Porter of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection spans Porter's life, particularly her career as a schoolteacher for the public school system in Norfolk and a celebration of her life and accomplishments. Photographs include Porter as a young woman at Hampton University, school groups and local organizations associated with Porter, and family photographs.

Dates: created: 1880s-2011; Other: Date acquired: 10/27/2010

Circus Saints and Sinners Club of America, Consolvo Tent Records

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2016-091
Scope and Contents

Mid-1940s correspondence, largely from secretary Don C. Harrison regarding memberships and annual dues to the Charles H. Consolvo Tent of the Circus Saints and Sinners Club of America in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes a few ephemeral items from 1940 to 1951 including a menu, booklet, and newspaper clipping.

Dates: created: 1938-1951, undated; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2016

City of Norfolk City Clerk 50th Anniversary of Massive Resistance Records

 Collection — 5 boxes
Identifier: RG 04-2018-003
Scope and Contents

Commemorative records primarily from 2008-2009 of the desegregation of Norfolk City Schools in 1959, which marked the end of Virginia's massive resistance campaign against federally-mandated desegregation. Included are histories of massive resistance and the related closures of Norfolk Public Schools during 1958-1959, records of the city commission created to mark these events 50 years later, records of various public events, correspondence, and news clippings.

Dates: created: 1958-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 2008-2009; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2018

City of Norfolk City Clerk Correspondence

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: RG 04-0000-004
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of the City Clerk of Norfolk, Virginia from 1914 and 1990.

Dates: created: 1914, 1990; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

City of Norfolk City Clerk Files on Race Relations and Charles Borland

 Collection — 6 folders
Identifier: RG 04-2016-002
Scope and Contents Research files of the City of Norfolk City Clerk relating to busing, race relations, Jesse Jackson, and biographical information of former City Manager Charles Barney Borland of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, court cases, statistics, photographs, and research materials. The biographical materials on City Manager Borland were compiled by City Clerk Breck Daughtrey to create Borland's biography in volume 2 of Dictionary of...
Dates: created: 1936-2001; Other: Date acquired: 06/00/2016

City of Norfolk City Clerk Sulgrave Committee of Norfolk Records

 Collection — 4 folders
Identifier: RG 04-0000-003
Scope and Contents Minutes, correspondence, clippings, and publications of the Sulgrave Committee of Norfolk, Virginia. The purpose of the group was to organize events and entertain guests during the October 5-7, 1920 ceremonies commemorating the House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, and landing of the pilgrim fathers. The object was to acknowledge peace and friendship between Great Britain and the United States. October 5 was Cape Henry and Norfolk Day, October 6 was Williamsburg Day, and October 7 was...
Dates: created: 1920-1921; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000