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Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:

Cultural and Convention Center, Norfolk, Virginia, Construction Plans

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 08-0000-001
Scope and Contents Construction plans for the Cultural and Convention Center (Scope Arena and Chrysler Hall theater) in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Included are original architectural drawings, copy prints of these and other architectural drawings, and engineering reports. The bulk of the materials are from 1966 and were produced by Studio Nervi, a prominent architectural and engineering firm based in Rome, Italy. Some of the copy prints were created jointly by Studio Nervi and the local Norfolk architects...
Dates: created: 1966; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Demolition, 1969, 1971, undated

 File — Folder 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents

Photographs of demolition projects within the City of Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1969, 1971, undated
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection / Nicholas John Pope, Jr. Photograph Collection

E. S. Vickhouse Photograph Collection

 Collection — 2 boxes
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-403
Scope and Contents

Approximately 350 negatives featuring aerial photographs of downtown Norfolk, Virginia between 1963 and 1975. The negatives include shots of City Hall, coal piers, merchandise piers, Ghent, Old Dominion University, and Foreman Field. There are also a few scenes of rural Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1963-1975; Other: Majority of material found in 1963-1964; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Edmonia Lee Whittle Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-082
Scope and Contents One mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century scrapbook containing clippings, genealogical information, and other materials related to the Whittle family, Christ Church, and Christ and Saint Luke's Church in Norfolk, Virginia. Handwritten genealogies trace the ancestry of several prominent connected Norfolk families, including Calvert, Dabney, Neilson, Page, and Walke. The scrapbook traces the Whittle family genealogy to Pocahontas. Much of the loose materials from the scrapbook relate to the...
Dates: created: 1860-1965, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/18/1997
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Feasibility Study of Restoration of Flag Officer's Quarters

 Collection — 2 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-176
Scope and Contents One circa 1975-1976 feasibility study for the restoration of flag officers' quarters at the naval station in Norfolk, Virginia. These homes were built for the Jamestown Exposition of 1907, and the study documents the history and design of the 17 buildings, along with recommendations for restoration. The study includes photographs and architectural drawings of the homes. The study was conducted by Spigel, Carter, Zinkl, Herman, Architects, with Craig & Stroud, Ltd., Structural Engineers;...
Dates: created: circa 1976; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Ferry Farm Plantation Records

 Collection — 7 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-142
Scope and Contents

Material pertaining to the history and preservation controversy of the Ferry Farm Plantation House, located in the Old Donation Farm neighborhood in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The material includes newsletters from the Friends of Ferry Plantation as well as newspaper clippings dated from 1987-1996.

Dates: created: 1987-2008; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Frances Smith's Colley Avenue Drawings

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2018-026
Scope and Contents

Ten drawings by Frances Smith depicting scenes on Colley Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia and one list titled "Ship Work List," listing the ships drawn by the artist.

Dates: created: circa 1970s-1980s; Other: Date acquired: 06/19/2018
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Ghent Neighborhood League Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-038
Scope and Contents

Circa 1990s-2000s newsletters of Ghent and other neighborhoods/civic leagues in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes booklets, clippings, and other papers from 1968 to 2009 collected by members of the Ghent Neighborhood League regarding businesses, homes, schools, and other subjects relating primarily to Ghent. Minutes include volumes 14-16 (1974-1976), 41-43 (2001-2003), 45 (2005), and an index for volumes covering the years 1962-2005.

Dates: created: 1968-2010; Other: Majority of material found in 1990s-2000s; Other: Date acquired: 09/17/2015
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Grandy and Selden Families Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2016-040
Scope and Contents

Early 19th century to late 20th century correspondence, business and property records, ephemera and artifacts, family photographs, diaries, books, and genealogical materials belonging to the Grandy and Selden families of Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1807-1983; Other: Date acquired: 04/18/2016
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Guaranty Title and Trust Corporation Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-052
Scope and Contents This collection includes approximately 3,800 paperboard-bound volumes (packets) containing deed and mortgage abstracts for properties in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the surrounding counties (mostly Norfolk County). The collection also includes approximately 2,800 land plats, mostly for properties associated with the packets. Guaranty Title and Trust created these records in the course of its business verifying property titles, recording land transactions, and issuing mortgage loans during its...
Dates: created: 1883-1919; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1963
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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