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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:

Hampton Roads History Clippings Scrapbook

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-104
Scope and Contents

One scrapbook of late-20th century to early-21st century Virginian-Pilot newspaper clippings featuring photographs from various parts of the Hampton Roads region in Virginia. The photographs usually include brief captions and cover the cities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake. Subject matter includes streets, buildings, transportation, weather, and sports.

Dates: created: circa 2000s; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Hathaway Family Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-044
Scope and Contents

Three pre-Civil War newspapers from The Day Book, photographs, booklets, and a cookbook collected by the Hathaway family of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1859-1918; Other: Date acquired: 07/25/2017

J. H. Miles and Company Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-055
Scope and Contents

Company records and correspondence, documents relating to licensing of oyster harvesting grounds, vessel records, seafood industry awards and publications, federal and state permits and regulation-related documents and publications, photographs and drawings, architectural and engineering drawings, nautical charts and shellfish grounds maps, and company artifacts including samples of oyster cans.

Dates: created: 1900-2015; Other: Date acquired: 12/23/2015

Jim Bradshaw Norfolk Memorabilia Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-019
Scope and Contents Maps, books, booklets, pamphlets, photographs, postcards, souvenir artifacts, newspapers, and other printed ephemera relating to Norfolk, Hampton Roads, and Virginia from the mid-nineteenth to early twenty-first centuries. Most of the materials date from the 1920s to 1970s, although a significant number of items relate to the Jamestown Exposition of 1907. Maps of the southside section of Hampton Roads and memorabilia of Norfolk and the Tidewater area make up a majority of items in the...
Dates: created: 1851-2000; Other: Date acquired: 12/17/2015

Jonak & Company Appraisal Reports

 Collection — 9 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-145
Scope and Contents

1980s-1990s appraisal reports created by Jonak & Company for buildings in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Buildings appraised include Life Savings Bank at 238 Main Street, The Wheat Building at 109-117 East Main Street, The Wainwright Building at 229 West Bute Street, and the Tazewell Building at 225 Granby Street.

Dates: created: circa 1985-1993; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

July 5, 1959 Downtown Norfolk, Virginia Negatives

 Collection — 1 envelope
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-693
Scope and Contents Thirty-five negatives taken July 5, 1959 showing street views of areas in and around downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Streets included in the images include Grace Street, 10th Street, North Street, Granby Street, Olney Road, York Street, Yarmouth Street, Bute Street, Botetourt Street, Duke Street, Boush Street, and Tazewell Street. Businesses identified in the negatives include Joynes Tire Company, Colonial Chevrolet, Midway Furniture, Harley Davidson Motorcycles, Pep Boys, Frank Vann's...
Dates: created: 1959; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Leroy Guess Downtown Norfolk Photographs

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-364
Scope and Contents Twenty-two August 1977 and April 1978 photographs of scenes around downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Includes photographs of Granby Street Mall and the demolition of a building at 150 Granby Street. Also includes photographs of buildings such as Virginia National Bank, Royster Building, Banker's Trust Building, New Century Building, Norfolk Federal Building, and businesses such as Sol's Fine Food, Harper's Gift Shop, The Formal House, Inc., Ola's Beauty Salon, Cheap Thrills Boutique, Oasis...
Dates: created: 1977-1978; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Louise Andrews Norfolk Center for Ocean Environments Architectural Records

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-012
Abstract

Contains proposals for the organization, development, design and storage for the Norfolk Center for Ocean Environments. This was a Master of Architecture thesis project at North Carolina State University.

Dates: created: 1980; Other: Date acquired: 04/03/2015

Marian Rudd Photographs of Norfolk, Virginia

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-696
Scope and Contents

Circa 1980s-1990s photographs of events in Norfolk, Virginia. The photographs were primarily taken in the downtown area and include a 1992 historical reenactment at Fort Norfolk, 1992 circus parade, and images of ships Sequoia, Bounty, Rainbow Warrior, and Greenpeace. There are also images of historic buildings and areas under construction or repair.

Dates: created: circa 1980s-1990s; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

MMM Design Drawings

 Collection — 11 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-025
Scope and Contents

Various drawings, plans, and records of MMM Design, an architectural firm that operated in Norfolk from the early 1940s to 2014.

Dates: created: 1940s-2014; Other: Date acquired: 06/14/2015