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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:

1919 Hofheimer Cottage Storm Aftermath Photographs

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-355
Scope and Contents

Four 1919 photographs of storm damage to Hofheimer Cottage in Ocean View, Norfolk, Virginia. Includes one 1902 postcard of Norfolk's first traffic officer: F. D. Seymour.

Dates: created: 1919; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2003

A. M. Traugott Photographs and Papers on the Virginian Railway

 Collection — 11 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-235
Scope and Contents Circa 1900s-1930s photographs and a scrapbook featuring the Virginian Railway, primarily in West Virginia. The photographs depict trains, railroad tracks, bridges, tunnels, and housing construction. There are also photographs depicting railroad construction workers as well as family photographs. The collection also includes postcards, correspondence, and clippings of A. M. Traugott, along with a 1947 annual report, 1933 magazine feature, and 1938 organizational chart of the Virginian Railway...
Dates: created: circa 1900s-1948; Other: Majority of material found in 1900s-1920s; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

A. Preston Breeden Scrapbooks

 Collection — 2 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-057
Scope and Contents

One circa 1935-1952 scrapbook of Albert Preston Breeden's travels to conferences for the Shriners and the Municipal Finance Officers' Association and one 1962 scrapbook featuring A. Preston Breeden's retirement from service as City Auditor for the City of Norfolk, Virginia. Scrapbook items include newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, correspondence, theater programs, and other mementos.

Dates: created: circa 1930-1970; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Alfriend and Vickery Families Papers

 Collection — 3 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-040
Scope and Contents

Contains genealogical information on the Alfriend, Vickery, Rolfe, Samuel, Bland, and Bolling families. Documents include newspaper clippings, photocopies of vital records, correspondence, photographs, and manuscripts.

Dates: created: 1918-2015, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1960; Other: Date acquired: 03/11/2016

America's 400th Anniversary Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-132
Scope and Contents

Booklets, brochures, guidebooks, postcards, reports, commemorative coins and plates, official publications, and other miscellaneous printed ephemera relating to the celebration of America's 400th anniversary in Jamestown, Virginia. The collection also includes materials relating to other events in the Hampton Roads region in 2007.

Dates: created: 2007; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

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

Business Records Collection

 Collection — 8 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-511
Scope and Contents

Records, mostly invoices, from various businesses in the Hampton Roads region.

Dates: created: 1830-1930; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Capeview Garden Club Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2016-054-a
Scope and Contents

Two 1990s-2010s scrapbooks of the Capeview Garden Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include photographs, correspondence, and memorabilia of the club's activities, including volunteer work for Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1992-2012, 2016; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/2016

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

Dalby and Stoakley Families Bibles

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-256
Scope and Contents

The Dalby and Stoakley Families Bibles include 19th and 20th century genealogical information for the families of John L. Dalby and Sally S. Dalby Stoakley, both of Northampton County, Virginia. The John L. Stoakley Family Bible was published circa 1875 by Henry F. Cook. The Sally S. Dalby Stoakley Family Bible was published circa 1886 by Charles Foster Publishing Company and presented to Mrs. Stoakley on December 25, 1890 by her son.

Dates: created: 1875-1959; Other: Date acquired: 05/04/2014