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Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:

Downtown Norfolk Council Reports

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-284
Scope and Contents

Annual reports and growth reports from 2003-2008 assessing progress in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes one booklet of the 1997 annual meeting at Omni Waterside Hotel.

Dates: created: 1997, 2003-2008; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Edwin Robeson MacKethan, Jr. Papers

 Collection — 2 boxes
Identifier: MSS-2019-017
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, photographs, clippings, and other materials originally belonging to Edwin Robeson MacKethan, Jr. of Norfolk, Virginia. Topics are separated by theme: A. history of Norfolk banks, B. tunnels, bridges, and highways, C. other career items, D. banking, especially when MacKethan was President of the Trust Division of the American Bankers Association, and E. MacKethan's campaign for election to the Virginia House of Delegates. Most of the materials date from the 1950s to 1971.

Dates: created: 1946-1984; Other: Date acquired: 01/05/2019
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Frances Jane Wallace's Slides of Norfolk, Virginia Postcards

 Collection — 1 slide box
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-476
Scope and Contents

Circa 1980 slides featuring historic postcards primarily from early 20th century Norfolk, Virginia. Subjects include businesses, churches, hospitals, hotels, Jamestown Exposition, neighborhoods, and schools. There are also a few images of Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1980; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

George H. Rose Invoice

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-633
Scope and Contents

One 1889 invoice for medical services rendered to James Sheets.

Dates: created: 1889; Other: Date acquired: 12/30/2008
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

George J. Rogers Ledgers

 Collection — 2 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-116
Scope and Contents One October 1868 to December 1870 ledger belonging to George J. Rogers, Shipping and Commission Merchant, No. 26 Rowland's Wharf in Norfolk, Virginia. The ledger includes business account information for merchandise, cash, expenses, insurance, commission, interest, freight, wharfage, produce sales, and bills receivable and payable. Also one 700-page correspondence book dated February to August 1869 with business letters written by George J. Rogers notifying customers of the payment and...
Dates: created: 1868-1870; Other: Date acquired: 09/10/1969
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

Henry Clay Hofheimer II Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-024
Scope and Contents The Henry Clay Hofheimer II Papers include correspondence, invitations, event programs, speeches, newsletters, periodicals, reports, conference materials, Future of Hampton Roads, Inc. records, documents relating to the economic development of Hampton Roads, certificates and resolutions, photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, family mementos, and other ephemera. Most of the materials date from the 1940s through the 1980s and relate to Henry Clay Hofheimer II's involvement in Norfolk and the...
Dates: created: 1793-2002, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1940s-1980s; Other: Date acquired: 04/00/1996
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Industrial Savings and Loan Company, Inc. Stock Certificates Book

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-193
Scope and Contents

One 1920-1932 stock certificate book showing shares of the capital stock of Industrial Savings and Loan Co., Inc. of Berkley-Norfolk, Virginia. The issue dates of the certificates range from April 13, 1920 to January 31, 1932.

Dates: created: 1920-1932; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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