Clubs

This collection includes documents relating to the Rotary Club of Norfolk's history and organization, charitable programs, membership, meetings, and budget. It also includes newsletters, scrapbooks, photographs, and artifacts.

Magazine and newspaper clippings related to Norfolk.

The collection includes news clippings on various topics and places across Virginia. It is divided into three main sections: general Virginia subjects; Virginia counties; and Virginia cities, towns and places. Each section is organized into sub-topics as appropriate. The collection also includes a section on North Carolina and several other states.

Four circa 1950 photographs of the Southside Boys Club building at Berkley Avenue and Culpepper Avenue and six May 6, 1980 photographs of the Boys Club of Norfolk building on Colonial Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia.

One 1909-1923 minute book recording the events and activities of the women in the Norfolk College Alumnae Association, R. M. Saunders Memorial Chapter in Norfolk, Virginia. Additional loose materials found inside the minute book range in date between 1888 and 1944 and include more minutes, treasurer's notes, miscellaneous organizational records, correspondence, and clippings.

Primarily 1920s-1930s correspondence, reports, and other records from Thomas P. Thompson's tenure as City Manager for the City of Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia. This collection also includes records from Thompson's business and civic activities, personal correspondence, photographs, and other miscellaneous materials from the early to mid-20th century.

Two 1959-1961 scrapbooks from the Tidewater District Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs. Also known as The Federation of Garden Clubs of Norfolk & Vicinity, Inc., the scrapbooks include an alphabetical collection of pages from local garden clubs in the Hampton Roads region. Each page is unique, consisting of paintings, drawings, magazine clippings, newspaper clippings, poems, yearly summation of activities, lists of officers and members, mottos, and poems.

One circa 1907 oversized photograph of a large group of people identified as United Traveller's Association standing outside the Inside Inn at the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk, Virginia.

Five 1955-1964 scrapbooks relating to the Lafayette Yacht Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, brochures, newsletters, and other materials. Scrapbook 1 includes signatures and addresses of founding members of the Lafayette Yacht Club. Most of the subject matter of the scrapbooks focus on events and social activities engaged in by club members.