Organizations

One 1942-1943 scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to World War II, local history, organizations, social events, engagements, marriages, and deaths in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook includes one playbill from the Bristow Hardin School of Music in Folder 12.

One fan with handle from the United Order of Tents and one fan from B. F. King Funeral Home in Norfolk, Virginia.

One 1982-1983 scrapbook containing a record of events from American Legion Post 204 in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook is housed in a three-ring binder with tabs for Foreward, Dedication, Commander's Corner, History in Narrative Form, Americanism, Children and Youth (Special Projects), Appendices, and Awards.

Four 1939-1948 scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings related to the Norfolk Virginia Chapter of the American Red Cross. The scrapbooks include information on activities and services, annual drives for membership and monetary donations, war relief, aid to servicemen, and advertisements.

One minute book of the Borough Club in Norfolk, Virginia containing typescript pages pasted into the volume dating between June 28, 1911 and December 28, 1915. The book also contains the organization's constitution, bylaws, forms, membership lists, correspondence, and autographs of members.

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.

Mid-1940s correspondence, largely from secretary Don C. Harrison regarding memberships and annual dues to the Charles H. Consolvo Tent of the Circus Saints and Sinners Club of America in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes a few ephemeral items from 1940 to 1951 including a menu, booklet, and newspaper clipping.

Commemorative records primarily from 2008-2009 of the desegregation of Norfolk City Schools in 1959, which marked the end of Virginia's massive resistance campaign against federally-mandated desegregation. Included are histories of massive resistance and the related closures of Norfolk Public Schools during 1958-1959, records of the city commission created to mark these events 50 years later, records of various public events, correspondence, and news clippings.