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Envelopes

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

James Carlyle Stephens Scrapbooks

 Collection — 23 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-074
Scope and Contents Twenty-one scrapbooks of Norfolk and Virginia Beach-related genealogy, the history of Norfolk and the Hampton Roads region, and the construction of tunnels and highways in the 1950s-1960s in the Tidewater area of Virginia. Five scrapbooks cover genealogy, five scrapbooks cover general history (international, national, state, and local), and the remaining 11 scrapbooks cover Norfolk and Hampton Roads history. Four of the genealogy scrapbooks primarily focus on the Thoroughgood family, while...
Dates: created: 1947-1976; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1969; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Jean Curry Cooke Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-250
Scope and Contents

One book listing 327 individuals' names and gifts received from each for an engagement party or wedding shower of Jean Curry Cooke and Charles James Andrews of Norfolk, Virginia. Includes photographs, possibly from a honeymoon, used checks, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. Also included is a Christmas greeting card from Virginia McKnew in 1970.

Dates: created: 1903-1970; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

John Ackiss Collection

 Collection — 21 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2018-018
Scope and Contents

Fourteen deeds dating from 1763-1769 concerning John Ackiss and his purchase of land, primarily in the Pungo area of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Also includes a letter of attorney, list of Revolutionary War militia officers, two letters of correspondence with their accompanying envelopes, and the circa 1900 envelope of attorney A. Johnston Ackiss that at one time housed these eighteenth- and nineteenth-century documents.

Dates: created: 1704-1900; Other: Majority of material found in 1763-1769; Other: Date acquired: 04/30/2018

John Dozier Prescription Envelope

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-336
Scope and Contents

One circa 1920 prescription envelope from Burrow-Martin & Co. Inc. for client John Dozier.

Dates: created: circa 1920s; Other: Date acquired: 04/15/1992

John Edward Handran Papers

 Collection — 17 folders
Identifier: MSS-2019-015
Scope and Contents

Circa 1930s sea stories and other materials belonging to John Edward Handran, a mariner from approximately the 1920s through the 1950s.

Dates: created: 1928-1977; Other: Majority of material found in 1930s; Other: Date acquired: 03/22/2019

Josephine Johnson Papers

 Collection — 5 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-220
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from publishers, friends, family, and fans sent to Josephine Johnson in Norfolk, Virginia. The correspondence sent from publishers include both acceptance and rejection letters for Johnson's poetry submissions. The letters from Arthur Stanley Roberts, which comprise a notable quantity of correspondence, have an amorous flair, and Roberts's salutations to Johnson typically begin "Dear Philomela." The collection contains poetry verses dispersed throughout the collection.

Dates: created: 1922-1969; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/2006

Julia Johnson Davis Papers

 Collection — 8 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-214
Scope and Contents Essays, poems, notes, correspondence, and other personal papers and manuscripts of Julia Johnson Davis of Norfolk, Virginia. Many of her essays appear to be recollections of Davis's childhood, early life, and later international trips to Europe. Some correspondents include fellow writers Mary Sinton Leitch, John Richard Moreland, William Stanley Braithwaite, and Idella Purnell. Prominent categories for Davis's poetry include ballads, sonnets, lyrics, and "Negro dialect." The collection also...
Dates: created: 1909-1961; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

King Family Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-553
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, stock certificates, and photographs from the King family of Roanoke, Virginia. Most of the materials relate to Archer E. King, Jr., his father, and his son.

Dates: created: 1914-1916, 1918-1919, 1933, 1957-1963, undated; Other: Date acquired: 09/29/2010

Letters to Elmarine Feagle Sawyer

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2018-025
Scope and Contents Primarily love letters written by Herman D. Sawyer, Jr. to Elmarine Feagle Sawyer in 1943-1945 during his service in the United States Army in World War II. The letters document Sawyer's persistent love for his girlfriend/fiancée/wife while chronicling his everyday life as a serviceman at Washington, D.C.; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Ord, California; the South Pacific; and the Philippines. The collection also includes letters to Elmarine from her friends, family, coworkers, in-laws, and...
Dates: created: 1942-1945; Other: Majority of material found in 1943-1944; Other: Date acquired: 06/18/2018

Mariners' Museum Scrapbooks

 Collection — 3 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-092
Scope and Contents

Five 1932-1944 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings relating to the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia. The scrapbooks include information about donated items to the museum, opening exhibits, historic model ships, tourism, etc.

Dates: created: 1932-1944; Other: Date acquired: 02/03/1936