Certificates

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.

Primarily includes papers from the 1990s collected or written by Amelia E. Hitchings relating to her mother, Ruby Martha Etheridge. The papers relate to Etheridge's life and character, mostly as remembered by her daughter. A majority of materials are photocopies and include handwritten and typed correspondence, certificates, clippings, and published materials.

Six scrapbooks from 1938-1992 of the Belvedere Garden Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include clippings, photographs, event programs, awards, yearbooks, and annual club histories.

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.

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.

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.

Two scrapbooks from the 1930s-1940s containing family photographs, newspaper clippings, certificates, membership cards, business cards, correspondence, invitations, and other memorabilia relating to E. E. Harrell of Portsmouth, Virginia.

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.