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Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

1800s-1840s Collection of Legal and Commercial Documents, Norfolk, Virginia

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: MSS-2016-014
Scope and Contents

Includes handwritten legal/court and commercial documents from the Borough of Norfolk and Norfolk County, Virginia, dated between 1800 and 1835. Also includes a Norfolk County land grant from 1692.

Dates: created: 1692-1840; Other: Majority of material found in 1810-1835; Other: Date acquired: 02/19/2016
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Alleene C. Jones Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-221
Scope and Contents Clipping scrapbooks compiled by Alleene C. Jones of Norfolk, Virginia. Scrapbook 1 (1912-1936) primarily chronicles conventions and annual meetings of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Norfolk from 1923-1936, although there are also clippings relating to local history and theater. Ephemera from Scrapbook 1 includes convention programs, ribbons, a pin, an invitation, and a photograph. Scrapbooks 2-4 include obituaries and deaths of primarily local notable figures from 1922-1947...
Dates: created: 1912-1977; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1968
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Armistead Family Papers

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-359
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to the Armistead brothers and events surrounding both the War of 1812 and the Second Barbary War.

Dates: created: 1813-1815, 1817-1818, 1901, 1916; Other: Date acquired: 04/12/2004
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Arnold H. Lindblad Papers on Bottle Collecting

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-030
Scope and Contents Circa 1960s-1970s correspondence, notes, and related materials collected by Arnold H. Lindblad on antique glass bottle collecting in Norfolk, Virginia. Much of the collection includes correspondence from organizations to Lindblad in response to requests for historic details about specific glass bottles from his personal collection. There are also handwritten notes and a notebook written by Lindblad on the history of glass bottle making and names and addresses of Norfolk businesses that...
Dates: created: 1960-1982; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Autograph Collection

 Collection — 3 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-500
Scope and Contents

Autographs collected of various individuals between 1803 and 1935. Many of the autographs are from writers, poets, novelists, actors, and other historical figures.

Dates: created: 1803-1935, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Baron Jean de Lustrac Papers on Admiral Comte de Grasse Monument

 Collection — 7 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-224
Scope and Contents Correspondence and clippings documenting Baron Jean de Lustrac's attempt to erect a monument in downtown Norfolk, Virginia in honor of French Admiral Francois Joseph Paul Comte de Grasse, whose success in the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 led to the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia. The collection also includes correspondence and clippings relating to de Lustrac's acquiring of 10 replica cannons for Yorktown, suggesting to name the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel after de Grasse, and...
Dates: created: 1964, 1968-1973; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Barron F. Black Papers

 Collection — 2 boxes
Identifier: MSS-0000-005
Scope and Contents

Personal papers and correspondence. Business papers and correspondence related to the Norfolk Historic Foundation.

Dates: created: 1945-1974, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Benthall

 File — Box 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Research notes pertaining to the Benthall family of Princess Anne County, Virginia. One of the notes includes transcription of the 1850 Census for Princess Anne County, Virginia, of the Benthall family.

Dates: 1600 - 2000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection / Elizabeth B. Wingo Collection / Genealogical Records / Virginia and North Carolina Families / Box 2

Bernard M. Stanton Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2016-064
Scope and Contents

Booklets, correspondence, maps, city council records, clippings, and other materials relating to parking in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Most documents are from 1952-1953 and concern B. M. Stanton's initial refusal to sell off his land to the City of Norfolk for municipal parking.

Dates: created: 1948-1958, undated; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2016
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Bertha Fanning Taylor Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-043
Scope and Contents

Includes 1970s drafts of Bertha Fanning Taylor's unpublished manuscript "Building Anew at Sixty Years in a Southern City," journals/diaries from 1968-1970, clippings and biographical materials relating to Bertha Fanning Taylor, artwork, and various miscellaneous materials.

Dates: created: 1935-1990, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1960s-1970s; Other: Date acquired: 09/20/1979
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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