Wills

Contains a variety of ephemeral materials relating to Norfolk history and culture. Prominent subjects in the collection include Biographies, Buildings, Businesses, Churches, Clubs and Organizations, Colleges, Museums (especially the Chrysler Museum), Neighborhoods, and Schools. The bulk of the materials are from the 1950s-1980s, although there is a strong representation of materials dating from the 1920s to 2014.

A copy of Thomas Applewhaite's will, written in Barbados. The document refers to plantations and lands owned in Isle of Wight, Virginia and refers to various members of the Applewhaite and Archer families.

Two 1700s wills and transcriptions of John Willoughby and his son of Norfolk County, Virginia.

Receipts, statements, correspondence, report cards, and photographs primarily relating to the Wilson family of Staunton and Norfolk, Virginia. Prominent individuals' materials include Sarah Jane Phillips, Pamelia Bolling West Wilson, Louisa M. West, Charles Bolling Wilson, Frances Wilson, Louisa Wilson, Bettie S. West, Cary R. Wilson, and Sarah "Sally" K. West.