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Two 1930s-1960s scrapbooks primarily containing newspaper clippings concerning local city politics, nominations, campaigns, elections, redevelopment, and the economy in Norfolk, Virginia. Many of the articles relate to Lawrence C. Page, who served on Norfolk City Council from 1938 to 1942 and from 1950 to 1960.

Football programs, two issues of The Spectator, sports-related clippings, and printed ephemera from Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia.

Promotional materials for the opening of Nauticus in Norfolk, Virginia in 1994 and an annual report for 1998-1999.

One circa 1890s advertisement for evening classes at Norfolk Business College at No. 38 Bank Street in Norfolk, Virginia. The advertisement lists tuition for courses in business, shorthand, telegraphic, penmanship, and typewriting.

Primarily 19th century receipts and printed ephemera from businesses in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes a number of items from the Drummond family.

One October 8, 1955 to September 1957 scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to the Community Chest in Norfolk, Virginia.

Administrative documents from the Norfolk Cosmopolitan Club, a civic service oriented social club chartered in Norfolk in 1924, affiliated with Cosmopolitan International.

One small card advertising the 11th Annual Tour of The Original Norfolk Jubilee Singers. The manager is listed as Charles S. Dwinell and the agent is S. A. Hathaway. The featured lithograph by Bufford of Boston depicts an African American caricature. The card measures approximately 2.75 x 4.5 inches.

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.

One 1830-1831 receipt from John B. Smith, administrator of William Whitehurst, to Edward Fentress, for slaves sold at the Courthouse at auction.