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Norfolk (Va.)--Social life and customs--20th century

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Found in 70 Collections and/or Records:

Annie Lee Wade Scrapbook

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-024
Scope and Contents

One 1918-1923 scrapbook created by Annie Lee Wade in Norfolk, Virginia. Items pasted onto scrapbook pages include photographs, correspondence, cards, clippings, and other ephemeral materials. Several pages feature items relating to Annie Lee Wade and her lover, Lloyd Barnard.

Dates: created: 1918-1923; Other: Majority of material found in 1921-1923; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/2017
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Bellamy Family Photographs

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-383
Scope and Contents

Four circa 1900 photographs of the Bellamy house at 712 Westover Avenue, T. Marshall Bellamy, Sr., and the Bellamy family in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: circa 1900; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Blow and Cook Families Papers

 Collection — 5 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-678
Scope and Contents

Letters, photographs, publications, newspaper clippngs, and other materials relating to the Blow and Cook families of Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1867-1971, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Chesapeake Club Record Book

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-123
Scope and Contents

One June 18, 1879 to January 30, 1901 record book containing the Constitution, by-laws, meeting minutes, financial statements, and member lists of the Chesapeake Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The book also includes lists of house-related items on pages 230-237 likely used to settle liabilities when the Club was purchased by Leigh and Cooke.

Dates: created: 1879-1901; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

City of Norfolk Department of Neighborhood Services records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 31-2024-001
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of administrative records from the Department of Neighborhood Services.  Most administrative records contained within come from the Division of Community Engagement within the department, and pertains to initiatives such as Neighbors Building Neighborhoods and Neighborhood Academy.  Records are also subdivided by specific neighborhoods and communities within the City of Norfolk.  Records included are meeting minutes, agendas, reports, presentations, surveys,...
Dates: created: 1960s-2020s; Other: Date acquired: 08/21/2024
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Colonel James Mann Photographs

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-384
Scope and Contents

Two circa 1911-1912 photographs of infant James Mann, Jr. and his parents, Colonel James Mann and Ellen/Nellie Little Mann in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: circa 1911-1912; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Conwell Family Papers

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-210
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the Conwell family from 1923-1933, a memoir by David Miers Conwell, and a diary by Bessie Conwell from 1929.

Dates: created: 1923-1985; Other: Date acquired: 07/21/2009
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Norfolk Alumnae Chapter Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-023
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the organizational records of the Norfolk Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and documents the chapter's outreach efforts, activities, and achievements. Committees include: Arts and Letters, Delta Academy, Habitat for Humanity, Hospitality, Life Development, May Week, Pan Hellenic, Policies and Procedures, Program, Project, Scholarship, Social, and Social Action. The collection includes committee reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, constitution...
Dates: created: 1940-2021; Other: Majority of material found in 1993-2014; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/2017
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Digital Media, 2004-2010

 other level
Identifier: Box 17
Scope and Contents

Backup files of reports and plans contained on CD-ROM and USB storage.

Dates: created: 2004-2010
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection / City of Norfolk Department of Neighborhood Services records

Edmonia Lee Whittle Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-082
Scope and Contents One mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century scrapbook containing clippings, genealogical information, and other materials related to the Whittle family, Christ Church, and Christ and Saint Luke's Church in Norfolk, Virginia. Handwritten genealogies trace the ancestry of several prominent connected Norfolk families, including Calvert, Dabney, Neilson, Page, and Walke. The scrapbook traces the Whittle family genealogy to Pocahontas. Much of the loose materials from the scrapbook relate to the...
Dates: created: 1860-1965, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/18/1997
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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