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

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Found in 70 Collections and/or Records:

Norfolk Navy YMCA Photographs

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-368
Scope and Contents

Photographs of people and events in the Navy YMCA building in Norfolk, Virginia. Some events include social dances, boxing matches, and church services. A majority of the photographs were taken in the 1940s.

Dates: created: 1917-1945; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk Theatre Center Scrapbooks

 Collection — 5 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-094
Scope and Contents Nine June 1968 to April 1977 scrapbooks covering each season of plays and other productions at the Norfolk Theatre Center in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include clippings, theater programs and playbills, advertisements, calendars, booklets, budgets, meeting minutes, photographs, correspondence, and other materials collected by Hugh Bergeron during his time as an actor and active Board member. The 1976-1977 season materials reflect the name change from Norfolk Theatre Center to Stage...
Dates: created: 1968-1977; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Oliver Cromwell Family Papers

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2016-026
Scope and Contents

Various documents from 1928-1950 relating to Oliver Cromwell and his family. Included is correspondence (mostly between Oliver and his half-brother Albert A. Cromwell); assorted envelopes; tax and business-related statements; postcards; several snapshots; and miscellaneous newspaper clippings and advertisements. Other family members mentioned in the collection include Annie L. Cromwell (Oliver's stepmother) and Marshall Cromwell, Oliver's half-brother.

Dates: created: 1928-1950, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/02/2016
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Phillip R. Dozier Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-007
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the Dozier family of Ocean View in Norfolk, Virginia, two postcards of Ocean View, a book The Coming of Willoughby, and a calendar for Dozier's Grocery store.

Dates: created: circa 1920-1990; Other: Date acquired: 02/14/2017
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Photo Craftsmen Photograph Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 007-MSS 2016-033
Scope and Contents Photo Craftsmen was a Norfolk commercial photography company that opened in 1946 at 512 West Olney Road. Jim Barry was the proprietor. The company moved to 1043 West 45th Street by 1958, and relocated to 251 West Bute Street by 1961. The company again relocated, to 420 West Bute Street by 1966, and then to its final location at 415 West York Street by 1978. When Barry died in 1976 the company was purchased by employee Len Rothman. Rothman changed the company name to Len Rothman Photography...
Dates: created: 1946-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1946-1972; Other: Date acquired: 03/25/2016
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Roy B. Martin Collection

 Collection — 9 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-031
Scope and Contents

Personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, magazines, conference materials, ephemera, and scrapbooks belonging to Roy B. Martin, Jr. of Norfolk, Virginia. Boxes 2 and 3, and Scrapbook 2 in Box 4 primarily relate to General Douglas MacArthur and the MacArthur Memorial. Scrapbooks 1 and 3 through 8 cover Roy Martin's life, particularly his political career, professional development, and public service for the City of Norfolk.

Dates: created: 1937-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1960s-1970s; Other: Date acquired: 09/08/1999
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Sally Hartman Directory and Catalog Collection

 Collection — 1 Box
Identifier: 001-MSS 2024-009
Scope and Contents 17 directories and catalogs from various organizations in Norfolk and the greater Hampton Roads region in Virginia, as well as the greater state of Virginia.  Two membership rosters are of the Tidewater Quilters Guild, Inc.  Five directories are of the First Presbyterian Church of Norfolk, Virginia.  One family directory is of Larchmont Elementary School.  Eight directories are of the Mallory Country Club. One undegraduate catalog from James Madison University of Harrisonburg, Virginia.  One...
Dates: created: 1990-1996, 2000-2009, 2011; Other: Date acquired: 12/16/2024
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Sargeant Memorial Collection Card Photograph Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-401
Scope and Contents Includes 246 card photographs, mostly portraits, and also some topical subjects (such as building interiors). About 50 of the cards in this collection are annotated. Also includes cartes de visite, or visiting cards, that visitors would leave at a host's home or business. Each card photograph in this collection is available digitally at: ...
Dates: created: 1887-1902; Other: Majority of material found in 1892; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Tazewell Family Photographs

 Collection — 3 folders
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-591
Scope and Contents

Eighteen circa 1900 photographs of individuals, primarily in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: circa 1900; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

The Alumnae of the Norfolk College for Young Ladies Minute Book

 Collection — 7 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-125
Scope and Contents

One 1909-1923 minute book recording the events and activities of the women in the Norfolk College Alumnae Association, R. M. Saunders Memorial Chapter in Norfolk, Virginia. Additional loose materials found inside the minute book range in date between 1888 and 1944 and include more minutes, treasurer's notes, miscellaneous organizational records, correspondence, and clippings.

Dates: created: 1888, 1909-1923, 1937, 1944, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1909-1923; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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