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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 70 Collections and/or Records:

The Attica 1943: The Yearbook of Miss Turnbull's School

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-283
Scope and Contents

One 1943 yearbook belonging to Winifred Letitia Greene. Includes photographs, programs, and other materials relating to Miss Turnbull's School in Norfolk, Virginia. The beginning of the yearbook includes a note explaining the use of scrapbooks for 1943 due to supplies needed for the war effort.

Dates: created: 1943; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

The Norfolk Landmark Ledgers

 Collection — 2 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-180
Scope and Contents

Two 1900-1904 ledgers from The Norfolk Landmark in Norfolk, Virginia. The ledgers contain a daily log of advertising information, including clients and costs.

Dates: created: 1900-1904; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

United Confederate Veterans Reunion Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-201
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to the 61st and final reunion of United Confederate Veterans in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes financial, publicity, and organizational documents in relation to planning the 1951 reunion, particularly from the Convention Bureau of the Norfolk Association of Commerce. There is also a clippings scrapbook of the 1951 United Confederate Veterans reunion accompanying the collection.

Dates: created: 1949-1952; Other: Majority of material found in 1951; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

V. T. Myers Lafayette Yacht Club Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-091
Scope and Contents

Five 1955-1964 scrapbooks relating to the Lafayette Yacht Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, brochures, newsletters, and other materials. Scrapbook 1 includes signatures and addresses of founding members of the Lafayette Yacht Club. Most of the subject matter of the scrapbooks focus on events and social activities engaged in by club members.

Dates: created: 1955-1964; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Van Wyck's Academy of Music Ledger

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2019-029
Scope and Contents

January 1899 to October 29, 1901 box office statements for Van Wyck's Academy of Music in Norfolk, Virginia. The statements note the attraction, opposition (if any), weather, date, number of different types of seats sold along with profits, and verifying signatures.

Dates: created: 1899-1901; Other: Date acquired: 10/29/2019

Virginia Old Papers

 Collection — 7 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-195
Scope and Contents

Personal school records and correspondence of Virginia Old and memorabilia relating to the Norfolk College for Young Ladies and the Granby Street Chapter of the Epworth United Methodist League in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1889-1932; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

W. H. T. Squires "Norfolk in By-Gone Days" Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-106-c
Scope and Contents

Thirteen 1936-1948 scrapbooks featuring the column "Norfolk in By-Gone Days" by W. H. T. Squires. Topics include individuals, buildings, ships, notable events, holidays, transportation, and politics. The scrapbooks also include personal notes and correspondence. Volume 1 is missing.

Dates: created: 1935-1948; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Woman's Club of Norfolk Records

 Collection — 6 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-165
Scope and Contents This collection contains 10 yearbooks from the Woman’s Club of Norfolk from 1925-1927 and 1940-1954 and two yearbooks from the Junior Woman’s Club of Norfolk from 1948-1950. Included are three annual reports for 1922-1924 and two copies of the club's biennial report for 1927-1928 and 1929-1930. The collection also includes a souvenir program booklet for round table events sponsored by the Woman’s Club of Norfolk and overseen by the organization’s department of literature chairman, Mrs. F. R....
Dates: created: 1922-1954; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Woman's Reading Club Records

 Collection — 4 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-166
Scope and Contents

Minute books, bylaws, administrative records, yearbooks, correspondence, histories, speeches, poems, clippings, and memorabilia from the Woman's Reading Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The records date from 1905-1972, with gaps in the meeting minutes from 1916-1923 and 1928-1944.

Dates: created: 1905-1972; Other: Date acquired: 07/20/1972

WRAP Radio Station Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-027-f
Scope and Contents

Circa 1960s WRAP radio station ephemeral materials and photographs of WRAP African-American disc jockeys in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1960-1966, undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/28/2017