Norfolk (Va.)--History

Book reviews, advertisements, and newspaper clippings relating to John C. Emmerson, Jr.'s books: The Steam Boat Comes to Norfolk Harbor and The Chesapeake Affair of 1807.

One 1936 annual report of the City Manager, one circa 1940 handwritten history, two circa 1970 photographs featuring Mowbray Arch, and one 1975 booklet on Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia.

One monograph compiled by Lawrence Herbert Coleman, President of the Church Street Business and Professional Association, and published by the Church Street Business and Profressional Association.  This ambition was an effort to encourage City Council to act on the historic preservation of Church Street in Norfolk, Virginia through photograph and imagery, newspaper articles, historic presentations and reports.

Fourteen passes, ticket stubs, and membership cards to various venues and organizations in Norfolk and Virginia Beach dating between the late 1910s to early 1930s.  These venues and organizations included are Seaside Park, Auspices Norfolk Sleuth Club, Norva Theatre, Coral Gables Kennel Club, Ocean View Park, Virginia Electric and Power Company, Woodmen of the World Club, Loyal Order of Moose, B.P.O. Elks, and Norfolk Fair.

Four-page essay by Lily Baird Leigh on historic Holt Street.

Typed manuscript with pasted photographs and handwritten annotations. Topics include the Emmerson family, local families and houses, the Portsmouth fire of 1821, Trinity Church, the Eastern Shore, and the mountains of Virginia.

One 14-page circa 1920s-1940s scrapbook of clippings relating to Norfolk, Virginia. Several articles relate to Fergus Reid and Rev. Henry St. George Tucker. Loose materials detached from the scrapbrook primarily consist of clippings from the 1920s to 1960s relating to buildings in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, Christ Church, obituaries, weddings and engagements, and general local history of Norfolk, Virginia.

Essay written by Mary A. Smith Chelborg concerning the siege of Norfolk in May 1862.

Mid-1960s annual reports, a magazine, and notes written by Myra Brown relating to The Junior League of Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia. The notebook contains notes written by Brown about provisional membership in the group from Spring to Fall 1966. The collection also includes printed materials relating to events and things to do in Norfolk, as well as clippings and publications on redevelopment and growth in downtown Norfolk, Virginia.