African American women
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Celestyne Diggs Porter Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-036
Scope and Contents
Personal papers, photographs, awards, certificates, and newspaper clippings belonging to Celestyne Diggs Porter of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection spans Porter's life, particularly her career as a schoolteacher for the public school system in Norfolk and a celebration of her life and accomplishments. Photographs include Porter as a young woman at Hampton University, school groups and local organizations associated with Porter, and family photographs.
Dates:
created: 1880s-2011; Other: Date acquired: 10/27/2010
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
Inez Jiggetts Scrapbook
Collection — 8 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-407
Scope and Contents
One circa 1910s-1980s scrapbook primarily containing photographs of African American individuals in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Dates:
created: 1910s-1980s, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
United Order of Tents 50th Anniversary Souvenir Ribbon
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-027-d
Scope and Contents
One 1918 souvenir ribbon celebrating the 50th Anniversary and Golden Jubilee of the United Order of Tents in Norfolk, Virginia.
Dates:
created: 1918; Other: Date acquired: 04/20/2017
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection