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Obituaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Eula Thomas Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2019-021
Scope and Contents

Four 1933-1951 personal scrapbooks created by Eula Thomas of Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include clippings on local, state, and international news as well as personal ephemera such as birthday cards, invitations, and correspondence.

Dates: created: 1933-1951; Other: Date acquired: 05/15/2019

Ferebee Genealogy Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-0000-012
Scope and Contents A genealogical collection of the Ferebee family, created by Annie Adelia Ferebee and continued by her niece, Sarah Cason Ferebee. This collection contains their research manuscripts, notes, photographs, correspondence, obituaries, articles, and Sarah's personal copy of the Ferebee book with her many notations. Most of the items in this collection are photocopies and research copies acquired from various sources. The Ferebee Genealogy Collection includes information organized by Annie that...
Dates: created: 1860s-1990s; Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1954; Other: Date acquired: 03/24/2005

Harcum Family Papers

 Collection — 6 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-378
Scope and Contents

Primarily 1930s correspondence from Mary Hope Harcum at State Teachers College in Fredericksburg, Virginia to her mother, Christie Barker Harcum, at 1055 Hanover Avenue in the neighborhood of Larchmont in Norfolk, Virginia. Also included are greeting cards, two photographs, a 1931-1932 program card, two small calendars dated 1931 and 1932, a recipe for plain cake, two obituaries, and a January 1922 clipping from The Woman's Magazine.

Dates: created: 1922-1937, undated; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Hathaway Family Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-044
Scope and Contents

Three pre-Civil War newspapers from The Day Book, photographs, booklets, and a cookbook collected by the Hathaway family of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1859-1918; Other: Date acquired: 07/25/2017

Horace C. Downing Collection

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-152
Scope and Contents

Four certificates, one photograph, one booklet, one resolution, and one funeral program for Horace C. Downing of Norfolk, Virginia from 1990-1999. The funeral program includes Downing's obituary and order of service.

Dates: created: circa 1990-1999; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Hughes Family Genealogy Research Files

 Collection — 6 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-026
Scope and Contents

Primarily 1990s-2003 genealogy research of the Hughes family of Norfolk, Virginia. The research includes correspondence, handwritten notes, birth, death, and marriage certificates, genealogical tables, census records, database records, and various other materials that largely concern John A. Hughes, Mary Cox Hughes, William Hughes, and the Hughes family originating in Wales. The research appears to have been compiled by Robert Harcourt and Mike O'Shea.

Dates: created: 1898-2003; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Ingram Family Papers

 Collection — 3 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-373
Scope and Contents

Two World War II ration books, Ingram family obituaries, and circa 1920s photocopied photographs of the Ingram family in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1906-1947; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

J. R. Williams Funeral Home Ledgers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-146
Scope and Contents

Four ledgers dating from 1909-1949 containing death records from J. R. Williams Funeral Home in South Norfolk, Virginia. Volume 1, which covered deaths from May 24, 1902 to August 17, 1909, is missing. An index for Volumes 1-5 is also included separately. Volumes 4 and 5 contain obituaries along with some of the entries.

Dates: created: 1909-1949; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Maebelle Watson Scrapbook

 Collection — 3 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-080
Scope and Contents

One scrapbook primarily containing 20th century photographs, invitations, and other materials.

Dates: created: 1930-2005, undated; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Norfolk Business and Professional Women's Club Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-050
Scope and Contents One 1969-1970 scrapbook of the Business and Professional Women's Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook appears to have been compiled by Club President Ann Diffee and includes photographs, programs, correspondence, and other materials relating to the club's activities and the national conference in St. Louis, Missouri. Topics in the index include: dedication, club officers and chairmen, club programs, national level, state level, district level, club level, retired members, year book,...
Dates: created: 1969-1970; Other: Date acquired: 12/21/2015