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Obituaries

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Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Page, Neilson, and Jones Families Letters

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2016-070
Scope and Contents

Sixty-three photocopied typed letters from the Page, Neilson, and Jones families written between 1824 and 1845. Also includes photocopied typed obituaries for Edmonia Lee Page Neilson, Ann Elisa Neilson, and Cary Selden Page.

Dates: created: 1824-1826, 1829-1834, 1845, undated; Other: Date acquired: 09/07/2016
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Philip L. Barber Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-027-g
Scope and Contents

Prescriptions, correspondence, receipts, and other papers belonging to Philip L. Barber of Norfolk, Virginia. Also includes two medical appointments ledgers covering 1887-1889 and 1901-1910.

Dates: created: circa 1890s-1925; Other: Date acquired: 04/20/2017
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Randolph Taylor Lougee Collection on the Ferebee Family

 Collection — 9 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2022-012
Scope and Contents Correspondence, certificates, and other materials relating to George E. Ferebee of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes correspondence written by George E. Ferebee to his mother and grandfather while serving onboard the USS Nevada in 1918-1919. There is also an obituary of George Ferebee's father, Samuel Ferebee, a 1940s map geared toward Navy seamen for downtown Norfolk, family photographs, and an American Legion newsletter featuring a narrative...
Dates: created: 1905-2013; Other: Date acquired: 08/31/2022
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Richard C. Brown Collection

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2018-004
Scope and Contents

One obituary for Lewis Roberts Binford and one manuscript "Civil War Reminiscences" by George Henry Brown, relating his experiences as a teenager in Petersburg from 1861-1865.

Dates: created: 2012, 2018; Other: Date acquired: 02/06/2018
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Samuel Slover Collection

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-062
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings and a photocopied photograph relating to Samuel L. Slover of Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1959, 1995, 2006; Other: Date acquired: 10/26/2017
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

W. S. Dunford Diaries

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-217
Scope and Contents

Three diaries ranging from February 1, 1878 to March 18, 1893 and belonging to W. S. Dunford of Bowers Hill, Virginia. Each volume is precluded by the title "Account of time." The brief daily entries primarily include Dunford's weather observations, while sometimes including chores, travels from home, and significant daily events. The front and back inside covers of each volume include simple poems and quotations, along with autographs.

Dates: created: 1878-1893; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Whitehurst Family Photographs

 Collection — 2 boxes
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-387
Scope and Contents Loose photographs and scrapbook pages of the Whitehurst family in Norfolk, Virginia. Most of the collection consists of fragments of scrapbook pages with photographs still adhered to them. The scrapbook pages appear to have been taken in the early part of the 20th century, with family photographs depicting various subjects such as snow, the beach, fire, a mail truck, a shoe store, amusement parks, a Christmas tree, and both people at home and on vacation. Identified geographic locations of...
Dates: created: circa 1900-1930, 1950-1970, 1987-1991; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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