Sports

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Souvenir materials relating to the Hampton Roads Admirals/Norfolk Admirals hockey team in Norfolk, Virginia. Includes a game program for the 1991-1992 season, player autographs from the 2011-2012 season, and hockey pucks from 2000 and the 2013-2014 season.

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Photographs of people and events in the Navy YMCA building in Norfolk, Virginia. Some events include social dances, boxing matches, and church services. A majority of the photographs were taken in the 1940s.

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Circa 1940s clippings and photographs relating to the Travelers Aid Society/USO during World War II in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook primarily contains clippings about USO activities and events. Loose photographs show the USO Recreation Center and Auditorium.

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Sixty-one photographs and three maps featuring parades and scenes at the Oyster Bowl games from 1951 to 1971 in Norfolk, Virginia. The three maps show parking and traffic arrangements for 1956 through 1958.

Scope and Contents Personal, professional, political, and family papers of Samuel F. Coppage, Sr. of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes Coppage's involvement in various local organizations, particularly the Community Democratic Club, NAACP, and Norfolk Community Hospital. The collection also documents his activities with professional dental organizations such as the Old Dominion Dental Society; fraternal groups including the Elks and Frontiers Club; youth groups such as Boy Scouts of America, YMCA, and...

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The Sargeant Memorial Collection Postcard Collection houses postcards from the Norfolk area, Hampton Roads, Richmond, Washington, D.C., the state of Virginia and surrounding states, and the Jamestown Exposition. Some postcards in the collection are postmarked from the early 1900s.

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Circa 1985-1995 photograph library kept by The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia. Also circa 1955-2000 negatives including published and unpublished photographs from The Virginian-Pilot. Also circa 1985-1995 index cards to the photographs and negatives.

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Ten 1943-1944 photographs of the Norfolk USO at the Norfolk Municipal Auditorium, also referred to as the Center Theater and the arena. Photographs include a first dance, exterior of the auditorium building, Centerettes, basketball game, fashion show, rally, and a boxing match.

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One 1940 commencement booklet, one circa 1911-1912 photograph album, and miscellaneous photographs of the Wormington family in Norfolk, Virginia.