Jamestown (Va.)

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Booklets, brochures, guidebooks, postcards, reports, commemorative coins and plates, official publications, and other miscellaneous printed ephemera relating to the celebration of America's 400th anniversary in Jamestown, Virginia. The collection also includes materials relating to other events in the Hampton Roads region in 2007.

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One 1974 photograph album of summer activities provided by the Recreation Support Program in the City of Norfolk, Virginia. Activities included block parties, regional field trips, and local recreation activities primarily targeted to children.

Scope and Contents Minutes, correspondence, clippings, and publications of the Sulgrave Committee of Norfolk, Virginia. The purpose of the group was to organize events and entertain guests during the October 5-7, 1920 ceremonies commemorating the House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, and landing of the pilgrim fathers. The object was to acknowledge peace and friendship between Great Britain and the United States. October 5 was Cape Henry and Norfolk Day, October 6 was Williamsburg Day, and October 7 was...

Scope and Contents Twenty-one scrapbooks of Norfolk and Virginia Beach-related genealogy, the history of Norfolk and the Hampton Roads region, and the construction of tunnels and highways in the 1950s-1960s in the Tidewater area of Virginia. Five scrapbooks cover genealogy, five scrapbooks cover general history (international, national, state, and local), and the remaining 11 scrapbooks cover Norfolk and Hampton Roads history. Four of the genealogy scrapbooks primarily focus on the Thoroughgood family, while...

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Clippings and other published materials primarily relating to Native Americans in Virginia (especially Nansemond), the settlement at Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg, and the 400th anniversary of Jamestown. The collection also includes a circa 1980s map of Lone Star Lakes in Suffolk, Virginia.

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One circa 1905 scrapbook of Newport News, Virginia. The scrapbook includes prints of birds' eye views of Newport News, street views of Washington Avenue, and views of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. There are also prints of Cape Charles Lighthouse, Uncle Mike in a wagon, and Old Church Tower in Jamestown, Virginia.

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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.

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of material relative to local history of the Tidewater region of Virginia, to include Jamestown, Suffolk, and the general Hampton Roads area, as well as the greater Virginia and West Virginia regions. Primary collection materials are ephemera from the 400th Anniversay Celebration event honoring Jamestown, Virginia, which includes brochures, guides, commemorative pins, a fan, admission tickets and bracelets, cachets, maps, and program guides. Additional...