Ocean View (Norfolk, Va.)

This collection includes 35mm color photographic slides documenting development projects in downtown Norfolk, Virginia and in various city neighborhoods, development planning studies and projects around the city, and planning-related maps and graphics. Some aerial photographs are included. Some slides are missing.

This collection contains resource materials, such as directories, maps, and reports pertaining to the City of Norfolk.  Specifically included is a directory entitled "A Guide to the Librariers of the Virginia Peninsula" as a resource guide for the Larchmont Branch Library in Norfolk, Virginia; a Master Street Index, revised march 1990 with maps; a flood insurance map for the City of Norfolk, Virginia; and, a final report entitled "Urban Land Institute Study of East Ocean View".

Backup files of reports and plans contained on CD-ROM and USB storage.

Forty-five slides taken in the 1970s-1980s primarily featuring scenes in the Huntersville neighborhood of Norfolk, Virginia. Other places identified in the slides include Ocean View Amusement Park and the Campostella and Berkley neighborhoods in Norfolk, Virginia.

Yearbooks, correspondence, photographs, certificates, and clippings from the East Ocean View Garden Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The two yearbooks cover 1970-1971 and 1987-1988. Several items in the collection relate to the club's support for the Tidewater Association for Retarded Children, particularly the Pre-School Training Center.

Primarily scanned reproductions of circa 1910s panoramas originally photographed by Harry C. Mann in and around Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes 34 original print panoramas and 54 original negative panoramas dated circa 1913-1916.

Fourteen passes, ticket stubs, and membership cards to various venues and organizations in Norfolk and Virginia Beach dating between the late 1910s to early 1930s.  These venues and organizations included are Seaside Park, Auspices Norfolk Sleuth Club, Norva Theatre, Coral Gables Kennel Club, Ocean View Park, Virginia Electric and Power Company, Woodmen of the World Club, Loyal Order of Moose, B.P.O. Elks, and Norfolk Fair.

One 1880 typescript letter from father to daughter concerning a successful trip from Raleigh and a leisurely family visit to Ocean View in Norfolk, Virginia.

The collection consists of approximately 21,000 35mm color photographic slides of various neighborhoods and development projects around Norfolk, Virginia. Also covered are historical sites around the city, copy images of historical drawings and photographs, informational presentations, maps, and NRHA meetings and events. Most slides date from 1960-1990, although historical content dates to circa 1900-1920.