Sketches

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One 1815-1820 sketchbook containing nine pencil drawings by Andre Jules Francois de Martineng of St. Thomas, Fort Nelson, Fort Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, the United States Capitol, President's House, and Treasury, State, Navy, and War buildings in Washington, D. C. The sketchbook is labeled "Commodore Martineng" in gold lettering on the front near the spine.

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Includes 1970s drafts of Bertha Fanning Taylor's unpublished manuscript "Building Anew at Sixty Years in a Southern City," journals/diaries from 1968-1970, clippings and biographical materials relating to Bertha Fanning Taylor, artwork, and various miscellaneous materials.

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...

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Ten drawings by Frances Smith depicting scenes on Colley Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia and one list titled "Ship Work List," listing the ships drawn by the artist.

Scope and Contents One circa 1941-1945 scrapbook of personal mementos relating to Betty Ward and her husband, Fred Ward. The scrapbook includes photographs, telegrams, playbills, birthday cards, poems, and other materials relating to the couple's relationship during Fred's service in the United States Navy in World War II. Prominent geographic locations in the scrapbook include New York; Jersey City, New Jersey; and San Diego, California. The scrapbook also includes several late 1990s to early 2000s...

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Two 1950s to early 1960s scrapbooks from the Greenhill Farms Garden Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks contain magazine and newspaper clippings, yearbooks, photographs, exhibitor cards, membership lists, and other materials relating to the club's activities and events.

Scope and Contents Clippings scrapbooks of news and advertisements from the Home Federal Savings and Loan Association, primarily from 1957-1971. The collection includes photographs of the main branch and auxiliary branches of Home Federal Savings and Loan Association as well as staff. One of the scrapbooks features an advertisement series called Famous Homes of Virginia, which appeared in local newspapers from June to December 1967. In addition to the scrapbook, there are sketches of the famous homes, metal...

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One circa 1909-1920 scrapbook of cards, invitations, correspondence, telegrams, photographs, score cards, sketches, programs, ticket stubs, receipts, business cards, clippings, napkins, ribbons, menus, and other ephemera of Jane M. Ruffin. The scrapbook contains programs for Maury High School in the 1910s, theater programs for plays, musicals, and movies, and ephemera relating to trips to New York, Kentucky, Vermont, China, and Japan.

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One 1927-1929 scrapbook relating to Margaret Thomas during her time at Maury High School. The 142-page scrapbook includes information about school clubs, report cards, football games, and personal saying and jokes. It also includes photographs taken at Maury High school in Norfolk, Virginia and at Camp Owaissa in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The scrapbook also contains select dates for local newspaper headlines during World War II.

Scope and Contents One 1830s ledger containing sketches of houses in the borough of Norfolk, Virginia. This sketchbook is likely a mortgage foreclosure portfolio from 1836 to 1850. All properties included in the sketchbook were held by the Bank of Virginia. Entries include color paintings of the foreclosed properties, architectural drawings, and the street the property was located on. Many entries also contain information on the previous owner of the property, the property's value, what the property sold for...