Greeting cards

Scope and Contents Twenty-four scrapbooks compiled by Fireman William F. Barrett of the City of Norfolk Fire Department in Norfolk, Virginia. The first two scrapbooks include information focusing on the Norfolk Fire Division Band from 1936-1944 and 1947-1949. The third scrapbook consists of information on the Norfolk Fire Department's Fire Prevention Program held in 1948. The remaining scrapbooks primarily consist of newspaper clippings that cover fires, firemen (particularly their deaths), new fire equipment,...

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One circa 1952-1956 scrapbook containing photographs, cards, programs, and newspaper clippings from Emma Jean Hooks of Norfolk, Virginia. Photographs include friends and family, pictures of pet dogs and birds, holidays, dances, snow, and soldiers in the Army. Many of the cards to Emma Jean Hooks are from "Bob" or "Bobbie," which may refer to Robert Stanley Rupert. The commencement programs are for the 1956 mid-year graduating class of Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia.

Scope and Contents Nine scrapbooks primarily dating between the 1910s-1940s containing clippings, correspondence, photographs, and other materials relating to Mrs. Callender's activities in social organizations, including Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames of America, Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, and other local organizations in Norfolk, Virginia. Scrapbooks 7 and 8 were compiled by Callender's daughter, Virginia Johnston, and primarily consist of clippings, correspondence,...

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Four 1933-1951 personal scrapbooks created by Eula Thomas of Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include clippings on local, state, and international news as well as personal ephemera such as birthday cards, invitations, and correspondence.

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Six 1930s-1960s scrapbooks featuring social events including engagements, weddings, parties, graduation commencements, debutant debuts, funerals, and other activities in and around Norfolk, Virginia. Most of the materials date between 1951 and 1955.

Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Fred Heutte Center in Ghent Square, Fred Heutte Foundation, Garden Clubs of Greater Hampton Roads, and Norfolk Botanical Gardens. The papers include gardening articles and transcripts of radio broadcasts, along with correspondence relating to the publication of Fred Heutte's 1977 book Gardening in the Temperate Zone. Organizational records include agendas, minutes, budget statements, correspondence, and notes. These papers were...

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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Primarily 1930s correspondence from Mary Hope Harcum at State Teachers College in Fredericksburg, Virginia to her mother, Christie Barker Harcum, at 1055 Hanover Avenue in the neighborhood of Larchmont in Norfolk, Virginia. Also included are greeting cards, two photographs, a 1931-1932 program card, two small calendars dated 1931 and 1932, a recipe for plain cake, two obituaries, and a January 1922 clipping from The Woman's Magazine.

Scope and Contents The Henry Clay Hofheimer II Papers include correspondence, invitations, event programs, speeches, newsletters, periodicals, reports, conference materials, Future of Hampton Roads, Inc. records, documents relating to the economic development of Hampton Roads, certificates and resolutions, photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, family mementos, and other ephemera. Most of the materials date from the 1940s through the 1980s and relate to Henry Clay Hofheimer II's involvement in Norfolk and the...

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One book listing 327 individuals' names and gifts received from each for an engagement party or wedding shower of Jean Curry Cooke and Charles James Andrews of Norfolk, Virginia. Includes photographs, possibly from a honeymoon, used checks, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. Also included is a Christmas greeting card from Virginia McKnew in 1970.