Bulletins

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1930-1931 bulletins featuring opening operations of Atlantic University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Bulletin topics include biographical information of the faculty, survey courses, summer session, launching a university, extension division, and vocational guidance. The collection also includes a circular of plans for the 1930-1931 school year and a list of distinguished faculty members.

Scope and Contents Four 1936-1949 scrapbooks of Boy Scout Troop 5 from Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include photographs and hike records detailing the date of trips, place, officers in charge, weather, list of boys in attendance, summary of the event (salient facts), menu, and supplies purchased. Also, one 1942-1945 scrapbook of Rover Crew 5, a group started during World War II when many of the scouts in the troop were called to military service and wanted to continue scouting while in service. This last...

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Printed ephemera from 1920-2014 collected by the City of Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia. Subject matter includes city government, economic development, business and commerce, redevelopment, and local elections.

Scope and Contents Civil Service Commission and Personnel bulletins from 1956-1960 issued by the Personnel Bureau of the City of Norfolk, Virginia featuring amendments to the City's Compensation Plan. The bulletins include additions and deletions of City positions with pay range codes as well as old and new pay ranges for existing City positions. The collection also includes regulations for the 1956 revised compensation plan and approved changes for the 1958 operating budget in relation to the compensation...

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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Administrative documents from the Norfolk Cosmopolitan Club, a civic service oriented social club chartered in Norfolk in 1924, affiliated with Cosmopolitan International.

Scope and Contents Nine June 1968 to April 1977 scrapbooks covering each season of plays and other productions at the Norfolk Theatre Center in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include clippings, theater programs and playbills, advertisements, calendars, booklets, budgets, meeting minutes, photographs, correspondence, and other materials collected by Hugh Bergeron during his time as an actor and active Board member. The 1976-1977 season materials reflect the name change from Norfolk Theatre Center to Stage...

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Membership records, rosters, constitutions and bylaws, meeting minutes, secretary records, correspondence, newsletters, and awards from the Norview Lions Club. This collection also contains fliers from club fundraising events and records about the club’s involvement with national organizations for the disabled. Other records detail George T. Byrd, Jr.’s presidency of the Norview Lions Club and the Youth Exchange Program.

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Bulletins written by Frederic Heutte for the Old Dominion Horticultural Society from 1946-1961. The issues contain information relating to gardening various plants as well as notices of upcoming meetings.

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Circa 1914-1918 business and personal correspondence belonging to Richard A. Old of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes photographs of the Monticello Hotel fire aftemath in 1918, account books for R. A. Old & Company from 1936-1937, and the diary of Richard A. Old, Jr. from 1930-1937.