Virginia--Church history

Scope and Contents One 1936-1940 scrapbook containing newspaper clippings relating to the history of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Popular topics include plays, engagements, weddings, deaths, notable visitors, Norfolk Botanical Garden, and the First Citizen award. The scrapbook contains one playbill from the 1937 theatrical production of The Lost Colony. Non-local topics in the scrapbook include news on the movie Gone With the Wind and the...

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One book titled Art Work of Norfolk and Vicinity (Virginia), Portsmouth, Newport News, Berkley, Hampton, Old Point Comfort, published in 1895 by H. W. Kennicott & Co. The book has been disassembled and several sheets are missing. The content includes "A Sketch of Norfolk and Vicinity," and primarily includes circa 1895 prints of notable local places.

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Six October 28, 1909 photographs featuring the laying of the cornerstone for Christ and Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Norfolk, Virginia. The photographs were taken by P. H. Tarlon.

Scope and Contents While predominantly a compilation of recipes provided by church members and advertisements for local businesses, the cook book entitled "The Bethlehem Cook Book" features an introduction and history of the Bethlehem Christian Church, located in present day Suffolk, Virginia, formerly Nansemond County.  Additionally, the cook book includes a directory of officers and list of active members of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Bethlehem Christian Church for years 1928-1929, as well as an index of...

Scope and Contents One mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century scrapbook containing clippings, genealogical information, and other materials related to the Whittle family, Christ Church, and Christ and Saint Luke's Church in Norfolk, Virginia. Handwritten genealogies trace the ancestry of several prominent connected Norfolk families, including Calvert, Dabney, Neilson, Page, and Walke. The scrapbook traces the Whittle family genealogy to Pocahontas. Much of the loose materials from the scrapbook relate to the...

Scope and Contents The Father Thomas J. Quinlan, Jr. Papers include personal and official correspondence, church-related documents and publications, scrapbooks (mostly newspaper clippings), photographs, DVDs and videotapes, and several pieces of memorabilia. Father Thomas J. Quinlan, Jr., also known as "TQ", was a Roman Catholic priest at several Virginia churches from 1958 to 2005. These included St. Mary's in Norfolk, Blessed Sacrament in Alexandria, Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha in Tabb, and Holy Family in...

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One black-and-white undated print of First Baptist Church in Suffolk, Virginia.

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Pamphlets, anniversary programs, and other ephemera relating to the history of First Lutheran Church on Colley Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Five maps of the Norfolk, Virginia area and one 1932 Maury High School diploma of Gustav Edward Kiligas.

Scope and Contents Five circa 1960s-1970s scrapbooks compiled by Grace O. Cornick of Norfolk, Virginia. Scrapbooks 1-4 contain articles written by Cornick on various Norfolk history topics, including churches, hospitals, city government, schools, and historic houses and buildings. Scrapbook 5 contains clippings, ephemera, and photographs relating to Epworth United Methodist Church in Norfolk, Virginia. There are also "notes," both handwritten and typed articles, written by Cornick that appear in Scrapbooks...