Virginia--Church history

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One December 30, 1923 bulletin from James Memorial Baptist Church in Norfolk, Virginia.

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One circa 1890s-1900s scrapbook of clippings relating to the Tucker family in Norfolk, Virginia. Prominent individuals featured in the scrapbook include Reverend Beverly Dandridge Tucker and Henry St. George Tucker. Major topics include missionary work in China and Japan, Saint Paul's Church, and annual meetings of the Pickett-Buchanan Camp of Confederate Veterans.

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One 14-page circa 1920s-1940s scrapbook of clippings relating to Norfolk, Virginia. Several articles relate to Fergus Reid and Rev. Henry St. George Tucker. Loose materials detached from the scrapbrook primarily consist of clippings from the 1920s to 1960s relating to buildings in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, Christ Church, obituaries, weddings and engagements, and general local history of Norfolk, Virginia.

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Three circa 1940s-1960s history scrapbooks of clippings featuring prominent events, houses, developments, storms, and people in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Princess Anne, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. Topics include individual biographies, distinguished visitors, formation of the cities of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, United States Navy, buildings, ferries, tunnels, yellow fever, the Civil War, churches, and the Adam Thoroughgood House.

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Archaeological summary reports for St. Paul's Church from 2013-2014 and other miscellaneous publications about St. Paul's Church from 1989-2015 collected by the Heritage Committee of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Norfolk, Virginia.

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One 1894 book titled Sketches and Portraits of the Virginia Conference (Volume II) by Rev. John J. Lafferty featuring biographical sketches of pastors belonging to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Two pages in the front of the volume show numbered portraits of each pastor and an index matching the numbers to their names. The order of the names in the index does not correspond to the pages in the volume.

Scope and Contents Two church directories of Spurgeon Memorial Baptist Church that discuss its long-standing history in the City of Norfolk, and includes a listing of senior leadership and church members. Spurgeon Memorial Baptist Church is located on Tidewater Drive, formerly known as Cottage Toll Road, since 1951 in the Lafayette/Winona neighborhood of Norfolk.  It began on May 1,1982 in the Brambleton section of Norfolk up until this time.  Spurgeon Memorial Baptist Church was named for Charles Haddon...

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Two reports: one January 2016 93-page report containing information about DATA Investigations LLC's work in 2014 and 2015 on two test units (TU 10 and 11) at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in downtown Norfolk, Virginia and one December 2018 13-page report from the same (TU 20).

Scope and Contents One August 2017 25-page report containing information about DATA Investigations LLC's work in 2016 and 2017 on two test units (TU 18 and 19) at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. The study aimed to analyze soil to determine the exact placement of the 1699 church, as well as the churchyard's use and alterations over time. The report includes an abstract, acknowledgements, table of contents, list of figures, two chapters, references cited, and two appendices of field...

Scope and Contents Minutes of St. Paul's Church, Berkley in Norfolk, Virginia from January 18, 1910 to January 2, 1923. The handwritten minute book includes 30 pages of minutes dating between January 18, 1910 and March 19, 1912. The loose typewritten meeting minutes date from April 11, 1912 to January 2, 1923. The collection also includes one January 1921 issue of The Saint Paul Times and two copies of a document of resolutions to the congregation of St. Paul's, proposing the...