Virginia--History

Scope and Contents The Virginia Ephemera Collection includes a broad range of informational publications, media reports, government documents, maps, and historical records, all relating to Virginia topics and localities outside the City of Norfolk. There are three major sections: general subjects (such as the arts, education, and transportation); counties (including economic and demographic data, places of interest, histories, and other information); and cities, towns and places (including histories,...

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Microfiche for the 1982 resources The Biographical Dictionary of Early Virginia, 1607-1660 and The Subject and Source Guide to Early Virginia, 1607-1660, edited by Ransom B. True from The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities in Richmond, Virginia. The collection also includes paper summaries for each resource.

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Minutes, correspondence, booklets, official programs, maps, and miscellaneous materials relating to the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration in 1931 in Yorktown, Virginia. Organizations represented in the collection include Trustees of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Assembly of Tidewater Virginia Women, and Norfolk Area Yorktown Committee. Several items appear to have belonged to Mrs. Frantz Naylor of Norfolk, Virginia.

Scope and Contents Circa 1955-1957 survey reports created by Dr. George H. Reese for the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, Colonial Records Project, which describe original colonial manuscripts related to the colony of Virginia. The survey reports include name of the home depository, control number of the document, date or date range of materials, date document was examined and ordered for copying onto microfilm, references, and a summary of the materials assessed. The survey reports in this...

Scope and Contents Eighteen scrapbooks compiled by Rev. W. H. T. Squires, primarily consisting of clippings relating to people, places, and events in Virginia. There is a notable emphasis on Virginia during and after the Civil War. Series 1 consists of 15 scrapbooks that cover Virginia history generally, while the remaining 3 scrapbooks that make up Series 2 consist of clippings taken from the 75th anniversary edition of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot on June 26, 1940. The subject...