Cemeteries

Scope and Contents This collection consists of scrapbooks containing genealogical papers, marriage and record licenses, photos, hand-written letters and newspaper articles, birth certificates, newspaper clippings, and sketched portraits of Robert Fristoe Banks (seven volumes), Woodhouse Keeling Martin (three volumes), Robert Bartee (six volumes), Harrison Banks (two volumes), George Thomas Banks ( one volume), John Banks (two volumes), Harrison Hartwell Banks (five volumes), Charles Thomas Banks (six volumes),...

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Primarily negatives from the summer of 1994 featuring tombstones in graveyards in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach areas of Virginia. Featured cemeteries include the Land Family Cemetery, St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Hebrew Cemetery, Cedar Grove Cemetery, and West Point Cemetery. The developed photographs from Folder 1 show gravestones and people cleaning the graveyard of the Land Family Cemetery.

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Research notes compiled by Cheryl Copper relating to cemeteries in Norfolk, Virginia.

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The Sargeant Memorial Collection Postcard Collection houses postcards from the Norfolk area, Hampton Roads, Richmond, Washington, D.C., the state of Virginia and surrounding states, and the Jamestown Exposition. Some postcards in the collection are postmarked from the early 1900s.

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Nine issues of "The Recording Angels" newsletter published by Friends of Norfolk Historic Cemeteries that features articles designed to inform the community about the cultural significance of historic cemeteries, gravestones, persons and families of interest, and provide updates about events and programs.

Scope and Contents Circa 1980s photocopies of materials relating to Samuel Werth and his non-profit organization Werth & Associates Memorial Fund, dedicated to surveying Jewish gravesites in the Tidewater area and the state of Virginia. The collection includes correspondence primarily sent to Samuel Werth, documents relating to the purpose of the organization, and published materials relating to surveying Jewish cemeteries, particularly in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes three maps (pages...