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Virginia--Social life and customs

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Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Martha Iredell Scrapbooks

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-062
Scope and Contents

Two 1920s-1930s scrapbooks created by Martha Southgate Iredell. The scrapbooks feature newspaper clippings relating to the Norfolk German Club debutantes and Norfolk society, dance invitations, calling cards, wedding invitations, theater programs from Wells Theatre, and exhibit catalogs from the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1927-1934; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Mary Arthur Billups Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-056
Scope and Contents Three 1927-1944 scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards, correspondence, and other ephemera relating to Maury High School, Virginia State Teachers College, high school and college football, social engagements, sororities, wedding announcements, and the United States Navy during World War II. The first two scrapbooks dating from 1927 to 1935 and from 1935 to 1942 are personal to Mary Arthur Billups (Prince), whereas the third scrapbook dating from 1941 to 1944...
Dates: created: 1927-1944, undated; Other: Date acquired: 09/11/1991
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Mary S. Johnson Account Book

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-111
Scope and Contents

One 1936-1962 account book for expenditures relating to home improvements, replacements, and expenses, doctor visits, taxes, charity contributions, and sports and clubs.

Dates: created: 1936-1962; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Mrs. Robert B. Tunstall Scrapbook

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-394
Scope and Contents

One October 1895 - June 1905 scrapbook listing weddings and engagements of couples in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1895-1905; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk Theatre Center Scrapbooks

 Collection — 5 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-094
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...
Dates: created: 1968-1977; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Page, Neilson, and Jones Families Letters

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2016-070
Scope and Contents

Sixty-three photocopied typed letters from the Page, Neilson, and Jones families written between 1824 and 1845. Also includes photocopied typed obituaries for Edmonia Lee Page Neilson, Ann Elisa Neilson, and Cary Selden Page.

Dates: created: 1824-1826, 1829-1834, 1845, undated; Other: Date acquired: 09/07/2016
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Parker Family Papers

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2018-010
Scope and Contents Eighteenth-century through 20th-century documents relating to the Parker family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. The collection includes original indentures, wills, bills of sale, correspondence, and other legal documents, particularly relating to Copeland Parker and Nicholas Wilson Parker. Other content includes genealogical information on the Parker family and related families, including Sinclair, Boush, and Nash. Folder 2 includes documents that were compiled into a three-ring binder by...
Dates: created: 1756-1943, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/23/2018
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Peggy McCarthy Scrapbook

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2016-052
Scope and Contents

One July to December 1932 scrapbook featuring Peggy McCarthy and her tap dancing shows in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Newark, New Jersey.

Dates: created: 1932; Other: Date acquired: 07/03/2016
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

"Reminiscences of Portsmouth 70 Years Ago" Typescript

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-623
Scope and Contents

Two typescript documents recalling people and places in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1820.

Dates: created: circa 1890; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Robert B. Taylor Receipts

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-645
Scope and Contents

Seventeen receipts belonging to Robert B. Taylor, dating from 1820 to 1830. Receipts are for a wide variety of items including food, revenue taxes, boot repairs, postage, shoes, schooner transport of a barouche, repair of riding equipment, debts owed, small home-related repairs, an assurance policy, and sale of stock in the Dismal Swamp Land Company. Also includes two oversized receipts from the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia.

Dates: created: 1818-1830; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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