Teenage girls

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Five 1926 photographs of scenes from the Norfolk YWCA "Camp Owasa" at Chesapeake Beach, Princess Anne County, Virginia. At least three photographs include Mary Arthur Billups.

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Primarily includes papers from the 1990s collected or written by Amelia E. Hitchings relating to her mother, Ruby Martha Etheridge. The papers relate to Etheridge's life and character, mostly as remembered by her daughter. A majority of materials are photocopies and include handwritten and typed correspondence, certificates, clippings, and published materials.

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Two 1914 letters postmarked Norfolk, Virginia from friends and sent to Beulah Smith.

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Three handwritten diaries from 1918 to 1926, chronicling Eleanor Baker's experiences, attitudes, and observations. Popular subjects discussed in her personal accounts include: travel, boys, dances, plays, and "tea parties." A majority of her diary entries take place in Paris, France and Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.

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One circa 1952-1956 scrapbook containing photographs, cards, programs, and newspaper clippings from Emma Jean Hooks of Norfolk, Virginia. Photographs include friends and family, pictures of pet dogs and birds, holidays, dances, snow, and soldiers in the Army. Many of the cards to Emma Jean Hooks are from "Bob" or "Bobbie," which may refer to Robert Stanley Rupert. The commencement programs are for the 1956 mid-year graduating class of Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Autographs and comments from classmates of Lena Rosa Knecht, who graduated in 1934 from Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia.

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One 1927-1929 scrapbook relating to Margaret Thomas during her time at Maury High School. The 142-page scrapbook includes information about school clubs, report cards, football games, and personal saying and jokes. It also includes photographs taken at Maury High school in Norfolk, Virginia and at Camp Owaissa in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The scrapbook also contains select dates for local newspaper headlines during World War II.

Scope and Contents Poems by Mary Eldredge Howell from approximately 1907 to 1946. The collection contains both handwritten and typescript copies of her poems, with typescript materials frequently cross-referenced to the four handwritten composition books. Also, one September 1936 - May 1941 minute book from the Writers' Club of Norfolk and one 1899-1907 photograph album. The album contains photographs of Margery Eldredge Howell, family and friends, and various scenes in Norfolk, Virginia; Virginia Beach,...

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Examinations, school play scripts, commencement tickets and programs, clippings, pennant, ribbon, pin, and other miscellaneous materials relating to Miss Turnbull's School in Norfolk, Virginia.

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One 1943 yearbook belonging to Winifred Letitia Greene. Includes photographs, programs, and other materials relating to Miss Turnbull's School in Norfolk, Virginia. The beginning of the yearbook includes a note explaining the use of scrapbooks for 1943 due to supplies needed for the war effort.