Teenagers--United States--Social life and customs

Scope and Contents Four 1936-1949 scrapbooks of Boy Scout Troop 5 from Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbooks include photographs and hike records detailing the date of trips, place, officers in charge, weather, list of boys in attendance, summary of the event (salient facts), menu, and supplies purchased. Also, one 1942-1945 scrapbook of Rover Crew 5, a group started during World War II when many of the scouts in the troop were called to military service and wanted to continue scouting while in service. This last...

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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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Circa 1959-1963 programs and other souvenirs belonging to Gayle Ferebee at Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia. This collection also includes a 50th reunion booklet and a CD.

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One 1920s scrapbook containing calling cards, clippings, correspondence, and other memorabilia of Gladys Whitehead Roberts from 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.

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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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.

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...

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Three circa 1891 photographs of young women in Norfolk, Virginia.