Death--Social aspects

One 1942-1943 scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to World War II, local history, organizations, social events, engagements, marriages, and deaths in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook includes one playbill from the Bristow Hardin School of Music in Folder 12.

Correspondence, report cards and certificates, and genealogical information from 1839 to 1953 relating to the Hogwood family of Norfolk, Virginia.

Primarily 1990s-2003 genealogy research of the Hughes family of Norfolk, Virginia. The research includes correspondence, handwritten notes, birth, death, and marriage certificates, genealogical tables, census records, database records, and various other materials that largely concern John A. Hughes, Mary Cox Hughes, William Hughes, and the Hughes family originating in Wales. The research appears to have been compiled by Robert Harcourt and Mike O'Shea.

Four ledgers dating from 1909-1949 containing death records from J. R. Williams Funeral Home in South Norfolk, Virginia. Volume 1, which covered deaths from May 24, 1902 to August 17, 1909, is missing. An index for Volumes 1-5 is also included separately. Volumes 4 and 5 contain obituaries along with some of the entries.

Two 1843 letters to Anne P. Herron, five 2010 cemetery photographs, and one photocopied obituary.

One 1920 letter sending condolences for the loss of Mrs. Westcott's daughter, Marion.

One 14-page circa 1920s-1940s scrapbook of clippings relating to Norfolk, Virginia. Several articles relate to Fergus Reid and Rev. Henry St. George Tucker. Loose materials detached from the scrapbrook primarily consist of clippings from the 1920s to 1960s relating to buildings in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, Christ Church, obituaries, weddings and engagements, and general local history of Norfolk, Virginia.

Personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, magazines, conference materials, ephemera, and scrapbooks belonging to Roy B. Martin, Jr. of Norfolk, Virginia. Boxes 2 and 3, and Scrapbook 2 in Box 4 primarily relate to General Douglas MacArthur and the MacArthur Memorial. Scrapbooks 1 and 3 through 8 cover Roy Martin's life, particularly his political career, professional development, and public service for the City of Norfolk.

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.

One 1831-1837 diary recounting Thomas L. Robertson's thoughts and experiences. Most diary entries include information about sermons preached at Christ Church in Norfolk, Virginia. Entries also focus on deaths of local individuals and Robertson's own failing health. Includes separate correspondence found in diary as well as some transcribed diary entries.