Economic development--Virginia--Norfolk

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One scrapbook of clippings featured in a section of the newspaper titled "One Hundred Years of Norfolk." Each article includes the following description: "A Retrospective Glance Over the Local History of the Century Just Closed. - A Magnificent Record of Steady Advance Despite War and Pestilence - A Pen Picture of Norfolk in 1800 - What it Cost to Live Here a Century Ago - From Less than 8,000 Inhabitants to Our Present Busy City and Its Populous Suburbs."

Scope and Contents Two account books containing information primarily between 1894 and 1896 about the paving of streets in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. The first ledger contains diagrams of streets, mathematical and monetary figures, bids, and estimated costs including materials and labor. A clipping is pasted inside the front cover, and the first page prominently displays the business name of the North Carolina Phosphate Company of Castle Hayne, North Carolina. The second ledger contains charts listing date,...

Scope and Contents One 1926-1946 scrapbook primarily containing newspaper clippings from 1929-1930 from the Norfolk-Ledger Dispatch, Virginian-Pilot, and The Portsmouth Star relating to local politics and government in Norfolk, Virginia. Common topics include the city budget, spending, taxes, voting and elections for City Council, actions taken by City Manager Truxton, and the re-election of Mayor S. Heath Tyler....