Diplomas

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A collection of two graduation diplomas for student Elizabeth "Bessie" Stevenson Taylor, received from the Leache-Wood Seminary in June 1893 and the College of William and Mary in September 1932.  Additional research materials about the Leache-Wood Seminary and Annie Cogswell Wood are included.  The diploma from the College of William and Mary is written in Latin.

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Personal and business correspondence, notes, financial records, wills and deeds from his clients, booklets and pamphlets, newspaper clippings about the Civil War, and photographs. Also included in the collection are the personal papers of the Saunders family.

Scope and Contents A genealogical collection of the Ferebee family, created by Annie Adelia Ferebee and continued by her niece, Sarah Cason Ferebee. This collection contains their research manuscripts, notes, photographs, correspondence, obituaries, articles, and Sarah's personal copy of the Ferebee book with her many notations. Most of the items in this collection are photocopies and research copies acquired from various sources. The Ferebee Genealogy Collection includes information organized by Annie that...

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Five maps of the Norfolk, Virginia area and one 1932 Maury High School diploma of Gustav Edward Kiligas.

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Family photographs and papers compiled by Harry E. McCoy, Jr. of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes materials on his parents, Harry E. McCoy, Sr. and Emily Minter Hope, Harry E. McCoy's childhood, professional and military career, marriage to Martha Lee Hoffman, and high school reunions for the Maury High School Class of 1940.

Scope and Contents Personal papers, photographs, and manuscripts of John Albert Parker, Jr. of 539 Warren Crescent in Ghent, Norfolk, Virginia. Items include birth and marriage announcements, school diplomas, and miscellaneous mementos. Photographs include family members, especially his wife Rose Marie Norwood Parker and his parents. The photographs also include the Parkers' wedding, John Parker's service in Vietnam from 1967-1968, circa 1990s holiday parties at Kirn Memorial Library, houses and scenes of...

Scope and Contents Personal papers and photographs of Louis Lee Guy, Sr. and his son, Louis Lee Guy, Jr. of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes seven clippings scrapbooks from May 1949 to February 1953 relating to local and state politics, particularly involving Virginia House of Delegates member Louis Lee Guy, Sr. Topics include annexation, parking, elections, liquor laws, poll taxes, segregation, redistricting, and Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel construction. The collection also includes certificates...

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Circa 1935-1958 clippings, programs, diplomas, and photographs relating to the Preston School of Dancing, likely collected by Marguerite May Phelps of Norfolk, Virginia. This collection also includes a few photographs of downtown Norfolk after the March 1962 Ash Wednesday Storm, photographs of Church of the Good Shepherd, and other Norfolk-related printed ephemera.