Articles

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One 1955 photograph, one 1971 souvenir program, and two April 1978 photocopied articles relating to the International Azalea Festival in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Booklets, correspondence, maps, city council records, clippings, and other materials relating to parking in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Most documents are from 1952-1953 and concern B. M. Stanton's initial refusal to sell off his land to the City of Norfolk for municipal parking.

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Letters, photographs, publications, newspaper clippngs, and other materials relating to the Blow and Cook families of Norfolk, Virginia.

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Clippings from the Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Dispatch concerning topics relating to Norfolk, Virginia and the Hampton Roads region, primarily current events and city government. Subjects include redevelopment, schools, streets, wharves, docks, terminals, tunnels, bridges, ferries, railroads, water supply, fluoridation, public health, public safety, zoning, revenue, elections, and annexation.

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Printed ephemera from 1920-2014 collected by the City of Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia. Subject matter includes city government, economic development, business and commerce, redevelopment, and local elections.

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Business plan, reports for fiscal years 1989-1991, rosters of employees and volunteers, awards, and featured articles. A brief history of the organization is also included.

Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Fred Heutte Center in Ghent Square, Fred Heutte Foundation, Garden Clubs of Greater Hampton Roads, and Norfolk Botanical Gardens. The papers include gardening articles and transcripts of radio broadcasts, along with correspondence relating to the publication of Fred Heutte's 1977 book Gardening in the Temperate Zone. Organizational records include agendas, minutes, budget statements, correspondence, and notes. These papers were...

Scope and Contents Twenty-one scrapbooks of Norfolk and Virginia Beach-related genealogy, the history of Norfolk and the Hampton Roads region, and the construction of tunnels and highways in the 1950s-1960s in the Tidewater area of Virginia. Five scrapbooks cover genealogy, five scrapbooks cover general history (international, national, state, and local), and the remaining 11 scrapbooks cover Norfolk and Hampton Roads history. Four of the genealogy scrapbooks primarily focus on the Thoroughgood family, while...

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Select articles from one perodicial publication of The Chesopiean: A Journal of American Archaeology, Volume 30, Numbers 3-4, Summer-Fall 1992, about Fort Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia entitled "Fort Norfolk Historic Building Report" written by James R. Melchor and "For Norfolk Graffiti, ca. 1864" written  y Marilyn S. Melchor, et al.

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One 1995 newsletter, an invitation, a program of commemoration, an article, and a paper relating to Joseph Jenkins Roberts and the J. J. Roberts Foundation in Liberia, West Africa.