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Norfolk (Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 664 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Louise Borrowdale Smith Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-072
Scope and Contents

One 1940-1941 scrapbook containing photographs, postcards, greeting cards, invitations, programs, a map, and other memorabilia belonging to Helen Louise Borrowdale Smith of Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook includes materials relating to Smith's travels in Charleston, West Virginia and Huntington, West Virginia, along with her honeymoon travels to Boston, Massachusetts and New York.

Dates: created: circa 1940-1944; Other: Date acquired: 05/06/2014

Henry Clay Hofheimer II Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-024
Scope and Contents The Henry Clay Hofheimer II Papers include correspondence, invitations, event programs, speeches, newsletters, periodicals, reports, conference materials, Future of Hampton Roads, Inc. records, documents relating to the economic development of Hampton Roads, certificates and resolutions, photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, family mementos, and other ephemera. Most of the materials date from the 1940s through the 1980s and relate to Henry Clay Hofheimer II's involvement in Norfolk and the...
Dates: created: 1793-2002, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1940s-1980s; Other: Date acquired: 04/00/1996

Henry F. Pohe Papers

 Collection — 3 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-038
Scope and Contents

Philadelphia Rapid Transit ephemera, including brochures and photographs, collected by Henry F. Pohe in 1926 from the first trip on a passenger airplane.

Dates: created: 1926; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Henry Shriver Architectural Drawings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2016-061
Scope and Contents Thirteen watercolor architectural drawings created by Henry V. Shriver during his time as an architecture student at Virginia Tech in the early 1950s. This collection also contains two circa 1960s photographic renderings of Norfolk Regional Airport, which is now Norfolk International Airport. The renderings were created by Shriver and Holland Associates of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes an 1850 nautical chart of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, published in New York by...
Dates: created: circa 1950s-1960s; Other: Date acquired: 07/30/2016

Herbert Gygi Papers

 Collection — 5 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-052-a
Scope and Contents

Photographs, commencement programs, and reunion materials of Herbert Gygi, who graduated in 1935 from Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes photographs of Gygi as a senior cadet at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1939 and various photographs taken on September 12, 1940 in Narrows, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1935-1985; Other: Date acquired: 12/29/2015

Historical Exhibit of New York State at Jamestown Exposition Book

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: MSS-0000-471
Scope and Contents

One book titled Historical Exhibit of New York State at Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26-December 1, 1907, An Explanatory List of Articles, Replete with Chronological Material that Will Guide the Visitor and Furnish a Useful Reference to the Student of American History, prepared by Cuyler Reynolds.

Dates: created: 1907; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Hobbs and Thomas Families Papers

 Collection — 8 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-023
Scope and Contents

Circa 1900-1930s photographs of the Hobbs and Thomas families in Martinsburg, West Virginia and Norfolk, Virginia. Most of the photographs identify Thomas family members in Martinsburg, and include other individuals with surnames Baker, Beall, Beck, Parker, and Potter. The collection also includes working cards, a baby book, postcard, directory, pair of eyeglasses, and letter written in shorthand.

Dates: created: circa 1900s-1950s, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Hogwood Family Papers

 Collection — 4 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-682
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: created: 1839-1953; Other: Date acquired: 07/20/2012

Holland Family Bibles

 Collection — 2 Bibles
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-253
Scope and Contents

One circa 1850-1871 Bible of the Drury H. Holland family of Suffolk, Virginia. The Bible was printed by the American Bible Society in 1850. Also one circa 1900-2001 Bible of the James H. Holland family of Norfolk, Virginia. The Bible was printed by John E. Potter and Company around 1883.

Dates: created: circa 1850-2001; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/2010

Holmes Grocery Store Photographs

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-375
Scope and Contents

Five 1958 photographs of the exterior of Holmes Grocery Store on Granby Street between Seekel Street and Filbert Street in Norfolk, Virginia. The grocery was also known as Talbot Park Delicatessen and was owned by John Ferris.

Dates: created: 1958; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014