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Norfolk (Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 664 Collections and/or Records:

Karen Johnson Collection on Norfolk, Virginia

 Collection — 4 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2022-011
Scope and Contents

One 1936 annual report of the City Manager, one circa 1940 handwritten history, two circa 1970 photographs featuring Mowbray Arch, and one 1975 booklet on Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1936-1971; Other: Date acquired: 08/29/2022

Karin Aspegren Eckelmeyer Collection

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-047
Scope and Contents

One May 25, 1952 church bulletin from Larchmont Baptist Church and one 1952 photograph of Mrs. Nichols' 6th grade class at Larchmont School in Norfolk, Virginia. The class photograph includes a separate sheet identifying the names of students.

Dates: created: 1952; Other: Date acquired: 12/30/2015

Keith and Pam Atkins Norfolk Ephemera Collection

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-027-i
Scope and Contents

Ten pieces of printed ephemera relating to Norfolk, Virginia. The ephemera includes materials from hotels, schools, and automobile businesses from circa 1940s-1960s.

Dates: created: circa 1940s-1960s; Other: Date acquired: 04/20/2017

Lafayette Motor Hotel and Tanner's Landing Negatives

 Collection — 1 envelope
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-495
Scope and Contents

Circa 2006 negatives of the Lafayette Motor Hotel and construction site of Tanner's Landing on Llewellyn Avenue at the Granby Street Bridge in the Riverview section of Norfolk, Virginia. There are also images of two individuals each sitting in front of a Christmas tree inside a home.

Dates: created: circa 2006; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Lamb Family Genealogy Research Papers

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-683
Scope and Contents

Genealogy research papers relating to the Lamb family of Norfolk, Virginia.

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

Lawrence C. Page Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-066
Scope and Contents

Two 1930s-1960s scrapbooks primarily containing newspaper clippings concerning local city politics, nominations, campaigns, elections, redevelopment, and the economy in Norfolk, Virginia. Many of the articles relate to Lawrence C. Page, who served on Norfolk City Council from 1938 to 1942 and from 1950 to 1960.

Dates: created: 1934-1964; Other: Date acquired: 01/31/1983

Lawrence Fontaine Tucker Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-078
Scope and Contents

One circa 1890s-1900s scrapbook of clippings relating to the Tucker family in Norfolk, Virginia. Prominent individuals featured in the scrapbook include Reverend Beverly Dandridge Tucker and Henry St. George Tucker. Major topics include missionary work in China and Japan, Saint Paul's Church, and annual meetings of the Pickett-Buchanan Camp of Confederate Veterans.

Dates: created: 1892-1920, undated; Other: Date acquired: 05/17/2011

Lawrence H. Coleman Monograph

 Collection
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2025-001
Scope and Contents

One monograph compiled by Lawrence Herbert Coleman, President of the Church Street Business and Professional Association, and published by the Church Street Business and Profressional Association.  This ambition was an effort to encourage City Council to act on the historic preservation of Church Street in Norfolk, Virginia through photograph and imagery, newspaper articles, historic presentations and reports.

Dates: created: 1975; Other: Date acquired: 01/07/2025

Lenoir Chambers Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-0000-009
Scope and Contents The unabridged circa 1967 manuscript Salt Water and Printer's Ink, along with speeches, writings, and other materials written or compiled by Lenoir Chambers of Norfolk, Virginia. Subject matter of the writings include the South, Stonewall Jackson, local newspaper history, and desegregation of Norfolk's public schools. There are also separate files of materials on Norfolk Academy and Norfolk Public Library. The collection also includes clippings about Lenoir...
Dates: created: 1862, 1940-1969; Other: Majority of material found in 1950s-1960s; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1965

Leon Nowitzky's 1920s Passes and Tickets

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2023-026
Scope and Contents

Fourteen passes, ticket stubs, and membership cards to various venues and organizations in Norfolk and Virginia Beach dating between the late 1910s to early 1930s.  These venues and organizations included are Seaside Park, Auspices Norfolk Sleuth Club, Norva Theatre, Coral Gables Kennel Club, Ocean View Park, Virginia Electric and Power Company, Woodmen of the World Club, Loyal Order of Moose, B.P.O. Elks, and Norfolk Fair.

Dates: created: 1910s-1930s; Other: Majority of material found in 1928; Other: Date acquired: 08/27/2024