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Norfolk (Va.)

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Found in 664 Collections and/or Records:

Norfolk Public Library Board of Trustees Minutes

 Collection — 13 boxes
Identifier: RG 12-0000-003
Scope and Contents

Minutes, agendas, correspondence, and other materials from the Board of Trustees, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia from 1870 to 2010.

Dates: created: 1870-2010; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk Public Library Scrapbooks

 Collection — 24 boxes
Identifier: RG 12-0000-001
Scope and Contents Thirty-five scrapbooks chronicling the history of Norfolk Public Library in Norfolk, Virginia from 1896 to 2003. The collection includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about the history of the Library in chronological order, with gaps from 1972-1974. There are also three volumes primarily focused on the history of Norfolk, Virginia from circa 1926-1942, one scrapbook on the history of Virginia from circa 1928-1941, one scrapbook of Norfolk people (usually obituaries) from circa...
Dates: created: 1896-2003; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1896
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk Public Library Statistics Reports

 Collection — 10 boxes
Identifier: RG 12-0000-005
Scope and Contents

Statistics reports for the Norfolk Public Library, including monthly reports, summaries of reports, and annual reports from 1959-2003. Reports are sometimes divided by sub-departments within the Main Library and Branches. There are no statistics reports for 1985-1987, 1993, 1998, and 2000-2001.

Dates: created: 1959-2003; Other: Majority of material found in 1960s-1970s; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk Public Library, Van Wyck Branch Records

 Collection — 4 boxes
Identifier: RG 12-2017-001
Scope and Contents Records from Van Wyck Branch Library, a branch library of Norfolk Public Library located in the Ghent section of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes borrower's registers, library usage statistics, correspondence, documents relating to the closing and reopening of the library for renovations in the late 1980s, clippings, photographs, and two VHS tapes. The photographs date from 1988-2006; subjects include Summer Reading Club, Azalea Queen visits, Readers Theater plays, children's...
Dates: created: 1901-2016; Other: Majority of material found in 1980s-2000s; Other: Date acquired: 02/22/2017
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk Public Schools Jamestown Exposition Exhibit Books

 Collection — 3 boxes
Identifier: RG 16-0000-001
Scope and Contents Three books compiled by Norfolk Public Schools featuring students' work in 1st-7th grades from February - May 1907 for an exhibit of the School Board of the City of Norfolk at the Jamestown Exposition. Each book highlights pupils' assignments from different schools: Atlantic City School No. 2, Brambleton School No. 1, and Holt Street School in Norfolk, Virginia. Subject matter includes language, spelling, composition, grammar, mathematics, geography, history, and physiology. Some assignments...
Dates: created: 1907; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk Public Schools Newspapers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 16-0000-004
Scope and Contents

Newspaper issues of Maury News (1932-1965), The Blare (June 7, 1935), The Spectator (1956-1973), and Norview Co-Pilot (1955).

Dates: created: 1932-1973; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/2011
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk Public Schools Photographic Slides

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RG 16-0000-005
Scope and Contents

Twenty-eight slides featuring prominently African American schools during the 1950s in Norfolk, Virginia. There are also images of prominent local figures during the ceremonies marking the demolition of S. C. Armstrong School in January 1953. Some of the slides have "Willie Mae Watson" printed on the reverse side.

Dates: created: circa 1953-1979; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1999
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Aperture Card Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 06-2015-003
Scope and Contents This collection includes approximately 14,000 aperture cards (a computer data card with a 35mm microfilm window) that cover major development projects and related activities in the City of Norfolk, Virginia from the 1940s through the 1970s. The cards are organized by neighborhood area or project, and in some cases, sub-organized by category of activity and information (site diagrams, architectural plans, roads and utilities, etc.). Aperture cards are an obsolete data storage and retrieval...
Dates: created: 1942-1980; Other: Date acquired: 04/23/2015
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Architectural Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: RG 06-2015-002
Scope and Contents

Architectural drawings and related materials of miscellaneous buildings in Norfolk, Virginia. Some of these buildings are historical in nature and local landmarks, such as the Royster Building in downtown Norfolk.

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 04/23/2015
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority Miscellaneous Photograph Collection

 Collection — 6 boxes
Identifier: RG 06-2017-005
Scope and Contents

Photographic prints and negatives (mostly black and white) of various sections of the city of Norfolk, Virginia. Includes photographs of slums and redevelopment projects, construction of downtown buildings and roadways, and photographic documentation of buildings, commercial areas, and houses across the city. The collection also includes some aerial photographs.

Dates: created: circa 1860-2003; Other: Majority of material found in 1960; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2017
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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