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Norfolk (Va.)

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Found in 664 Collections and/or Records:

Parker Family Papers

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2018-010
Scope and Contents Eighteenth-century through 20th-century documents relating to the Parker family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. The collection includes original indentures, wills, bills of sale, correspondence, and other legal documents, particularly relating to Copeland Parker and Nicholas Wilson Parker. Other content includes genealogical information on the Parker family and related families, including Sinclair, Boush, and Nash. Folder 2 includes documents that were compiled into a three-ring binder by...
Dates: created: 1756-1943, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/23/2018
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Parkie B. West Letters

 Collection — 3 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-572
Scope and Contents

Letters written to Miss Parkie B. West during and following the Civil War. Most letters discuss daily life from parts of Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland.

Dates: created: 1861-1867, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Parsons Family Papers

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-322
Scope and Contents

Photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous papers of Alison Jehu "Preacher" and Ella Ward Parsons of Norfolk, Virginia. Several items relate to the couple's involvement in camellia societies such as the American Camellia Society and Virginia Camellia Society. The collection also includes the Fall 2005 edition of The Norfolk Foundation, which highlights the Parsons' legacy to the foundation.

Dates: created: 1950-2005; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Paul Garrett Family Research Photocopies

 Collection — 8 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-014
Scope and Contents

Circa 2008 photocopied biographical information on Paul Garrett and his children, along with compiled information on Garrett's wine business in the Berkley section of Norfolk, Virginia: Garrett & Company, as well as photocopied information on Medoc Vineyards in North Carolina and other miscellaneous materials.

Dates: created: circa 2008; Other: Date acquired: 01/24/2008
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Paul L. Rose Scrapbook

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-282
Scope and Contents

One circa 1902-1930 scrapbook of newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, business cards, handwritten search warrants, and lists of police officers on duty, relating to Norfolk police detective Paul L. Rose of Norfolk, Virginia. Topics in the scrapbook include murderer Leo Cuthbert Thurman, politics, and crime. The scrapbook spans the career of Paul Rose as a detective and primarily includes clippings of crimes in the Norfolk area.

Dates: created: circa 1902-1930; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Peggy McCarthy Scrapbook

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2016-052
Scope and Contents

One July to December 1932 scrapbook featuring Peggy McCarthy and her tap dancing shows in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Newark, New Jersey.

Dates: created: 1932; Other: Date acquired: 07/03/2016
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Peggy McPhillips Collection on Norfolk Public Schools

 Collection — 2 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2022-015
Scope and Contents

One June 14, 1911 Chapel Street School fourth grade certificate and three class photographs of students in Norfolk Public Schools in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1911-1934; Other: Date acquired: 10/04/2022
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Philip L. Barber Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-027-g
Scope and Contents

Prescriptions, correspondence, receipts, and other papers belonging to Philip L. Barber of Norfolk, Virginia. Also includes two medical appointments ledgers covering 1887-1889 and 1901-1910.

Dates: created: circa 1890s-1925; Other: Date acquired: 04/20/2017
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Phillip R. Dozier Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-007
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the Dozier family of Ocean View in Norfolk, Virginia, two postcards of Ocean View, a book The Coming of Willoughby, and a calendar for Dozier's Grocery store.

Dates: created: circa 1920-1990; Other: Date acquired: 02/14/2017
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Photo Craftsmen Photograph Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 007-MSS 2016-033
Scope and Contents Photo Craftsmen was a Norfolk commercial photography company that opened in 1946 at 512 West Olney Road. Jim Barry was the proprietor. The company moved to 1043 West 45th Street by 1958, and relocated to 251 West Bute Street by 1961. The company again relocated, to 420 West Bute Street by 1966, and then to its final location at 415 West York Street by 1978. When Barry died in 1976 the company was purchased by employee Len Rothman. Rothman changed the company name to Len Rothman Photography...
Dates: created: 1946-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1946-1972; Other: Date acquired: 03/25/2016
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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