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Norfolk (Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 664 Collections and/or Records:

Sargeant Memorial Collection Main Photograph Collection

 Collection — 4 Lateral File Drawers
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-MPC
Scope and Contents

Print photographs that document the history and cultural heritage of Norfolk and Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Sargeant Memorial Collection Norfolk Clippings Files

 Collection
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-NCF
Scope and Contents

Magazine and newspaper clippings related to Norfolk.

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Sargeant Memorial Collection Norfolk Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 001/01/MSS 0000-NEC
Scope and Contents

Contains a variety of ephemeral materials relating to Norfolk history and culture. Prominent subjects in the collection include Biographies, Buildings, Businesses, Churches, Clubs and Organizations, Colleges, Museums (especially the Chrysler Museum), Neighborhoods, and Schools. The bulk of the materials are from the 1950s-1980s, although there is a strong representation of materials dating from the 1920s to 2014.

Dates: 1682-2016

Sargeant Memorial Collection Panorama Collection

 Collection — 1 Oversized box
Identifier: MSS-0000-PNM
Scope and Contents

Panoramas collected by the Sargeant Memorial Collection.

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Sargeant Memorial Collection Postcard Collection

 Collection — 9 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-PCC
Scope and Contents

The Sargeant Memorial Collection Postcard Collection houses postcards from the Norfolk area, Hampton Roads, Richmond, Washington, D.C., the state of Virginia and surrounding states, and the Jamestown Exposition. Some postcards in the collection are postmarked from the early 1900s.

Dates: created: circa 1900-1980; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Sargeant Memorial Collection Sheet Music Collection

 Collection — 11 folders
Identifier: MSS-0000-MUS
Scope and Contents

Circa 1850s-1930s sheet music collected by the Sargeant Memorial Collection. Some of the sheet music is local to Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1853-1931; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Sargeant Memorial Collection Virginia Clippings File

 Collection — 26 drawers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-VCF
Scope and Contents

The collection includes news clippings on various topics and places across Virginia. It is divided into three main sections: general Virginia subjects; Virginia counties; and Virginia cities, towns and places. Each section is organized into sub-topics as appropriate. The collection also includes a section on North Carolina and several other states.

Dates: created: 1910-1990; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Seaboard Agricultural Society Ledger

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-199
Scope and Contents

One 1855-1859 ledger comprised of judges' names, lists of individuals raising certain crops or livestock, and inventories of crops and equipment. Geographical locations listed in the volume include areas around Tidewater Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, including Suffolk, Nansemond, Chuckatuck, and Mathews in Virginia and Gates, North Carolina.

Dates: created: 1855-1859; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Seaboard Air Line Railroad Ledgers

 Collection — 2 ledgers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-006
Scope and Contents

Two ledgers of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia. The first ledger labeled "Seniority List" is dated 1914-1919 and includes an alphabetical listing of employees (with index) and their personnel records. The second ledger is dated 1932-1946 and is a maintenance record. Entries range according to a numerical sequence: RFA's V-900 to V-2089, and each entry typically includes geographic location and notes of improvements to be made.

Dates: created: 1914-1919, 1932-1946; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2015

Sean C. Bilby Regional Ephemera and Publications Collection

 Collection — 2 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2024-002
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of material relative to local history of the Tidewater region of Virginia, to include Jamestown, Suffolk, and the general Hampton Roads area, as well as the greater Virginia and West Virginia regions. Primary collection materials are ephemera from the 400th Anniversay Celebration event honoring Jamestown, Virginia, which includes brochures, guides, commemorative pins, a fan, admission tickets and bracelets, cachets, maps, and program guides. Additional...
Dates: created: 1851, 2004, 2007, 2017, 2022-2024; Other: Majority of material found in 2007; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/2024