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Norfolk (Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 664 Collections and/or Records:

Valos Family Collection

 Collection — 3 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-482
Scope and Contents

Maury High School reunion materials for the classes of 1967 and 1968, photographs relating to a circa 1993 banquet featuring new officers of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Traffic Club, and a circa 1975 promotional booklet for the Norfolk Warehouse Company, Inc. at 6969 Tidewater Drive in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: circa 1975-1993; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Van Wyck's Academy of Music Ledger

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2019-029
Scope and Contents

January 1899 to October 29, 1901 box office statements for Van Wyck's Academy of Music in Norfolk, Virginia. The statements note the attraction, opposition (if any), weather, date, number of different types of seats sold along with profits, and verifying signatures.

Dates: created: 1899-1901; Other: Date acquired: 10/29/2019

Vance Grover Collection

 Collection — 4 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-049
Scope and Contents

Booklets and miscellaneous materials relating to Vance Grover, a 1932 alumnus of The College of William and Mary, Norfolk Division in Norfolk, Virginia. Also includes positive prints of negative strips depicting various individuals and scenes.

Dates: created: 1926-1982; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2015

Virginia Gordan Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-218
Scope and Contents

Two 1860-1864 scrapbooks created by Virginia Gordan of Norfolk, Virginia containing clippings detailing the events of the Civil War, particularly the Confederacy. Scrapbook 1 was originally a circa 1852 account book belonging to Virginia Gordan's father, John Dozier Gordan, for his banking business at 29 Market Square.

Dates: created: 1852, 1860-1864, 1917-1931; Other: Majority of material found in 1860-1864; Other: Date acquired: 06/03/1980

Virginia Iron Works, Thomas W. Godwin & Company Letter

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-651
Scope and Contents

One 1890 letter from Thomas W. Godwin & Company defending the company's prices against the recipient who complained of the company's "exorbitant prices."

Dates: created: 1890; Other: Date acquired: 01/02/2004

Virginia Moses Yeatts Collection

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2018-042
Scope and Contents

One circa 1890s-1950s collection of photographs, postcards, and one April 1894 issue of Tidewater Christian, a Norfolk, Virginia publication.

Dates: created: circa 1890s-1950s; Other: Date acquired: 09/11/2018

Virginia Norfolk Borough Registers

 Collection — 2 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-128
Scope and Contents

Two books containing transcribed legal records of the Borough of Norfolk between 1783 and 1810. There are indexes in the front of both books which list brigs, schooners, ships, sloops, companies, and names of individuals. Many of the entries concern sea protests.

Dates: created: 1783-1810; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Virginia Old Papers

 Collection — 7 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-195
Scope and Contents

Personal school records and correspondence of Virginia Old and memorabilia relating to the Norfolk College for Young Ladies and the Granby Street Chapter of the Epworth United Methodist League in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1889-1932; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Virginia War History Commission, Norfolk, Virginia Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-182
Scope and Contents Questionnaires completed by servicemembers and nurses who served during World War I from Norfolk, Virginia. Individual questionnaires ask for servicemembers' personal information, military service information, and thoughts and feelings about their service during the War. Questionnaires filled out by local churches and schools include statistical information and data on activities relating to financial contributions, general feelings, and patriotic activities implemented during the War. This...
Dates: created: 1919-1921; Other: Majority of material found in 1919; Other: Date acquired: 01/00/1968

Virginia Zoo 1992 Master Plan

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: RG 14-0000-001
Scope and Contents

One 1992 master plan of the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1992; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000