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Princess Anne County (Va.)

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Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 37 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

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

Slave Auction Receipt

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-636
Scope and Contents

One 1830-1831 receipt from John B. Smith, administrator of William Whitehurst, to Edward Fentress, for slaves sold at the Courthouse at auction.

Dates: created: 1830-1831; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

The Lost Settlement of Wash Woods: Connecting the Outer Banks of VA and NC

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-066
Scope and Contents

One 261-page paper titled The Lost Settlement of Wash Woods: Connecting the Outer Banks of VA and NC by Dr. Robert L. Baxter, Jr. This copy is version 8.9.40, January 9, 2015. A watermark running diagonally through each page says, "Registered With Writers Guild of America East."

Dates: created: 2015; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2015
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Tidewater District Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-099
Scope and Contents

Two 1959-1961 scrapbooks from the Tidewater District Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs. Also known as The Federation of Garden Clubs of Norfolk & Vicinity, Inc., the scrapbooks include an alphabetical collection of pages from local garden clubs in the Hampton Roads region. Each page is unique, consisting of paintings, drawings, magazine clippings, newspaper clippings, poems, yearly summation of activities, lists of officers and members, mottos, and poems.

Dates: created: 1959-1961; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

W. H. T. Squires "Norfolk in By-Gone Days" Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-106-c
Scope and Contents

Thirteen 1936-1948 scrapbooks featuring the column "Norfolk in By-Gone Days" by W. H. T. Squires. Topics include individuals, buildings, ships, notable events, holidays, transportation, and politics. The scrapbooks also include personal notes and correspondence. Volume 1 is missing.

Dates: created: 1935-1948; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

W. J. Stanworth Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2021-002
Scope and Contents

One circa 1913-1931 scrapbook of W. J. Stanworth of Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook primarily consists of clippings relating to historic Norfolk and Princess Anne, Virginia. There are also nature photographs featuring areas near Broad Bay, Long Creek, and White Hill in Virginia Beach.

Dates: created: circa 1913-1931; Other: Date acquired: 08/19/2021
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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