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Found in 293 Collections and/or Records:

Julia Irene Gray Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-060
Scope and Contents

One 1920-1925 scrapbook containing personal photographs, calling cards, newspaper clippings, letters, and miscellaneous items relating to Julia Irene Gray of Norfolk, Virginia. Loose items from the scrapbook date from 1918 to circa 1950 and include photographs, clippings, and correspondence.

Dates: created: circa 1918-1950; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Julia Johnson Davis Papers

 Collection — 8 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-214
Scope and Contents Essays, poems, notes, correspondence, and other personal papers and manuscripts of Julia Johnson Davis of Norfolk, Virginia. Many of her essays appear to be recollections of Davis's childhood, early life, and later international trips to Europe. Some correspondents include fellow writers Mary Sinton Leitch, John Richard Moreland, William Stanley Braithwaite, and Idella Purnell. Prominent categories for Davis's poetry include ballads, sonnets, lyrics, and "Negro dialect." The collection also...
Dates: created: 1909-1961; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Karen Johnson Collection on Norfolk, Virginia

 Collection — 4 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2022-011
Scope and Contents

One 1936 annual report of the City Manager, one circa 1940 handwritten history, two circa 1970 photographs featuring Mowbray Arch, and one 1975 booklet on Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1936-1971; Other: Date acquired: 08/29/2022
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Karin Aspegren Eckelmeyer Collection

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-047
Scope and Contents

One May 25, 1952 church bulletin from Larchmont Baptist Church and one 1952 photograph of Mrs. Nichols' 6th grade class at Larchmont School in Norfolk, Virginia. The class photograph includes a separate sheet identifying the names of students.

Dates: created: 1952; Other: Date acquired: 12/30/2015
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Keith and Pam Atkins Norfolk Ephemera Collection

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-027-i
Scope and Contents

Ten pieces of printed ephemera relating to Norfolk, Virginia. The ephemera includes materials from hotels, schools, and automobile businesses from circa 1940s-1960s.

Dates: created: circa 1940s-1960s; Other: Date acquired: 04/20/2017
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

King Family Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-553
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, stock certificates, and photographs from the King family of Roanoke, Virginia. Most of the materials relate to Archer E. King, Jr., his father, and his son.

Dates: created: 1914-1916, 1918-1919, 1933, 1957-1963, undated; Other: Date acquired: 09/29/2010
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Kurt Rosenbach Collection

 Collection — 3 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-041
Scope and Contents

Reports and documents detailing work by the Downtown Norfolk Redevelopment Committee, particularly from 1963 to 1984. Included are documents about Granby Mall, Nauticus, and the Waterfront area. Also included are clippings, photographs, and ephemera related to Rice's Department Store in the 1960s and 1970s and the sale of the chain in 1984.

Dates: created: 1905-2010, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1963-1984; Other: Date acquired: 11/06/2015
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Leroy Guess Downtown Norfolk Photographs

 Collection — 2 folders
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-364
Scope and Contents Twenty-two August 1977 and April 1978 photographs of scenes around downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Includes photographs of Granby Street Mall and the demolition of a building at 150 Granby Street. Also includes photographs of buildings such as Virginia National Bank, Royster Building, Banker's Trust Building, New Century Building, Norfolk Federal Building, and businesses such as Sol's Fine Food, Harper's Gift Shop, The Formal House, Inc., Ola's Beauty Salon, Cheap Thrills Boutique, Oasis...
Dates: created: 1977-1978; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Leroy Thomas Canoles, Sr. Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-014
Scope and Contents

One circa 1924-1927 21-volume The Pocket University book series previously owned by Leroy Thomas Canoles, Sr. The collection includes a photograph of Canoles dated circa 1920s.

Dates: created: circa 1924-1927; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/2015
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Letters to Elmarine Feagle Sawyer

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2018-025
Scope and Contents Primarily love letters written by Herman D. Sawyer, Jr. to Elmarine Feagle Sawyer in 1943-1945 during his service in the United States Army in World War II. The letters document Sawyer's persistent love for his girlfriend/fiancée/wife while chronicling his everyday life as a serviceman at Washington, D.C.; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Ord, California; the South Pacific; and the Philippines. The collection also includes letters to Elmarine from her friends, family, coworkers, in-laws, and...
Dates: created: 1942-1945; Other: Majority of material found in 1943-1944; Other: Date acquired: 06/18/2018
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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