Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:
1920s-1930s Norfolk and Augusta County Photograph Scrapbook
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-333
Scope and Contents
One circa 1920s-1930s scrapbook of photographs featuring people and scenes in Norfolk and Mount Sidney, Augusta County, Virginia. Many of the photographs in the scrapbook depict ships, one of which is labeled Gaza-Lisboa. Notable shots of Norfolk include the Medical Arts Building, Barney's Market, Gulf gas station, and Jerusalem Baptist Church off of Brambleton Avenue in downtown Norfolk. One photograph with handwriting on the back identifies Miss Margaret Rimel in Mt. Sidney, Va, and...
Dates:
created: 1920s-1930s; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
1920s Hampton Roads Aerial Photographs
Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-408
Scope and Contents
Thirty circa 1923 aerial photographs of scenes in Norfolk, Norfolk County, and Newport News, Virginia. The photographs were likely taken during a naval air reconnaissance photograph training flight.
Dates:
created: 1920s; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
1936-1940 Norfolk Scrapbook
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-327
Scope and Contents
One 1936-1940 scrapbook containing newspaper clippings relating to the history of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Popular topics include plays, engagements, weddings, deaths, notable visitors, Norfolk Botanical Garden, and the First Citizen award. The scrapbook contains one playbill from the 1937 theatrical production of The Lost Colony. Non-local topics in the scrapbook include news on the movie Gone With the Wind and the...
Dates:
created: 1936-1940; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
1980 Census of Population and Housing Norfolk Census Tracts
Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-488
Scope and Contents
Two 1980 census tracts of Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Portsmouth, Virginia - North Carolina and Newport News-Hampton, Virginia.
Dates:
created: 1983; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Alfriend and Vickery Families Papers
Collection — 3 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-040
Scope and Contents
Contains genealogical information on the Alfriend, Vickery, Rolfe, Samuel, Bland, and Bolling families. Documents include newspaper clippings, photocopies of vital records, correspondence, photographs, and manuscripts.
Dates:
created: 1918-2015, undated; Other: Majority of material found in 1960; Other: Date acquired: 03/11/2016
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Alice Granbery Walter Genealogy Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-049
Scope and Contents
This collection contains genealogical research gathered by Alice Granbery Walter. The material includes photocopied documents, newspaper clippings, pedigree charts, notes, manuscripts, photographs, negatives, and maps spanning from the 1600s to the 1970s. Prominent surnames include Boush, Nimmo, Cornick, Herbert, Hoggard, Hogwood, Haggard, Ivy, Argent, Langley, Thelaball, Nash, Powell, Robins, Shepherd, Tatem, Thurmer, Mackentosh, Mallicote, Ransha, Woodhouse, Moseley, Thorowgood, and...
Dates:
created: 1600-1975; Other: Date acquired: 04/11/1991
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976 Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-130
Scope and Contents
Local, state, and national-level promotional materials and publications from the American Revolution Bicentennial in 1976. Prominent newsletters in the collection include Norfolk Bicentennial News (1975-1976), Virginia Bicentennial Newsletter (1971-1977), and Bicentennial Times (1974-1976). The collection also includes kits of promotional materials compiled by The American Revolution...
Dates:
created: 1955, 1970-1981, 1984; Other: Majority of material found in 1975-1976; Other: Date acquired: 06/00/1975
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Art Work of Norfolk and Vicinity
Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-294
Scope and Contents
One book titled Art Work of Norfolk and Vicinity (Virginia), Portsmouth, Newport News, Berkley, Hampton, Old Point Comfort, published in 1895 by H. W. Kennicott & Co. The book has been disassembled and several sheets are missing. The content includes "A Sketch of Norfolk and Vicinity," and primarily includes circa 1895 prints of notable local places.
Dates:
created: 1895; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Ash Wednesday Storm Scrapbook
Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-406
Scope and Contents
One 1962 scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to the Ash Wednesday Storm in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Dates:
created: 1962; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Banks Genealogy Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0000-004
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of scrapbooks containing genealogical papers, marriage and record licenses, photos, hand-written letters and newspaper articles, birth certificates, newspaper clippings, and sketched portraits of Robert Fristoe Banks (seven volumes), Woodhouse Keeling Martin (three volumes), Robert Bartee (six volumes), Harrison Banks (two volumes), George Thomas Banks ( one volume), John Banks (two volumes), Harrison Hartwell Banks (five volumes), Charles Thomas Banks (six volumes),...
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in:
Sargeant Memorial Collection