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Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:

The Downtowner Newspaper

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-032
Scope and Contents May 1988 to March 2015 newspapers of the free monthly publication The Downtowner, a Norfolk, Virginia newspaper with the motto, "a positive voice serving Greater Norfolk, including Ocean View & Olde Towne Portsmouth." The newspaper prominently features local businesses and entertainment in the greater Hampton Roads region. There are gaps in the collection, particularly from 2010-2015, and many volume numbers are incorrect. Issue Number 1 of each...
Dates: created: 1998-2015; Other: Date acquired: 07/14/2015
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

The Granberry Land Survey

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-641
Scope and Contents

One 1834 survey drawn and described by William Wright for "The Granberry Land, now Camerons', near Bowers Hill" in Norfolk County, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1834; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Thomas B. Rowland Scrapbooks

 Collection — 4 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-231
Scope and Contents Three scrapbooks containing late-18th-century to early-20th-century clippings of Norfolk, Virginia history, along with handwritten notes by Thomas B. Rowland. The clippings primarily focus on ships, buildings, and local historical events, and many of the clippings include images. Volumes 1 and 3 were originally ship logs for the Virginia Pilot Association, featuring pilot boats Relief and William A. Graves; many pages in these...
Dates: created: 1793-1917; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Tidewater Bicycle Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2018-056
Scope and Contents

More than 1,200 electronic files dating between 1972 and 2018 of the Tidewater Bicycle Association in Hampton Roads, Virginia. The files include agendas, articles of incorporation, bylaws, clippings, financial summaries, logo designs, membership applications, newsletters, photographs, and promotional materials. There are also histories of the organization and a list of contributors who are credited with compiling the collection.

Dates: created: 1972-2018; Other: Date acquired: 10/13/2018
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

Tidewater Virginia In Years Gone By Booklet

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2022-008
Scope and Contents

One 1959 booklet titled Tidewater Virginia In Years Gone By, A Pictorial History in commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Mutal Federal Savings and Loan Association of Norfolk.

Dates: created: 1959; Other: Date acquired: 04/29/2022
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Virginiana Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-100
Scope and Contents Eighteen scrapbooks compiled by Rev. W. H. T. Squires, primarily consisting of clippings relating to people, places, and events in Virginia. There is a notable emphasis on Virginia during and after the Civil War. Series 1 consists of 15 scrapbooks that cover Virginia history generally, while the remaining 3 scrapbooks that make up Series 2 consist of clippings taken from the 75th anniversary edition of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot on June 26, 1940. The subject...
Dates: created: 1862-1947; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

"VSBGR News"

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: MSS-0000-722
Dates: 1993-1995
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

"VSBGR News"

 Collection — 5 - Periodical Newsletters and Publications
Identifier: MSS-0000-722
Content Description

One issue of the "VSBGR News" newsletter produced by the AAHGS, Inc. Hampton Roads Chapter. AAHGS, Inc. is the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.

Dates: 1993
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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