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Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)

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Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:

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

William and Joan Swan Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2019-022
Scope and Contents

This collection primarily includes published materials relating to ships and maritime-related subjects. It includes booklets, nautical charts, and small magazines, with most materials dating between the 1930s and 1960s. Topics include the International Naval Review in Hampton Roads, Virginia, the S. S. United States, and training materials from the New York State Maritime Academy.

Dates: created: circa 1900-1985; Other: Majority of material found in 1930s-1960s; Other: Date acquired: 05/20/2019
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

William Benjamin Beauchamp Family Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-019
Scope and Contents

The William Benjamin Beauchamp Family Papers primarily include circa 1918-1931 correspondence from William Benjamin Beauchamp's daughter, Dorothy Murden, to her husband, Virginius B. Murden, Jr. The collection also includes newspaper clippings, various ephemera relating to finances, travel, and education, and family photographs.

Dates: created: 1907-1991; Other: Majority of material found in 1920-1924; Other: Date acquired: 03/24/2017
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

William Elton Beale, Sr., Photograph Collection

 Collection — 1 Folder
Identifier: MSS-2025-020
Scope and Contents This is the personal photograph collection of William Elton Beale, Sr., which includes photograph prints he captured of various scenes in the Hampton Roads region and beyond.  The initial donation of six photograph prints received on July 30, 2025 includes images that depict the Norwegian Lady masthead at the Virginia Beach oceanfront sometime in the early 1910s; Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia in the 1910s; a Curtiss Golden Flyer in-flight in the 1900s; construction of the Hampton Roads...
Dates: created: 1900s-1960s; Other: Acquired - 07/30/2025; Accrual date acquired - 08/05/2025
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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