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Virginia Beach (Va.)

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Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Sinton Leitch Poetry Papers

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-029
Scope and Contents

Circa 1950s poems and one letter written by Mary Sinton Leitch. Several poems are dated after 1952 and place the poet at "Wycherley" on the Lynnhaven, Bayside, Virginia.

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

Nancy Wilson Mann Scrapbook

 Collection — 1 scrapbook
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-459
Scope and Contents

One circa 1870s-1970s scrapbook compiled by Nancy Wilson Mann of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The scrapbook primarily includes original family photographs featuring the Mann, Wilson, Tucker, Drewry, and Little families. The scrapbook includes a plethora of handwritten notations identifying the subjects in the photographs.

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 09/18/1987
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Nicholas John Pope, Jr. Photograph Collection

 Collection — 1 Box
Identifier: 007-MSS 2024-014
Scope and Contents One hundred fifty-two photograph prints and one photograph album contained within this collection compiled by John Nicholas Pope, Jr.  The photographs and album includes images of various scenes throughout the City of Norfolk taken by John Nicholas Pope Jr. while he worked for NRHA, as well as photographs by various other photographers primarily between 1966-1973.  Common images include buildings, city landscapes, boats, aerial photography, and demolition and construction projects, such as...
Dates: created: 1919, 1945, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966-1973; Other: Majority of material found in 1964, 1966-1971; Other: Date acquired: 06/13/2024
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk and Virginia Beach Local History Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-103
Scope and Contents

One 1924-1928 scrapbook of newspaper clippings covering the local history of Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia from the 18th century to early 20th century. The subject matter includes local notables and families, prominent buildings and homes, and important events. While primarily clippings, the scrapbook also includes some issues of the newsletter The Tidewater Trail and programs for mid-1920s local events.

Dates: created: 1924-1928; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk Business and Professional Women's Club Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-050
Scope and Contents One 1969-1970 scrapbook of the Business and Professional Women's Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook appears to have been compiled by Club President Ann Diffee and includes photographs, programs, correspondence, and other materials relating to the club's activities and the national conference in St. Louis, Missouri. Topics in the index include: dedication, club officers and chairmen, club programs, national level, state level, district level, club level, retired members, year book,...
Dates: created: 1969-1970; Other: Date acquired: 12/21/2015
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk History Clippings Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-101
Scope and Contents

Three circa 1940s-1960s history scrapbooks of clippings featuring prominent events, houses, developments, storms, and people in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Princess Anne, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. Topics include individual biographies, distinguished visitors, formation of the cities of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, United States Navy, buildings, ferries, tunnels, yellow fever, the Civil War, churches, and the Adam Thoroughgood House.

Dates: created: 1910, 1945-1963; Other: Majority of material found in 1962-1963; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Norfolk, Va. Book

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2021-010
Scope and Contents

One circa 1900 book titled Norfolk, Va., illustrated in photo-gravure, copyright by A. Wittemann, The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, New York. The book features photographs of local landmarks in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, and Hampton, Virginia.

Dates: created: circa 1900; Other: Date acquired: 08/00/2021
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Order of Cape Henry Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-155
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, organizational minutes, yearly pilgrimage ephemera, photographs, and scrapbooks related to the Order of Cape Henry from 1924 to 1986.

Dates: created: 1924-1987, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Peggy McCarthy Scrapbook

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2016-052
Scope and Contents

One July to December 1932 scrapbook featuring Peggy McCarthy and her tap dancing shows in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Newark, New Jersey.

Dates: created: 1932; Other: Date acquired: 07/03/2016
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Pembroke Mall Shopping Center Photographs

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-603
Scope and Contents

Seven architectural rendering photographs of Pembroke Square Shopping Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The photographs include aerial views and internal depictions of the shopping mall. Identified stores include Sears, Miller & Rhoads, and Thalhimers.

Dates: created: circa 1965
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

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