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Virginia Beach (Va.)

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Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

Susan Sellew Collection

 Collection — 3 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2018-068
Scope and Contents

One book of poetry titled A Christmas Token, two circa 1912 postcards written by Luther Buskey to his sister Mae Buskey in Norfolk, Virginia, and one circa 1969 book titled The Dam Neck Story.

Dates: created: 1905, 1912, 1969; Other: Date acquired: 07/30/2018
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Terry and Linda Ritter Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-2022-004
Scope and Contents

One circa 1970s photograph scrapbook of the Norfolk Weather Service Office in Norfolk, Virginia, weather-related correspondence from Frederic Heutte to Terry Ritter in preparation for Heutte's book Gardening in the Temperate Zone, miscellaneous technical booklets and notes belonging to Terry Ritter relating to weather in Norfolk, one official program of the Yorktown sesquicentennial in 1931, and one vacation pamphlet for Tidewater Virginia in 1932.

Dates: created: 1921-1983; Other: Date acquired: 04/13/2022
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

The Lost Settlement of Wash Woods: Connecting the Outer Banks of VA and NC

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2015-066
Scope and Contents

One 261-page paper titled The Lost Settlement of Wash Woods: Connecting the Outer Banks of VA and NC by Dr. Robert L. Baxter, Jr. This copy is version 8.9.40, January 9, 2015. A watermark running diagonally through each page says, "Registered With Writers Guild of America East."

Dates: created: 2015; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2015
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Unidentified Virginia Beach, Virginia Oceanfront Photographs

 Collection — 16 photographs
Identifier: 007-MSS 0000-494
Scope and Contents

Sixteen circa 1940s photographs of groups at the Oceanfront in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Two photographs identify Helen, Alease, and Lillian/Lilly Marlene in front of The Atwater. The Boardwalk is visible in most of the other photographs, and some photographs were taken on the beach in front of The Pocahontas. One circa 1950s-1960s photograph was taken of two women wearing dresses and heels standing in front of The Tides.

Dates: created: circa 1940-1960s; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

"VBGS Newsletter"

 Collection — Box 4 - Periodical Newsletters and Publications
Identifier: MSS-0000-719
Content Description

26 volumes of the "VBGS Newsletter" dated between 1990-2000, with gaps from 1992-1993, and published by the Virginia Beach Genealogical Society. The "VBGS Newsletter" began publication in 1984 and is produced quarterly. It states that the purpose "is to inform, entertain, and educate. It contains articles of interest to genealogical researchers, search queries, as well as notice of coming society events."

Dates: 1990-1991, 1994-2000
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Virginia Beach Surf Club Patch

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-056
Scope and Contents

One circa 1964 patch featuring the logo of the Virginia Beach Surf Club in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Dates: created: circa 1964; Other: Date acquired: 10/02/2017
Found in: Sargeant Memorial Collection

W. J. Stanworth Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2021-002
Scope and Contents

One circa 1913-1931 scrapbook of W. J. Stanworth of Norfolk, Virginia. The scrapbook primarily consists of clippings relating to historic Norfolk and Princess Anne, Virginia. There are also nature photographs featuring areas near Broad Bay, Long Creek, and White Hill in Virginia Beach.

Dates: created: circa 1913-1931; Other: Date acquired: 08/19/2021
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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