Williamsburg (Va.)

Scope and Contents Maps, books, booklets, pamphlets, photographs, postcards, souvenir artifacts, newspapers, and other printed ephemera relating to Norfolk, Hampton Roads, and Virginia from the mid-nineteenth to early twenty-first centuries. Most of the materials date from the 1920s to 1970s, although a significant number of items relate to the Jamestown Exposition of 1907. Maps of the southside section of Hampton Roads and memorabilia of Norfolk and the Tidewater area make up a majority of items in the...

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Clippings and other published materials primarily relating to Native Americans in Virginia (especially Nansemond), the settlement at Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg, and the 400th anniversary of Jamestown. The collection also includes a circa 1980s map of Lone Star Lakes in Suffolk, Virginia.

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One typescript translated from French: letters written to Henry, Louis, and Emily, describing travel through various eastern cities in Virginia.

Scope and Contents One 192-page typescript of the Tazewell family of Virginia (compiled between 1894 and 1901), one photocopied document from 1826 belonging to Littleton Waller Tazewell, and one original document of field notes dated circa 1828 for the old plantation belonging to Littleton Waller Tazewell of Norfolk, Virginia. The typescript includes typed notes in the margins from Littleton Waller Tazewell (1848-1918), whose grandfather Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774-1860) originally wrote a majority of the...

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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.

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Print photographs that document the history and cultural heritage of Norfolk and Hampton Roads, Virginia.

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The Sargeant Memorial Collection Postcard Collection houses postcards from the Norfolk area, Hampton Roads, Richmond, Washington, D.C., the state of Virginia and surrounding states, and the Jamestown Exposition. Some postcards in the collection are postmarked from the early 1900s.

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The collection includes news clippings on various topics and places across Virginia. It is divided into three main sections: general Virginia subjects; Virginia counties; and Virginia cities, towns and places. Each section is organized into sub-topics as appropriate. The collection also includes a section on North Carolina and several other states.

Scope and Contents The Virginia Ephemera Collection includes a broad range of informational publications, media reports, government documents, maps, and historical records, all relating to Virginia topics and localities outside the City of Norfolk. There are three major sections: general subjects (such as the arts, education, and transportation); counties (including economic and demographic data, places of interest, histories, and other information); and cities, towns and places (including histories,...

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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.