the Sargeant Memorial Collection?
Contributors: Robert B. Hitchings William B. Inge Wm. Troy Valos
Mary Denson Pretlow, Head Librarian of the Norfolk Public Library, established the Sargeant Memorial Collection (SMC) in 1927 with only a small assortment of books and historical papers collected by William Henry Sargeant. Sargeant was the first Librarian to be hired by the City of Norfolk in 1897, and he felt very strongly that Norfolk needed a history room devoted to local history and people. The current non-circulating collection contains a variety of books and periodicals about Norfolk and Virginia, as well as Norfolk maps, photographs, high school yearbooks, and city directories for the Hampton Roads region. Nearly 200 years of Norfolk newspapers on microfilm are available. SMC’s genealogy collection encompasses Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, and other nearby states and includes books, microfilm, and CDs to assist in family research. Today, the Sargeant Memorial Collection offers, without doubt, one of Virginia’s finest The Sargeant Memorial Collection temporarily located local history and genealogy collections. in the Mary D. Pretlow Anchor Branch Library.
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Copy Editor: Susan Mercer
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Graphic Design: Bart Morris
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Printing: Jones Printing Service
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Subscription rate: Free
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Sargeant’s Chronicles is published quarterly by the Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library
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Purpose: ∂ To promote the collection of the Sargeant Memorial Collection and Norfolk Public Library.
Websites for information from local history and genealogy organizations:
∂ To educate readers about the rich history of Norfolk and Virginia based on research and materials within the Sargeant Memorial Collection.
Norfolk County Historical Society infopeake.org/nchs.asp African American Historical Society of Portsmouth blackhistoryportsmouth.org
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∂ To educate readers about
current research, resources, and trends within genealogy and other historical research fields.
Princess Anne County & Virginia Beach Historical Society virginiabeachhistory.org
Norfolk Historical Society norfolkhistorical.org
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Virginia Beach Genealogical Society vbgsva.org
Recent Acquisitions:
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Please contact us at the Sargeant Memorial Collection about availability of back issues, gift subscriptions, subscriptions, and change of address. Sargeant Memorial Collection Pretlow Anchor Branch Library 111 W. Ocean View Avenue Norfolk, VA 23503 (757) 664 -7485
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Perry Bussard of Norfolk, VA – Books.
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Ruby Burley of Norfolk, VA – Pictures, Ships and Ocean View picture. n
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n Bill Inge of Norfolk, VA – Photographs of 1931 downtown waterfront fire, photographs of storm scenes from 1933 and 1936, and four Peninsula telephone directories from 1942-1948.
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Joan Kanter of Norfolk, VA – Five books.
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Jack Mace of Norfolk, VA – Newspaper articles and books.
ISSN: 1937-4925
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n Jenny Willcox of Chicago, IL – Willcox, Tunstall, Martin, Tilley family papers, scrapbooks, and photographs.
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Campbell, R. Thomas. Academy on the James: The Confederate Naval School, (1998). n
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n Jones, Nancy Bondurant, Linwood H. Rose, and Ronald E. Carrier. Rooted on Blue Stone Hill: A History of James Madison University, (2004).
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n Nutt, Joe. Historic Houses of Augusta County, Virginia: Pen & Ink Drawings of Fifty-Two Homes with Historical Narratives, (2007).
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n Nutt, Joe. Historic Houses of Staunton, Virginia: Pen & Ink Drawings of Fifty Homes, (2008).
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Ramsey, Janet R. Contraband Slaves: Richmond Daily Dispatch 1860-1865, (2013). n
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Lott Carey School class photograph from March, 1921. n
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