Virginia -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 92 Collections and/or Records:
Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-015
Abstract
The collection consists of two diaries (1913, 1928) written by Jeffrey T. Wilson (1843-1929). Wilson was a former enslaved person who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He worked as a bailiff in the Norfolk courts after leaving the U. S. Navy and wrote a column, "Colored Notes," for The Portsmouth Star from 1924 until his death in 1929. He outlived four wives and had at least twelve children. Wilson's diaries...
Dates:
1913, 1928
World War I Camp Community Service Song Sheet
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-047
Abstract
This collection contains a World War I era song sheet printed by C.C. Cappel in Roanoke, Virginia. The purpose of this song sheet was so that the community could sing songs together at events in Southwest Virginia. Cappel (1887-1948) was a musical manager for the National Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore Orchestra, as well as working with the U.S. Marine Band and Army Band, war camp community service during World War I, and the USO in World War II.
Dates:
c. 1917-1919