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Norfolk (Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Barclay Shipping Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-036
Abstract

The Barclay Shipping Ledger from Norfolk, Virginia, covers shipments going through Virginia from 1847-1878. The ledger includes records of auctioneers of enslaved persons.

Dates: 1847 - 1878

Charlotte D. Gale Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-044
Abstract

Photograph album compiled by Charlotte D. Gale, a resident of Roanoke, Virginia, with scenes from Crockett Springs, Roanoke, Salem, and Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: 1898 - 1900

Lynne L. Rust Letter to Bernice Thies

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-061
Abstract

This collection contains a World War I era letter from Norfolk, Virginia, dated May 7, 1918. The letter is from Lynne L. Rust (1897-1964) to his future wife Bernice Thies (1899-1964) of Sioux City, Iowa. Rust was stationed on the USS Montana from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and discusses his experiences in the war and Navy.

Dates: 1918