The Sargeant Memorial Collection
Pretlow Branch Library
111 W. Ocean View Avenue
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| Pretlow Branch Library Norfolk, Virginia |
757-441-1600
http://www.npl.lib.va.us
E-mail: robert.hitchings@norfolk.gov
troy.valos@norfolk.gov
william.inge@norfolk.gov
localhistory@norfolk.gov
Open Monday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m.‒9:00 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. ‒5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 1:00 p.m.‒5:00 p.m.
Repository
The Sargeant Memorial Collection is located at the new Pretlow Branch Library, 111 W. Ocean View Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia. Phone (757) 441-1600. Our website is http://www.npl.lib.va.us.Our first librarian, William Henry Sargeant was hired by the City of Norfolk. He had a passion, he loved history, and he realized that Norfolk was changing; the old neighborhoods were becoming our new downtown. He quickly went to work collecting historical items for our room including old photographs and family genealogies. William Henry Sargeant passed away in 1917 and in 1927 the Henry Sargeant Memorial Room was created. Since that date each historian/librarian over the years has added to the collection. Today we are one of the best genealogical repositories in our state.
Be Prepared
We have five microfilm machines and one public scanner; you can use your flash drive to make copies. We have one copier; copies are .15 cents each. You can make copies with your digital camera too.Holdings
We offer on our online database, Norfolk city directories, 1850-1930, Sanborn (fire insurance) maps, the African American newspaper, The Norfolk Journal & Guide, and our picture collection, over 1500 images online. Also we have our eight cemeteries (interments). We have periodical files in cabinet files, newspaper clippings of the city of Norfolk, city of Portsmouth, city of Virginia Beach, and city of Chesapeake.Collections
Due to the new construction of our Slover Library, we have had to split our collection due to limited space. We have the most valuable part of our collection, 25%, here at Pretlow, while the remaining 75% is stored in a nice warehouse. In our collection we have around 60,000 photographs and negatives that were given to us by the Virginian-Pilot newspaper that covers the years 1927 through the 1980s. Also in the collection are photographs that came from individual citizens of our area, like Harry Mann, Carroll Walker, just to name a few. We also have a wonderful postcard collection; school year books; historical diaries; historical maps of our area; old scrapbooks; newspaper microfilm of our local newspapers; court papers on microfilm for Norfolk city, Norfolk County, Princess Anne County, Portsmouth, Virginia; family trees; family genealogies; and our wonderful book collection on family genealogies. We are very proud of our collection and with donations, we are adding to it every month.New Location in November 2014
This year in November 2014 will be an exciting new year for the city of Norfolk. We plan to open the new Samuel Slover Memorial Library that has been under construction for the last four years. The Sargeant Memorial Collection will have two floors to hold its valuable collection.We look forward to your visit.
Robert B. Hitchings, Archivist/Historian
Head of the Sargeant Memorial Collection
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