Troy Valos, SMC Manager, May 2023 (Updated April 2025)
Burton, H. W. The History of Norfolk, Virginia: A Review of Important Events and Incidents Which Occurred from 1736-1877; Also a Record of Personal Reminiscences and Political, Commercial, and Curious Facts. Norfolk, Va: Norfolk Virginian Job Print, 1877.
World Cat Record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62619003
Digitized Copy: https://archive.org/details/historyofnorfolk01burt
Forrest, William S., and Conger Sherman. Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Norfolk and Vicinity, Including Portsmouth and the Adjacent Counties, During a Period of Two Hundred Years. Also, Sketches of Williamsburg, Hampton, Suffolk, Smithfield, and Other Places, with Descriptions of Some of the Principal Objects of Interest in Eastern Virginia. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1853.
World Cat Record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/704478011
Digitized Copy: https://archive.org/details/historicaldescri00forr
Parramore, Thomas C., Peter C. Stewart, and Tommy Bogger. 1994. Norfolk : The First Four Centuries. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.
World Cat Record:
Digitized Copy: https://archive.org/details/norfolkfirstfour0000parr_a6z8
Stewart, William H. History of Norfolk County, Virginia and Representative Citizens. Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co, 1902.
World Cat Record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27644382
Digitized Copy: https://archive.org/details/historyofnorfolk00stew
Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson, and Marvin W. Schlegel. Norfolk: Historic Southern Port. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1931.
World Cat Record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1200992760
Digitized Copy: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001263711
Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson, and Marvin W. Schlegel. Norfolk: Historic Southern Port. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1962.
World Cat Record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/477117
Digitized Copy: https://archive.org/details/norfolkhistorics01wert/page/n5/mode/2up
Whichard, Rogers Dey. The History of Lower Tidewater Virginia. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co, 1957.
World Cat Record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3746911
Digitized Copies:
Vol 1 - https://archive.org/details/historyoflowerti01whic/page/n9/mode/2up
Vol 2 - https://archive.org/details/historyoflowerti02whic/page/n7/mode/2up
Vol 3 - https://archive.org/details/historyoflowerti03whic/page/n5/mode/2up
African American:
Bogger Tommy. 1997. Free Blacks in Norfolk Virginia 1790-1860 : The Darker Side of Freedom. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.
World Cat Record: https://worldcat.org/en/title/34886139
Digitized Copy: https://archive.org/details/freeblacksinnorf00bogg [Need to register with Internet Archive and borrow the book]
Lewis Earl. 1991. In Their Own Interests : Race Class and Power in Twentieth-Century Norfolk Virginia. Berkeley: University of California Press.
World Cat Record: https://worldcat.org/en/title/22110036
Rose Ruth A. 2000. Norfolk Virginia. Charleston SC: Arcadia Pub.
World Cat Record: https://worldcat.org/en/title/44928990
Williams Martha McClenny. 2015. Norfolk Botanical Garden : Untold WPA Story. Middletown Delaware?: publisher not identified.
World Cat Record: https://worldcat.org/en/title/958223651
Jewish:
Berent Irwin M. Norfolk Virginia : A Jewish History of the 20th Century. Norfolk Va: JewishHistoryUSA.com. 2001.
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/49773431
LGBTQ:
Ford Charles Howard and Jeffrey L Littlejohn. LGBT Hampton Roads. Charleston South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. 2016.
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/927383625
Military:
Jackson, A. B. As I See Ghent: A Visual Essay. Virginia Beach, Va: Donning, 1978.
Ocean View Station Museum (Norfolk, Va.). Ocean View: Norfolk's Playground. [Norfolk, Va.]: Ocean View Station Museum, 2006.
Yarsinske, Amy Waters. Ocean View. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2001.
Fire and Rescue:
Norfolk Fire-Rescue: 150 Years 1871-2021. Evansville, Indiana. MT Publishing, 2021.
Norfolk Firefighters' Association (Norfolk, Va.). History of the Fire Department, Norfolk, Virginia. 1975.
Police:
Norfolk (Va.). History of the Police Department, City of Norfolk. [Norfolk, Va.]: [publisher not identified], 1909.
Norfolk (Va.). Norfolk Police Department: 1797-1993 Commemorative Album. Norfolk, Va: Police Dept, 1993.
Norfolk (Va.), and Turner Publishing Co. Norfolk Police Department: Into Our Third Century of Service, 1797-2003. Paducah, Ky: Turner Pub. Co, 2003.
Norfolk (Va.). Norfolk Police: A Legacy Over Two Centuries of Service, Honor & Tradition. 2016.
Bogger, Tommy, and Annette Montgomery. A Pictorial History of Norfolk State University, 1935 to 2010: An Enduring Legacy. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company Publishers, 2010.
Societies:
Shampoe, Clay. 2006. The Norfolk Sports Club : Celebrating More than 60 Years of Community Service. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co. Publishers.
Worldcat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/65406945
Information About Norfolk, Portsmouth, Berkley, Virginia and Vicinity: The Three Cities Whose Industrial Growth and Common Commercial Interests Bid Fair to Result, through Civic Union, in What May Be Called Greater Norfolk. 1905. Norfolk, Va.: Board of Trade and Business Men’s Association.
Digitized Copy: https://archive.org/details/informationabout00norf
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/16925945
Norfolk, Virginia : A Great Maritime Port and Railroad Center ... : Its Early History ... Its Later Record ... : Portsmouth, Its Sister City : A Record of Its History, a General Review of Its Growth, and a Forecast of Its Future. 1897. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified].
Digitized Copy: n/a
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/15580963
Banks, B. A., and Norfolk (Va). Industrial Commission. 1909. Norfolk, Virginia: The Golden Gate of the Atlantic Seaboard, “The Sunrise City by the Sea”: Commercial, Industrial, Historical, Geographical, Social. [Norfolk, Va.]: Industrial Commission, Board of Commercial and Industrial Interests.
Digitized Copy: https://archive.org/details/norfolkvirginiac00norf/mode/2up
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/81440107
Johnson, Eleanor Virginia Shipp. 1904. Norfolk, Its Historical Features. [Norfolk, Va.]: [Nusbaum Book & news Co.].
Digitized Copy: n/a
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/6374178
Jones, Cary W. 1881. Norfolk as a Business Centre; Its Principal Industries and Trades. [2d ed.]. [Norfolk]: C. H. Windsor.
Digitized Copy: https://archive.org/details/norfolkasbusines01jone/page/n7/mode/2up
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/6287442
Jones, Cary W. 1884. Guide to Norfolk as a Business Centre. Edited by Edward Pollock. (4th ed.). Norfolk, Va.: C.H. Windsor, Bookseller and stationer.
Digitized Copy: n/a
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/6373610
Murray, Kenton Foster, and Charles Pinckney Sapp. 1904. Norfolk, Virginia: The Gateway of the South. Philadelphia: Shelden.
Digitized Copy: n/a
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/4961857
Norfolk Board of Trade and Business Men’s Association, Norfolk, Va. 1909. Norfolk and Hampton Roads Graphically Shown and Described ..
Digitized Copy: n/a
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/39336038
Norfolk Chamber of Commerce. 1890. The City by the Sea. Facts and Figures About Norfolk. No. 2. Norfolk, Va: [Green, Burke & Gregory, Printers].
Digitized Copy: https://archive.org/details/citybysea00norf
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/6343299
Norfolk Chamber of Commerce. 1893. Pictures in Maritime Dixie: Norfolk, Va., Port and City : The Chamber of Commerce Book. Norfolk, Va.: G.W. Engelhardt.
Digitized Copy: n/a
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/2739254
Norfolk Chamber of Commerce. 1897. Facts and figures about Norfolk, Virginia: a town in 1680, a borough in 1736, a city in 1845: issued for distribution at the Tennessee Centennial at Nashville by the Norfolk, Va., Chamber of Commerce. Norfolk, Va.:Norvell Print. Co.
Digitized Copy: n/a
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/23782230
Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, and Virginia Specialty Co. 1910. Norfolk, the Key to the Continent. Norfolk, Va.: Virginia Specialty Co.
Digitized Copy: n/a
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/47766547
Norfolk-Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (Va). 1926. Norfolk Portsmouth: A Busy Port, a Thriving Metropolis, an All Year Playground. [Norfolk, Va.]: Advertising Board, Norfolk-Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce.
Digitized Copy: n/a
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/36958077
Turin, Francis E. 1931. The New Norfolk on Hampton Roads: Its Commerce, Industries, Business, Agriculture, Resorts and Government.
Digitized Copy: n/a
World Cat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/21313668
Ingram, John W. 2023. Monarchs : Bud Metheny, Old Dominion Baseball, and the Foundational 1960s Championship Teams. Herndon, VA: Mascot Books, an imprint of Amplify Publishing Group.
Worldcat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/1365769141
Shampoe, Clay, and Thomas R. Garrett. 2003. Baseball in Norfolk, Virginia. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia.
Worldcat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/52520088
Stewart, Peter C. 2010. Early Professional Baseball in Hampton Roads : A History, 1884-1928. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co.
Worldcat Record: https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/496235750