World War I in Norfolk and Hampton Roads, 1917-1919

Troy Valos, SMC Special Collections Librarian, May 2023

Sources:

1.    Primary Sources:

A.    Books and Pamphlets:

• • • • • • Craighill, Edley. History of the 317th Infantry. [Tours]: [Imprimerie Deslis frères et cie], 1919. Call #: 940.412 CRA

          • Geisinger, Joseph Francis. History of U.S. Army Base Hospital No. 45 in the Great War: (Medical College of Virginia Unit). Richmond: William Byrd Press, 1924.  Call #: 940.476 GEI

          • Seal, Henry F. History of the 111th Field Artillery Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, Organized from the First Battalion, Field Artillery, Virginia National Guard, at Camp McClellan, Anniston, Alabama, 5 August 1917. Richmond: Virginia National Guard, 1953.   Call #: 940.412 NUM

B.    Documents/Collections:

• • • • Alfriend and Vickery Families Papers (MSS 2015-040)

      • John Bonnard March Military Discharge (MSS 0000-379)

      •  Norfolk Ephemera Collection (MSS 0000-NEC) - Box 39, Folder 15

      • M. G. Nusbaum Scrapbook (MSS 0000-228)

      • Sargeant Memorial Collection Norfolk Clippings Files (MSS 0000-NCF) – Folder “Places: German Village”

      • United States Army Base Hospital No. 45 List (MSS 0000-581)

      • Virginia War History Commission, Norfolk, Virginia Records (MSS 0000-182)

      • Annie Lee Wade Scrapbook (MSS 2017-024)

C.    Governmental Records:

• Norfolk City Council Minutes (on microfilm)

• Norfolk Public Schools School Board Minutes (on microfilm)

D.    Newspapers/Magazines/Journals (Selected Articles):

• Daily Press (Hampton/Newport News, VA)

• The Hampton Monitor (Hampton, VA) – ends at October 18, 1918

• Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch (Norfolk, VA)

• Peninsula Enterprise (Accomack County, VA)

• The Portsmouth Star (Portsmouth, VA)

• The Princess Anne Times (Virginia Beach, VA) – ends in 1918

• The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)

• The Waverly Dispatch (Waverly, Sussex County, VA)

E. Photographs/Images:

• Nona Josephine Cowan Photographs (MSS 0000-625)

• German Village Postcards (MSS 0000-531)

• James Arthur Murdaugh Photograph Collection (MSS 0000-310)

• Sargeant Memorial Collection Main Photograph Collection (MSS 0000-MPC)

• Sargeant Memorial Collection Postcard Collection, circa 1900-1980 (MSS 0000-PCC)

• Archie Gray Wade Photograph Collection (MSS 2017-017)

• Warren Luther Wagner Photograph Collection (MSS 0000-315)

• Isabella and Carroll Walker Photograph Collection (MSS 0000-243)

2.    Secondary Sources:

A.    Books and Pamphlets:

• Alanen, Arnold R., and B. Ray Summerell. From Planned Community to Historic District: The Evolution of World War I Communities in the Virginia Tidewater Region. [Virginia]: [publisher not identified], 1994. Call #: 307.12 ALA

• FitzPatrick, Thomas. Tidewater Warrior: The World War I Years: General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., USMC, Twentieth Commandant. Fairfax, Va: T. FitzPatrick, 2010.  Call #: 940.309 FIT

• Hansard, Gregory J. German Sailors in Hampton Roads: A World War I Story at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Charleston, S.C.: History Press, 2018.  Call #: 975.55 HAS

• Holcomb, R. C. A Century with Norfolk Naval Hospital, 1830-1930. Portsmouth, Va: Printcraft Publishing Co., 1930.  Call #: 362.11 HOL

• Holladay, Mildred, and Dean Burgess. History of Portsmouth, Virginia. Portsmouth, Va: The Portsmouth Historical Commission, 2007.  Call #: 975.5522 HOL

• Jester, Annie (Lash). Newport News, Virginia, 1607-1960. [Newport News]: City of Newport News, 1961.  Call #: 975.5416 JES

• LaPrade Kayaselcuk, Mary, and Sue Ellen Massie. Heroes Forever: The Story of the Newport News Victory Arch. Newport News, Va: Published by the City of Newport News and the Newport News Historical Committee, 1986.  Call #: 940.46 LAP

• Mansfield, Stephen S. Princess Anne County and Virginia Beach: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, Va: Donning Co., 1989.  Call #: 975.551 MAN

• Parramore, Thomas C., Peter C. Stewart, and Tommy Bogger. Norfolk: The First Four Centuries. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000.  Call #: 975.5521 PAR

• Quarstein, John V. World War I on the Virginia Peninsula. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 1998. Call #: 975.5 QUA

• Rainville, Lynn. Virginia and the Great War: Mobilization, Supply and Combat, 1914-1919. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2018.  Call #: 940.3775 RAI

• Schlegel, Marvin W. Conscripted City: Norfolk in World War II. Norfolk, Va: Virginian-Pilot/Ledger-Star, 1991. Call #: 975.5521 SCH

• Shank, Joseph E. Shank's Raw Materials on the History of Norfolk-Portsmouth Newspapers and of the Tidewater Area.  Vol. 5 and 6. [Norfolk, Va]: [Shanks], 1965.  Call #: 975.5521 SHA

• United States. The Impact of War on the Hampton Roads Area: the Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News Shipbuilding District. Part I - World War II; Part II - World War I. [Washington]: U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Occupational Outlook Branch, 1944.  Call #: 330.9755 UNI

• Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson. Norfolk. Historic southern port. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Publications, 1931.  Call #: 975.5521 WER