Good Morning,

In preparation for the construction of the new Slover Memorial Library complex which includes renovation of the Seaboard Building, the Norfolk Main Library, and along with it, the Sargeant Memorial Collection, will be closing on November 1, 2011.   (Link to Information about our new library:  http://www.newmanarchitects.com/project.html?pid=185<https://webmail.norfolk.gov/owa/redir.aspx?C=3fb08b60eea0403394704c7f864fb010&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.newmanarchitects.com%2fproject.html%3fpid%3d185>)

A portion of the Sargeant Memorial Collection (SMC) will move to the Mary D. Pretlow Anchor Branch Library at 111 W. Ocean View Avenue, Norfolk, VA. (http://mapq.st/qZm4Us<https://webmail.norfolk.gov/owa/redir.aspx?C=3fb08b60eea0403394704c7f864fb010&URL=http%3a%2f%2fmapq.st%2fqZm4Us>) to provide public access to local history and genealogical materials during the interim.  We are tentatively planning to reopen there on January 17, 2012, and will be open for research and consultation at that location until the new library is built. During this time, items from the SMC collection not at Pretlow will be retrievable from our repository collection at the Library Administration and Services Center.

Please check our online catalog and notify us at least a day before visiting which items you require so that we can have them for you at the Pretlow site.
(Link to our website: http://www.npl.lib.va.us/smrt/smr_home.html<https://webmail.norfolk.gov/owa/redir.aspx?C=3fb08b60eea0403394704c7f864fb010&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.npl.lib.va.us%2fsmrt%2fsmr_home.html>)

SMC staff will endeavor, as always, to help in any way possible with your research requests during this time. If you have any questions concerning this, please call the SMC staff at 757-664-7485 or email: [log in to unmask]<https://webmail.norfolk.gov/owa/redir.aspx?C=3fb08b60eea0403394704c7f864fb010&URL=mailto%3alocalhistory%40norfolk.gov>.

Collections at Pretlow will primarily include:
Local Newspapers on Microfilm (Virginian-Pilot; Norfolk Journal Guide; and Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch)
Local Court Records on Microfilm
Norfolk Clippings and Vertical Files
Selected Norfolk Maps

Periodicals:
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
William and Mary Quarterly
Tyler's Quarterly
Lower Norfolk County Antiquary
Swem's Index

Books:
Norfolk City Directories
Norfolk School Yearbooks
929.3 - North Carolina and Virginia Counties Abstracts and Transcriptions
975 - Virginia Regional and Local Histories
Selected Civil War Publications
Selected Family Histories

Sincerely,


W. Troy Valos
Sargeant Memorial Collection - Norfolk Main Library
235 East Plume Street
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
Main: (757) 664 - 7485
Office: (757) 664 - 7323 ext: 43737
Fax: (757) 664 - 7319
http://www.npl.lib.va.us/smrt/smr_home.html


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