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 ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html