The following are available at the Suffolk Railroad Museum Book Shop and may be ordered by phone, 757-923-4750, or by mail using the Order Form.
BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS
Death
Records 1853 - 1870, Southampton County, VA
128 pgs.; 8 ½" x 11"; $2.50
*Diary
of Solomon Augustus Lenfest, Co. G, Sixth Massachusetts Infantry
while stationed at Suffolk, Virginia, August 29, 1862-May 29, 1863
34 pgs; 5 ½" x 8 ½"; $4.00
*General
Lafayette Visits Suffolk February 25-26, 1825
9 pgs.; 5 ½" x 8 ½"; $2.50
The Law:
200 Years of the People Who Influenced Suffolk and Nansemond County
30 pgs.; 5 ½" x 8 ½"; $4.00
Pen and
Picture Sketches - The City of Suffolk, Year 1915
24 pgs.; 9" x 12 ¼"; $8.00
Quiet
Regiment - Stories of Civilians in Suffolk During the War Between
the States
42 pgs; 5 ½" x 8 ½"; $5.00
*A Record
of Farms and Their Owners in the Lower Parish of Nansemond County, Virginia
by Dr. William Turner Jordan (1835-1922)
45 pgs.; 5 ½" x 8 ½"; $4.00
Sketchbook
of Suffolk, Its People and Its Trade by Edward Pollock, 1st printed
1886
144 pgs; about 5" x 6 ½"; $5.00
Storm Over Suffolk (1861-1865) by Kermit Hobbs
28 pgs.; 5 ½" x 8 ½"; $5.00
Strictly
for Peanuts: The Story of Amedeo Obici
38 pgs; 8 ½" x 11"; $7.50
*Suffolk
Lodge No. 30, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the Commonwealth of
Virginia 1790-1990 by Marion Watson
46 pgs.; 5 ½" x 8 ½"; $4.00
*Suffolk's
Old City Hall and Market 1891-1962
12 pgs.; 5 ½" x 8 ½"; $4.00
A Walk
Down Main Street [pamphlet], pub. 1968
Pictures, facts and stories about old buildings on Main Street, several
of which have been lost in the intervening years; $1.00
We Are
the Poorer for Their Passing: Miss Marie Remembers Bank Street
38 pgs.; 8 ½" x 11"; $10.00
PRINTS
Bird's
Eye View of Suffolk 1907
black & white; 24" x 36"; $10.00
*Dr. Challis Dawson color print from painting of Nansemond River Bridge at Suffolk, 1949 - only 25 printed, a few still available; 11" x 17"; originally $45, now $30.00
Old Nansemond
County Courthouse
color print; 14" x 20"; $15.95
*Scenes of Lower Tidewater Virginia During Revolutionary Times - These illustrations were lithographed in a commemorative edition during the Bicentennial celebration and were drawn in a primitive style by Suffolk native Judith Whitney Godwin. Sepia tones; 5 scenes, each 11" x 14": Glebe Church, South Quay, Burning of Suffolk, Cowper's Shipyard, the Brig Dolphin; $30.00
View of Suffolk during Civil War from Union Major General Peck's Headquarters at Suffolk; and 11th Penns. Cavalry Camp (Col. Spears); 1863- color print; 14 ½" x 20"; $18.95
Map
of Suffolk during the Union occupation by E. A. Curtis
11" x 14"; $3.95
Virginia
Seashore - 1930 - full color map shows railroads, ferries & steamship
lines, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Ocean View, Virginia Beach, the Peninsula.
11" x 14"; $2.00
OTHER
Christmas
Cards - The Gates at College Court. Original drawing by Lee King; Message:
Seasons Greetings
5" x 7"; 10 cards/$4.75
Notecards
by Nat Thompson - Suffolk in the 1800's
20 cards/$2.00
NOT PUBLISHED BY SNHS
Arcadia books about Suffolk, 128 pgs.; 5" x7"; $19.99:
Suffolk
in Vintage Postcards by SNHS
Suffolk - Black America Series by Annette Montgomery
Suffolk and Nansemond County by Frances Clark
Suffolk
Peanut Festival by Patrick Evans Hilton
Special price: $12.99
*Bible
Records of Suffolk and Nansemond County Virginia collected and edited
by Fillmore Norfleet
220 pgs.; 8 ½" x 11 ½"; $25.00; 2 or 3 available
The Descendants
of the First Nathaniel Pruden of Nansemond County, Virginia by Peter
DeWitt Pruden, III
220 pgs.; 5 ½" x 8 ½"; hardback; $30.00
The Great
Dismal by Bland Simpson - Includes numerous personal experiences told
by Shelton Rountree of Suffolk.
193 pgs.; 5 ½" x 8 ½" ; $16.95
John Smith in the Chesapeake by Edward Wright Haile. Includes descriptions of two voyages of Smth to what was later Nansemond County. $24.95
Last
in the Class - Includes a chapter about General Lawrence Baker, CSA,
who lived in Suffolk after the War until his death in 1907.
503 pgs.;6¼" x 9"; hardback; $19.95
Suffolk
- A Celebration of History by Kermit Hobbs and William A. Paquette
224 pgs.; 11 ¼" x 9"; hardback; $24.95
Timber
Tycoons by Park Rouse - History of the Camp family, including information
about William H. Gay, builder of the Suffolk & Carolina Railroad and
resident of Suffolk
295 pgs.; 9½" x 6¼"; hardback; $20.00
The War
Hits Home by Brian S. Wills
345 pgs.; 9 ½" x 6 ½"; hardback; $34.95
* Only a
limited number remain.
Arts & Entertainment - Vol. 1, Issue 3, Oct. 2006 - Phoenix Band;City Hall/City Market/Academy of Music; Social organizations; dance clubs; Movie theaters; Musicals; minstrels & other amateur shows
Boomtown
Suffolk in the early 20th Century -Vol. 17, Issue 4, Nov. 2008 - Houses:
Causey-First Lady, Holland-Fuller, Davis-Signore-Lehman, Green-Pruitt,
Kilby-Pollard, Schadel-Krezmien; Constantia -
Why That Name?; Dr. W. B. Wellons; Oxford Methodist Church; Furniture
and Funerals; Christmas in Town/ in the County
Celebrating History Vol. 16, Issue 2, May 2007 - 1907 - Jamestown Exposition;1958 - Suffolk Nansemond Festiva;l 1976 Bicentennial; Lafayette's visit; Dedication of Confederate Monument; Tom Smith; Dedication of World War I Monument; Euclid Borland
Gone
But Not Forgotten -Vol. 10, Issue 2, July 2001 - Russell's (Ruden's)
Durgstore; the Jewish community; WLPM; Fred Hamblin; Holland Christian
Church; Robert Reidel of Holland; Hall Places;
Baines Family; Hall
Place;
Hall Place - Vol. 10, Issue 1, February 2001 - Henry Riddick; Joseph P. Hall & Drugstore; Dr. L. C. Holland - dentist & clown; Holland, VA - history & houses; Civil War in Suffolk
In the
Good Old Summer Time - Vol. 12, Issue 2, August 2003 - Conan
Beach; Baseball; Joyner Park;
Culpepper's pool; Tennis; Watermelons; Cross Family
Kings Fork - Vol. 17, Issue 1, March 2008 - Kings Fork School; Mt. Zion School; Providence Church; Kings Fork Ruritan; Kings Fork Woman's Club; Hurricane Branch;Miss Daisy Nurney; Local families: Gray (Indian Point Farm), Williams, Jordan, Eley, P.D. Pruden & others; Camp Matoaka
Let's Go to the Fair -Vol. 17, Issue 3, Sept. 2008 -Fairs: School, Tidewater Fair, & Four County Fair; Dr. Peanut (Dr. George W. Carver); Horse and Mule Business; Mayo's Confectionery pictures;One Man's Life ;
One Man's Life -George Parker, C.S.A. - Vol. 16, Issue 1, March 2007 - Surry Parker; Seth Mitchell Whaley; Odom Family
The Pause That Refreshes -Vol. 17, Issue 2, June 2008 - Coca Cola, Pepsi, Nehi, SunnyBrook, Wards and other bottling companies; Cathey, Cross, Carter, Ward and other bottlers; Roduco, NC/Roberts Drug Co.; Drugstores in Suffolk, Chuckatuck, Holland andWhaleyville; Tobe and MaryAnn Gray/Indian Point Farm; Lee-Jordan Clubhouse
Preserving a Sense of Place -Railroads - Vol. 11, Issue 2, September 2002 - Buckhorn, Cypress Chapel, Deans, Dismal Swamp w/railroad map, Driver, Elwood, Harrell's Siding, Holland, Magnolia, Magnolia Salt Sulphur Springs, Myrtle, Saunders, Whaleyville, Wilroy;McCleod/Dennis and Caulk/Frawner weddings; Spanish American War
Rest for the Weary -Traveler Hotels & Inns - Vol. 14, Issue 2, May 2005 - Suffolk, Driver, Holland, Somerton, Whaleyville; Lafayette
Rose Hill Plantation - Vol. 10, Issue 3, November 2001 - Families: Dew, Driver, Allen, Hurff, Coulbourns; Greenfield Dairy
Where
Have All the Kilbys Gone? - Vol. 13, Issue 2, August 2004 - Kilby
Family; Wilroy; Suffolk & Nansemond doctors
SUFFOLK NANSEMOND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
P.O. Box
1255
Suffolk, Virginia 23439-1255
Phone
(757)539-2781
Email: snhs@verizon.net