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Pages from Norfolk's Past
    by Peggy Haile McPhillips, City Historian

Norfolk Mayors, 1950-2000.
Video jointly produced between Norfolk Public Library and Old Dominion University, and made possible by a grant from the Barron F. Black Fund of the Norfolk Foundation. Taped live interviews with Norfolk mayors, talking about what Norfolk was like during their terms of office. Illustrated with photographs from NPL and the Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority, and with film footage from NPL, ODU and WTKR Television. Video was digitized and is hosted by WHRO.

Click each Mayor's name to begin the video.
  • W. F. Duckworth, 1950-1962

  • Roy B. Martin, Jr., 1962-1974

  • Irvin B. Hill, 1974-1976

  • Vincent J. Thomas, 1976-1984

  • Joseph A. Leafe, 1984-1992

  • Mason C. Andrews, 1992-1994

  • Paul Fraim, 1994-present


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