Norge Community Club records

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Norge Community Club records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
5 Linear Feet Three records cartons, two extra large hollinger boxes, and one oversize flat box.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Norge Community Club records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Materials related to the organization and running of the Norge Community Club, such as: scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, publication clippings, meeting minutes, newsletters, agendas, membership information, invoices, and account books.

Dark blue binder.

Light blue binder.

Biographical / historical:

The Norge Community Club, previously called "Viking Hall", and recently in 2026 retitled to the "Norge Community Hall Association," was founded in 1907 by a group of men who wanted to build a centrally-located place to host meetings, dances and parties in Norge. By 1920, the building had slowly fallen into disrepair and was purchased by the Norge Home Demonstration Club for $950 and refurbished. It eventually gained an indoor basketball court, the interior stage was used for plays and recitals, church meetings, and other such events.

In 1923, the hall was moved 25 feet back from Route 60 to accommodate road widening projects, which led to the digging of a basement, a furnace installation, and later in the 1950s, a relocation of the kitchen from the front of the structure to the side.

The hall continues to be in use by the community to this day. The managing organization was renamed "Norge Community Hall Association" as it became a charitable non-profit with a board of directors to formally oversee operations.

Rules or conventions:
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