General Histories:
Burton, H. W. The History of Norfolk, Virginia: A Review of Important Events and Incidents Which Occurred from 1736-1877; Also a Record of Personal Reminiscences and Political, Commercial, and Curious Facts. Norfolk, Va: Norfolk Virginian Job Print, 1877.
World Cat Record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62619003
Digitized Copy: https://archive.org/details/historyofnorfolk01burt
Forrest, William S., and Conger Sherman. Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Norfolk and Vicinity, Including Portsmouth and the Adjacent Counties, During a Period of Two Hundred Years. Also, Sketches of Williamsburg, Hampton, Suffolk, Smithfield, and Other Places, with Descriptions of Some of the Principal Objects of Interest in Eastern Virginia. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1853.
World Cat Record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/704478011
Digitized Copy: https://archive.org/details/historicaldescri00forr
Stewart, William H. History of Norfolk County, Virginia and Representative Citizens. Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co, 1902.
World Cat Record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27644382
Digitized Copy: https://archive.org/details/historyofnorfolk00stew
Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson, and Marvin W. Schlegel. Norfolk: Historic Southern Port. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1931.
World Cat Record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1200992760
Digitized Copy: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001263711
Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson, and Marvin W. Schlegel. Norfolk: Historic Southern Port. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1962.
World Cat Record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/477117
Digitized Copy: https://archive.org/details/norfolkhistorics01wert/page/n5/mode/2up
Whichard, Rogers Dey. The History of Lower Tidewater Virginia. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co, 1957.
World Cat Record: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3746911
Digitized Copies:
Vol 1 - https://archive.org/details/historyoflowerti01whic/page/n9/mode/2up
Vol 2 - https://archive.org/details/historyoflowerti02whic/page/n7/mode/2up
Vol 3 - https://archive.org/details/historyoflowerti03whic/page/n5/mode/2up
Ethnic and Social Groups:
African American:
Bogger Tommy. 1997. Free Blacks in Norfolk Virginia 1790-1860 : The Darker Side of Freedom. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.
World Cat Record: https://worldcat.org/en/title/34886139
Digitized Copy: https://archive.org/details/freeblacksinnorf00bogg [Need to register with Internet Archive and borrow the book]
Lewis Earl. 1991. In Their Own Interests : Race Class and Power in Twentieth-Century Norfolk Virginia. Berkeley: University of California Press.
World Cat Record: https://worldcat.org/en/title/22110036
Rose Ruth A. 2000. Norfolk Virginia. Charleston SC: Arcadia Pub.
World Cat Record: https://worldcat.org/en/title/44928990
Williams Martha McClenny. 2015. Norfolk Botanical Garden : Untold WPA Story. Middletown Delaware?: publisher not identified.
World Cat Record: https://worldcat.org/en/title/958223651
