Title:: Diaries (Washington, D.C. and Va.) 1925, 1928

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.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Diaries (Washington, D.C. and Va.), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.20
Creator:
arrangement
Language:
The papers are in: English
Preferred citation:

Diaries (Washington, D.C. and Va.), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Diaries, 1925 and 1928 of an unidentified Southern Railway employee, who worked in a Washington, D.C. office. Entries cover family, health, social life, weather, food, work, and trips in and around Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia. The writer was a member of the Brotherhood of American Railway Engineers. Some of the entries are rather detailed and give a good impression of the daily life of a mid-level office employee at the time.Also included are notes made by a previous owner regarding possible authorship for the diary as well a news clippings.

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 01/11/2010.
Processing information:

Accessioned and minimally processed in January 2010 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist.