Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

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

Diggs Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 00/00/2008.

Biographical Note

Charles R. Diggs lived in Mathews, Virginia. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Charles R. Diggs">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Charles R. Diggs</a>.

Scope and Contents

Business and family papers of the Charles R. and Charles E. Diggs family of Mathews, Virginia and Susan, Virginia.  The Diggs Family owed an automobile engine business.  In 1921, it was named "Overland and Willys Knight Automobiles Mianus Engines, " but had other names through the years.  The family also sold seafood products. Charles Robert Diggs worked in various automotive and machine shops in the area after 1920's.

Arrangement of Materials

Series 1, Family and Business Documents, is arranged alphabetically by subject, Series 2, Correspondence, is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, then chronologically, Box 2 and 3, Series 3, Financial Records,  is arranged alphabetically by type of record.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Correspondence
• Photographs
• Receipts (financial records)

Topical Term:

• Account books.
• Ledgers (Accounting)

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