Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is 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

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

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.

Scope and Contents

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.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Diaries

Geographic Name:

• Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century.

Topical Term:

• Railroad engineers--Diaries.
• Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century

Additional Information