Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Diman Family Papers,
- Dates:
- ca. 1819-1886
- Creators:
- Diman, Byron
- Extent:
- .4 linear feet (1 document box)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
Diman Family Papers. Wyles Mss 11. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection primarily contains the papers of Byron Diman (1795-1865), governor of Rhode Island (1846-1847) and prominent merchant of Bristol. It includes correspondence, shipping records, and business papers of Devol, Diman, & Co.; correspondence with the D'Wolf family of Bristol, with his brother-in-law William Henry Wight and his firm of Wight and Fleury in New York, and with his nephew, also William Henry Wight. Also includes correspondence with his son, Henry Wight Diman, a student at Brown University (1854-1858) and assistant consul in Oporto, Portugal (1862-1865) during the Civil War.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase, 1966.
- Physical location:
- Del Sur
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2002
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 08 November 2002 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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None.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
-
Diman Family Papers. Wyles Mss 11. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062