East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, TN 37614-0138
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Title: |
The David Diehl Collection |
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Collection Number: |
Accession No. 56 L. C. No. MS 82-561 |
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Physical Description: |
1 file folder |
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Creator: |
David Diehl |
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Repository: |
Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University |
Provenance: The David Diehl Collection was copied from the original owned by Martha Diehl Miller, Bridgewater, Virginia, by Hugh H. Mottern, 844 Central Road, Glenview, Illinois. The collection was given to the Sherrod Library, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee by Ms. Grace Leab, professor of English, East Tennessee State University on August 7, 1972. The collection was transferred to the Archives of Appalachia on May 24, 1979.
Access: The papers are open for research.
Processing Information: David Goodin completed processing, and the collection was opened for research May 25, 1979.
David Diehl was a farmer and cooper in Rockingham County, Virginia in the early 1850s. He had eleven children and was a member of the German Baptist Church, the forerunner of the Brethren Church. In 1856, Diehl moved his family with two other families to East Tennessee. The move was probably made because of the anti-slavery beliefs of the three families. Diehl acquired a farm five miles northwest of Jonesborough, Tennessee, in what is now the Pleasant Valley community, Washington County, Tennessee. A part of the original house on this property is still standing.
Coopers and cooperage
Diehl, David, 1807-1889
Washington County (Tenn.)--History
Account book of David Diehl, 1850-1882. Contains records of both farming and business (cooper).
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