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Custodial History

This collection was formerly identified as Mss. Acc. 1995.20.

Preferred Citation

Tabb Family Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source: Gift of Gloucester Historical Society through Spotswood H. Jones. Acquired: 04/17/1995.

Scope and Contents

Diary kept by members of the Tabb family, entitled, "Summerville Diary." Written by Rebecca Lloyd Tabb and Mary Lee Tabb as well as other members of the Tabb family. The diary records activities such as baseball, card games, teas, gardening, John Tabb's school, visits from neighbors and relatives, the Christmas celebration of 1910 and Rebecca Lloyd Tabb's wedding to Henry Bouldin. It also describes a visit of the Tabb parents to the University of Virginia for their son Warner Throckmorton Tabb in June 1911. Mentioned in the diary are members of the Perrin, Taliaferro, and Jones families.

Related Material

See also the John H. Tabb Papers, the Tabb Family Papers, and the Dr. Henry W. Tabb Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Baseball--History
• Gloucester County (Va.)--History--20th century
• Gloucester County (Va.)--Social life and customs
• Jones family
• Perrin family
• Tabb, Warner Throckmorton
• Taliaferro family.