MS 1549
Diamond Manufacturing Company records
1959-1987
39 boxes, 3 framed photographs (39.5 cubic feet)
Diamond Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Savannah, Ga.)
Collection materials are in English.
Georgia Historical Society
, Savannah, Georgia.
Access restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Processing information
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Subject headings
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Diamond, Bernard F., 1901-1969.
B. F. Diamond Construction Company, Inc. (Savannah, Ga.)
Diamond Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Savannah, Ga.)
Barges.
Cranes, derricks, etc.
Tugboats.
Ships--Equipment and supplies.
Artifacts.
Bids (documents)
Contracts.
Insurance claims.
Invoices.
Letters (correspondence)
Lists.
Pamphlets.
Photographs.
Proposals.
Purchase orders.
Reports.
Slides (photographs)
Technical drawings.
Organizational history
Bernard F. Diamond (1901-1969) of Savannah, Georgia organized the B. F. Diamond Construction Co., Inc. in 1930 to build steel structures in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland areas. Over the years, the Diamond operations diversified and in 1954 the Diamond Manufacturing Company, Inc. received its corporate charter for the specific purpose of supplying heavy duty marine equipment. Since that time, Diamond Manufacturing has designed and built numerous units of specialized equipment, such as tugboats, barges, dredges, cranes, and special weldments. The Diamond Manufacturing Company was liquidated on 2 September 1988 after a three year struggle to remain in business.
Scope and content note
This collection contains correspondence, equipment lists, pamphlets, artifacts, photographs, purchase orders, contracts, insurance claims, technical drawings and other miscellaneous materials regarding the construction of specialized marine equipment done by Diamond Manufacturing Company, Inc. in Savannah, Georgia from 1959 to 1987. Majority of this collection is made up of the bid files compiled by the Diamond Manufacturing Company for various construction projects that included tugboats, barges, and cranes. Also included are insurance claims and materials from class action suits regarding accidents that took place on their work sites.
Arrangement of collection
This collection is arranged into 39 boxes, 3 framed photographs:
- Box 1: Technical drawings, pamphlets, photographs, correspondence of William S. Jarrell - vice president of marketing, quality assurance manual, postcards, plastic cups, envelope openers, pins, 1972-1987
- Box 2: Correspondence, bid files, 1964-1979
- Box 3: Correspondence, pamphlets, technical drawings, invoices, employee records, bid files, 1976-1977
- Box 4: Bid files, 1974-1976
- Box 5: Technical drawings, 1979-1980
- Box 6: Technical drawings, bid files, 1970-1979
- Box 7: Technical drawings, correspondence, bid files, purchase orders, 1972-1977
- Box 8: Technical drawings, 1978-1981
- Box 9: Equipment descriptions, correspondence, bid files, board of directors meetings, purchase orders, work contracts, 1970-1982
- Box 10: Technical drawings, bid files, correspondence, purchase orders, 1972-1977
- Box 11: Correspondence, purchase orders, bid files, pamphlets, 1975-1987
- Box 12: Technical drawings, correspondence, purchase orders, bid files, 1964-1980
- Box 13: Technical drawings, 1980-1981
- Box 14: Bid files, purchase orders, correspondence, technical drawings, carpet samples, 1967-1973
- Box 15: Technical drawings, 1980-1981
- Box 16: Technical drawings, purchase requisitions, 1959-1980
- Box 17: Technical drawings, 1978-1980
- Box 18: Technical drawings, 1980-1981
- Box 19: Technical drawings, 1978-1980
- Box 20: Technical drawings, 1978-1980
- Box 21: Correspondence, technical drawings, bid files, purchase orders, 1966-1977
- Box 22: Technical drawings, 1978-1980
- Box 23: Technical drawings, bid files, correspondence, purchase orders, 1973-1980
- Box 24: Technical drawings, bid files, correspondence, purchase orders, 1966-1979
- Box 25: Correspondence, bid files, technical drawings, photographs, 1965-1977
- Box 26: Bid files, technical drawings, 1971-1976
- Box 27: Technical drawings, bills of materials, correspondence, bid files, 1959-1965
- Box 28: Technical drawings, bills of materials, 1979-1981
- Box 29: Bid files, technical drawings, purchase orders, reports, 1968-1976
- Box 30: Bid files, technical drawings, purchase orders, correspondence, 1965-1977
- Box 31: Purchase orders, correspondence, machinery and spare parts listings, work orders, technical drawings for the Frank Johnson and Capt. Toby projects, 1959-1973
- Box 32: Purchase orders, correspondence, work orders, materials and equipment lists, technical drawings for various tugboat projects, 1960-1974
- Box 33: Technical drawings, bills of material, 1979-1981
- Box 34: Contracts, insurance claims, photographs, correspondence, proposals, technical drawings, 1970-1976
- Box 35: Bid files, correspondence, purchase orders, 1975-1981
- Box 36: Correspondence, photographs, technical drawings, brochures, letterhead, equipment lists, 1958-1964
- Box 37: Photographs, slides, 1960s-1970s
- Box 38: Bid files, correspondence, technical drawings, 1961-1967
- Box 39: Photographs, stamps, envelope opener, hard hat, 1960s-1970s
- Framed photographs: Bernard F. Diamond photograph, Bernard F. Diamond photograph and biography, 1967 Annual Awards dinner photograph, 1968