Milt Diggins is a public historian and researcher who moved to Cecil County, Maryland in 1970 after active duty in the United States Navy Reserve. He taught in the Cecil County Public Schools system for 32 years, teaching social studies and history for most of his career. Milt also taught several social studies related courses as adjunct faculty at Cecil Community College in the early 1990s. During the first semester of 2009, he will return to Cecil College to teach American history and Western civilization classes while the full-time instructor is on sabbatical for that semester.
Diggins earned his Bachelor of Science degree in social studies and history in 1968 at Towson State, where he also earned his Master of Education degree in 1978. While working on this project, Diggins had complete access to the large photographic collection at the Historical Society of Cecil County as well as other collections; he was also able to make full use of the research materials at the society.
Diggins serves on the Historical Society of Cecil County Board of Trustees and is past editor of the society’s publication, the Cecil Historical Journal, a volunteer position he held for eight years. In addition to writing articles for the society, he had an article published in the Maryland Historical Magazine and a number of articles published in the Cecil Whig. When not working on self-initiated history and research projects, Diggins takes full advantage of the other freedoms of retirement.
Milt Diggins is available for history presentations on local (including talks based on chapters in Images of America: Cecil County) and regional history. The Presentations Available will have more detail when completed. He is also available for book signings.
