The CCCA Museum is host to the archives of the people who contributed to the making of the Classic Era. And it is fitting as the Museum is the logical place for these irreplaceable documents.

Today the files of the custom houses of Derham and Judkins, the Cole Motor Car Company, as well as the papers of Ray Dietrich are being carefully preserved in the library.

To preserve this information indefinitely, and to make it accessible to Classic Car enthusiasts everywhere, our staff has digitized every document, more than 20,000 in all, which are now available for free on this website (medium resolution images are free, high resolution images with no watermarks may be purchased and downloaded).

Watch the video for a brief introduction to the Museum Archives.

The Archive Viewer allows you to browse the CCCA Museum Archives.

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Click on the image for a short introduction on using the Archive Viewer.

Click the image for a short video introduction to our featured coachbuilders: Derham Body Company, John B. Judkins Company, and Dietrich Incorporated.

Learn more about these coachbuilders:

• John B. Judkins Company
• Dietrich Incorporated (at CoachBuilt.com)
• The Derham-Chrysler Connection
• Derham Body Company (at CoachBuilt.com)

To help you learn more about the custom coachbuilders of the Classic Car Era, we have set up a web page directory to CoachBuilt.com. CoachBuilt.com has historical information for over 1200 custom auto body builders, with a web page dedicated to each. More...

In addition to its unique collection of “Full Classic” automobiles and its world-class mascot collection, the Classic Car Club of America Museum is home to a fine automotive library. The library comprises many hundreds of books and magazines, and a large automotive literature collection.

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