Walter F. Snyder collection, Date acquired: 06/09/1994
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Snyder, Walter Fifield (-1993)
- Abstract:
- A collection of papers, documents, correspondence and other miscellaneous items pertaining to Dr. Walter F. Snyder, historian and classicist. Snyder is perhaps best known as the person who fixed for the first time ever the exact date the Alexandrian calendar was established.
- Extent:
- 2.67 Linear Feet
- 2 boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Walter F. Snyder Collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
A historian and classicist, Walter Fifield Snyder graduated from Valedictorian of Cam-den High School, then going on to receive his BA from Swarthmore College in 1932. He completed his graduate studies at Yale University where he would receive a fellowship at American Academy in Rome. Snyder would complete a MA and Ph.D in the field of Ancient History. When war broke out, he was a Navy Ensign and served in the Southwest Pacific during wartime. Snyder finished his miltary career as a Lieutenant Commander. After his service, Snyder was a professor at several colleges for a combined thirty-nine years. He died February 9, 1993.
Note written by Walter F. Snyder
- Acquisition information:
Ruth Jespersen
Donation.
- Arrangement:
The collection contains two boxes, the first of which features scrapbooks with photographs of Snyder's travels across the Mediterranean. Featured are the numerous ancient ruins, general architecture and landscape of the area. The second box features a combination of travel diaries, letters to his parents from his time as a student at American Academy in Rome, and other miscellaneous letters.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- United States. Army -- Military life
Access and use
- Restrictions:
The collection is unprocessed but available through the Special Collections Reading Room, Tampa Library, University of South Florida.
- Terms of access:
None. The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.
- Preferred citation:
Walter F. Snyder Collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
- Location of this collection:
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The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122TampaFL33620-5400USA
