Frank L. Snyder collection, 1802-1993, Date acquired: 08/10/1993
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Snyder, Frank L. (1924-1993)
- Snyder, Helen-Louise (Helen-Louise Davenport Snyder)
- Extent:
- 23.21 Linear Feet
- 46 boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Frank L. Snyder collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
Background
- Scope and content:
The Dr. Frank L. Snyder Collection consists of the materials Dr. Snyder and Helen-Louise Snyder (née Davenport) gathered on Governor William Duval. The collection also consists of Dr. Snyder's personal papers, library, computer files, photographs, awards, and plaques.
The Duval materials, dated roughly from 1802 to 1993, comprise photocopies of research notes, articles, books, computer files, microfilm, and photographs by or about Duval.
Dr. Frank L. Snyder's personal papers and artifacts document his corporate and academic careers. Snyder personally referred to the majority of his collection as the Frank L. Snyder Library, which comprises Boxes 1 through 29. Boxes 30 through 46, arranged by type of record, contain the remainder of the collection.
- Biographical / historical:
Frank Leonard Snyder was born in Cleveland, Ohio on February 23, 1924. He graduated from the United States Air Force Armament School in Denver in 1942 and served in the United States Air Force during World War II. Frank held various careers, including draftsman, engineer, executive, and professor. He retired in 1978 and began teaching business courses and at church ministries. Frank devoted much of his later years to the study of William Pope Duval, Florida's first civilian Territorial governor. He also wrote a history of Clearwater Christian College. Frank L. Snyder died at Bay Pines V. A. Medical Center (Bay Pines, Florida) in 1993.
Helen-Louise Snyder (1923-2016) née Davenport, married Gaius M. Palmer in 1942. The couple had three children: Charles, Carl, and Sarah. Helen-Louise was Vice President of the Buffalo, NY League of Women Voters, a member of the Buffalo Federation of Women's Clubs, President of the Sweet Home School District PTA, and a Cub Scout Den mother. She was secretary to a vice-president of Trico Corporation and Administrative Assistant to the President of Boss-Linco Trucking. Helen-Louise married Frank L. Snyder in 1978. They moved to Florida where Helen-Louise helped Frank in his research on Duval and Fremont, traveling across the country for original manuscripts and data. She was also interim Dean of Women at Clearwater Christian College where Frank was a professor of history. After Frank's death in 1993, she moved to California for two years to help with her granddaughter Kathryn Woodworth, then moved to Richmond, Kentucky where she was the Administrator of the Newman Center at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond Kentucky until her retirement at age 86. She had a keen mind, was an avid reader, and an accomplished artist.
- Acquisition information:
Frank L. Snyder; Helen-Louise Snyder
Donation
- Arrangement:
Arranged by type of record. The materials from the Frank L. Snyder Library are organized numerically.
- Accruals:
Computer disks added September 1993.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- 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:
Frank L. 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
