UUS_P0566.xml Guide to the Snyder Sisters Travel Album photograph collection1941 Snyder Sisters Travel Album photograph collection1941 Finding aid/Register created by Daniel Davis Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
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©2016 Encoded in oXygen XML editor by Daniel Davis, 2016 March 09. Finding aid encoded in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). May 25, 2008. Template information was updated to reflect Utah Manuscript Association best practices. 2009 Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines. Overview of the Collection UUS_P0566 Snyder Sisters Travel Album photograph collection. 1941 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Photograph Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library Utah State University 3000 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-3000 Phone: 435 797-8248 Fax: 435 797-2880 Email: scweb@usu.edu
1 box 1.5 linear feet The Snyder Sisters Travel Album collection documents a 1941 trip made by sisters Emma A. Snyder (1871-1965) and Mae Snyder (1867-1950) to Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks. The album consists of 60 hand colored images as well as postcards, commercial travel items, letters, and original narratives. Emma and Mae worked as school teachers in Baltimore, Maryland. The items are arranged in a photograph album with each item labeled. In addition to visiting Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks, the sisters also visited other Western sites such as the Buffalo Bill Memorial in Cody, Wyoming, Pike’s Peak, and Colorado Springs. Material in English

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Initial Citation: USU_P0566; Snyder Sisters Travel Album photograph collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_P0566, USUSCA.

 Biographical Note

Sisters Emma A. and Mae Snyder, born in 1871 and 1867 respectively, were residents of Baltimore, Maryland, for the majority, if not the entirety of their lives. Apparently never married, the sisters both worked at the public schools (Emma taught at high schools) for at least thirty years during the opening decades of the twentieth century. Though it is not known what subjects the sisters taught, it is known that Emma at least taught drawing classes. When the sisters undertook their July/August 1941 trip to western historic sites and national parks, they were likely retired and took the trip with Burlington Escorted Tours because of the educational aspect of a guided tour. Mae Snyder, the older of the two, passed away in 1950 and Emma in 1965.

The Snyder Sisters Travel Album collection documents a 1941 trip made by sisters Emma A. Snyder (1871-1965) and Mae Snyder (1867-1950) to Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks. The album consists of 60 hand colored images as well as postcards, commercial travel items, letters, and original narratives. The items are arranged in a photograph album with each item labeled. In addition to visiting Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks, the sisters also visited other historic western sites such as Buffalo Bill Cody sites, Pike’s Peak, and Colorado Springs.

Purchased from Between the Covers Rare Books in 2014

 National Parks Photographs Snyder, Emma A., 1871-1965. Snyder, Mae, 1867-1950. Yellowstone National Park--Pictorial works. Glacier National Park--Pictorial works. 1 1 Snyder Sisters Travel Album 1941 Consists of one album with 17 hand-colored prints and 43 color snapshots

Includes the Glacier Park Hotel, Two Medicine Lake (with boat), Waterton Lakes Hotel, Prince of Wales Hotel, Launch "International," Mc Donald Hotel, Many Glacier Hotel, Going to the Sun Chalets, Old Faithful Inn, Glen Cove, Pikes Peak Observatory, Broadmoore Hotel, Cheyenne Mountain-Colorado Highway.

 1 2 Itinerary - Letters - Maps 1941

Includes 4 color postcards, one photo of Canyon Hotel (Yellowstone), a concert program at the Canyon Hotel, Burlington escorted tours, and Burlington train schedules.