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Horace Sylvester Snyder family papers, 1902-2010

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Snyder, Horace Sylvester, 1912-2010
Title
Horace Sylvester Snyder family papers
Dates
1902-2010 (inclusive)
Quantity
5 linear feet, (6 boxes)
Collection Number
ACCN 3000
Summary
The Horace Sylvester Snyder family papers (1902-2010) contain the personal and professional papers of Horace Sylvester Snyder (1912-2010) a professional photographer, and his father, Horace Greeley Snyder (1873-1951), the owner of multiple mines in the American West. The collection contains biographical information and correspondence of extended family members within the Snyder and Sylvester families.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this Collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Horace Sylvester Snyder (1912-2010) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he received his high school and undergraduate education. He attended the University of Louisville Medical School for a short time, but returned back to Utah to support his family at the height of the Great Depression. He married Chelta Moss in 1938, and their marriage lasted 62 years until her death. At a young age, Snyder acquired a camera and soon became an accomplished photographer, and used the skill to support his family as a portrait photographer with multiple studio locations. Much of his photography is marked by his passion for rodeos and the idea of the American cowboy. After World War II, in which he served, Snyder became an irrigation engineer and started his own company, Snyder Distributing Company. He died in 2010.

Horace S. Snyder's father, Horace Greeley Snyder (1873-1951) was born in Wanship, Utah. He was the twenty-ninth of thirty-five children of his father, George Gideon Snyder, and the ninth of eleven children born to his mother, Caroline Kilfoyle, the fourth polygamous wife of George Gideon. George had six wives and had migrated from Canada to Nauvoo, Illinois, before joining the Latter Day Saint pioneers in Utah. Horace was a mine inspector, prospector, and developed a large amount of land into mines and mining communities. He died in 1951.

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Content Description

The Horace Sylvester Snyder family papers (1902-2010) contain personal and professional correspondence of Horace Greeley and Horace Sylvester Snyder, family history materials, mining information and reports, mine claims and deeds, ledgers, diaries, and news clippings.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged first by creator, then chronologically.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Carleen Jimenez in 2017.

Donated by Carleen Jimenez and Greg Snyder in 2018.

Processing Note

Processed by Braxton Utley in 2017.

Addendum processed by Betsey Welland in 2020.

Separated Materials

Photographs have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Latter Day Saint pioneers--Archives
  • Mines and Mineral Resources
  • Mines and Mineral Resources--Arizona
  • Mines and Mineral Resources--California
  • Mines and Mineral Resources--California--Inyo County
  • Mines and Mineral Resources--Nevada
  • Mines and Mineral Resources--Nevada--Battle Mountain Mining District
  • Mines and Mineral Resources--Nevada--Eureka Mining District
  • Mines and Mineral Resources--New Mexico
  • Mines and Mineral Resources--New Mexico--Hachita
  • Mines and Mineral Resources--Utah
  • Mines and Mineral Resources--Utah--Bingham Mining District
  • Mines and Mineral Resources--Utah--Tintic Mining District
  • Mines and Mineral Resources--Utah--Tooele County
  • Polygamy--Utah--Sources
  • Prospecting--West (U.S.)--Sources

Personal Names

  • Snyder, Horace Greeley, 1873-1952--Archives
  • Snyder, Horace Sylvester, 1912-2010--Archives

Family Names

  • Snyder family

Form or Genre Terms

  • Account books
  • Albums (Books)
  • Autobiographies
  • Biographies
  • Certificates
  • Claims
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Correspondence
  • Deeds
  • Diaries
  • Family histories
  • Maps
  • Records (Documents)
  • Scrapbooks
  • Technical reports
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