Arthur H. Snyder Prison Papers

Collection — Container: Small Collections Box 116

Identifier: SC 01713

Staff Only

Content Description

One diary with two hundred and seventy one pages, six educational certificates, two letters, one photograph, and six photograph postcards. Arthur Henry Snyder taught at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, PA, a facility for juvenile offenders located south of Harrisburg, PA. The diary has entries from January 1, 1968 through November 29, 1972, most of which focus on Snyder's work with the Correctional Institution. There is an entry on April 8, 1968, that mentions a memorial service for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The letters are from Snyder to his wife Isabelle (spelled Isobel on the letter from 1950). The photograph postcards are all images of a single person, some are labeled as Arthur Snyder. The photo is an image of a group of Ku Klux Klan documents, none of which appear in this collection.

Content warning: contains derogatory comments directed at a wide range of ethnicities, religions, and economic backgrounds.

Dates

Majority of material found within 1968-01-01 - 1972-11-29
1925 - 1972

Creator

Snyder, Arthur H., 1910 - 2002 (Teacher, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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